Occurs after certain prefixes. Indicates action all the way through. čáx̣ičanwi ‘take down’; páx̣ƛ̓k ‘put in a partition’; qáax̣ayt ‘fall out’; šáx̣ƛ̓k ‘cut’; šx̣ɨ́ƛ̓k ‘cut (distributive object)’; yáx̣ta ‘pour’; wax̣úun ‘paddle (canoe)’; yáx̣ikaša ‘pour on’; yaxáylak ‘pour into’; tamáx̣anp̓a ‘lean against, lie against’; tamx̣paláyk ‘misplace’; twáx̣aynak ‘poke in’; twáx̣ƛ̓k ‘mark off’; tamáx̣anp̓a ‘lean against’; táx̣ɨnp ‘hold on lap’; qáx̣ayt ‘fall out’; wáx̣ƛ̓k ‘cut with scythe’.
129 terms start with “x̣”
x̣ɨ́-
With the face. x̣ɨ́tway ‘friend, companion’; x̣ɨ́twayn ‘converse with’.
x̣á
Lie on the back. Bound root. táwx̣a ‘lie on the back’; táwx̣aninn ‘lay around’; x̣ánayk ‘lie on the back’; qáx̣anayk ‘fall backward’; qáx̣anayti ‘fall over’; qáx̣awaanayk ‘slide on the back’. Possible source of habitual aspect marker -x̣a. [Cf. NW qá in látamqatn ‘lie on the back’ (Jacobs 1937:31.13.1, pg. 73); qátamqatn ‘lie on the back’ (Jacobs 1937:31.18.3, pg. 74); Y qanáyk ‘lie on the back’; NP /ˀqán/ ‘lie on the back’.]
x̣á-
Suddenly, uncaused. x̣álk̓uk ‘be startled’; íx̣alk̓uk ‘give a sudden scare’; x̣áwat̓a ‘slide on ice or mud’. Also tx̣á-, tqá-. qá-. [NP /tqe-/.]
-x̣a
Habitual/frequentative aspect. patkʷátax̣a kʷaaná ‘they eat that’; pawɨ́npɨnx̣a ‘they buy’; iwínax̣ana ‘he used to go’; pawáašax̣ana ‘they used to dance’; iwínax̣a ‘he goes’; iwínax̣ata ‘he will keep going’. [NE habitual/ frequentative present reduces to -x̣; for possible source, compare x̣a ‘lie prone, lie on the back’.]
=x̣a
Epistemic possibility. áwx̣ana páyu at̓úk iníša px̣ʷípx̣ʷi šuyápunɨm ‘the white man is giving us very serious worries now’; kúušx̣ata páˀɨnna ‘he surely told him thusly’; šínɨmx̣anam ip̓ɨ́x̣ɨn ‘who has remembered you?’ (said when someone sneezes); kux̣aaš pasápsik̓ʷaša ‘and maybe they are teaching me’; áwx̣anam px̣ʷíša ‘now evidently you are thinking…’ (Jacobs 1937:16.24.1, pg. 33).
x̣áˀap
Next door, the next room. x̣áˀappa iwá ‘he is in the next room’; x̣áˀappa iwačá xʷɨ́saat ‘the old man was in the next room’; x̣aˀapx̣áˀappa pawá ƛ̓áax̣ʷma ‘they’re all in the next room’; tk̓ʷáx̣aap ‘walk between, walk into the next room’; wiyáx̣aap ‘go into the next room’. See also x̣áap. [NE x̣aˀáp; NP /nx̣súut/.]
x̣áali
Striped. Millstein 1990b:273.
x̣áalp
Wide open. x̣áalp iwá pčɨ́š ‘the door is open all the way’; x̣áalp iwáynana pčɨ́š ‘the door flew open’. [/x̣l´p/.]
x̣áam
Crushed, smashed. x̣áam ikʷíya q̓ɨx̣lí ‘the tule mat got smashed up’; x̣áamnaš kʷíya ‘mine got crumbled up’. [NP /st´qstq/.]
x̣áap
Be loosened, scraped off, stripped off, peeled off, sliced off; crawl under. Bound. čáwaax̣aap ‘put liner in tepee or tent’; páx̣aap ‘bake in oven’; sápx̣ʷaap ‘crawl under’; súx̣aap ‘put under, put in oven’; šáx̣aap ‘saw, saw boards as in a sawmill’; šnúx̣aap ‘look underneath’; šx̣áap ‘slice for frying’; tamáwaax̣aap ‘throw under’; tamáx̣aap ‘line, put in a lining’; tkʷápx̣aap ‘pick at’; wáax̣aap ‘drive under a viaduct, go into a cave or tunnel’; wiyáx̣aap ‘go into the next room’; x̣áˀap ‘the next room’. [NP /x̣aˀapn/ ‘be stripped off’; /x̣eˀepn/ ‘crawl under’.]
x̣áaš
Greedy. x̣áaš iwačá wínš ‘he was a greedy man’. [NP /x̣´x̣es/; cf. also NP x̣áx̣aac ‘grizzly bear’.]
x̣áašwi
Be greedy. ix̣áašwiša ‘he is getting greedy’; x̣áašwiyi iwá ‘he is a greedy person’. [NP /x̣´x̣eswi/.]
x̣áašwit
Greed. [NP /x̣´x̣eswit/.]
x̣áaƛ̓k
Broken. ku x̣áaƛ̓k áwaynana šaptpamá ‘and his pack rope broke’.
x̣áayaw
Dry. See x̣yáw ‘dry’.
x̣áayx̣
All night, till dawn. iwinána x̣áayx̣ ‘he went all night’; x̣áayx̣ it̓úx̣t̓ux̣šana ku áw iníix̣ɨn ‘it was raining all night and now it has cleared up’. [NP cik̓ik̓éet /ck̓k̓ét/.]
x̣áliš
Wolf, Canis lupus. skáw tkʷaynpłá iwá x̣áliš ‘the wolf is a fierce hunter’; spilyaynmí áwa pyáp x̣áliš ‘Coyote’s older brother is the wolf’; x̣ališmí latít ‘a yellow mountain flower with black stripes, probably dogtooth fawn lily (Erythronium grandiflorum)’ (Thomas Morning Owl). [NP hímiin /h´miins/; cf. NP /x̣enísx̣enis/ ‘rough, wild’.]
x̣álk̓uk
Be startled. ix̣álk̓uka ana kú páwiyakyawana k̓usik̓úsiin mítični porchkni ‘she got startled when the dog charged out at her from under the porch’; íx̣alk̓uk ‘give a sudden scare’. [NE tx̣álk̓uk.]
x̣aluyłá
Drunkard.