Whistle. ixʷíitna k̓úsina ‘he whistled to the horse’; wawúkya ixʷíitša ‘the elk is whistling’; páxʷiitnawana ‘he whistled at her’. [K kʷíikʷi (Jacobs 1929:215:7–9); Y kʷíikʷ; NP /wawyoxt´m/.]
8 terms start with “xʷ”
xʷiittpamá
Whistle. x̣ʷaamanmí pipšmí xʷiittpamá ‘eagle bone whistle’.
xʷíitxʷiitn
Keep whistling. tún ixʷíitxʷiitša ‘what is whistling?’; ixʷíitxʷiitna ‘he whistled around’; watx̣ɨ́nam áykša xʷíitxʷiittna ‘do you hear the whistling?’.
xʷík̓ʷk
Dogtooth fawn lily, Erythronium grandiflorum.
xʷɨ́l
Slip off, come loose. Bound. xúlxul ‘small fish’; wixulxulí ‘burlap’; sapxʷɨ́lkas ‘ring’. See x̣ʷɨ́ł.
xʷlúun
Put the face in water, drink water lying down. See x̣ʷlúun.
xʷɨ́saat
Old man. xʷɨ́saat iwiyánawiya ‘an old man arrived’; páq̓inušana kʷiiní xʷɨ́saatin ‘that old man saw him’; pawiyánawiya xʷsaatúwin ‘the two old men arrived’; xʷsaatuwinamí áwa ‘it’s the two old men’s’; áq̓inušanaaš xʷsaatúwinaman ‘I saw the two old men’; čáynač xʷɨ́saat ‘newly married old man’; xʷsaatúma ‘old men’; xʷsáatwi ‘grow older’ (said of a man). [NE xʷɨ́sanat; axʷsaatúma (pl.); NP /qíiwn/; cf. NP /qʷ´salat/ ‘male mountain goat, Oreamnos americanus‘.]
xʷsáatwi
Grow older, age. Said of a man. xʷsáatwišaaš áw ‘I am getting to be an old man now’; páyu ixʷsáatwiša ‘he is getting very old’. [NE xʷsanátwi; NP /qíiwni/.]