281 terms start with “č

čáč̓wik

Twist mouth, cause stroke. pačáč̓wiktanam ‘they will twist your mouth’; páčač̓wika łč̓áč̓ayin ‘the ghost twisted his mouth’; ičáč̓wiktanam ‘it will twist your mouth’; čáč̓wiki ɨ́m ‘mouth twisted by a stroke’. [NP /k̓cwín/.]

čakčákt

Cocklebur, Xanthium strumarium; also burdock, Arctium minus; horehound. [NP /cckak/ ‘thistle, fir needle’.]

čáksksi

Make small, tighten, shrink. ičáksksiya tiičámna ‘they made the land smaller’; pinačaksksitpamá ‘girdle’. [NP /ks´s/ (with /ku/).]

čáku

Pull, stretch. ičákuša ‘he is stretching (such as something around it)’; ičákʷiya ‘he stretched it’. [NP /tét̓e/.]

čakutpamá

Puller, winch.

čák̓aatk

Rake.

čak̓aatkáwas

Rake. Also čak̓ukáwas. [NP /qqeˀtit̓es/.]

čák̓aywak

Shorten. čáwnam mún pináˀanita ašwaníya mɨláyaw táwax̣yaw ku mɨláyaw tawtnúkyaw ačanam kú pináčak̓aywakayiša wiyáx̣ayx̣t ‘you should never make yourself the slave to marijuana and drugs because you will shorten your life’; ku čák̓aywakt walsáycas ‘and making a long story short’.

čák̓ilak

Bend (wire, etc.). ičák̓ilakša k̓alk̓alípš ‘she is bending her babyboard bow’; ičák̓ilaka ílukasna ‘he bent the stick’; áčak̓ilakɨnk ‘bent it!’. [NP /cepék̓llyk/.]

čák̓ilakš

Snare trap. [Y čawq̓x̣tpalá túkš; NP “kecéx̣nu” (Aoki 1994:204).]

čák̓ɨnk

Close (window, curtain). ičák̓ɨnkša pinaq̓inut̓áwasna ‘he is closing the window’. [NP /cepék̓lk/.]

čak̓ɨnkáwas

Curtain. [NP /cóoy̓atqnit/.]

čák̓ɨnkt

Curtain. [NP /cepék̓lkt/ ‘breechcloth’.]

čák̓ptk

Tie up in a ball, roll up, ball up. ičák̓ptkayišaaš wɨx̣á ‘I have a leg cramp, my leg is cramping’; pinačak̓ptpamá ‘girdle’. [NP /wayak̓´pap/.]

čák̓swik

Bend, bend back. [NP /temék̓cwik/.]

čák̓uk

Rake up, rake together, bundle. ičák̓ukša apɨ́łapłna ‘he is raking up the leaves’; ičák̓ukša c̓íc̓kna ‘he’s raking hay’. [NP /tw̓aˀámk/

čak̓ukáwas

Rake. Also čak̓aatkáwas. [NP /qqeˀtit̓es/.]

čák̓ukt

Bundle. Also walák̓ikt; čátk̓ulikt.

čák̓up

Break off. ičák̓upša patíšna ‘he is breaking the limb off’. [NP /cepék̓uup/.]

čákʷštik

Take off clothing. čákʷštikɨnk kapú ‘take off your coat!’. [K čák̓ʷɨštik (Jacobs 1931:159); NP /nkáx̣ʷłk/.]