Desiderative. Also -tat̓a. ku čí yáamaš iwayčát̓ašana áw nč̓iwánana ‘and this deer wanted to cross the Columbia River’; áwš wayčát̓ašaykš ‘now I am wanting to cross on over’; ikáwaaluukat̓aša ‘he’s trying to pick it up with his mouth’. See -t̓a.
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