-áwas

Instrument nominalizer. atáwas ‘bathroom’; aycáwas ‘chair’; capacanpáwas ‘bridle’; cap̓uykáwas ‘harrow’; caq̓páwas ‘ribbon’; cawaanaynacáwas ‘bit (for horse)’; čak̓ukáwas ‘rake’; čawaax̣aapáwas ‘tepee liner, tent liner’; čax̣ɨlpáwas ‘opener’; ic̓ikáwas ‘sugar’; imiikáwas ‘rock used in tanning’; itk̓ʷkáwas ‘straightner (for arrows)’; ɨsk̓páwas ‘button for tepee’; k̓ilyakáwas ‘hooked pole for pulling down limbs’; q̓ɨmkáwas ‘hide scraper’; lawaalaytáwas ‘chimney’; luulikáwas ‘children’s swing’; nakwaycáwas ‘ferry’; nɨkaštkáwas ‘tepee spine’; pak̓ʷaakáwas ‘fork’; pawiyapaanáwas ‘fork in the road’; pax̣aapáwas ‘roasting or baking pan’; sapaˀixáwas ‘soap’; sapacanpáwas ‘horse bit’; sapawak̓páwas ‘button’; saxaapáwas ‘sawmill’; suk̓páwas ‘pin’; šax̣ƛ̓káwas ‘cross-cut saw’; tak̓páwas ‘saddle cinch’; tamastkáwas ‘rope, lariat’; tamax̣aapáwas ‘liner (in dress, vest, etc.)’; tamaynacáwas ‘jail’; tamicáwas ‘cemetery’; tuskáwas ‘index finger’; tx̣nɨmk̓icáwas ‘stirrup’; wanpáwas ‘radio’; waq̓páwas ‘pin’; waasklikáwas ‘wheel’; wastkáwas ‘halter’; wawaanaytáwas ‘windmill’; wawc̓aakáwas ‘nail’; wawqukáwas ‘tepee peg’; wawq̓páwas ‘nail’; wax̣ʷłkáwas ~; waxʷłkáwas ‘key’; wayčáwas ‘ferry’; wiyačaquukáwas ‘reins’. When coupled with nominalizer -t there is glottalization: šapaluluukt̓áwas ‘sandpaper’; timat̓áwas ‘pen, pencil’. See also -t̓áwas. [NE -úus; Y -áwaas; NP /-oˀs/; PS -awaˀas.]