č̓ɨ́x̣n

Be cut, cracked, split. č̓ɨ́x̣ni ‘cracked’; wáwč̓x̣ ‘chop’. Perhaps related to the root in čáčq ‘tear apart’ and wáčq ‘chop’ and via sound symbolism to ƛ̓ɨ́kn ‘be cut, split’ and c̓ɨ́x̣n ‘defecate’. [Cf. č̓qʷ ‘smash, break’ (Jacobs 1931:193); NP /c̓´kn/ ‘be cut, split’ and the NP ablauted /c̓áax̣n/ ‘split, crack’ (Aoki 1994:61).]