k̓pɨ́s

Cold. Of water or something you touch. tq̓íx̣šaaš k̓pɨ́s čúuš ‘I want cold water’; k̓pɨ́s iwá čúuš ‘the water is cold’; ana kú iwačá kúušx̣i k̓pɨ́s ‘when it was similarly cold’; wáawɨnpayitam k̓pɨ́s čúuš ‘fetch me cold water!’; k̓pɨ́snam pániya ‘you gave it (coffee) to me cold’; k̓pɨ́s iwačá watím ‘it was cold yesterday’; k̓pɨ́s iwá tkʷátat ‘the food is cold’; k̓pɨ́s čúuš ‘cold water’; k̓pɨ́s waanáytt ‘cold spring’; k̓pɨ́s táat ‘cold packing’ (huckleberries wouldn’t mush up that way); sapák̓psni lúlukaš ‘ice cream’; sapak̓pstpamá ‘refrigerator, freezer, locker’. See also k̓sɨ́t. [NP /ˀcwey̓is/.]