pyax̣í

Bitterroot, Lewisia rediviva. Bitterroots and huckleberries are good for diabetes. itamánwiyayiyana pyax̣í x̣áwš lúkš tmɨ́š wíwnu ku núsux ku yáamaš ‘he ordained the bitterroot, cous, biscuit root, chokecherries, huckleberries and salmon and deer for us’; iwiyáˀuyix̣a pyax̣í ku íkʷɨn x̣áwš ittáwax̣ɨnx̣a ku lúukš ittáwax̣ɨnx̣a ana kú x̣áwš ‘the bitterroot comes first and to that cous grows and biscuit root grows when the cous (grows)’; níix̣ iwá katkaatmaamíyaw pyax̣í x̣nítay ‘it is good for boys to dig bitterroot’; átq̓ix̣šaaš pyax̣ína tkʷátat ‘I am wishing for bitterroot to eat’; at̓úk iwá x̣nít pyax̣ína ‘it is hard to dig bitterroot’. [NP łit̓áan.]