Definition:
Function:
Instrument nominalizer.
Examples:
- ataymat̓áwas̓‘store, town’;
- calutimat̓áwas ‘cornhusk’;
- čawatat̓áwas ‘vessel for fetching water’;
- ititamat̓áwas̓ ‘school’;
- kaƛ̓iyawit̓áwas ‘poison’;
- łławt̓áwas ‘gutter, eaves’;
- łq̓iwit̓áwas ‘toy’;
- panatit̓áwas ‘ladder’;
- pinaq̓inut̓áwas ‘window’;
- pstɨxt̓áwas ‘blacksmith tools, anvil, hammer, etc.’;
- pšatat̓áwas ‘large woven bag’;
- pɨtyat̓áwas ‘spear’;
- qatiwaaničanwit̓áwas ‘playground slide’;
- saalit̓áwas ‘scissors’;
- sapax̣aluut̓áwas ‘fish weir’;
- sɨnwit̓áwas ‘telephone’;
- šapaluluukt̓áwas ‘sand paper’;
- šapaq̓ɨpt’áwas ‘stapler’;
- šapšat̓áwas ‘truck’;
- šapt̓áwas ‘pack rope’;
- tamawaalatat̓áwas ‘hoop’;
- tamawnat̓áwas ‘throw over’;
- tamax̣anp̓at̓áwas ‘back rest’;
- tapintapint̓áwas ‘lantern, flashlight, torch’;
- taat̓áwas ‘pocket’;
- tawˀat̓áwas ‘bathroom’;
- timat̓áwas ‘pencil, pen, branding iron’;
- tutt̓áwas ‘mortar, mortar and pestle’;
- twalúut̓as ‘fish net’;
- twaluut’áwas ‘dipnet’;
- twanuut̓áwas ‘dipnet’;
- twašat̓áwas ‘boiling-vessel, kettle’;
- tx̣ʷnɨmpt̓at̓áwas ‘spur’;
- wasat̓áwas ‘saddle’;
- wat̓at̓áwas ‘whip’;
- wax̣uut̓áwas ‘oar, canoe paddle’;
- winanuut̓áwas ‘bath tub’;
- wix̣uwit̓áwas ‘lacing frame’.
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[NE -t̓úus; Y -t̓áwaas; NP /-t̓oˀs/.]