ttɨ́x̣š

Definition:

Willow, Salix spp. (except Salix amygdaloides see haháw – Hunn 1990:347). They used to use a straight willow for the end of the tule mat.

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Examples:

1. kúušx̣i iwá ttɨ́x̣š waníči płɨ́x̣ ‘in the same way the willow is a named medicine’;
2. tamax̣anp̓at̓áwas iwá aníyi ttɨ́x̣ški ‘a backrest is made with willows’;
3. puˀúx̣puˀux̣ ttɨ́x̣š ‘sandbar or narrowleaf willow (Salix exigua)’;
4. pɨt̓x̣anupamá ttɨ́x̣š ‘mountain willow (Salix monticola)’;
5. luc̓á ttɨ́x̣š ‘red willow’;
6. pláš ttɨ́x̣š ‘white willow (Salix alba – introduced)’;
7. kɨkí ttɨ́x̣š ‘weeping willow (Salix babylonica – introduced)’;
8. k̓úulk aníyi ttɨx̣šmí ‘bowl made of willow’;

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See more:

ttɨx̣šmí ‘willow basket’. Ablaut:

táax̣ša ‘fir’ (Jacobs 1929:207:3; Jacobs 1937:2.23.2, pg. 122).

[NP /tx̣s/.]