ttɨ́x̣š

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. kúušx̣i iwá ttɨ́x̣š waníči płɨ́x̣ ‘in the same way the willow is a named medicine’; tamax̣anp̓at̓áwas iwá aníyi ttɨ́x̣ški ‘a backrest is made with willows’; puˀúx̣puˀux̣ ttɨ́x̣š ‘sandbar or narrowleaf willow (Salix exigua)’; pɨt̓x̣anupamá ttɨ́x̣š ‘mountain willow (Salix monticola)’; luc̓á ttɨ́x̣š ‘red willow’; pláš ttɨ́x̣š ‘white willow (Salix alba – introduced)’; kɨkí ttɨ́x̣š ‘weeping willow (Salix babylonica – introduced)’; k̓úulk aníyi ttɨx̣šmí ‘bowl made of willow’; ttɨx̣šmí ‘willow basket’. Ablaut: táax̣ša ‘fir’ (Jacobs 1929:207:3; Jacobs 1937:2.23.2, pg. 122). [NP /tx̣s/.]