wáa-

Definition:

In rapid motion; for awhile.


Function:

Attach to verbs.


Examples:

  1. wáaˀalakʷ ‘leave in a hurry’;
  2. wáak̓uk ‘stop by’;
  3. wáalikalwi ‘sled downhill’;
  4. wáaluun ‘run into water’;
  5. wáalwi ‘take care of’;
  6. wáanaša ‘make noise while running’;
  7. wáanaynač ‘run inside’;
  8. wáanayt ‘run out, flow out’;
  9. wáaničanwi ‘run downhill’;
  10. wáaničaša ‘run over’;
  11. wáapanayti ‘run up’;
  12. wáapni ‘run out into the open’;
  13. wáaqawšx̣ ‘stop for a while’;
  14. wáaq̓ič ‘get caught’;
  15. wáasklik ‘go around, spin’;
  16. wáaša ‘dance’;
  17. wáawayč ‘run across’;
  18. wáax̣aap ‘drive under a viaduct, go into a cave or tunnel’.
  19. wáaˀašɨm ‘come in for a while!’;
  20. wáatkʷatamtk ‘come eat!’;
  21. pináwaalawx̣iša ‘he is resting awhile’;
  22. wáawɨnpayitam k̓pɨ́s čúuš ‘fetch me cold water!’;
  23. amaš áwaaq̓inwatak ‘go have a look at them!’;
  24. amaš ímč̓a ílukas wáawɨnpatak ‘you go also to get wood!’;
  25. wáawiyanawiyawamtk ‘come stop in for a while!’;
  26. áwnaš ánč̓ax̣i pác̓aaksa aš kʷná wáaqawšx̣šana ‘now I am adding on again where I was stopping for awhile’;

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[NW wayá-; wíi-; NP /weye-/; cf. also NP /wéhyen/ ‘go’.]