Definition:
In rapid motion; for awhile.
Function:
Attach to verbs.
Examples:
- wáaˀalakʷ ‘leave in a hurry’;
- wáak̓uk ‘stop by’;
- wáalikalwi ‘sled downhill’;
- wáaluun ‘run into water’;
- wáalwi ‘take care of’;
- wáanaša ‘make noise while running’;
- wáanaynač ‘run inside’;
- wáanayt ‘run out, flow out’;
- wáaničanwi ‘run downhill’;
- wáaničaša ‘run over’;
- wáapanayti ‘run up’;
- wáapni ‘run out into the open’;
- wáaqawšx̣ ‘stop for a while’;
- wáaq̓ič ‘get caught’;
- wáasklik ‘go around, spin’;
- wáaša ‘dance’;
- wáawayč ‘run across’;
- wáax̣aap ‘drive under a viaduct, go into a cave or tunnel’.
- wáaˀašɨm ‘come in for a while!’;
- wáatkʷatamtk ‘come eat!’;
- pináwaalawx̣iša ‘he is resting awhile’;
- wáawɨnpayitam k̓pɨ́s čúuš ‘fetch me cold water!’;
- amaš áwaaq̓inwatak ‘go have a look at them!’;
- amaš ímč̓a ílukas wáawɨnpatak ‘you go also to get wood!’;
- wáawiyanawiyawamtk ‘come stop in for a while!’;
- 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’.]