Charge, rush, go forth, rush over to see, go off to war. iwátkʷnaša píiƛ̓iyawityaw ‘he is going off to war’; iwátkʷnamanaš ‘he charged over to see me’; pawátkʷnama paq̓ínwatamaaš ‘they charged over, they came to see me’; pášapawatkʷnaša ‘he is being sent to the battle’. [Cf. NP /wétkuy̓k/ ‘take away from forcibly, kidnap, pillage, plunder’ (Aoki 1994:859).]
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