x̣áwš

Desert parsley, cous, Lomatium cous. x̣áwš ittáwax̣ɨnx̣a čná ‘cous grows here’; ittáwax̣ɨnx̣a pyax̣í ku íkʷɨn x̣áwš ittáwax̣ɨnx̣a ‘the bitterroot grows and to that the cous grows’; ix̣níša x̣áwšna ‘she is digging cous’; pax̣níx̣ana x̣áwsna ‘they used to dig cous’; pátwanɨmta ɨsípin x̣áwšin ‘her younger sister the cous will come following her [the celery]’; itamánwiyayiyana pyax̣í x̣áwš lúkš tmɨ́š wíwnu ku núsux ku yáamaš ‘he ordained the bitterroot, cous, biscuit root, chokecherries, huckleberries and salmon and deer for us’; kutaš kʷná ášapax̣nišana x̣áwš ‘and there we had them digging cous’. [NP /qaws/ (peeled and dried), /qámsit/ (fresh).]