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yák̓ʷiʔ rotten wood (OkB)

yak̓ʷmtíkn̓ p.n. man’s name / p.n. man’s name. analysis unclear (OkB)

yal̓m̓ war

yal̓m̓, yal̓m̓ war (Cv)

yalt run away

• kn̓ yalt I run away from trouble (Cv)
• kʷ yal̓t. You run away., You flee. (Cv)

yal̓t run away / flee

yamáwt p.n. man’s name (OkB)

yámx̌ʷaʔ cedar bark basket / cedar bark basket. cedar or spruce root woven basket (Cv)

yám̓x̌ʷaʔ cedar bark basket / basket

yám̓x̌ʷaʔ p̓úkʷlaʔ basketball / basketball

yáqmaʔ geog. Yakima, Ellensburgh / geog. Yakima, Ellensburgh. borrowing? (Cv)

yáq̓ʷiʔ rotten wood

yark̓ʷn̓t make a loop

• sčyark̓ʷs. S/he made a loop. (Cv)
• iʔ sl̓ax̌ts xʷic̓əxts iʔ t kɬnyrk̓ʷiptn̓, síl̓xʷaʔ iʔ sčyark̓ʷs iʔ sx̌əx̌c̓iʔ. His friend gave him something to make a hoop with, a big rim stick., His friend gave him hoop making material, a big rim stick. (PS)

yasukrí p.n. Jesus Christ / p.n. Jesus Christ. French Jesus-Christ

• čun̓tm̓ san̓ pyar t yasukríʔ, “xʷuy̓x anwíʔ k̓ asčk̓ʷúl̓.” Jesus Christ said to Saint Peter: “Go to your work.” (PS)

yatpíc̓aʔ p.n. woman’s name (OkB)

yawpyáʕʷt be strong

yawpyáˤwt be strong

• way̓ mat yw̓pyaˤw̓təl̓x. Well they must be very powerful. (PS)
• way̓ mət yəʕ̓ʷpyaw̓t axáʔ iʔ tətwit This little boy must be really powerful (PS)

yaxʷt dropped, fall overboard (OkB)

• kʷ ƛ̓aʔƛ̓ʔúsm̓ miʔ kʷ n̓sl̓pqin̓ miʔ kʷ yaxʷt. If you look around you’ll get dizzy and fall off. (PS)

yax̌ʷt fall off

yáyam̓ sing (as in a sweat or ceremony)

yayaʕ̓nčút gather things for oneself

• way̓ ixíʔ nínwiʔ kn̓ y̓aˤy̓aˤn̓čút. So then later I’ll gather them. (PS)

yayáʕt all

• kn̓ y̓lmixʷm̓, yəyáˤt stim̓ x̌min̓kn̓tp uk̓ʷ xʷic̓ɬəmn̓. I am the boss, anything you want I give to you. (PS)
• kɬəɬsqʷsiʔ, kmusm̓s, yaˤyáˤt tw̓tw̓it. He has kids, four of them, all boys. (PS)
• way̓, way̓ čmistín̓ yəyaˤt, axáʔ čmalk̓ʷ, axáʔ iʔ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ. Yes, yes, I know everything, this whole thing, this world. (PS)
• yayáˤt čqʷčqʷačqnəlx They all have caps on (PS)
• miyíl̓sm̓s uɬ yaˤyáˤt čx̌ƛ̓mus. S/he figured it’s all uphill. (PS)
• way̓ yaˤyáˤt ixíʔ čn̓ɬək̓ʷɬək̓ʷtmistxʷ. Well you should remember all of that. (PS)
• yayáˤt iʔ sqiltks kəlkʷakʷ iʔ təl̓ siwɬkʷ Her whole body is away from the water (PS)
• way̓ kʷu yayáˤt, kʷu aláʔ. So all of us, we are here. (PS)

yaylqs whitefish

yaylqs yayləqs whitefish. larger variety (OkB)

yaylqs, yayləqs whitefish. larger variety (OkB)

yaʔ article cf. yʔ 1 / article. BEFORE SYLLABIC RESONANTS, VARYING WITH i(ʔ); SIMILARLY BEFORE OBSTRUENTS, AND TYPICALLY BEFORE THE ASPECT MARKERS əc-, kɬ-

• yaʔ n̓ʔəɬnaʔsqílxʷtn̓ The man-eater (PS)
• yaʔ ylmixʷm̓ The chief (PS)
• ya n̓tx̌ʷitkʷ The big river (PS)
• yaʔ n̓xarw̓s The curtain
• síl̓xʷaʔ yaʔ čn̓t̓aq̓m̓. That's a big valley. (PS)
• yaʔ čənxʷr̓us The hollow place (PS)
• iʔ aksəs yaʔ n̓t̓lúlaʔxʷtn̓. They are the oxen for plowing. (PS)
• yaʔ čtyap, iʔ n̓silxʷaʔítkʷ The running water, the big river (PS)
• kmix iʔ stk̓masq̓ət yaʔ čwiksts It’s only the sky he can see (PS)
• axáʔ yaʔ ksqʷaʔmíkst Those who are used to it (PS)

yaʔkʷmínm̓ be selfish

yaʔx̌ís that one

• uɬ čaʔkʷ íwaʔ lut axáʔ iʔ tw̓tw̓it axáʔ iʔ k̓asʔasíl̓, Pay̓rn̓ uɬ yaʔx̌ís, čaʔkʷ way̓ kn̓ knánaqs. And if it hadn’t been these boys, the two of them, Byron and that one, I would be all alone. (Cv)

yaʔx̌íʔ there, over there, that one

• áɬiʔ way̓ yaʔx̌íʔ k̓ɬk̓ilxʷt. Because already they’re out of sight over there.. (PS)
• yaʔx̌íʔ təl̓ sxʔitx ixíʔ n̓xlusəs (She started) form the oldest one and cut off his head (PS)
• uɬ yaʔx̌íʔ iʔ k̓a n̓ɬaʔmín̓k miʔ kʷ ɬəq̓ilx. And over there next to the wall you can lie down. (PS)
• uɬ čm̓ yaʔx̌íʔ iʔ tkɬmilxʷ lut ksnixl̓mn̓ts. And that woman probably won’t listen to you. (PS)
• yaʔx̌íʔ t̓i əɬip iʔ t sílxʷaʔ iʔ t siwɬkʷ She disappeared in the big water (PS)
• uɬ yəyaˤt k̓ɬʔay̓səs yaʔx̌íʔ. And that one over there changed all the places. (Cv)

yaʔyákʷaʔ stingy

yaʔyákʷaʔ,yayákʷaʔ stingy (PS)

yaʔyáxʷt keep falling

• mut, way̓ uɬ yayáxʷt iʔ c̓ásy̓aqn̓s. They sat there, and their head kept falling down (from sleepiness). (Cv)

yaʔyáʔx̌m̓ watch / watch. e.g. a rodeo, a race, stick game (Cv)

yaʔyáʔx̌n̓t watch something (Cv)

• sčy̓ay̓áx̌aʔst watch somebody
• lut inx̌mínk kʷu səčyaʔyáʔx̌stsəlx I don’t like it when they watch me. (Cv)

yaˤc̓ solid (Cv)

• lut kstk̓ʷaxʷəxʷl̓qʷs uɬ t̓iʔ yaˤc̓.. It doesn’t come loose and it's solid. (PS)

yaʕčín̓ 1 shore, edge of the water / 2 geog / shore, edge of the water / geog. large inundated area south of Covington Cove; winter village and burial site (OkB)

• wikɬtsəl̓x iʔ stətm̓tim̓s ilíʔ l̓ yaˤčín̓ st̓əqčnitkʷ uɬ iʔ ɬəkaps. They saw her clothes laying close to the shore, and her bucket. (PS)

yáˤčín̓ beach

yáˤčin̓ɬp̓úkʷlaʔ beach ball

yáˤčnítkʷ shore

yaʕčníwaʔɬ geog / geog. a trail from xəl̓al̓stupriver to Lundstrom Bay and the canyon at its head (OkB)

yaʕčniwɬ river bank

yaʕčníwɬ river bank

yaʕčníwɬčiʔ saʔtítkʷ River bank / River bank. (OkB) (OkB)

yaʕíɬc̓aʔ gather meat

• yaʕ̓íɬc̓aʔl̓x They got the meat home (PS)

yaʕlsčút goods arrive

• sčyaˤʔl̓sčút iʔ sčk̓aˤwmístx. Goods that he bought arrive., Things that he’s bought arrive. (PS)

yaʕɬčwílxʷn̓ all the tribes

yaʕɬčwílxʷtn̓ all the tribes

• tl̓ yaˤɬčwílxʷtn̓. It's from all over the world. (PS)
• isn̓k̓ʷɬy̓l̓y̓lmíxʷm̓ tl̓ yaˤɬčwílxʷtn̓. They are my fellow kings from all the tribes. (PS)

yaʕmílx gather together

• huy̓, axáʔ y̓aˤl̓x, y̓aˤmíl̓xəl̓x n̓kəčkn̓wixʷəl̓x. Finally, now they gathered, they got together, they overtook one another. (PS)
• ik̓líʔ miʔ kʷu y̓aˤmílx. We will gather around there. (PS)
• əɬy̓aˤʔmíl̓xəl̓x k̓l̓ čitxʷsəl̓x. They got back together at their house. (PS)

yaʕ̓mín̓t be backward about something

yaʕ̓míntm̓ We’re backwards (PS)

• t̓xʷ y̓aˤmísəl̓x axáʔ miyáɬ swy̓num̓t. But they’re backwards because s/he’s too good looking. (PS)

yaʕp arrive

• xʷuyʔl̓x, yaʕpəlx k̓əl̓ sk̓laxʷ, yaʕpəlx k̓əl̓ sílxʷaʔ tawn̓ They went, they got somewhere towards evening, they got to a big town (PS)
• nínwiʔ kʷu xʷuy̓y̓, kʷu y̓aˤp uɬ lut nax̌m̓ɬ aksyəxʷmn̓čút. Later we'll go, we'll get there, but don’t you get down. (PS)

yaʕpčín̓ trouble

• t̓xʷ way̓ talíʔ kn̓ yaˤpčín̓. I’m really in need. (PS)

yaˤpčín̓ be in need of something

• lut kn̓ t̓a ksyaˤpčín̓. I don’t have any troubles. (PS)

yaʕpčínmn̓t be in need of something

• uč kʷaʔ yaˤpčínmn̓txʷ ixíʔ iʔ ən̓ʔaɬnaʔsqílxʷtn̓ sumíxs ? Do you ever get hard up for the man-eater’s spirit? (PS)
• yaʕpčínməntsən̓ I need you (Cv)

yaʕpčnnún̓t become in need of something

• yaʕpčnúntm̓ They get hard up (PS)

yaˤpqín̓ many head of, many people

yaˤqnísxn̓ place name- hunting trail between Barnaby Creek and N̓laxʷ, B’s etym: trail along the top of the rock (OkB)

yaˤt all

yaˤt̓ squeak

• t̓iʔ yaˤt̓ axáʔ isn̓kɬmútn̓ kn̓ ɬə sym̓yuml̓x. My chair squeaks when I move.

yaʕt iʔsktxʷaxʷs answers (all the answers from adding) / sums (all the sums)

yaˤt k̓aʔkín̓ everywhere

yaˤt taʔkín̓ everywhere

yáˤtɬníw̓t cube

yaˤtmín̓t need something

yaˤw̓pyáˤw̓t strong, strong character, spiritual strenght

• áɬíʔ lut t̓ aksyw̓pyáˤw̓t t̓iʔ kmix ɬə nánaqs an̓nín̓k̓mn̓. You won’t be strong enough with only one little knife (PS)

yaˤyáˤt sx̌l̓x̌aˤl̓t every day

yaˤʔíl̓psm̓ twirl tail

yaˤʔmín̓t be reluctant with something, be hesitant with

yaˤʔmíxaʔ pow wow, to powwow

yəryir round

yət̓ət̓aˤt̓ make creaking noise, make groaning noise

yət̓yət̓aˤl̓x make creaking noise

yəxʷminm̓ drop (OkB)

yəxʷmin̓t drop something

• yəxʷmin̓ I dropped it.
• yəxʷmin̓tm̓. We dropped it.

yəxʷmn̓čut dismount, get down, get out of a vehicle, drop down, swoop down

• syəxʷmn̓čuts sn̓k̓l̓ip. Then Coyote got down. (PS)
• nínwiʔ kʷu xʷuy̓y̓, kʷu y̓aˤp uɬ lut nax̌m̓ɬ aksyəxʷmn̓čút. Later we'll go, we'll get there, but don’t you get down. (PS)

yəxʷmn̓čutx ! Get off!, Get down!

• huy̓ yəxʷmn̓čutx ! Now get down! (PS)

yəxʷm̓stim̓. We dropped it.

yəxʷmus north wind

yəxʷtips bottom, base (of cliff, tree, boulder)

yəxʷtpal̓qs skirt

yəxʷtúlaʔxʷ lowlands

yəx̌ʷyəx̌ʷutxn̓ badger

yəxʷyxʷut low

yəyaˤt everybody, everything, all

yəyaˤt swit everybody

• nínwiʔ txəƛ̓ap iʔ sqilxʷ, yəyáˤt swit. Later the people will come, everybody (PS)
• áɬiʔ yəyáˤt swit čnx̌ilm̓sts axáʔ l̓ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ ixíʔ n̓ʔaɬnaʔsqílxʷtn̓ Everybody on this earth is scared of this man-eater (PS)

yəyaˤtəl̓x. It was all of them. (OkB)

yičán̓t shake something, agitate something

yičíkstm̓ shake something (stick, tree) (OkB)

yičíkstmn̓t shake something

• yičíkstmn̓txʷ. You shook it roughly. (Cv)
• uɬ way̓ mistxʷ ʔitx axáʔ iʔ tkɬmilxʷ, íwaʔ yəčikstmn̓txʷ uɬ kmix n̓čəkʷčəkʷísk̓ítm̓, úɬiʔ kʷ k̓ək̓aʔlíst uɬ kʷ xʷt̓ilx. And so when you’re sure this woman is asleep, even if you shake her up all she does is groan, then you go easy, get up. (PS)

yilíkʷl̓xkn̓ male mountain sheep, mountain ram

yilw̓íkst twist something (OkB)

yílwiʔm̓ twist a twig

• kn̓ yílwiʔm̓ t sx̌əx̌c̓iʔ. I twisted a stick. (PS)

yim̓kstmn̓t force somebody

• kʷuʔ yikstmn̓txʷ. You force me., You crowd me. (Cv)

yin̓wl̓x soar

• yin̓wl̓x. It soars.

yipwíkm̓ catch a glimpse, catch sight of (OkB)

yiq̓íp belt

yiq̓mín̓ file. implement (OkB)

yir circle, round (OkB)

yir sn̓kɬk̓ʷakʷíl̓l̓tn̓ ferris wheel

yiríwaxn̓ snow shoeing

• lut čmistís yiríwaʔxn̓. S/he didn’t know snow shoeing. (PS)

yiríwaxnm̓ put snow shoes on

• lut t̓a kɬxwiɬ mɬ sič yiríwaxnməl̓x.. There is no road, and so they put their snow shoes on. (PS)

yirksn̓čút coil up

yirk̓ʷám̓ bend something

yirk̓ʷčín̓t make a rim

yirk̓ʷqín̓ cup

yir̓k̓ʷqín̓ cup

yirk̓ʷxnm̓ make shoe frames / he made snow shoe frames / he made (shoe) frames (Cv)

• way̓ yrik̓ʷxnm̓ uɬ lut nax̌m̓ɬ kɬn̓ʔiy̓xn̓. Well s/he’s made frames, but s/he doesn’t have lacing. (PS)

yirmínm̓ shove, slide something

yirmín̓tm̓ push someone / something

yirmnusəs. S/he pushed it away from shore.

• way̓ ixíʔ yirmnusəs sn̓k̓l̓ip, way̓ sk̓am̓tál̓qʷs. So then Coyote pushed away from shore, he was sitting on a log. (PS)

yirn̓čút full moon

yir̓n̓čút full moon

yirn̓tím̓ push something

• yirntis axáʔ n̓c̓ičən̓ iʔ tkɬmilxʷs Wolf’s wife pushed her. (PS)

yitákʷ rotten

yix̌íxt drive to s/o

yixʷmús very cold

yixʷút low / down, low (OkB)

yixʷútaʔ low

yiyr̓yír little round

yiʔáˤʔ fear (OkB)

yl̓tmin̓t run away from someone

ylwiʔkstm̓ twist something

ylwiʔntím̓ twist something

• ylwiʔn̓tín̓. I twisted it. (Cv)

ylxʷn̓tim̓ cover, wrap something

• ylxʷn̓tixʷ. You wrap it up.

ylxʷusm̓ cover one’s face

• kn̓ ylxʷusm̓ I cover my face (Cv)

ylxʷusn̓t cover somebody’s face

• yl̓xʷusn̓tm̓. Her face was covered by someone. (PS)

yl̓yal̓qn̓ place name- inundated area on the north bank of the Spokane River about three-quarters mile east of the mouth of Ferguson (Orazada) Creek (OkB)

yl̓yal̓t run away

• kʷu yl̓yal̓t. We run away. (Cv)

yl̓yul̓t thick

ym̓m̓sčut be cornered, be in fear

• way̓ kn̓ yməmsčut, way̓ kn̓ áˤčəčqənmənwíxʷ iʔ k̓a n̓x̌aʔx̌ʔítkʷ I am cornered, I am fighting head to head with the sea monster (PS)
• t̓iʔ p sy̓m̓sčut iʔ ksxʷəsxʷusl̓xm̓p. You guys do your best, hurry., You are helpless to hurry. (PS)
• ʔim̓m̓sčút be concerned (Cv)
• kn̓ ʔiməm̓sčút I fear it (Cv)

ym̓yuml̓x earthquake / move around

• ym̓yum̓lx iʔ tmxʷúlaʔxʷ earthquake (OkB)

ym̓yum̓l̓x to move

ym̓yuml̓xst move something around

yq̓min̓ file

yr̓yark̓ʷn̓t make a loop

• swit sp̓əp̓aʔc̓áˤlaʔqʷ áɬiʔ sčyr̓yark̓ʷs. They were only new shoots that he made the frame with., What he made the frame with were new shoots. (PS)

yr̓yáruyaʔ great-great-great-grandchild or grandmother

• yəryáruyaʔ fifth generation grandmother (Cv)

yul̓p thick rope (OkB)

yul̓t log, thick tree (OkB)

yúm̓mist move

yus purple, dark red, maroon (Cv)

yutl̓x raven

yw̓yaˤwín̓k strong bow

yw̓yaˤw̓ín̓k strong bow, recurved bow (Cv)

yw̓yaˤwt strong

• way̓ yw̓yaˤw̓t aspʔús, way̓ w̓nixʷ čnw̓n̓xʷínaʔm̓stmn̓. Well your heart is strong, so I can really believe you. (PS)

yw̓yw̓aˤkst strong handed