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ch'e:k'iyohwh (water) is running out

ch'e:wilin it (water) flows out (e.g., creek into river, mouth of river, faucet, hose)

ch'itehsme:n

ch'iwiłchwil he got wet

dahdiwilxit' the river has risen, flooded

dahto:' dew, there is a dew

jung muddy water

k'idmut (water) is boiling

k'ite:yo:wh (water) surged, ran along stormily

k'iwowh-nesnoy "foam spot," a bad-luck place in the river

me'-ta'dina:n drinking glass

minahsto (water) surrounds it, forms an island

miwowh its (e.g.. beer's) foam

na'k'iwiłdiw he washed something

na'whiwiłme' he bathed me

na:'ił they (animals) are swimming around, (a group) is in swimming

na:k'iyo:wh (water) washes back and forth, surges about

na:la:t it's floating around

na:xolts'a' (water) soaks down into the ground

nahłmil eddy in a stream

nawhme I'm swimming, bathing

nilin creek, stream

nilin (water) flows

niłchwił it (thing) is wet

niwehsle'n it started to flow

no:nila:t it floated to there

no:nto' (water) reached its farthest extent, (flood water) crested

no:wiling head of a creek, stream, river

noleh waterfall, dam, obstruction in a stream

ta'na:n water (to drink)

ta'na:n-me'-ch'e:wilin faucet

ta'na:n-na:naydits-ding eddy

ta:- water

ta:dinung drinking

ta:sił steam

ta:wha:wh I'm wading in the water, wading across (creek)

ta:wilin-ding where a stream flows into the ocean

ta:wina'n drinking

ta:ya'winde:tł' they all waded

tah'ing'awh take it (e.g. stone) out of the water! take it out of the fire!

tawhdina:n I'm drinking

te'ił they swim along

teh- into the water

teh'iliw I dive into the water

teh'ing'awh put it (e.g. stone) into the water!

teh'inyahwh go into the water!

tehna:na'k'iwiłdiw he has washed, cleaned it (with water)

tehwidliw diving

tiliw (fish) swims along

to any body of water, ocean

to:-dingq'och' salt water; ocean

to:nchwen'-xoda:ng'ay rapids

to:-nichwe'n rough water; bad luck

to:-tehsyay flood, high water in the river

to:-wingkyah the water is getting, has gotten high (in the river), the flood waters are rising

tosił warm water, lukewarm water, water that has been heated on a fire

tosq'uts' spring (of cold water), cold water

wila:l it (single object) is floating along

wile:l (fish) swims along (under water)

winto' (water) has moved somewhere, has reached to somewhere

wults'a' (water) soaks through (something), leaks out

xa:k'indimut it boiled up out of something

xahslin riffle (in a stream)

yehk'inyo:wh (water) pours in (e.g., through a hole)

Dictionary Entry [entry ID #4225] (related entries)

ch'itehsme:n • he started to swim • verb (theme: ti-(s)-me:/me') [perfective, animate subject]Semantic domain: water