Kwíyx̲thet means ‘to move oneself’.
Pronunciation
- Kwíyx̲thet sounds like KWEEK-thutt, except that instead of the second K you say the hard-x (̲x).
- To make the hard-x, you create heavy friction with the back of your tongue against your uvula.
Audio: Elizabeth Phillips
-ing form
Kwíyx̲thet has a special for the –ing (‘continuative’ or ongoing action) form, like this: kwóyx̲thet – moving oneself (audio here).
Elders make this type of –ing form by a vowel change.
Related words
Here are some other words that come from the same root as kwíyx̲thet:
- kwíyx̲t – to move (it)
- skwóyx̲thet – a movement, a doing
- kwíythesem – to shake one’s head
The -thet ending in kwíyx̲thet means -self. The x̲ is also a separate ending, which here marks a kind of ‘distributed’ action.
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