kwíyx̲t

Kwíyx̲t means to move (it). You use it to talk about moving another object or another person (not yourself).

Pronunciation

• Kwíyx̲t sounds like KWEEKT, except that instead of a K the second sound is 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

Kwíyx̲t has a special ing (‘continuative’ or ongoing action) form, like this: kwáyx̲t – moving (it) (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 kwíyx̲t:

• kwíyx̲thet – to move (it)
• skwóyx̲thet – a movement, a doing
• kwíythesem – to shake one’s head

The -t ending marks ‘transitive’ verbs (verbs where one person or thing acts on another person or thing).

The x̲ suffix marks a kind of ‘distributed’ action.