Found 39 items: showing page 1 of 2.

  • cocomiye - (cigarette, stick, etc.) s/he, it misses hole when being inserted
  • 't-etestehkomon - s/he misses it when s/he goes to meet it (train, bus, etc.)
  • 't-etestehkuwal - s/he misses h/ when s/he goes to meet h/
  • 'kayya, 'kayye - that was close! it just barely missed! (exclamation when something just misses happening, e.g., when narrowly missing an intended target, or when almost getting hit, as by a car)
  • kcoski (kcosk-) - loosening; slipping off or out; missing intended target
  • kcoskomehta - s/he misses when trying to insert (e.g., peg into hole, plug into socket)
  • kcoskomessu - s/he, it misses hole when being inserted
  • kcoskte - (shot, projectile) it is off the mark
  • 'kocoskeksomon - s/he nearly cuts it but misses, the knife slipping off it
  • 'kocoskotomon - s/he misses it or loses hold of it when biting it
  • 'koskomaqtahal - (woodcutter) s/he misses h/ when striking but hits h/ with handle (of ax, etc.)
  • 'koskomaqtehmon - (woodcutter) s/he misses it when striking but hits it with handle
  • 'koskomaqtestun - (woodcutter) s/he misses with it when striking but hits its handle against intended target
  • 'koskomaqtestuwal - (boxer) s/he misses when striking at h/ with fist but hits h/ with forearm
  • metsihkomon - s/he is too late to catch it (bus, etc.)
  • metsihkuwal - s/he is too late to catch h/ (i.e., misses appointment with h/, etc.)
  • nahkawotun - s/he hits below it (intended target), shoots below it
  • nankomaqtesta - s/he misses with ax hitting with handle instead
  • nomkomiye - s/he, it goes past the appointed cutoff, goes right by without stopping
  • nuhtoqaptun - s/he just misses getting hold of it (object just out of reach)
  • 'pasithal - (marksman) s/he overshoots h/, shoots over h/ (i.e., misses h/ by shooting too high)
  • 'pasithomon - (marksman) s/he overshoots it, shoots over it (i.e., misses it by shooting too high)
  • 'polaphal - s/he misses h/ tracks
  • 'polaphomon - s/he misses its tracks
  • 'polapomal - s/he looks past h/, looks at h/ without seeing h/ (e.g., when looking for someone in a crowded room)