-el, body connected, arrowhead

This suffix indicates a connection to a body or a connection to a group. Body connected refers to the connection of an outward appendage to a main body. In body part terminology extremities are noted with the suffix, -el, to note their connection to the main body or trunk. In the figurative sense, suffix -el refers to the ties an entity has to a larger entity or to an origin entity. With people this is expressed as belonging to a tribe/band or family.

• -elixʷ, people. -el-ixʷ (body, animate form)
• -elp, substitute. (-el-p, body, base)
• -elpstšn, thigh. (-el-ps-t-šn, body, end of body, stv, leg/foot)
• -elqstšn, hamstring. (-el-qs-t-šn, body, category, stv, leg/foot)
• -alq, penis. (-al-q, body, -aq)
• -alqs, clothing. (-al-qs, body, category)
• -alqʷ, cylindrical. (-al-qʷ, body, qʷ)
• -els, feel. (-el-us, s, body, source)
• -elsčn̓, horn. (-el-s-čn̓, body, source, back/ridge)
• -elt, child. (-el-t, body, stv)
• -eltn, process food. (-el-tn, body, agentive)
• -elx̌n, upper arm. (-el-x̌n, body, out growth)
• -el-xʷ, hide. (-el-xʷ, body, essence)
• -l-exʷ, form. (-l-exʷ, body, form)
• -čn̓-el-ps, back of neck. (-čn̓-el-ps, back, body, end of body)
• -ep-l-eɁ, upper order. (-ep-l-eɁ, base, body, eɁ)
• -ep-l-s, testicle. (-ep-l-s, base, body, source)
• tax̌ʷlus, continue on. tax̌ʷ-l-us
  • tax̌ʷ is an ablaut with tox̌ʷ, straight, with the suffix, -el and suffix, -us. Body straight source
• pkʷlɁem, play ball (?dust off body outward expression. from hitting the shinny ball making dust)
• cq-al̕, lie on back. (caq -el, positioned upright, body)