Part of Speech: noun

Chinese. Calmɨnmí wašwášnu ‘ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus‘. [NP Célmen; Célmen waswásno ‘pheasant’]

Cornhusk. paˀaníx̣ana psatat̓áwas calutimat̓áwaski ‘they would make their cornhusk bags with cornhusk’; patáax̣alux̣ana calutimat̓áwas c̓íc̓kki wíwnuki psuníki ‘they would dye their cornhusk bags with grass (for green), with huckleberry (for purple), with alder (for yellow)’; táax̣aluuni calutimat̓áwas ‘dyed cornhusk’; st̓xʷswaakułmí táax̣aluuni calutimat̓áwas ‘dyed corn husk’; calutimat̓awasmí wápas ‘cornhusk bag’.

Bridle. [NP /nkénikeˀs/.]

Japanese.

Harrow. Also pronounced čap̓uykáwas. See čáp̓uyk. [NP /qqeˀt/.]

Ribbon. See also łiłípłiłip. [NE lúlupa; Y lalupáa; NP /łił´płił`p/.]

Seagull, California gull, Larus californicus. Also k̓ayák̓aya, k̓aylásk̓aylas. [Y sasp̓úla; NP /muqúycimun/.]

Halter, rope to go around the nose of the horse and used to direct the horse, bit (for horse). Also čawaanaynačáwas. cawaanaynacáwas paˀaníx̣ana ‘they used make a halter’; ku k̓ʷáy áwača paamíin cawaanaynacáwas taxʷɨsmí ‘and that halter of theirs was of dogbane’. [NP /hm̓pay̓ayn/.]

Walker.

Groundhog, yellow-bellied marmot, Marmota flaviventris. [S čɨkčɨ́knu; NP /cexcem/.]

Playing cards, deck of cards. pałq̓íwiša cáxcamki ‘they are playing cards’. [WS cákcam; NP /cexcem/.]

Card game. cáxcaxmitpa íšna ‘he won at a card game’ [NP /cexcemit/.]

Garbanzo beans, “coffee peas”. [Cf. NP **cícqax̣ /c´cqq/ ‘lumpy things, coffee beans’ (Aoki 1994:22).]

A tiny little species of bird; a small bird (generic).

A small owl sp.

Red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus), Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii). A tree squirrel with a little black stripe on its back that goes into the camp to get food. Also sinmí. [NP /c´lmi/.]

Your (a man’s) younger sister. cnítsaan ánik ‘give it to your sister!’. See áyc. [NE cníks; NP ˀimqánis /ˀimqnis/; cf. perhaps NP /cíks/ ‘woman’s sister-in-law’.]

Gray jay, camp robber, Perisoreus canadensis. Also called yapašpat̓ałá ‘grease eater’. [NW wiskʷíkʷi; NP /ˀspukuk/.]

Sticks or poles (such as tepee poles) tied together, the place at the top of a tepee where the poles are tied together, tepee tie pole (there are three or four of these which are bigger than the other tepee poles), tripod, triangle. cɨquypamá twá ‘tie pole’. Sometimes pronounced cqúy. [NP /cqʷy/ ‘tepee top, smoke hole’.]

Edible inner bark of Ponderosa pine (táp̓aš). Occasional pronunciation influenced by Nez Perce. See suk̓ʷáymit. [NP cuk̓éeymit /cuk̓ʷéymit/.]