4,791 terms are nouns

psuní

Alder, Alnus incana tenuifolia (mountain alder), Alnus rubra (red alder), Alnus sinuata (Sitka alder), Alnus rhombifolia (white alder). Alder bark makes a dark tan dye. It is used to color moccasins. pašapámx̣ɨškɨnx̣ana psuníki wɨłq̓ám ‘they dyed their moccasins with alder’; patáax̣alux̣ana calutimat̓áwas psuníki ‘they would dye their cornhusk bags with alder (for yellow)’; psuninmí psá ‘alder bark’. [NE apsuní, ɨx̣aˀɨ́x̣a; NW ɨx̣á; NP /witk/.]

psuniwáakuł

Water birch, bitter cherry, Prunus emarginata. Also asnɨ́ps. [NW ɨsnɨ́ps.]

psɨ́x

Wart. psɨ́x áwa apápa ‘he has a wart on his hand’. [NP /ˀpck/.]

pɨsxú

Rabbitbrush, Chrysothamnus spp. Also pšx̣ú. puˀúx̣puˀux̣ psxú ‘tall blue rabbitbrush, chamisa C. nauseosus‘; lámt psxú ‘green rabbitbrush, C. viscidiflorus‘. [NE pɨšx̣ú; Y psxúpsxu; NP /qmqm/ ‘sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) and rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus)’; cf NP /psqu/ ‘leaf; mountain Labrador tea (Rhododendron neoglandulosum)’.]

pɨsxú

Pasco, Washington. [NE pašx̣ú; cf. psxú ‘rabbitbrush’.]

psxúwi

Having rabbitbrush. psxúwipa ‘on rabbitbrush land’.

Hobble

walayxʷtkáwas ‘horse hobbles, snare trap’.

Hog

kušúu ~ huq̓húq̓ ‘pig, hog’.

Hole

tqúni; k̓úlk; čaˀákš; pátaatpa tqúni ‘hole in tree’; tánawt ‘den, burrow, animal hole in the ground’.

Home

wɨ́šayčt ‘event, happening, birth, home’.

Homebody

wuukšałá ‘stay-at-home’.

Homeless

čawyaninłá ‘exile, wanderer, homeless person’.

Homework

ititamatpamá ‘school homework’; inaq̓iyáł tímaš ‘unfinished papers’.

Homly

Xúmlay ‘Homly cemetery’.

Homosexual

wáƛ̓uks.

Honeysuckle

wapaanłanmí tkʷátat ‘bearberry honeysuckle, Lonicera involucrata‘. Also called yakanmí tkʷátat ‘bear’s food’.

Honor

tmáyt ~ tmɨ́kt ‘respect, honor’.

Hoof

asúusu; k̓usinmí asúusu ‘horse’s hoof’.

Hook

q̓íya ‘fish hook’; pipšmí q̓íya ‘bone fishhook’; k̓ilyakáwas ‘hooked stick used to pull down limbs while picking chokecherries’.

Hoop

c̓íil ‘circle, hoop’; c̓íil waasklikáwas ~ c̓íilc̓iil ‘hoop-game hoop’; patkʷaytalí ‘hoop-game’; patkʷaytaliwit̓áwas ‘hoop game stick’; tamawaalatat̓áwas ‘hoop’; tamawaalatatpamá ~ tamawaalatat̓áwas ~ k̓piititpamá c̓íil ‘basketball hoop’; twanú ‘dip net hoop’.