4,791 terms are nouns

sapsanáwas

Travois, trailer, pickup truck. [Y tamantatitpamá; NP /sepéˀsepen/.]

sapsik̓ʷałá

Definition:

Teacher.


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[NP /himteˀkew̓et(u)/; /sepehitemenew̓et(u)/.]

sápsik̓ʷat

Teaching. k̓ʷáy iwačá sápsik̓ʷat míimi ‘that was the teaching long ago’; k̓ʷáy áwača sápsik̓ʷat nč̓inč̓imaamí ‘that was the teaching of the elders’; . . . sápsik̓ʷat ataš tún pasápsik̓ʷana čná tiičámpa ‘to teach whatever they taught in this land’; kutaš aw kú pamáwšuwata sápsik̓ʷatay mayánašmaaman sɨ́nwit ičiškíin ‘and then we will get ourselves ready for teaching the children to speak in Indian’. [NP /hímteˀkt/.]

sapsik̓ʷatpamá

School, college. sapsik̓ʷatpamá wayx̣tiłá ‘school bus’. Also skúulit. [NP /hitémenwees/.]

saptklikí

Twisted tule mat. It also can be made of cattails. Also called lakʷátit. [NP /captklykaˀí/.]

sapt̓ałá

Salmon patties with berries and fish oil, chokecherries and salmon made into biscuits (saplɨ́l). iwá túnx̣ sapt̓ałá lapt̓ałákni ‘salmon pemmican is different than salmon patties’; sapt̓ałá iwatáx̣na ílax̣yawiyi ‘salmon patties can be dried’. [NP /tn̓at/.]

sápƛ̓ɨmux̣i

Common or long-leaved groundcherry, Physalis longifolia. Also called sápc̓ɨmliki.

sapúulklikas

Windmill, wind turbine. Thomas Morning Owl. See also huulipamá.

sápwaac̓aakt

Armband. k̓pɨtłimá sápwaac̓akt ‘beaded armband’. Also called šápwaanaynatš. [NW šápwiinaynakš; NP ˀatíimnim wepelíikin.]

sapwaanpłá

One who echoes at the medicine dance (wánpt). [K sapwiinpłá (Jacobs 1931:152).]

sápwaasklikt

Start of a basket.

sapxʷɨ́lkas

Ring. kunam wínšnɨm iníta sapxʷɨ́lkas ‘and a man will give you the ring’. [NP ˀipsosáyn /ˀpsus-´yn/.]

sapxʷlkaspamá

Ring finger. [NP temelúukt.]

sapx̣ʷninłá

Crawler. sapx̣ʷninłá kákyama ‘crawling animals’ (saysáy ‘worms’, pyúš ‘snakes’, ámuš ‘snails’).

sáq̓aluks

Bangs (of hair), hair foretop, hair forelock worn by men. [Y šáq̓lukš; NP ˀicalámkt /ˀcal´mkt/; cf. NP /saq̓an/ ‘top of the head’.]

sáq̓aluksi

Arlington, Oregon. sáq̓aluksiipa ‘at Arlington’; áwna wínaša sáq̓aluksiiyaw ‘we’re going to Arlington’.

sasamít̓a

Gorman’s desert parsley, Lomatium gormanii. “Sometimes confused with mámɨn [Lomatium piperi]. Roots are generally larger and ‘hairier’ than mámɨn (i.e., many more rootlets) Appears to grow where mámɨn does not.” p.c., Dave Corliss. Also called łałamít̓a. [NE sasamít̓aya; NP “c̓ic̓íita” (Marshall 1977:192); NP possibly c̓íc̓ayic (Eugene John).]

sátas

Satus area in Washington.

satasłá

Person from Satus, Washington. satasłá pawačá ‘they were Satus people’.

sawítk

Common or Gardner’s yampah, Indian carrot, Perideridia gairdneri. aw kú tílaakima pax̣nítax̣ana táyyaw sawítk ‘then the women would go to the meadow to dig Indian carrot’; ana kʷná iwá x̣lák pášx̣aš ku kʷná ittáwax̣ɨnx̣a sawítk ‘where there is a lot of balsamroot then the Indian carrot grows there’; sawitkwáakuł ‘carrot’. Also called tawtnúk wáx̣wayčtpa. [NP /cawitk/.]