Coyote, Canis latrans. [NP /ˀiceyéye/, likely Shoshoni loan where the word for ‘coyote’ is based on a verb stem, ˀisa, meaning ‘to tell a lie’. Aoki 1994:1007. Sahaptin spílya appears to be a Salish loan.]
4,791 terms are nouns
spilyaspílya
Small form coyote. Also pronounced spilyáspilya. [NP /ˀicayáyaqan/ ‘young coyote’.]
Spilyáy
Coyote, the legendary character. iwačá wapsúx Spilyáy ku pakúuk iwačá paláy ‘Coyote was smart and sometimes he ws stupid’; Spilyáy itamáynačɨnx̣ana áčašpa ku qáayk iqáq̓inunx̣ana ‘Coyote would put [buttercups] in his eyes and suddenly he would see the light’; spilyaynmí tamánwit ‘Coyote’s law’; spilyaynmí áčaš ‘buttercups, contact lenses’; Spilyáywi ‘act like Coyote, copy or mimic’. [NP /ˀiceyéye/; niséew̓eynuu (sometimes in myth texts).]
Niece
pawát ‘woman’s brother’s daughter’; psíts ‘woman’s sister’s daughter’; pax̣yáx̣ ‘man’s brother’s child’; pítx̣ ‘man’s sister’s child’.
Night
sc̓át; wáwtukt ‘camping overnight, night’.
Nighthawk
p̓íim ‘Chordeiles minor‘.
Nightmare
táwwiyayč̓ut.
Nipple
wac̓aakáwas ‘lock; nipple’; sapawac̓aakáwas ‘pacifier, nipple on a bottle’.
Nit
asás ‘louse egg’.
Noble
patátuy ~ patatuywáakuł ‘noble fir, Abies procera‘.
Nock
wisk̓anpkáwas ‘arrow nock, notch at the end of an arrow’.
Noise
nášat; čč̓ɨlłá ‘noise maker, person or thing that makes noise’.
Nominalizer
Function:
Turns words into nouns.
Noodle
šíiyat ‘spinal nerve or “noodle” of eel or lamprey (k̓súyas)’.
Noon
wiyátk̓ukt ‘twelve o’clock’.
North
k̓sɨ́taas; átya ‘cold wind, north wind’; atyayáy ‘North Wind’ (legendary character).
Northern lights
lɨ́šwaylat ~ lɨ́šwaaluukt ~ lɨ́šqayx̣it ‘aurora borealis’.
Nose
núšnu.
Nosebleed
lapšúšit; núšnukni tilíwal.
Notch
wisk̓anpkáwas ‘arrow nock, the notch at the end of an arrow’.