4,791 terms are nouns

stínstins

Arrowhead, wapato, Sagittaria latifolia. watámpa pax̣níša stístinšnan áyatin ‘two women digging wapato at the lake’ (Jacobs 1937:11.6.1, pg. 18). See also wáptu and ɨstíˀɨstins. [Y wáptu; cf. Y ɨstínstins ‘evergreen needle, icicle, railroad tie’.]

stkʷláwaycas

Kindling.

stúup

Stove. stúupa ikúukiša ‘she is cooking on a stove’.

sɨ́t̓xʷs

Buttonroot, wild hyacinth, Triteleia hyacinthina (syn., Brodiaea hyacinthina). They grow deep in the ground. ƛ̓áksin pawá sɨknisɨ́kni ku sɨ́t̓xʷs ‘yellow bells and wild hyacinth are two sisters’; at̓úk iwá x̣nít sɨ́t̓xʷsna ‘it is difficult to dig the buttonroot’. [NE ɨst̓ɨ́xʷs; NP cát̓ox̣c /ct̓x̣ʷc/ ‘Brodiaea douglasii‘.]

st̓xʷswáakuł

Corn, maize, Zea mays. wáx̣ɨmki iwá st̓xʷswáakuł ‘the corn is ground’; st̓xʷswaakułmí táax̣aluuni calutimat̓áwas ‘dyed designing corn husk’. [NP cat̓ox̣cwáakoˀs /ct̓x̣ʷcwáakoˀs/.]

suc̓x̣łá

Whale, dolphin, porpoise, shark. [WS suƛ̓x̣łá.]

suk̓páwas

Pin, safety pin, tepee pin. Also pronounced suq̓páwas. suk̓páwaspa tutanikpamá ‘bobbypin’ (Inez Spino Reves, 4-27-07). [Cf. NP /cúq̓pp/ ‘pin on’.]

suk̓ʷáymit

Inner cambium layer of pine trees which was used for food. anítax̣anaataš suk̓ʷáymit ‘we used to go make the bark’. [NP /cuk̓ʷéymit/.]

sulátas

Leggings, pants, trousers. wíyayti áwa sulátas ‘his leggings are decorated’; lamtmí sulátas ‘blue jeans’; sulátasi ‘put on leggings’. Also wilkyakí. [Y & WS niyátš; NP /tohon/.]

súlcas

Soldier, veteran, army, military service. ana kʷná watáx̣na ašwaníya ana kú čáw miyánašma pawínatax̣na súlcasyaw ‘where we would be slaves if the children wouldn’t go to the service’; súlcasma panaknúwišana čaaná tiičámna ‘the soldiers were taking care of this country’; čí áwa tiičám sulcasmaamí ‘this is the veteran’s land’; pamániya sulcasmíyaw ‘they volunteered for the army’; ku kúuk súlcasin pášapawinama čaaní ‘and then the army sent them here’; sulcasmaamí tiičám ‘the veteran’s grounds’. [NP /sólcas/.]

súnknikt

Origin:

sú- (with a saliently one dimensional object) + nɨkní (turning around) + -k + -t (nominalizer)


Definition:

Parade.


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[NP /cúlkelykt/.]

sunúus

Dip net pole. Hunn 1990:122.

súpnit

Ridge. kutaš wšiyát̓ax̣ama íčɨn súpnityaw ‘and we would move up to this ridge’. [NP téx̣sem /tx̣sem/; cf. NP /cúpn̓it/ ‘piercing, sewing, emerging from woods in single file’.]

suspán

Wild strawberry, Fragaria vesca. wínax̣anaataš kutaš tmaanítax̣ana suspán ‘we used to go and pick strawberries’; yikɨ́t suspán ‘wild strawberry’; šapáttawax̣ni suspán ‘domestic strawberry’. [NP /nickaˀníckaˀ/.]

suspanwáakʷł

Three-flowered avens (Geum triflorum); morel mushroom (Morchella spp.). [NP /pál̓a/ ‘morel’.]

súsut

Whispering, phoning. ímč̓a wáawat̓ak súsut ‘also send a wire!’. [NP cewcéew /cewcéw/.]

susutpamá

Telephone. [NP cewcewín̓es /cewcewn̓es/.]

suƛ̓wanpáwas

Dipper. [NP /ˀnpeˀí/.]

súul

Salt. súuli núsux ‘salted salmon’. Also katwat̓áwas.

suulłá

Shark. See also sucx̣łá.