Mountain beaver, Aplodontia rufa. U [S ščalá.]
Omen
šáyat ‘omen of a child being born that occurs when the sun is shining and it is raining at the same time’.
On
-pa ‘in, on, at’ (locative case).
One
nɨšx̣áwɨnpt ‘one handful’.
Onion
šáak ‘domestic onion, wild onion, Allium spp’; tanán šáak ‘Hooker’s or tapertip onion, A. acuminatum‘; q̓ʷláwi ‘Douglas’ onion, A. douglasii‘; šámamuy ‘rock onion, A. macrum‘; ‘manyflower onion, A. pleianthum‘; ‘fragile onion, A. scilloides‘.
Only
=sim.
šɨ́šaaš
Porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum. šɨšaašmí ɨstí ‘porcupine quill’. [NP /sc̓as/; PS *šɨ́šaˀaš.]
Opener
čax̣ɨlpáwas ‘instrument for opening’; čax̣ɨlpt̓áwas ‘bottle opener’; čax̣ʷłkáwas ‘key, can opener’; wax̣ɨlpáwas ‘twist style can opener’; wax̣ɨlpt̓áwas ‘can opener’; wax̣ɨntkáwas ‘rolling can opener or pizza cutter, circular scissors’.
Štpłayáy
The swallowing monster in the water, “the exact spot is the present waterfall at Fallbridge, on the Washington side of the Columbia River.” Jacobs 1929:226 (footnote). [CR nayšłá.]
Opossum
pinawaƛ̓iyawiłá ‘Didelphis virginiana‘ (also refers to ‘sow bug’).
Opponent
lamtús ‘rival, challenger (as in the hand game)’.
Opportunity
wiyáwšayčt ‘occurrence along the way’.
štúkštukš
Spider web. štúkštukš áwa waxalxalinmí ‘it’s the spider’s web’. [NP /teqeˀs/ ‘dip net, spiderweb’.]
Orange
Oregon grape
łk̓áwk̓aw ‘Mahonia aquifolium‘; łk̓áwk̓awaaš ‘Oregon grape bush’; šk̓áwšk̓aw ‘dwarf or Cascade Oregon grape, Mahonia nervosa‘.
Oriole
wawšukłá ‘northern oriole, Icterus galbula‘.
Orneryness
pačíwit.
Orphan
ánut̓at.
Osprey
qiqínu ‘Pandion haliaetus‘. Sometimes called šáx̣šax̣ (a word that otherwise refers to the ‘belted kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon‘).
šúktaš
Recognition, in order to recognize. íšna ku čáw patániya ana kú čáw áwača c̓áa tímaš pɨnmiláyk̓ay šúktaš ‘he won but they didn’t give it to him because he didn’t have identification’.