Part of Speech: noun

Opener, bottle opener. čí čaxɨlpáwas iwá laputáyay ‘this opener is for the bottle’.

Key, can opener. See wax̣ʷłkáwas.

Extraction tool, dentist pliers.

Satus Peak in Washington state.

Groom, newly married man; son-in-law. yáytanawam čáynačna ‘come floating to the groom!’ (the owl, miimánu, says this); áana áwna wá čɨ́mti čáynač ‘oh, we have a new son-inlaw’; k̓ʷáymaš wá čáynač ‘that’s your new in-law’; čáynač xʷɨ́saat ‘newly married old man’; čáynači ‘marry’ (of a man). [NP /témec/.]

Serviceberry, Juneberry, Amelanchier alnifolia. The bush is called kkáasu. ččáayawtaš tɨmnáwaša ‘we are picking Juneberries’; ččáašway ‘Juneberry bush’; kkáasu ‘Juneberry bush’. [NW ččáya; NP /kkeye/ ‘A. utahensis‘.]

Juneberry tree, Amelanchier alnifolia.

Cat-tail, Typha latifolia. čč̓íw ittáwax̣ɨnx̣a ana kʷná iwá yáƛ̓pit tiičám ‘cattails grow where there is wet land’. [NP múx̣s /m´x̣ʷs/, /tk̓o/ ‘Scirpus lacustris, Typha latifolia‘.]

Noise maker, person or thing that makes noise.

Sewn (tule mat). [WS ttɨ́p.]

Pica, Ochotona princeps. Same as t̓íix̣.

Venereal disease. činúkityaw tawtnúk ‘Cusick’s sunflower, Helianthus cusickii‘. [NP /cenúkit/ ~ /cinúkit/.]

Vomiting, vomit. čáw watíkta čípšitpa ‘don’t step in the vomit’. [NP /wéw̓uuqt/.]

Gill, salmon gill. [NP /ky̓ewnu/; NE sometimes for šíiyat.]

Yellow-bellied marmot, Marmota flaviventris. Umatilla usually cáxcam. [NP /cexcem/.]

Partially roasted salmon removed from skin/fillet and air dried in the shade. hulíkipam ílax̣yawita č̓láyna ku kúuk iwáta mɨqɨ́š čáw míš čmúk ‘you should dry the č̓láy in the wind and then it will be orange, not at all black’. [Cf. P č̓ilí ‘post-spawning salmon’; NP /k̓llay/ ‘coho or silver salmon, Onchorhynchus kisutch‘.]

Black person. čmáakʷlima ‘black people’. [N čmaakʷlí; Y also taˀamlí; NP cicámox /cc´mok/; cacmóoxcacmox (/ccmókccmok/) titóoqan ‘black people’ (Aoki 1994:5).]

Red elderberry, Sambucus racemosa. Grows in the Blue Mountains. [NE also mɨt̓ɨpwáakuł.]

Priest, “Black Robe,” Catholic. čmuktáatpasnaaš áq̓inušana ‘I saw a priest’; čmuktáatpasin pápƛ̓aša ‘a priest is baptizing him’. Also called papƛ̓ałá ‘baptizer’. [NP sám̓x̣ cimúuxcimux.]

Catholic church. čmuktaatpasmaamípa ‘at Catholic church’.