4,791 terms are nouns

tamáƛ̓ɨmux̣t

Definition:

Covering, face covering, mask.


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pátamaƛ̓ɨmux̣t ‘naming ceremony’.

[Y tamáƛ̓umx̣š.]

tamáwaalatat

Playing basketball. [Y tamáwiinaynakt; NP /tuuletet/.]

tamawaalatatpamá

Basketball hoop. [NP /cilpcílp/.]

tamawaalatat̓áwas

Basketball hoop. [NP /cilpcílp/.]

tamášwikt

Interpretation, translation. [NE tamásclikt; NP /teméˀnit/.]

tamawnaní

Fringe behind a saddle, something thrown over the horse. tamawnaní skɨ́tki ‘fringe in back of a saddle’. [NE tamawlalí; NP tamawnaní ‘saddle-bags, bags to be placed on each side of the saddle’ (Aoki 1994:681 from Morvillo 1895:179).]

tamawnat̓áwas

Blanket, something to throw over a chair, etc.

tamáwniki

Cape. ax̣šax̣šmí tamáwniki ‘dentalium cape’.

tamax̣aapáwas

Liner (in dress, vest, etc.).

tamax̣anp̓at̓áwas

Backrest. These were made out of willows. They used to have them in the tepees. tamax̣anp̓at̓áwas iwá aníyi ttɨx̣šmí ‘a backrest is made out of willows’.

tamax̣płá

Alpine knotweed, Polygonium phytolaccaefolium. They would pound the root and put it on a swelling to draw out the poison. paˀaníx̣ana płɨ́x̣ tamax̣płáki amaš kʷná tɨ́tsana ‘they used to make a medicine with alpine knotweed (for) where you were having a swelling’.

tamaycáwas

Barbecue pit.

tamayk̓ú

Colt’s foot, Petasites frigidus var. palmatus.

tamaynacáwas

Prison, jail. [NE tamaynaktpamá; NP /séktiˀns/.]

tamaynačtpamá

Second hand store, pawnshop; jail. patánakwina tamaynačtpamáyaw ‘they have taken it to the pawn shop’; patánakwinana tamaynačtpamákan ‘they took him toward jail’. [Y tamaynakáwas ‘jail’; NP /tuleyléknwees/.]

tamaypx̣łá

Rock Creek, village on the Washington side of the Columbia River (“where the wind blows downriver”); Arlington, Oregon; the name of one of the five wind brothers. sapawt̓wɨtkníki pawínax̣ana tamaypx̣łáyaw tkʷátatyaw ‘they used to go grocery shopping to Arlington with a little pump car’.

támayčt

Barbecue pit, underground barbecue. iƛ̓áyša támayčt ‘he’s digging up his barbecue (camas, etc.)’; wáatamayčt ‘turn to sing’. [WS támačt; N támakt; NP /témekt/.]

tamcásas

Cradleboard, baby board. [The dialects have variously puwat̓áwas, sk̓ín (NE ɨsk̓ín), tíkaaš; NP /tikeˀs/; cf. NP /tamsas/ ‘rose’.]

támc̓i

Origin:

tám-(placing, putting, throwing) + c̓í (sweet, sugar)


Definition:

Sweetner, spice; sticky geranium, Geranium viscossisimum.


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Also called támc̓it.

tamc̓íc̓it

Hail. [NE tamsc̓ɨ́lc̓ɨl (VW; Jacobs 1931:159); WS tamcíci, támyu; K tamk̓úyk̓uy (Jacobs 1931:159); Y tamk̓ʷík̓ʷi; NP /temul/, /tamk̓´ck̓c/ ‘small hail’.]