4,794 terms are nouns

Paternal

púša ‘paternal grandfather; man’s son’s child’; ála ‘paternal grandmother; woman’s son’s child’; pímx̣ ‘paternal uncle’; pišíš ‘paternal aunt’.

Path

ɨščɨ́t ‘trail, road’.

Pattern

šapiinawit̓áwas ~ tamiinawit̓áwas; čalútimaš ‘design (especially “on paper”)’.

Patterson

plús ‘Patterson, Washington’.

tk̓úwaš

Town toward Irrigon where they went to get tules.

tk̓úwi

Irrigon, Oregon. itáwyaša tk̓úwiipa ‘she lives at Irrigon’.

Paw

wɨx̣áwx̣a; wɨx̣á ‘foot, leg, paw’.

Pawn

tamaynačtpamá ‘pawn shop; jail’.

Payment

wášatit; čwíčt ‘payment for the work of a shaman’.

tkʷalá

Small fish. Jacobs 1931:169. tkʷalásim pawɨ́npša wánapa ‘they are catching only small fish in the river’. See xúlxul.

tkʷananmá

Tucannon River, Columbia County, Washington. Bruce Rigsby obtained this name from Tom Andrews. [NP tukénen.]

tkʷápkƛakƛa

Fingers. [WS apápkƛakƛa.]

tkʷáplaymut

Little finger, little toe. [WS apáplaymut; Y ɨpáplaymut; NP ˀipsusláymiwt /ˀpsus-láymwt/.]

tkʷápnaq̓it

Ridge of palm just below the fingers.

tkʷapnɨč̓í

Thumb, big toe. itkʷapaničášaša tkʷápnɨč̓iki tímašpa ‘he is putting his thumb print on the paper’. [NE tkʷaplɨč̓í; WS papɨnč̓í; Y ɨpápnč̓i; NP /ˀpsustéeq̓is/.]

tkʷaptɨmná

Center of the palm.

tkʷatałá

Eater. [NP hipew̓éet /hpew̓et(u)/.]

tkʷátat

Definition:

Food.


Examples:

  1. k̓ʷáytaš wá naamí tkʷátat ana mɨná ittáwax̣ša ‘that is our food wherever it is growing’;
  2. tkʷátat pináwšuwaša čná tiičámpa ‘the food is getting itself ready in this land’;
  3. wínašanaataš ana kʷná pasapálwišana cɨ́mtina tkʷátatna ‘we were going where they were feasting on the new food’;
  4. ana k̓ʷapɨ́n áwa áwtni sɨ́nwit tkʷatatmí ‘that which is the sacred language of the food’;
  5. ku kʷaaná patátwanana túman tkʷátatma ‘and whatever foods followed that one’;
  6. qmɨ́msali tkʷátat ‘scarlet gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata)’;
  7. wapaanłanmí tkʷátat ~ wapaanłanmí tkʷátat ‘bearberry honeysuckle (Lonicera involucrata)’;
  8. wax̣pušmí tkʷátat ‘native peony (Paeonia brownii)’;
  9. tkʷátatpa ‘in the food’;
  10. tiičampamá tkʷátat ‘vegetables, berries’;
  11. tkʷatatnút ‘without food’.

See more:

[NP hípt /hpt/.]

tkʷatatpamá

Table, restaurant. sapákiiki iwá tkʷatatpamá ‘the table is cleaned’; qáluukt tkʷatatpamápa ‘under the table’. [NP hipinwées / hpnwées/.]

tkʷatat̓áwas

Table. Also latáam. [NP /hpnwées/.]