4,791 terms are nouns

twawaaničanwit̓áwas

Hooked stick for pulling down branches. Also called k̓ilyakáwas.

twax̣itkt̓áwas

Stick for moving coals around in fire.

-tway

Companion. smɨ́tway ‘spouse’; tax̣ɨ́ntway ‘younger opposite sex sibling’; x̣ɨ́tway ‘friend, companion’.

twáyx̣t

Soup, broth, juice. áw iwá c̓áa twáyx̣t ‘the soup is just right’; twáyx̣t tkʷátat páax̣amt ‘the soup dance’; wiwnunmí twáyx̣t ‘huckleberry juice’. [Y twíix̣t; NP /ˀykt/.]

twíc̓awałc̓awał

Western kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis); eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus). [WS twícawawat; NP /ˀpsqítit/.]

twínpaš

Rifle (historically ‘bow’). patánakwaašayix̣a twínpas ku kúušx̣i apɨ́x̣ ‘they dance with his rifle and similarly the hide’; ƛ̓áax̣ʷnam k̓ʷapɨ́n wapáwx̣ita kúušx̣i twínpaš ku kúušx̣i x̣apiłmí ‘you should get rid of all the aforementioned such as your rifle and knife’; ku kúušx̣i twínpaš iwapáwx̣ita ‘and in the same way he will give away his rifle’; kunam kʷaaná ánita k̓ʷapɨ́n twínpaš ku x̣apiłmí ‘and you will give the aforementioned rifle and knife to that one’. [UC twilpáy.; NP /tim̓uni/.]

twint̓áwas

Bow. inkaksanmí áwa čɨ́mti twint̓áwas ‘my younger brother has a new bow’. [NP /tim̓uni/.]

twít̓aš

Grizzly bear. See wapaanłá.

Puddle

t̓ux̣t̓ux̣mí watám ‘rain puddle’.

Pugilist

papƛ̓kłá ‘boxer’.

Puller

čakutpamá ‘winch’; čawaanaytiłá ‘one who grabs and pulls’.

Pump

čuušpamá wawaanaytáwas ‘pump’; yax̣áylakaš ~ yax̣aylaktpamá ‘gas pump’; sapawt̓wɨtkní ‘pump car (on the railroad)’.

Pumpkin

šapx̣ʷlakayí ‘squash, pumpkin, gourd’.

Pupil

akáłakał ‘pupil of the eye (as found in the eyes of a boiled salmon)’.

Purpose

-aš/-ˀaš (purpose nominalizer).

Purse

x̣ax̣áykʷpas ‘money purse’; x̣ax̣aykʷpamá ‘bank; purse’; sápk̓ukt ‘bag, carrying bag, any kind of bag, woman’s handbag’.

Purslane

anipašwáakuł ‘miner’s lettuce, winter purslane, Claytonia perfoliata‘.

Pus

aqɨ́š ‘eye matter, pus’.

Putting

níčt ‘placing, putting away, burying’.

tx̣

Maternal uncle; man’s sister’s child. pítx̣ ‘(his/her) uncle, (his) sister’s child’. See kák, pítx̣. [NP /tq/.]