4,794 terms are nouns

Quilt

šp̓íqʷɨn ‘comforter’.

Quirt

wat̓at̓áwas ‘whip, switch’; wat̓atpamá ‘whip, fly swatter’; tamčánwit ‘belt drop, a decorative riding whip hung from the belt’.

Quiver

túšaš ~ wɨslakʷskipamá taatpamá ‘quiver (for arrows, carried on the back)’; x̣ax̣áani ‘rawhide case for war bonnet tied to the front of a horse, quiver thrown over the back of a horse, cylindrical bag for horse’.

t̓ɨx̣náwas

Origin:

t̓ɨ́x̣n(to Scrape, strip, split, debark, soften (dogbane))+ -áwas (Instrument nominalizer)


Definition:

Bone for scraping dogbane.


Example:

  1. it̓ɨ́x̣ša taxʷɨ́sna t̓ɨx̣náwaski ‘she is stripping the dogbane with the bone’.

t̓ɨ́x̣ʷ

Raindrop. Y See t̓úx̣t̓ux̣.

Rabbit

áykʷs ‘mountain or Nuttal cottontail rabbit, Sylvilagus nuttallii‘; ‘eastern cottontail, S. floridanus (introduced)’; wilalík ‘jackrabbit, Lepus spp.’ (čmúk wáłx̣ʷas wilalík ‘blacktailed hare, L. californicus‘; pláš wáłxʷas wilalík ‘white tailed hare, L. townsendii‘); x̣uupłá ‘snowshoe hare, L. americanus‘.

Rabbitbrush

psxú ~ pšx̣úChrysothamnus spp.’ (sometimes called, tawšá): puˀúx̣puˀux̣psxú ‘tall blue rabbitbrush, C. nauseosus‘; lámt psxú ‘green rabbitbrush, C. viscidiflorus‘.

Raccoon

k̓aalásProcyon lotor‘.

Race

pawilawíix̣t ~ wilawíix̣t; wilawiix̣tpamák̓úsi ‘horse race’; pawilawíix̣t wɨłq̓ámit ‘moccasin putting on race’.

Racetrack

wilawiix̣tpamá.

Rack

tiyaycáwas ‘drying rack’; sapak̓icáwas ‘towel rack’.

Radio

wanpáwas ‘radio, stereo, musical instrument’; wanpt̓áwas ‘radio, stereo, bull horn’.

Raft

wɨt̓á ‘raft, boat’; wásas ‘canoe, boat, raft’.

Rag

šátay ‘rag, material’; pinaˀix̣tpamá ‘wash cloth’. See also síil.

Rain

t̓úx̣t̓ux̣; t̓úx̣t̓x̣ʷit ‘raining’; t̓iˀist̓íˀis ‘fine rain, mist’; tax̣ʷíiłit ‘freezing rain’.

Rainbarrel

łławtpamá.

Rainbow

twálkawlat.

Rainbow trout

píckatyuOncorhynchus mykiss‘. Also called aytmɨ́n, xúlxul, ayáy; and šúšaynš ‘steelhead’ (after return from the sea).

Raincloud

páščt ‘mist, rain fog, rain on the way, squall’.

Rainier

tax̣úma ‘Mount Rainier’.