4,794 terms are nouns

icímayct

Feed (hay, oats, etc.). iníya k̓úsimaaman icímayct ‘he gave the feed to the horses’. [WS icímact; NE icímakt; NW yacímakt; NP sepéepeˀs /sepé-hp-eˀs/.]

icimayctpamá

Feeding trough, manger. [NP /k´wyekees/.]

icwałá

Large intestine, colon. [NP /ˀicwałán/ “white intestines. máymay has excrement in it; ˀicwałá·n does not” (Aoki 1994:1008).]

ic̓ikáwas

Sugar. [NP cicyúk̓is /ccyk̓ʷis/.]

íiš

Cow parsnip, Heracleum lanatum. Type of jointed cane. It grows a shiny yellow “mule-eared sunflower”; it grows in bottom lands. They used to make whistles from its stems. They used to use it for támc̓it ‘sweetener’. luˀlúˀ k̓ʷáy áwšayčɨnx̣a apɨ́łapł iišmí ‘those leaves of the cow parsnip get shiny’; mayktúnɨx̣tya k̓ʷáy iwá tkʷátat íiš ‘more different yet is that cow parsnip food’. Also called tx̣ú. [NP /ˀys/.]

iix̣tpamá

Sink, kitchen sink. [Y tikáy iix̣t̓áwaas; NP /wapaˀáyqnwaas/.]

-íkš

Agentive. palaxsíks ‘widow’; p̓uxlíkš ‘liar’.

ík̓ukt

Pile. wíˀik̓ukt ‘piled around’. [NP /híl̓amkt/.]

ilac̓xáwas

Frying pan. Also ilač̓x̣tpamá. iƛúpwaanayta ilac̓xáwaskni ‘he jumped out of the frying pan’. [Y ilačx̣áwas; NP /k̓ʷ´smit̓es/.]

ilač̓x̣tpamá

Frying pan. Also ilac̓xáwas.

ilamaašmúk

Definition:

Bumblebee, Bombus spp.


See more:

Also lawaašmúk

[K lawiišumkšúmk; Y wiitwína; NP /qaasíˀ/.]

ilapalayí

Picture bread, fire bread, Bannock bread. Also šapalapalayí. [Y páˀalaytyi; NP /cepeˀletp̓eˀí/.]

ílapat

Bullet. [Y wyálpaas; NP /cép/; cf. K wiyálp ‘arrive at the summit’ (Jacobs 1931:186).]

ilaplaykɨ́l

Moccasin top. walimwɨłq̓ammí ilaplaykɨ́l ‘plain hightop moccasin’; k̓ptłimá wɨłq̓ám ilaplaykɨ́li ‘high top beaded moccasin’. [NP /sapsis/.]

ilaqayx̣itpamá

Light, lantern, candle, flashlight. pašapát̓ška ilaqayx̣itpamá ‘they turned out the light’. [NP /capáˀlakaˀwit̓as/.]

ililmúk

Dwarf huckleberry or bilberry (Vaccinium caespitosum), Cascade blueberry (V. deliciosum). itáana ilimúk ‘she canned the blueberries’; ililmúk patmaaníx̣ana šapátwataš wíwnuna ‘they used to pick blueberries to mix with the huckleberries (probably black huckleberries, Vaccinium membranaceum – Dave Corliss)’; ililmúk iwá c̓í ‘the blueberries are sweet’; ililmúkaaš ‘dwarf huckleberry bush’. [NE ililmík.]

ililmúkaaš

Dwarf huckleberry bush, bilberry bush.

ílk

Stone helmet of legend. Today might refer to any type of helmet. páx̣at pšwanmí ílk áwača spilyaynmí ‘Coyote had five stone helmets’. See also q̓áłała.

ílkʷš

Fire. See ílukš.

ílkʷas

Wood, stick. See ílukas.