4,791 terms are nouns

Rib

x̣pɨ́t ‘rib (bone); tepee rib poles (there are four or five)’.

Ribbon

łiłípłiłip; łałípłałip; lalupáa; caq̓páwas; łiłipłiłipmí aníyi táatpas ~ táatpas łiłípłiłip ‘ribbon shirt’.

Rice

saysaywáakʷł.

Richland

Čamná ‘Richland, Washington’. The old village of this name was located on the Kennewick side of the lower Yakima River.

Rider

wat̓uyiyašałá ‘horse breaker’.

Ridge

tkʷáylak̓itit ‘ridge (landform), escarpment’.

Rifle

twínpaš.

Right

nɨwít ‘right (side), right way, rights’; nɨwít apáp ‘right hand’; nɨnɨwít ‘human rights’; tamánwit ‘law, ruling, civil right’.

Rimrock

tnánnaq̓it ‘end of cliff, base of rimrock’.

Ring

sapxʷɨ́lkas; alxayxmí níit ‘ring around the moon’.

Ring-neck pheasant

Calmɨnmí wašwášnuPhasianus colchicus‘.

Ringing

ƛayƛáy ‘jingling, rattling’.

Ripe

át̓iš ‘cooked, ripened’ (át̓iš nɨkʷɨ́t ‘cooked meat’; át̓iš tmaanít ‘ripened berries’).

Ritter Hot Springs

Múlmul ‘hot springs in John Day River drainage’.

Rival

lamtús ‘opponent (as in the hand game)’.

River

  1. wána ‘river’;
    1. nč̓í wána ‘big river, high water’.

ƛqʷɨttpamá

Tweezers.

Roach

wapalikácat ‘porcupine head roach’.

Road

ɨščɨ́t ‘trail, path, highway; the “road” of blankets and goods in a naming ceremony’; áwšnitš ‘throw down (mat, blanket), the “road” in a naming ceremony’; pawiyapaanáwas ‘fork in the road, cross roads’.

Roan

luč̓ałámtx̣qaašqáaš ‘strawberry roan’; luč̓áłamtx̣ ~ luč̓áłamtx̣ qaašqáaš ~ luč̓á łamtx̣ník̓úsi ‘strawberry roan with red head’; qaašqáaš ‘dark sorrel or roan horse’; wíwlu ~ wiwluwáakuł ‘huckleberry roan with some light color on the haunches’.