4,794 terms are nouns

South

c̓múyaaš.

Space

hawláak ‘invisibility, empty space, the spirit realm, air, thin air’.

Spade

tunap̓uykáwas ‘shovel, scoop, foot spade’.

Spaghetti

aníyi šiiyatwáakuł ~ šiiyatwáakuł ~ šuyápu šíiyat ‘spaghetti’.

Spark

lɨ́st̓uxt.

Sparkler

lɨ́št̓x̣ʷi łq̓iwitpamá (the children’s toy).

Spatterdock

kalamát ‘yellow waterlily, Indian pond lily, wokas, Nuphar polysepala‘.

Speaker

sɨnwiłá ‘public speaker’; nakpayškłá ‘one who speaks on a name at a naming ceremony’.

Speaking

sɨ́nwit ‘talking, word, words, language’.

Spear

pɨtyat̓áwas; tayx̣áy ‘fish spear’; wáwx ‘two pronged fish spear’; tanú ‘spear, spearhead’.

Spearer

pɨtyałá ‘one who spears’.

Spearhead

tanú ‘spear, spearhead’.

Species

kʷtɨ́n ‘variety, that kind’.

Spectacles

ačašpamá ‘eye glasses’.

Spice

támc̓i ‘sweetner, seasoning; sticky geranium, Geranium viscossisimum‘.

Spider

wɨxalxalí (also wɨxalxalíya, xalxalúya); tíšpun ‘blackwidow spider, Latrodectus hesperus‘; wɨxalxalinmí túkš ‘spider web’.

Spike

kƛáa ‘spike buck’.

Spiked water-milfoil

yawastakínsMyriophyllum spicatum‘.

Spine

k̓úpaš ‘back, backbone’.

Spirit

waq̓íšwit ‘life, life force’; šúkʷat ‘knowledge, understanding, technology, teaching, spirit power’; táax̣ ‘spirit power, tutelary or guardian spirit’; škáyp ‘spirit of healing and prophesying’; hawláak ‘invisibility, empty space, the spirit realm, air, thin air’; hawláak tiičám ‘spirit land, heaven’.