šaptákay ‘Indian trunk, parfleche’.
4,794 terms are nouns
Truth
kʷyaamtɨ́mt; láqayx̣it ‘light, electricity, truth’.
úup̓uup
Canadian Lynx, Lynx canadensis. WS & NW [CR x̣púup; x̣úpx̣up; RC pɨč̓mwáakuł; NP /w´pwp/.]
úus
Western screech owl (Otus kennicottii ?); northern pygmie-owl (Glaucidium gnoma ?); northern saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus ?). See alapáp. Hunn 1990:323 [NP /wiq̓étwiq̓et/ ‘prairie owl’ (?); palx̣óockin̓ /plx̣óckiˀns/ ‘owl’ (?).]
Tub
winanuut̓áwas ‘bath tub’.
Tuberculosis
láx̣yawit.
Tucannon
tkʷananmá ‘Tucannon River in Columbia County, Washington’.
Tuesday
nápłk̓ʷi.
Tule
tk̓ú ‘common tule, Schoenoplectus acutus‘; q̓ɨx̣lí ‘tule mat’; lakʷátit ‘twisted tule mat’ (also called saptklikí); níit aníyi tk̓unmí ‘tule lodge’; tk̓unmí tamátačay ‘tule mat tablecloth’.
Tumbleweed
šapyášapya ‘prickly glasswort, Kali soda (syn. Salsola kali)’; awqalilłá šapyášapya ‘prickly Russian thistle, Kali tragus (syn. Salsola tragus)’.
Tumpline
šaptpamá ‘pack rope’; wátisas ‘braided rope’.
Turbine
sapúulklikas ‘windmill, wind turbine’.
Turkey
kʷálkʷal ‘domestic turkey, wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo‘. Also łíitki; táaki.
Turn
wiyásklikt ‘turning, path of the sun through the sky, day’;
wáatamayčt ‘turn to sing’.
Turning
nɨkní ‘turning (of time), hour, time, o’clock’; tamasklíkt ‘turning over, interpreting’.
Turniproot
činúkityaw tawtnúk ‘turniproot sunflower, Helianthus cusickii‘.
Turtle
alašík ‘generic turtle, painted turtle, Chrysemys picta‘.
Tutelary spirit
táax̣ ‘spirit power, tutelary or guardian spirit’. Also called šúkʷat.
Tutor
sapaskuuliłá ~ sapsik̓ʷałá.
Tutuilla
Šišnɨmíiš ‘Tutuilla flats (on Umatilla reservation)’. Tutuilla is said to be named after Tutuila island in the Samoan archipelago.