4,791 terms are nouns

wak̓aatkáwas

Broom. [NE wak̓aatktpamá; NP /cápcx̣ilaykaˀs/.]

wak̓íwk̓iw

Pileated Woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus. Also wánanp̓as. [NP /wek̓´wk̓wnu/.]

wák̓likt

Curve.

wák̓mɨskt

Yarn.

wak̓ɨnkáwas

Lid.

wak̓ʷaakáwas

Beak. wašwašnunmí wak̓ʷaakáwas ‘chicken beak’. [NE núšnu; NP /wek̓´wk̓wn̓es/.]

wák̓ʷɨlkas

Molar. Thomas Morning Owl.

wak̓ʷlkáwas

Meat grinder.

wála

Creek. kskɨ́s iwá wála ‘it’s a small stream’. [NP /wéle/.]

waláamkʷš

Otter skin braid wrap. pináwalaplayka waláamkʷški ‘she wrapped her braids with otter skin braid wraps’.

waláas

Chewing gum. ičák̓ʷlkša waláas ‘he is chewing gum’; paˀaníx̣ana waláas tmɨšmíkni pátaatkni ‘they used to make chewing gum from the chokecherry tree’; táp̓aškni paˀaníx̣ana waláas ‘they used to make chewing gum from pine’. [NP /sx̣sn/.]

walakwálak

Butterfly. ayáyat iwá walakwálak ‘the butterfly is beautiful’. [NP /łepłep/.]

walak̓ikáwas

Spool; hand cuffs.

walák̓ikt

Bundle. ániyayiyaataš Waˀáylatpumaaman mɨ́taat walák̓ikt ‘we made the Cayuse three bundles’; páx̣at walák̓ikt ‘five bundles’.

walak̓ilułá

Overseer, shepherd, babysitter, agent, policeman, Indian agent, superintendent. Walaq̓ilułá tananmaamí Qqaanáywit ‘Superintendent of Indian Affairs’. [NE walatuukłá; NP /weleheknew̓et(u)/.]

walák̓uykt

Tying, part, portion. mɨ́taat walák̓uykt ‘three parts’.

walápaq̓ičt

Sitting up high, president. ku kʷaaná iq̓ínuta walápaq̓ičt ku išúkʷata ‘and the president will see that and he will know’; walápaq̓ičt ititáma čí ‘the president has studied this’; walápaq̓ičt miyúux̣ ‘president’. [NE walápaq̓ikt.]

Walawála

Wallula area and people, the Walla Walla. [NE Walúula; cf. NP Walawalatáyca ‘Wallula Junction’ (Aoki 1994:851).]

Walawalałá

Walla Walla person. Walawalałáma ‘Walla Walla people’; Walawalałaamí sɨ́nwit ‘Walla Walla language’. [NE Walúulapam ‘Walla Walla people’.]

walawí

American dipper, Cinclus mexicanus. Sometimes called water ouzel. Described as a grayish bird 6 to 8 inches tall which bobs its head and tail feathers around and can go under water and even walk around. [NP /mám̓ac qóqoq/ (Aoki 1994:595).]