Part of Speech: noun

California ground squirrel, Spermophilus beecheyi. Also wáški.

One that bucks, cowboy. wakmuykłá k̓úsi ‘bucking horse’; wakmuykłaamí wɨłq̓ám ‘cowboy boots’.

Bag worm. See also x̣pɨpłá.

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

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

Curve.

Yarn.

Lid.

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

Molar. Thomas Morning Owl.

Meat grinder.

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

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

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/.]

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

Spool; hand cuffs.

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

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

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

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.]