Part of Speech: noun

Medicine singer. ku iwiyáwayčta ana kú iwánpta čɨ́mti wanpłá ‘and going along he will cross over when a new singer will sing’.

Medicine singing. iwá at̓úk anam kú wánpt úyita ‘it is difficult when you will begin to sing (sing the first time)’; páx̣at wáwtukt iwánpta wánpt uyiłá ‘the medicine singing beginner will sing five nights’; iwačá x̣tú wánpt čná tiičámpa ‘there was a strong medicine singing in this land’; kʷná áwiyanaq̓ix̣ana wánpt ‘their medicine singing would finish up there’; ana kú pináwšuwanx̣ana wánptyaw ‘when he would get himself ready for the spirit singing’; ku čáw mún miyánašma panákwinax̣ana wánptyaw ‘and they never used to take their children to the medicine singing’.

Radio, stereo, bull horn. Also wanpáwas.

Person from the coast. Wanuukšiłáma ‘coast people’.

Place by the mouth of the Deschutes River. There is a park there now. ku kʷná iwá k̓ʷapɨ́n waníči Wánwawi ‘and there the aforementioned is named Wánwawi’; kʷɨ́ni inkníšama íkʷɨn Wánwawiyaw ‘from there he was coming around to Wánwawi’; kʷná panišáyčɨnx̣ana ánč̓a Wánwawipa tanánma ‘there again the Indians used to live at Wánwawi’.

Braid. pinátwanpɨnk wápšaš aník ‘comb your hair! make braids!’; itámq̓ʷɨpa wápšaš ‘she folded her braid’. [NP /wepses/.]

Woof in basket weaving.

Healer who works with his hands.

Grizzly bear, Ursus arctos horribilis. itkʷátax̣a wíwnu wapaanłá ‘the grizzly eats huckleberries’; wapaanłanmí tkʷátat ‘bearberry honeysuckle (Lonicera involucrata)’. [NW twít̓aš; K túwit̓aš (Jacobs 1937:1.1.3, pg. 1; Jacobs 1937:14.2.1, pg. 26); NP /x̣´x̣aac/.]

Helper. wapaatałá ƛ̓áax̣ʷna ‘helper of all’; níix̣ki wapaatałá ‘helper with a good [heart]’.

Digging stick handle, dootdigger handle. Long ago when they broke an axe handle they would heat and burn through it and make a handle for their digger. Originally they were made of wood, horn, or bone. [Y lap̓álš; /wyeˀénpeˀs/

Roach, porcupine head roach. [WS wápalikaacat; NP /waˀpalikácat/.]

Weaver. ana pmáy pawačá wap̓ałá ku pawáp̓ax̣ana paƛ̓aapá kʷɨ́nkix̣i taxʷɨ́ski ‘they who were weavers would weave the basket hat with that same dogbane’. [NE čanuwiłá; NP /ken̓wiyew̓et(u)/.]

Western yarrow, Achillea millefolium. wapanwápan iwá miimá tawtnúk ‘yarrow is an old medicine’. [NP /wapalwapal/.]

Bag (flat, in contrast to anáy), digging bag, bag with a handle, side basket. ku kʷɨ́nkix̣i taxʷɨ́ski paˀaníx̣ana wápas, ana tún wápas paˀaníx̣ana ‘and with that same dogbane they would make the bag, whatever bag they would make’; wápasay iwá taxʷɨ́s ‘the dogbane is for bags’; kanútknaš wá wápas ‘my bag is unfinished’; káakɨm iwá wápas ‘the bag is full’; káakɨmpam kúta wápas ‘you should fill up your bag’; apam ƛ̓áax̣ʷ x̣níša wápasi ‘you all who are digging with bags’; tmaanitpamá wápas ‘berry bag’; x̣nitpamá wápas ‘digging bag, root bag’; k̓ptłimá wápas ‘beaded bag’; timašpamá wápas sáptay ‘school back pack’; wápas sáptay ‘backpack’. [NP /ˀimáˀsp̓alq/.]

Outfit, costume, decoration. ku patáˀaniyayix̣ana wapáwat wínšna ‘and they used to make the outfit for the man’; inákpnita wapáwat ana k̓ʷapɨ́n inaknúwišana ‘he is going to bring out his outfit that he has been keeping’; ku tilaakinmíkni panákwinax̣ana wapáwat winšmí táatpas sulátas wɨłq̓ám táatpas ‘and on the woman’s side they would bring the outfit, man’s shirt, leggings, moccasins, the clothing’; łamtɨx̣mí wapáwat ‘head decoration’; wináanakʷi wapáwat ‘keepsake clothes (from the deceased)’; tamíčtay wapáwat ‘new outfit for burial’; tanán wapáwat ‘Indian outfit’. Also pináwapawat. [NE wapúut; NP wepelíikin /wepelíknt/.]

Giving away, releasing.

Jointed rush, common reed, Phragmites australis. Used for making mats which are laid on the ground for drying roots (as in making ɨpá the tule mat wouldn’t allow circulation underneath). išáx̣ƛ̓ka wáp̓ay ku kʷɨ́nki aníya tamátačay ‘she cut the reeds and with that she made a mat’.

Scouring rush, Equisetum hyemale. [NP /s´yksyk/.]

Buckskin, buckskin used to dress bodies. wapčíyaš tún ‘any buskskin’; pláš wapčíyaš ‘white buckskin’; wapčiyašmí táatpas ‘buckskin shirt’. [NE lɨmslɨ́ms; Y lɨmɨ́slɨmɨs; NP /wispol/; /ˀispihiins/.]