4,794 terms are nouns

watimpamá

Day before yesterday. watimpamápaš kútkutšana kunam wínata maysxpamápa ‘I was working day before yesterday and you will go day after tomorrow’; watimpamápa ‘on the day before yesterday’. [NP kumkun̓íix ‘day before yesterday, day after tomorrow’.]

watiptíp

Skunk cabbage, Lysichiton americanus. They put the flat leaf under the camas when baking it. iwá támc̓ic̓it x̣máašay watiptíp ‘skunk cabbage is a sweetner for camas’. [NW tiyalax̣úx̣u; NP /temultemul/.]

wátisas

Rope, rawhide rope, braided rope, tumpline. wátisas paˀaníx̣ana apɨ́x̣ ‘they used to make a rawhide rope’; wátisas aníyi p̓ip̓inmí ‘rope made of intestine’; p̓ip̓inmí wátisas ‘intestine rope’. [NE q̓ímx̣; NP /tewtes/; /pyex̣s/.]

Watítayt

Bible. iwá áwtni Watítayt čmuktaatpasmíki ‘the Bible is holy according to the priests’.

wátkʷašwaniya

Slave from war.

wɨšatk̓ʷkáwas

Steering wheel.

watwalacíka

Scorpion. iwačá palaláy watwalacíka tnánpa Wałúunpa ‘there used to be lots of scorpions at the Pilot Rock cliff’. [WS papasapłiłá; pakasapłiłá; papst̓ałá; NW x̣alstimá; RC qšpalí.]

wátxˀuyit

The start of a cedar root basket.

wát̓apli

Cross. Such as the Catholics and Shakers use. ku wát̓apli kʷná iwá x̣ʷáami ‘and there was a cross on top’; wát̓apli wášɨmx̣ʷš ‘cross ornament worn about the neck’. [NP /watkl´ykiˀns/ ‘Catholic cross’; /nkátpilit̓as/ ‘Presbyterian cross’.]

wat̓atpamá

Quirt, whip, fly swatter. kiwkiwlacpamá wat̓atpamá ‘drumstick’; k̓piititpamá wat̓atpamá ‘baseball bat’. [NP /wat̓´kaˀs/.]

wat̓at̓áwas

Whip, switch, quirt. paníšnaš wat̓at̓áwas ‘they have given me the whip’; ku kʷɨnmíin pašx̣ɨ́ƛ̓kɨnx̣ana ku paˀaníx̣ana wat̓at̓áwas ‘and of that [hide] they would cut strips and make whips’; wawyałanmí wat̓at̓áwas ‘the whipman’s whip’. [NE wat̓at̓úus; NP /wat̓´kaˀs/.]

wát̓uy

Leader. [NP ˀanoqtiyaw̓áat /ˀanoqtiyaw̓at(o)/.]

wat̓uyiyašałá

Horse breaker. [NP /wecet̓uyiyet(u)/.]

wat̓uyłá

Point man who takes the lead when bringing in wild horses. šáax̣ iwá kútkut anam kú wáta wat̓uyłá ‘it is scary work when you will be the point man’.

wat̓uymá

The eldest. tmiyułá iwatáx̣na wat̓uymá ‘the eldest would be the decider’; wat̓uymá iwá ‘he is the eldest’. [NP /téq̓is/.]

wáƛ̓ikas

Small drum stick used to hit the pole in the stick-game songs. panášaša wáƛ̓ikaski palyáwatpa ‘they are making noise with their sticks at the stick game’.

waƛ̓ikáwas

Club, stick for killing animals (such as mice, snakes).

waƛ̓káwas

Hatchet, tomahawk. [NP /wáwyan̓ac/.]

wáƛ̓uks

Homosexual.

wawˀataymałá

Peddler. áw čí iwámš wawˀataymałá ‘now this peddler is coming’. Also qʷɨninqʷɨninłá.