Definition:
Jackrabbit, black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus), white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii).
Examples:
- ana kú itq̓núta ku wilalík ičx̣áwita ‘when it will frost the jackrabbits will get fat’;
- isáp̓awiša wilalík ‘he is choosing his rabbit’;
- čmúk wáłxʷas wilalík ‘blacktailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)’;
- pláš wáłxʷas wilalík ‘white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii)’;
- wilalikmí tánawt ‘rabbit’s den’;
- wilalikmí tkʷátat ‘salad’.
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[NP /wilalik/.]
wílaps
Sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus. mimákni iwá wílaps ku áx̣ʷay iwá čikúuk wánapa ‘the sturgeon is from of old and is still in the river today’; aw kú wílapsin páwinanawana ‘then a sturgeon went up to him’; aw kú páˀɨnna yáamašin wílapsna ‘then the deer said to the sturgeon’; ana mún íkuuk áwɨnpša túna wílapsna ‘whenever today you will get a sturgeon’. [NE variously qílax̣ ~ **x̣ílax̣; NP /qileq/.]
Wiláq̓x̣t
Young Wind. One of the five Huliyáyma.
wilawíix̣t
Race. kušta kú ín wášax̣ana ku wilawíix̣tpa ‘and then surely I would ride then in the race’. Also pawilawíix̣t. [WS páwilawayx̣t; NP piwilalwíiqin /piwilalwiqnt/.]
wilawiix̣tpamá
Racetrack. áwata aníyi wilawiix̣tpamá ‘their racetrack will be made’; wilawiix̣tpamá k̓úsi ‘horse race’. Also called pawilawiix̣tpamá. [NP wilalwix̣níwaas /wlalwqnwaas/.]
wilkyakí
Leggings, as worn in the wáashat service, etc., made out of buckskin or blanket. [NE sulátas; NP /tohon/.]
wíłpakpak
Robin, Turdus migratorius. [WW wíšpakpak; NW twíšqaqa; ɨwísqaqa (Jacobs 1931:102); NP /wíspox̣pox̣/.]
wiłúunp
Bluff. Also tnán.
Wiłúunp
Definition:
The big bluff at Pilot Rock; Pilot Rock, Oregon.
Examples:
- áwna wínaša Wiłuunpyaw ‘let’s go to Pilot Rock’;
- páyšnaš páx̣at anwíčt skúuliya kʷná Wiłúunpa ‘maybe I went five years to school there at Pilot Rock’.
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Also called sapáxikas.
wímitaš
Verb. [Coined by Thomas Morning Owl, 11-20-97.]
wímšiyaytš
Earring. wɨx̣inšmí paˀaníx̣a wímšiyaytš ‘they make earrings from abalone’. [N wímšyakš; WS wíłɨnkʷš; NP /ˀeqíwit/; /ˀcwes/.]
wináanakʷt
Leaving behind. nákpnit wináanakʷt ‘memorial ending a period of mourning where the belongings of the deceased are brought out’. [NP niwíhna /nwíhnan/.]
winánpš
Weapon. palaláy pawačá winánpš Umatilla Army Depotpa ‘there were a lot of weapons at the Umatilla Army Depot’. Also sometimes winánpt. [NP /ˀnéhtqeˀnpeˀs/.]
winanuutpamá
Bathtub. wɨx̣áki áwača winanuutpamá ‘the bathtub had feet’. Also winanuut̓áwas.
winanuutpamá
Common monkeyflower, Mimulus guttatus. It was boiled and used to wash hair. The leaves are soapy. Also called pamaywax̣pamá. [NP capáakaykaˀs hukúuxˀayn.]
winanuut̓áwas
Bath tub. kakyamaamí winanuut̓áwas ‘bird bath’. [NE šmuutpamá; NP /tq̓elúunwees/.]
wináway
Chinook wind, warm wind. ah iwá áw páyš wawáx̣ɨm wináway iwámš ‘oh maybe now it’s spring, a warm wind is coming’. [WS wináwayt; Y wináawa; NP /tk̓k̓´cya/.]
winkštkáwas
Hitching post. pawá áwx̣atun k̓úsima winkštkáwaspa ‘there are a bunch of horses standing at the hitching post’. Also winkstkáwas. [NP /ˀnikéespe sk̓em/.]
winšpamá
Love medicine (as used by a woman). See ɨstúyaytas.
wínš
Definition:
Man.
Examples:
- wínš iwiyánawi ‘a man has arrived’;
- ku wínšin pániya nápt wáptas ‘and the man gave her two feathers’;
- áx̣twayakaaš wínšna ‘I spent time with the man’;
- páˀɨnna wínšin ‘the man told him’;
- iq̓ínuša wínšin ‘the man sees me’;
- páx̣naw pawá awínšma ‘there are five men’;
- awínšin pawačá ‘there are two men’;
- wínšin pawačá ‘she was with her man’;
- wínš púła ‘flowering stage of púła (Lomatium macrocarpum)’;
- płɨ́x̣ winšpamá ‘western giant hyssop, Agastache occidentalis (šúx̣a)’;
- wiyáwinš ‘man in a group of women’.
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[N ɨwínš; NP /háma/; /haham/ ‘men’.]