4,794 terms are nouns

wɨłq̓ám

Moccasin, shoe. iwɨłq̓ámiya wɨłq̓ám ‘he put his moccasins on’; inkáštkša wɨłq̓ám ‘he is tying his shoe’; patq̓íx̣šaataš sápsik̓ʷat wɨłq̓ám anít ‘they want us to teach moccasin making’; walimwɨłq̓ammí ilaplaykɨ́l ‘plain hightop moccasin’; k̓ptłimá wɨłq̓ám ilaplaykɨ́li ‘high top beaded moccasin’. [N łq̓ám; NP /ˀilépqet/.]

wɨłx̣ɨ́na

Smelt, Thaleichthys pacificus. Hunn 1990:316 They show up in January. watx̣ɨ́n áw ipyútšamš wɨłx̣ɨ́na ‘are the smelt showing up now?’. [NW tkʷalá ‘trout, smelt’ (Jacobs 1931:169, 233).]

wɨnpáwas

Radio; handle. [NE łx̣ʷnúus; NP /ˀnpoˀs/.]

wɨnpłá

That which gets; policeman. wɨnpłá iwačá ‘he was a policeman’; patamápayškaaš wɨnpłanmíyaw ‘they told on me to the police’; sɨ́nwitna wɨnpłá ‘tape recorder’. [NE łx̣ʷłá; NP /ˀnpew̓et(u)/ ‘policeman; woman chaser’.]

wɨ́npt

Getting, grasping, receiving, receiving, buying, holding. watx̣ɨ́nnam ášukʷaša apáp wɨ́npt ‘do you know how to shake hands?’; ana kú iwɨ́šayča tiičám wɨ́npt ‘when receiving land came to be’; k̓ʷáy áwa wɨ́npt tiičám ‘that is their buying of the land’; waníčt wɨ́npt ‘receiving a name’. [NE łx̣ʷɨ́t; NP /ˀnpt/.]

-wɨnpt

Handful. nɨšx̣áwɨnpt ‘one handful’; náptwɨnpt ‘two handfuls’; mɨtáawɨnpt ‘three handfuls’; pináwɨnpt ‘four handfuls’; páx̣atwɨnpt ‘five handfuls’. [WS -pšamt; NP /ˀselpt/.]

Ukiah

Yukáya ‘Ukiah, Oregon’.

Ultimate

=tx̣aw ‘most, all the way through’.

Umatilla

Ímatalam; Imatalamłá ‘Umatilla person’; Imatalamłáma ‘Umatilla people’; Imatalamłaamí sɨ́nwit ‘Umatilla language’; nixyáawi wána ‘Umatilla River’.

Umbrella

pašq̓išit̓áwas ‘parasol, umbrella’.

Umbrellawort

pank̓ú ‘Hoover’s umbrellawort, Tauschia hooveri‘.

wɨsak̓páwas

Bolt. c̓aˀá ikú čí wɨsak̓páwas ‘this bolt has fit perfectly’.

Uncle

pímx̣ ‘paternal uncle’; pítx̣ ‘maternal uncle’.

wɨslak̓ʷskí

Arrow. aw kú Spilyáy iwɨ́npa pɨnmíin wɨslakʷskí ‘then Coyote got his arrow’; paˀaníx̣ana wɨslak̓ʷskí kkáasuki ‘they made arrows from the serviceberry’; wɨslak̓ʷskipamá taatpamá ‘quiver (for arrows)’. [WS kkáasu; NW kayáasu; NP /cép/.]

Underarm

waxalám ‘armpit’.

Underdress

mitičnipamá ‘underwear, underdress for wing dress (ƛ̓píip)’.

Underground

atamkí ‘cache pit, underground storage’. Also wɨlčí.

Understanding

šúkʷat ‘knowing, knowledge, technology, teaching, spirit, spirit power, guardian spirit, tutelary spirit’; nɨkunɨ́ku ~ nukúnuku ‘skill, knowhow, comprehension, ambition’.

Underwear

mitičnipamá ‘underwear, underdress for wing dress (ƛ̓píip)’; x̣ʷšx̣ʷšlí ‘stretchy material, underwear that stretches’.

Union

tuulikéecet ‘Union, Oregon’.