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/.]
4,794 terms are nouns
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’.