4,794 terms are nouns

Vegetables

šapátwani ana k̓ʷapɨ́n ittáwax̣ɨnx̣a ‘mixed things which grow’.

Vegetation

ptɨ́n ‘brush, bushes, brushy area, bushy area, vegetation’.

Vein

ak̓ʷɨ́šak̓ʷš ‘blood vessel, vein, artery’.

Velcro

íapawa’aakáwas ~ sapawač̓aakáwas.

Venereal

činúkit ‘venereal disease’.

Vent

láwaalaytas ~ lawaalayt̓áwas ‘chimney, smoke-hole’.

Veratrum spp

mimún ‘false hellebore, Veratrum californicum, V. viride‘.

Versative case

-kan; -kaní (emphatic).

Very

atá- ‘very, exceedingly, too much’ (ex., atáčuuš ‘ocean, sea’ from atá- plus čúuš ‘water’).

Vessel

tkʷsáy ‘bucket, bowl, cup’; taatpamá ‘jar, can, container’; twašat̓áwas ‘boiling-vessel, kettle’; walímtkʷsay ‘tin ware, granite ware vessel’.

Vest

waqɨlpí; wíyayti waqɨlpí ‘decorated vest’.

Veteran

súlcas ‘soldier, army, military service’; sulcasmaamí tiičám ‘veterans’ grounds’ (area on Umatilla Reservation belonging to the veterans).

Village

táwyanaykt ~ tawyanikáwas ‘camp, dwelling’; wɨšayčtpamá ‘campsite, place to stay; birthplace, birthdate’.

Vine

šq̓ɨmšwáakuł ~ twanúwaaš ‘vine maple, Acer circinatum‘; pamaywax̣tpamá ~ winanuutpamá ‘monkey vine, Mimulus guttatus‘; tamqikskúla ‘clematis vine, Coyote’s rope, Clematis ligusticifolia‘.

Violet

papsilá ‘yellow violet, Viola glabella‘.

Visitor

wiyanawiłá.

xɨstú

Freshwater clam. Also x̣ɨštú. [N siwáala; NP /seewiˀs/.]

xɨ́sya

Indian celery, Lomatium grayi. ttúušma patáwaničɨnx̣a xɨ́sya ‘some call it xɨ́sya‘. Compare Y x̣ásya ‘wild celery, Lomatium nudicaule‘ (Beavert & Hargus 2009). [CR latítlatit; NP /wew̓imn/.]

Volcano

lawaalaytłá.

Vomit

čípšit ‘vomiting, vomit’.