Umatilla Language Online Dictionary

4,794 terms are nouns

Camas, Camassia quamash. čáw mún ánč̓ax̣i patámayčɨnx̣a x̣máašna ‘they never bake camas anymore’; lámt áwa latít x̣maašmí ‘the camas has a blue flower’; ixawíša x̣máaš ‘the camas is maturing’; itámc̓isa x̣máašna šáaki ‘she is spicing the camas with wild onion’; x̣máaš latít lámt ‘blue camas flower’. [NW wák̓amu, tamšít; NP /qm̓es/

x̣míinx̣miin

Cantaloupe, Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis. Also latiwałá. [Y latiwalí, x̣míitx̣miit; NP /t̓x̣t̓x̣wéekuˀs/.]

x̣mítus

Tomato. šapátwani pƛɨ́kki x̣mítuski ‘barbecue sauce’.

x̣ɨmt̓úy

Caddisfly larva, periwinkle, pennywinkle (Trichoptera). [NW wáxlalp̓as; NP /x̣mt̓uy/.]

x̣ɨ́n

Golden currant, Ribes aureum. [N x̣nɨ́n; NP /k´ł/.]

X̣ɨ́nii

Place near Albee, Oregon. iwačá píiƛ̓iyawit čí áw čníin X̣ɨ́niikni pátuki iwá pšwá kʷná ‘there was a battle on this side of X̣ɨ́nii—there’s a marker there’.

x̣niłá

Root digger, woman or girl. x̣niłá iwɨ́šayčɨn ‘a girl has been born’; ƛ̓áax̣ʷ pawá x̣niłáma ‘they are all root diggers’. [NP /qˀniyew̓et(u)/.]

x̣nít

Roots, edible or medicinal roots. The woman’s side brings roots to the wedding trade. iwá kskɨ́s x̣nít ‘it’s a little root’; sɨ́kni iwá x̣nít ‘yellowbell is a root’; áwtyanam ímč̓a wáta x̣nít ‘but now you also will be a root’; iwák̓ɨlkša x̣nítna ‘she is grinding the roots’; anwimá iwá x̣nít ‘they’re last year’s roots’; tax̣núnaq̓iyi iwá x̣nít ‘the roots are died back’; ixawíša x̣nít ‘the roots are getting mature’; ana kúma pawá x̣nítma ‘those which are roots’; ana pát iwá ƛ̓aax̣ʷmaamí x̣nitmaamí ‘who is the older sister of all the roots’; áwtni walptáykaš ana k̓ʷapɨ́n áwa x̣nitmaamí ‘the tabooed song which belongs to the roots’; wínax̣aataš ášuyatax̣a x̣nítna ‘we go check the roots’. [NP qíˀnit /qˀnit/.]