4,791 terms are nouns

Whirligig

klawáwklawaw ‘whirligig beetle (Gyrinidae)’.

Whirlpool

nayšłá; panayšłá; sk̓ululaptwáakʷł čúušpa; wáask̓ulikt ‘eddy, vortex’.

Whirlwind

sk̓ulúlapt; nč̓í sk̓ulúlapt ‘big whirlwind’; sk̓ululaptyáy (legendary character).

Whiskers

šúu ‘whiskers, beard’.

Whisky

láam ‘whisky, hard liquor’.

Whistle

xʷiittpamá; x̣ʷaamanmí pipšmí xʷiittpamá ‘eagle bone whistle’.

White

max̣áx̣ ‘diatomaceous earth’.

White salmon

áyx̣ ‘chum, dog or white salmon, Oncorhynchus keta‘.

Whitefish

sɨ́may ‘mountain whitefish, Prosopium williamsoni‘.

Whiteman

šuyápu ‘Caucasian’; páštɨn ‘Euro-American’.

Whiten

šapáplašk ‘bleach’.

Whitener

šapaplaškáwas ‘bleach’.

Whortleberry

wiwlúwiwlu ‘grouse whortleberry, Vaccinium scoparium‘.

x̣pɨ́t

Rib; tepee rib poles (there are four or five). [NP /tupeˀc/.]

x̣px̣ɨ́p

Cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa. [Y x̣ɨ́px̣p; NP /qpqp/.]

X̣px̣ɨ́p

LaGrande, Oregon. patáwyašana X̣ɨpx̣ɨ́pa ‘they were living in LaGrande’. [NE Qápqap; NP /qpqp/.]

Widow

palɨxsíks ‘widow or widower during the time of mourning’.

Wife

ášam; ašampat̓ałá ‘wife wanter, one who loves his wife; adulterer’.

Wila

k̓ʷɨ́nč ‘edible pine lichen, Bryoria fremontii‘; k̓ʷɨnčwáakuł ‘gray or green tree lichen (spp. other than B. fremontii)’; tap̓ašpamá šwíčt ‘uncooked wila’.

Will

tkʷápaničaša ‘thumbprint, signature, vote; testament’.