4,794 terms are nouns

Wolverine

wašapaníGulo gulo luscus‘.

Woman

tílaaki (also áyat); tílaakima ‘women’; tílaakiin ‘two women’; tmáy ‘young unmarried woman’; ttmáyma ‘young unmarried women’; ttmáyin ‘two young unmarried women’; łmáma ‘old woman, elderly lady’; łmamatúma ‘old women’; łmamatúwin ‘two old women’; x̣niłá ‘root digger, woman or girl’.

Wood

ílukas ‘firewood, stick’; lúq̓um (ílukas) ‘rotten wood’; ilukasmí áwšnitš ‘wood floor’; ilukasmí ɨstí ‘wood needle’.

Woodpecker

wak̓íwk̓iw ~ wánanp̓as ‘pileated woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus‘; síwsiw ‘Lewis’ woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis‘; píps ‘hairy woodpecker, Picoides villosus‘; mɨšt̓ɨ́l ‘small woodpecker sp.’.

Woof

wáp̓aš ‘woof in basket weaving’.

Wool

šiipmí lawláw ‘sheep’s fur’.

Woolybear

čalawlawí ‘woolybear caterpillar (Arctiidae)’.

x̣ɨštú

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

Word

  1. sɨ́nwit ‘speaking, talking, words, language’;
  2. támsɨnwit ‘words to a song’;
  3. ičiškíin sɨ́nwit ‘word in the Indian language’.

Work

kútkut; at̓úk kútkut ‘hard work’; skuulitpamá tímaš ‘school work’; kutkutpamá k̓úsi ‘work horse’; qqaanáyt ‘business, industry, activity’; at̓úk qqaanáyt ‘hard work’; áwtni qqaanáyt ‘sacred work’; qqaanáywit ‘business, industry, activity’.

Worker

kutkutłá.

Worm

saysáy ‘worms, maggots’; x̣pɨpłá ~ waakutkutłá ‘bag worm’; qáyqʷay ‘small white wood boring worm’; nawinałanmí šúu ‘horsehair or gordian worm (Nematomorpha)’; tawtawlípa saysáyma ‘can of worms’.

Wormwood

q̓tuní ~ puˀúx̣puˀux̣ ‘Douglas’ wormwood, Artemisia douglasiana‘; ‘silver wormwood or gray sagewort, A. ludoviciana‘.

Wound

áwtaš; awtašpamá ‘wound medicine, Asarum caudatum‘.

x̣tín

Diaper. Also nɨtíx̣t. [Y Also ntíx̣t; NP /nkák̓ollit̓as/.]

x̣ɨ́tinit

The baby trade, the diapering. They trade with the same people as in the wedding trade.

x̣túwit

Strength, power. aniłánɨmnaš iníta x̣túwit ‘God will give me strength’; ačanam kú iníša pɨ́nɨm x̣ʷaamipamánɨm x̣túwit ‘because he above is giving you power’; anam ím pániya imíin x̣túwit ‘you who gave me your strength’; ku čáw áwa tananmaamí x̣túwit tx̣táymataš k̓ʷáy waníčt ‘and the Indians do not have the power to change those names’; k̓ʷáy áwača pɨnmíin x̣túwit ‘that was his power’. [CR q̓ʷłtɨ́pwit; NP /qpsq´ps/.]

x̣ɨ́tway

Friend, acquaintance. inmí x̣ɨ́tway iwámš ‘my friend is coming’; x̣ɨ́twaynaš wámš ‘my friend is coming’; x̣ɨ́twayš wámš inmí ‘my friend is coming’; ƛ̓áax̣ʷnaš wá x̣ɨ́twayma ‘they’re all my friends’; inx̣aynmí x̣ɨ́tway ‘my cousin’s friend’. See also x̣áy; ƛ̓áks; tax̣ɨ́ntway.

Wrap

támqawit ‘wrap-around for braid’; áx̣šax̣š támqawit ‘dentalium braid wrap-around’; waláamkʷš ‘otter skin braid wrap’; čáwaanknikt ‘headband; outside wrap around for tepee’.

Wren

taymúusya ~ xalixáli ~ x̣alix̣áli ‘canyon wren, Catherpes mexicanus‘.