4,794 terms are nouns

X̣ʷaamayáy

Eagle. Legendary character. ku iwačá tkʷaynpłá X̣ʷaamayáy ‘and Eagle was a hunter’. [NP /weptesyéye/.]

x̣ʷaamiłá

One who lives in the mountains, highlander.

x̣ʷaamipamá

The One Above. ačanam kú iníša pɨ́nɨm x̣ʷaamipamánɨm x̣túwit ‘because he above is giving you power’.

X̣ʷáłx̣ʷaypam

Klikitat people. X̣ʷáłx̣ʷaypam ináwa ‘a Klikitat is talking’.

x̣ʷášx̣ʷay

Steller’s jay (Cyanocitta stelleri); blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata). [NE qʷyáašqʷyaaš ~ qʷyáasqʷyaas; NW x̣ʷášx̣ʷał (Jacobs 1929:216:16; 217:10, 14; 223:10; Hunn 1990:324); NP /qʷyésqʷyes/.]

x̣ʷíił

Hermit thrush, Catharus guttatus. [WS q̓ʷíił.]

x̣ʷiyáytš

Sweathouse. Same as x̣ʷyáytš.

Yakima

Mámačat; Mámačatpam ~ Wawnakʷšašiłáma ‘Yakima people’; Yakumułá ‘Yakima person’; Yakumułáma ‘Yakima people’; Išatkniłá ‘Yakima or Wanapum person’; Išatkniłáma ‘Yakima or Wanapum people’.

Yampah

sawítk ‘common or Gardner’s yampah, Indian carrot, Perideridia gairdneri‘. Also called tawtnúk wayx̣wáyčtpa ‘medicine at the bridge’.

Yard

šapíinawit ‘measurement, inch, foot, yard, mile’.

Yarn

wák̓mɨskt; wisxáwas ‘string, thread, twine, yarn’.

Yarrow

wapanwápan ‘western yarrow, Achillea millefolium‘.

Year

anwíčt; c̓áat anwíčt ~ cáˀat anwíčt ‘new year’; ayáyani čɨ́mti anwíčt ‘happy new year!’; uynáapt anwíčt ‘seven years’; anmíwit ‘beginning of winter or year’.

Yearling

anwimá ~ aluwimá ‘yearling, one that is a year old’.

Yearning

lalíwat ‘loneliness, longing, yearning’.

Yellow bee plant

tiskaynmí latítCleome lutea‘.

Yellow bells

sɨ́kniFritillaria pudica‘. Also called sɨknisɨ́kni.

Yellow Hawk Clinic

Mɨx̣ɨ́š Ítatat płɨx̣pamá (medical clinic on Umatilla Reservation).

Yellowjacket

atníwaVespula spp. & Dolichovespula spp., wasp, hornet, bee’.

Yesterday

  1. watím;
  2. watimpamápa ‘day before yesterday’.