Seagull, California gull, Larus californicus. Also caspúla; k̓aylásk̓aylas. [Y sasp̓úla; NP muqúycimun.]
4,794 terms are nouns
k̓ayík
Calf, elk calf, colt. See also q̓ayík. [NP /qeˀeyik/.]
k̓áykt
Week. áx̣ʷaymaš q̓ínuta náx̣špa k̓áyktpa ‘I’ll see you in one week’; nápt k̓áykt ‘two weeks’. See also pačwáywit. [NP /k̓´y̓kn/.]
k̓aylásk̓aylas
Seagull, California gull, Larus californicus. Umatilla prefers k̓ayák̓aya. [NE caspúla; Y sasp̓úla; NP muqúycimun.]
k̓aywálala
Short person. [NP /waqimál̓ac/.]
k̓iix̣k̓íix̣
Dun colored horse.
k̓ikumsk̓íkums
Chief’s serpentine dance, dance where the chiefs all followed one another. They dance with their leggings and war bonnets but they don’t wear bustles and they dance slow. Earlier recorded as sk̓ikumsk̓íkums. [NP /k̓umckúmc/ ‘short, missing’; k̓ik̓umck̓ík̓umc (distributive); /k̓úmcniˀns/ ‘bobbed’.]
k̓ilák̓ila
Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis.
k̓ilyakáwas
Hooked stick used to pull down limbs while picking chokecherries. Also called twawaaničanwit̓áwas.
k̓íyas
Bottom, rear end.
Abalone
- wɨx̣ínš or šalx̣íš ‘generic abalone, abalone shell, Haliotis spp.’;
- Wɨx̣inšyáy ‘Abalone’ (legendary character).
Abandoned
nisáwtas ‘abandoned camp’; wɨlčítaš ‘abandoned pit house’.
Ablative case
-kni.
About
-ki ‘with, in (a language), about’ (instrumental case).
Abstractive
-wit; -awit.
Accusative case
-na; -aman (accusative plural); -pa (kinship terms when a 3rd person possessor is coreferential with subject); -áp (ergative/accusative with kinship terms with ɨ- ‘your’).
Ace
silp̓ú ‘ace in playing cards’.
Acorn
wawačí ‘filbert, acorn’; kkúuš ‘filbert, hazelnut, nut’.
Acquaintance
x̣ɨ́tway ‘friend, acquaintance’.
Acre
páx̣at šapíinawit tiičám ‘five acres’.