4,794 terms are nouns

k̓ɨ́plaač

Rock hammer, war club. páwak̓ɨpa k̓ɨ́plaački ‘he hit him with the warclub’. [NP /k̓plac/.]

k̓pɨ́p

A tool used long ago; war club. [NP /k̓ppk̓´pp/ ’round, spherical’; /k̓páap/ ‘in a round or curled up manner’.]

K̓pɨ́sk̓pɨs

Cold Springs, a campground on the way down from Watámtulikacat near the berryfields northwest of Trout Lake, Washington. There is an old trail that comes up from Trout Lake to Cold Springs. Also called K̓pɨ́s. míimi pačúux̣ana k̓pɨ́s čúuš waanáyttkni K̓pɨ́sk̓pɨspa ‘long ago they would drink cold water from a spring at Cold Springs’; wáwtukšanaataš K̓pɨ́spa ‘we camped overnight at Cold Springs’.

k̓pɨ́t

Bead. iwíˀaniša k̓pɨ́tki ‘she is beading’; k̓pɨ́tki aníša ‘she is doing beadwork’; tílaakima pawíˀaniša k̓pɨ́tki ‘the women are doing beadwork’; inákpaaša luc̓áan k̓pɨ́tna ‘she is separating out the red beads’; k̓pɨ́tna isáp̓awisa ‘she is separating beads’; áwyaskawimšnaš k̓pɨ́tna ‘I have picked up some beads as I came along’; k̓pɨ́tki anít ‘beadwork’; k̓pɨtłimá ‘beaded’; čák̓ptk ‘ball up’; šapáq̓ɨptk ‘make a fist’. Ablaut: k̓páat ’round, spherical’; k̓píit ‘ball’. [NP /q̓l´wn/.]

k̓púł

Mortar. A small hollowed out bowl generally made of wood for pounding roots, meat, etc. Usually made of oak. paˀaníx̣ana k̓púł ilukasmí u k̓ʷáyk̓a áw pšwanmí ‘they used to make their mortar out of wood or stone’; ápax̣ɨmkɨnk k̓púłpa ‘grind it in the mortar!’. Also called tutt̓áwas. See also t̓alúš; pnáy; tútn. [NP /k̓poy/.]

Aide

wapaatałá ‘helper’.

Air

kyáak háašt ‘clean breath, clear air’; mɨlá háašt ‘bad breath, polluted air’; hawláak ‘invisibility, empty space, the spirit realm, thin air’; waak̓sɨtitpamá ‘ceiling fan, electric cooling fan, air conditioner’; pinašapawaaxáwas ‘air conditioner’.

Airplane

waynałá ‘flyer, airplane’.

Alarm

tuutax̣šit̓áwas ‘alarm clock’; čatikáwas ‘alarm clock, door bell’.

Alder

psuní ‘mountain alder, Alnus incana tenuifolia‘; ‘red alder, A. rubra‘; ‘Sitka alder, A. sinuata‘; ‘white alder, A. rhombifolia‘; psuninmí psá ‘alder bark.

Alderdale

náwawi ‘Alderdale, Washington’.

Alfalfa

alpaˀálpaMedicago sativa‘.

Algae

wax̣úš (also wawx̣úš ~ wawx̣úuš ~ wax̣úuš ~ wawx̣áš ~ aluq̓atmí útpas) ‘green fresh water algae’.

Alien

kʷaanłá ‘one over there, an outsider’.

Alkali

pláš łɨ́łx̣ ‘white soil (such as is found near Power City)’.

Allative case

-yaw ‘to’.

Alligator

nč̓í watik̓ásasa ‘big lizard, alligator’.

Along

páyn; -laykɨl (also -laykan).

Alpine

pɨ́t̓x̣anu ‘forested mountain, alpine forest’.

Aluminum

plašmí ‘aluminum, silver’.