4,794 terms are nouns

Alumroot

q̓tɨ́t mɨc̓aymɨ́c̓ayHeuchera spp.’.

Ambition

nɨkunɨ́ku ~ nukúnuku ‘skill, knowhow, understanding, comprehension, aspiration’.

American

páštɨn ‘Euro-American’; páštɨnma ‘Americans’.

k̓skáwas

Molar.

Ancestor

nč̓í; inmí nč̓í ‘my elder’; nč̓ínč̓ima ‘elders, ancestors’.

Anger

sx̣ɨ́x̣t.

Animal

  1. kákya ‘bird, animal’;
    1. sapx̣ʷninłá kákya ‘crawling animal’;
    2. waynałá kákya ‘flying creature’;
    3. tawyanaktpamá kákya ‘farm animal’;
  2. ayatúks ‘female animal’;
  3. c̓ɨsmalpál ‘imaginary animal in the story of Antelope and Coyote’.

Ankle

k̓uxsk̓úxs; pɨtpɨ́tnu; pác̓aakt (also páč̓aakt) ‘wrist, ankle, joint’.

Anklet

túq̓ikš ‘deer hoof or bell anklet’; túq̓ikt ‘anklet bells for horse’.

Announcer

taax̣ʷałá ‘crier, camp crier’.

k̓sɨ́taas

North. [NP /yw̓íckn̓ikaay/.]

k̓sɨ́t̓al

Origin:

Comes from wiyáˀuyi “to go first”, referring to December as marking the year’s beginning.


Definition:

January.


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[NE k̓sɨ́t álxayx; NP /wlúupup/.]

Answer

wáanpt.

Ant

tamšúy; kliwisá ~ xliwisá ‘biting ant sp.’.

Antelope

wáwataw ‘pronghorn, Antilocapra americana‘; Wawatáwya ‘Antelope’ (legendary character).

Antler

yúkaas ‘antler, horn’; yukaasíns ‘antlered buck’.

k̓súyas

Lamprey, eel, Lampetra tridentata. ku kʷná inmí pšɨ́t iwɨ́npɨnx̣ana k̓súyasna ‘and my father used to get the eels there’; ku naˀíłas ku naxáxas paˀílax̣yawix̣ana k̓súyas ‘and my mother and aunt used to dry eels’; išúwaša k̓súyasna ‘he is cutting eels’; k̓suyasmí yápaš ‘eel oil’ (used for ear ache). Also asúm, asɨ́m. [NP /hesu/.]

Anus

c̓ɨ́x̣as ‘anus, rectum’.

Anvil

pstɨxt̓áwas ‘blacksmith tools, anvil, hammer, etc.’.

k̓ɨštɨ́n

Tooth. ƛ̓áax̣ʷmaš k̓štɨ́n qáax̣aytta ‘all your teeth will fall out (said when one used dirty words)’; k̓ɨštɨ́n čanptpamá ‘incisor tooth’; wawukyanmí k̓ɨštɨ́n ‘elk tooth’; k̓ɨštɨ́n ikiiktpamá ‘tooth brush’; wisxáwas k̓ɨštɨ́n ikiiktpamá ‘dental floss’. [N ɨtɨ́t; NP /tt/; cf. NP tink̓áˀc ‘jawbone’ (Aoki 1994:269).]