Douglas’ or Howell’s brodiaea, Brodiaea douglasii, B. howellii. See also sɨ́t̓xʷs. [NP /c´t̓x̣ʷc/ ~ /ct̓x̣ʷc/.]
4,794 terms are nouns
ášnam
Flea, sand flea. [NP /haslam/.]
-anat
Verb nominalizer in directional complements. wiyánawiyawašamaš šápniyanat ‘I am coming to ask you’; pawiyánawišana q̓ínwanat ‘they were arriving to see [them]’; iwámšna íƛ̓iyawiyanat ‘he is coming to kill us’; túman pawiyánawiya q̓ínwanat paamanáy ‘what had come to see them?’; pawiyánawiša wáp̓anat ‘they are arriving to weave’; pawiyánawiša sápsik̓ʷanat ‘they are arriving to teach’; áana áw čí iwámš wáwˀaƛ̓awiyanat x̣ax̣áykʷyaw ‘oh now this one is coming to beg for money’; wáytšaykatyataš kʷáan Wayámkan wɨ́npanat x̣yáw núsux̣ ‘instead we were crossing on over toward Celilo to get dry salmon’. See also nominalizer -t.
anáwit
Hunger. áwnaš šɨnnɨ́pɨn anáwitki ‘I’ve gotten dizzy because of being hungry’; áwnaš wá šaláw tk̓ʷanáytitpa šaláw anakúuš anáwitkni ‘now I am weak when walking as from hunger’. [NP heyéeqin /heyéqnt/.]
anáy
Large round digging bag, round woven basket, sally bag (“the one you dig into”); small bag. See also wápas.
aníš
Handicraft. aníš wawukyanmí k̓štɨ́n ‘an elk tooth handicraft’.
aník̓ʷa
Chest. See ɨník̓ʷa.
aniłá
Origin:
Definition:
Maker, the Creator, God.
Examples:
- tkʷátat aniłá iwá ‘she is a cook’;
- ku ana pmáy pawačá aniłá pawapsícɨnx̣ana ‘and they who were crafters used to braid it’;
- maysxmáysxna áwaƛ̓awiša naamína aniłáan ‘every day we pray to our Maker’;
- pak̓ʷałanáwaša aniłáan ‘they’re giving thanks to the Creator’;
- ana tún iwá tkʷátat ana k̓ʷapɨ́n pániča čná tiičámpa naamíin aniłáyin ‘anything that is the food which our Creator put on this land’;
- aw kú páčax̣alpayiya paanáy ɨščɨ́t naamíyin aniłáyin ‘then the way was opened for him by our Maker’;
- aniłanmí tkʷátat ‘the Creator’s food’.
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[NP /haniyaw̓ato/.]
anipáš
Spring beauty, Indian potato, Claytonia lanceolata. Tiny little roots that look like potatoes. They used to dig them in the Blue Mountains; now all come from the Washington Cascades, though there may be a small amount near Mount Hood. [NP /capcilay/.]
anipašwáakuł
Miner’s lettuce, Montia perfoliata.
ánɨm
Definition:
Winter.
Examples:
- ánɨm iwá ‘it is winter’;
- panáyk̓ukɨnx̣ana tkʷátat ánɨmay ‘they used to gather food for winter’;
- pináwšuwanx̣a ánɨmiyaw ‘it gets itself ready for winter’;
- papáču ánɨm ‘the middle of winter’;
- ánɨmpa ‘in winter’;
- ánɨmiyaw ‘to winter’.
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[NP /ˀen´m̓/, /ˀen´m̓-/ ~ /ˀen´mi-/.]
ašnɨ́maašu
Black hawthorn, Crataegus douglasii. Also pronounced šnɨ́maašu. For the fruit see šnɨ́m. [NE šɨšnɨ́mšway; NP /ssnm/.]
ašnɨ́maašu
Simnasho on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation.
anmíwit
ánpš
Large storage bag or basket for berries or roots, large basket for berry picking that is worn on the back. It is made of dogbane. Also called psatat̓áwas. [PR lɨtáyltay; NP /t´x̣cik̓ay/.]
ašnɨ́pš
Bitter cherry (Prunus emarginata); water birch (Betula occidentalis); plum. [Y ɨšnɨ́pš ‘bitter cherry; prince’s pine (Chimaphila umbellata)’; NP /hesl´ps/ ‘Englemann spruce (Picea engelmannii); birch (Betula microphylla).]
anpamá
ašnuˀišłá
One who acts like a winner. Pejorative. Also ašluˀišłá. This is a Yakima term.
ánut̓at
Orphan. [NP /ˀelwt̓et/.]
anwícas
Winter lodge. ku áwača q̓x̣linmí anwícas ‘and he had a winter lodge of tule mats’.