4,791 terms are nouns

Chance

wiyáwšayčt ‘events along the way’; wáatamayčt ‘opportunity or turn to sing’.

Change

wiyátunx̣it.

Charcoal

lák̓ɨm ~ lák̓ɨmkt ‘carbon, soot’.

Cheater

sapk̓usiłá ‘swindler; joker (in cards)’.

Cheek

tpɨ́š ‘face, cheek’; tɨpstɨ́ps ‘salmon cheeks’.

Cheesecloth

tukštukšmí síil.

Chef

kuukiłá.

Cherry

tmɨ́š ‘chokecherry, Prunus virginiana‘; asnɨ́ps ‘bitter cherry, P. emarginata‘ (also sometimes called, psuniwáakuł, tmɨšwáakʷł); tmɨšwáakʷł ‘domestic cherry, P. avium‘.

Chest

ník̓ʷa ~ aník̓ʷa ‘breast, sternum’; šapataawayitpamá ‘ice chest, refrigerator’; psatanáwas ‘bag, suitcase, gunny sack, chest of drawers’.

k̓ʷpɨ́p

Stool (such as the old people used to use); war club. [Compare NP /k̓ʷp´p/ ‘break’ (adj.).]

Chick

píitpiit ‘baby chick’.

Chickadee

c̓ítatat ~ latítalwit ‘mountain chickadee, Poecile gambeli (syn., Parus gambeli)’.

Chicken

likúuk ‘domistic chicken, Gallus gallus domesticus‘. Also, wašwášnu ‘chicken; ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus‘.

Chief

miyúux̣ ‘leader, boss’; nč̓í miyúux̣ ‘head chief’; amíyuux̣ma ‘chiefs’.

Child

miyánaš; miyánašma ‘children’; spáytit ‘sprout, shoot, offspring, child’.

Chilopoda

wɨx̣aputaaptitní ‘centipede, millipede’.

Chimney

láwaalaytas ~ lawaalayt̓áwas ‘flue, smoke-hole’.

Chin

mɨsk̓ʷátt.

Chinese

Cálmɨn.

Chinook

tkʷínat ‘chinook or king salmon, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha‘; tkʷínat núsux ‘chinook salmon’.