4,791 terms are nouns

Curlew

k̓ʷáyk̓ʷay ‘long-billed curlew, Numenius americanus‘.

Currant

x̣ɨ́n ‘golden currant, Ribes aureum‘; x̣ɨ́nnaaš ‘golden currant bush’; sxíyap ‘squaw or wax currant, Ribes cereum‘.

Curtain

čák̓ɨnkt; čak̓ɨnkáwas; čáwaašq̓išit; áwtukš ‘canvas, curtain’.

Curve

wák̓likt.

Custom

tananáwit ~ tanánwit ‘the Indian way’.

Cutter

wax̣ɨntkáwas ‘rolling can opener or pizza cutter, circular scissors’.

Cycle

alxayxpamá ‘menstruation, menstrual period’.

Cypress

núwayaaš ‘Nootka cypress, Callitropsis nootkatensis‘.

k̓ʷyámk̓ʷyam

Blue racer snake, Coluber constrictor. [WS pawilawayx̣łá; K k̓ʷayk̓ʷí; NP k̓uyímk̓uyim /k̓ʷy´mk̓ʷym/.]

lašáam

Room. nč̓utpamá lašáam ‘bedroom’. [Jargon, from French la chambre.]

laakłá

Forgetful person. [NP /ttolat̓´pac/.]

láam

Whisky, hard liquor. [Eng. rum.]

láatlat

Sweating, sweat, perspiration. [NP muxlíin /mxʷlín-t/.]

lakaláat

Carrot, domestic carrot. In Umatilla mostly sawitkwáakuł. [NP /cawitkwáakoˀs/; Jargon, from French la carotte.]

lakamíin

Stew, flour thickened stew, salmon gravy. níix̣ iwá lakamíin ‘the flour gravy is good’. [NP /sis/; túutniˀsnim síis.]

lákas

Mouse. isapák̓ɨska lákasna ‘it caught the mouse’; lákassɨm iwá ‘it’s only a mouse’. [NP /laqac/.]

laklí

Key. wɨ́npatayim laklí ‘go get me my keys!’. [Jargon, from French la clef.]

lák̓itit

Top of hill or mountain, summit. [NP /toyam/.]

lák̓ɨm

Charcoal, soot, ashes. Was used as a black dye. Also lák̓ɨmkt. [NP /smuk/.]

lákʷaškʷaš

Ashes. Also láqʷašqʷaš; láq̓ʷšq̓ʷš; látx̣tx̣. [Y láp̓ulp̓ul; NP /ˀlépxʷpxʷ/; /ˀlépkʷy/; /ˀlápxʷpxʷs/.]