Twisted tule mat. It is stronger than the q̓ɨx̣lí and is put down to stand, sit, or lie on. Also called saptklikí. [NE saptklikí; NW łíim.]
lál
Clark’s nutcracker, Nucifraga Columbiana. [NP /ˀspukuk/.]
lálapti
Chiselmouth, Acrocheilus alutaceus. [NP /t´teˀwxc/.]
lalíik
Rattlesnake Mountain. Near Richland, Washington.
lalíwat
Loneliness, longing, yearning. [NP tilláapin /tillápn-t/.]
lalupáa
Ribbon. See łałípłałip.
lálx̣
Coffee. íkkmiya čuutpamá tkʷsáy lálx̣ki ‘he filled his cup with coffee’. [From NP lálx /llk/ ‘pine nut, coffee’; cf. S nɨnɨ́k.]
lamitú
Sheep.
lamtmí
Blue denim. lamtmí sulátas ‘blue jeans’.
lamtús
Rival, opponent (as in the hand game). ƛ̓áp čí naamí lamtús ik̓úša ‘our challengers are sitting here’. [NP /lem̓túus/.]
lapám
Apple. [From French la pomme.]
lápas
Overshoes, rubbers.
lapatáat
Potato. itkʷámƛ̓ška apáp lapatáatpa ‘he stuck his hand in a rotten potato’; áwna áwisp̓isa lapatáatna šwíčtki ku łíłx̣ki ‘now we are covering up the potatoes with ryegrass and dirt’. [WS & Y wáptu; NP /lapatát/; Jargon, from French la patate.]
lapt̓ałá
Salmon pemmican, salmon mixed with berries and fish oil. lapt̓ałá iwá táani laputáypa ‘the salmon pemmican is stored in the jar’. Also recorded as łapt̓alá. [NP /tn̓at/.]
lapšúšit
Nosebleed. [NP ˀilpsúusin /ˀlpsúsn-t/.]
laputáy
Bottle. t̓ɨ́kʷk iwáynana -laputáy ‘the bottle broke’. [NP /teheswéekuˀs/; Jargon, from French la bouteille.]
láqawkš
Live coals. itwápx̣ʷša láqawkšna ‘she is spreading out the coals (so as not to burn the salmon while baking it)’. [NP /ˀlépkuy/.]
láqayx̣it
Light, electricity, truth. [NP /ˀlakáˀwit/.]
laqayx̣it̓áwas
Lamp, lantern, flashlight, gas lamp, electric light. yapašmí laqayx̣it̓áwas ‘candle’. [NE laqayx̣it̓úus; NP /capaˀlakáˀwit̓as/.]
láčqukt
Smoke. Also lák̓uuškt. [NP /ˀlaq̓ískt/.]