4,791 terms are nouns

láq̓uuškt

Smoke. kuš šapátamanayča c̓áa ílukšyaw ku láq̓uušxtpa ‘and I had mine put inside close to the fire and in the smoke’. See also láčkukt. [NP /ˀlaq̓ískt/.]

láq̓ʷšq̓ʷš

Ashes. Also lákʷaškʷaš; látx̣tx̣. láq̓ʷšq̓ʷši ‘burn, char, scorch’. [Y láp̓ulp̓ul; NP /ˀlépxʷpxʷ/; /ˀlépkʷy/; /ˀlápxʷpxʷs/.]

laswíi

Handkerchief, napkin, wash cloth. [Jargon, evidently from French l’essuyer.]

latáam

Table, table cloth spread on the floor. Also tkʷatatpamá. kʷná áničɨnk latáampa ‘put it on the table!’. [NP /hpnwées/; from French la table.]

latít

Flower, blossom. latít ilatíša ‘flowers are flowering’; x̣máaš latít lámt ‘blue camas flower, Camassia quamash‘; mɨqɨ́š latít ‘monkey-flower, Mimulus guttatus‘; nawinałanmí latít ‘Indian paintbrush, Castilleja miniata‘; tiskaynmí latít ‘yellow bee plant, Cleome lutea‘; latitpamá tamaničtpamá ‘flower pot’. Also latíš. [NW also natít; NP /latis/.]

latítlatit

Indian celery, Lomatium grayi. ana kú úyit iwɨ́šayčɨnx̣a ku iwá waníči latítlatit ‘when it first comes to be it is named latítlatit‘; latítlatit ittáwax̣ɨnx̣a ku kʷɨnmíin áwšayčɨnx̣a wawínɨm ‘a celery grows and of that the wawínɨm comes to be’; káˀuyišanaataš latítlatit pačwáywitpa ‘we were first feasting on the celery on Sunday’; ataš kú ákaˀuyix̣a latítlatitna ‘when we have the celery feast’; ku ana kú iwiyáwat̓uyix̣a waníči latítlatit ‘and when the named celery takes the lead’; ana pmáy pawínax̣a ku pax̣níx̣a pawɨ́npɨnx̣a latítlatitna ‘they who go and dig getting the celery’; ana kʷaaná patáwaničɨnx̣a latítlatit káˀuyitay ‘that which they designate celery for the feast’. Shoots are called wawínɨm, root is called atuná. [NW xásya; NP /wew̓imn/.]

latiwałá

Cantaloupe, Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis. Also x̣míinx̣miin. ánukšišaaš latiwałáan ‘I’m smelling the cantaloupe’. [Y x̣míitx̣miit; NP /t̓x̣t̓x̣wéekuˀs/.]

latíx̣

Spring (of water). Archaic, see waanáytt.

látlat

Red-breasted nuthatch, Sitta canadensis. Also nátnat.

látx̣tx̣

Ashes. Also lákʷaškʷaš; láq̓ʷšq̓ʷš. [Y lát̓x̣t̓x̣; NP /ˀlépxʷpxʷ/; /ˀlépkʷy/; /ˀlápxʷpxʷs/.]

lát̓ɨlkt

Smoke. Also láwaalaytt.

lawaačayčłá

Light cotton blanket. Also lawaačaykłá. [NE lawaax̣ʷaamiłá; Y lawiičaykłá.]

láwaalaytas

Chimney, smoke-hole, stove pipe. Also lawaalayt̓áwas. [Y lawiilattpamá.]

lawaalaytłá

Volcano. [Y lawiilatłá.]

láwaalaytt

Smoke. Also lát̓ɨlkt.

láwaalaytt

Mount St. Helens. Also lɨwít.

lawaalayt̓áwas

Smoke-hole, chimney. [Y lawiilattpamá; NP ˀalóoyaˀskit /ˀala-weye-ˀskt/.]

láwaašq̓išit

Shadow, shade. itɨ́x̣laluuša láwaašq̓išit čúušpa ‘he sees his shadow in the water’. [Y lawiišq̓íšit; NP /sq̓ísit/.]

lawaašmúk

Definition:

Bumblebee, Bombus spp.


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Also ilamaašmúk

[K lawiišumkšúmk; NP /qaasíˀ/.]

lawláw

Fur, body hair. lawláw áwa nukšaynmí ‘it is the otter’s fur’; šiipmí lawláw ‘wool’. [NP /tehey/.]