Part of Speech: noun

Body lice. [WS apɨ́lk; NE páwluk; some NW ɨpáwluk; NP /ppéq/.]

Skin, hide. patánakwaašayix̣a twínpas ku kúušx̣i apɨ́x̣ ‘they dance with his rifle and similarly the hide’; áyaq̓ʷɨcka apɨx̣mí tútanik ‘the hair came off the hide’; kúušx̣i paˀaníx̣ana apx̣mí ‘in the same way they would make it of hide’; išapáyaq̓ʷɨcka apɨ́x̣ ‘he stripped the hide of its hair’; sikinmí apɨ́x̣ ‘badger hide’; pláš ímiiki apɨ́x̣ ‘white buckskin’. [NP /meˀeqs/ ‘fresh untanned hide’; /qillu/ ‘dried untanned hide’; /wispol/ ‘tanned hide’.]

Eye matter, pus. See ɨqɨ́š.

Stomach, tripe. ak̓páyak̓pay ‘kidney’. [Y áq̓paaš; NP /qoˀopas/.]

Cough. itáqawqišaaš aq̓úwitnɨm ‘the cough is making me sick’; ipayúwiša aq̓úwitki ‘he’s sick with a cough’; aq̓úwitpax̣i ‘in the same way when coughing’. [NE tanúx̣it; Y q̓uq̓úwit; NP ˀox̣oˀóx̣a /ˀox̣oˀóx̣ant/.]

Cough medicine. qawšqáwš iwá aq̓uwitpamá płɨ́x̣ ‘lovage is a cough medicine’.

Nit, louse egg. Of head (apɨ́n) or body (apúlk) lice. [Y pɨ́lk̓ay; NP /hasas/.]

Woman’s younger sister. See ɨsíp.

Eel, Pacific lamprey, Lampetra tridentata. Also k̓súyas. [Y asúm; NP /hesu/.]

Hoof. kkɨ́s áwa asúusu ‘it has little hooves’; k̓usinmí asúusu ‘horse’s hoof’. [Y ɨsú; RC asáwsa; NP /peyu/.]

Boy; mule deer spike buck. ku aw kú itqáwača áswan pɨlksásɨmk̓a ‘and then the boy was suddenly all alone’; áswanakut áwa ‘they say he has a boy’ (Jacobs 1931:129); ku páˀɨnna káłayin áswanina Wawatáwyana ‘and grandmother said to Antelope Boy’; áswanɨmnaš iq̓ínušana ‘a boy saw me’; kátkaatma ‘boys’; kátkaatin ‘two boys’. [WS accusative áswayna; NW accusative áswanin; NE tax̣núčɨmt ‘boy’; N amíisma ‘boys’; NP /hácwal/.]

Roe, salmon eggs. See ɨsɨ́xʷ.

Female salmon, female fish. See ɨsɨ́xʷi.

Definition:

Navel, belly button; start of a basket.

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sápwaasklikt ‘start of a basket’.

[WS áš; Y ɨšɨ́š; NP sís /ss/ (one downriver speaker said, ˀéesis).]

Inside. áštkan iwínaša ‘he is going inside’. [NP /ˀact/.]

Very, exceedingly, extra. atáanɨč̓i ‘extra big’; ataakskɨ́s ‘extra small’; atáčuuš ‘ocean’; ataaníix̣ ‘extra good’; atáamɨla ‘extra bad’. [NP /ˀeteyé-/.]

Cache pit, underground storage. See also wɨlčí. pax̣nɨ́mna atámki ku kʷná pawawíčtax̣na tún atawˀátaw ‘they dug their storage pit and there they could store their very important things’.

Ahtanum Creek, a tributary of the Yakima river. yúuk k̓ʷáy áw átanɨmpa inišáyšayka tanán ‘yonder now the Indian was living on up Ahtanum Creek’.

Ocean. atáčuuš amúyša ‘the ocean is rolling waves’. [NW atáčiiš; NP /ˀeteyékuus/.]

Bathroom, toilet. mɨnámaš wá atáwas ‘where is your bathroom?’; wínak atáwasyaw ‘go to the bathroom!’. Also attpamá. [NP /ˀátnwaas/.]