4,791 terms are nouns

miimím

Mourning dove, Zenaida macroura. Also witalú. [NE mítalu; NP /wítel̓uu/.]

miimimwáakuł

Domestic pigeon, Columba livia. [NP /quynu/.]

mimún

False hellebore, Veratrum californicum, V. viride.

mitičnipamá

Underwear, underdress for wing dress (ƛ̓píip). [NE qaluuktknipamá; Y ɨmitičnikpamá; x̣aluktnimá.]

miyálas

Baby. čák̓ʷlkɨnk miyálasay ‘chew it for the baby!’. [K íkayt (Jacobs 1937:31.9.1, 2, pg. 72; 31.10.4, pg. 73; 31.27.2, pg. 76); NP /myapkáwit/.]

miyánaš

Child. miyánaš patq̓íx̣ša ‘they want a child’; panáyk̓ukayix̣a miyánašna tún ‘they gather things for the baby (a baby shower)’; miyánašma pawačá wináanakʷi ‘children were left’; k̓ʷáyš miyánašmaaman ásapsik̓ʷasana ‘I was teaching the children that’; miyanašpamá ‘uterus’. [NP /myaˀac/.]

miyanašpamá

Uterus. Also miyanášpas. miyanašpamá áqatamčanwiša ‘her uterus is falling down’. [Y myanášpas; NP ˀilúut ‘belly, womb’.]

miyáwax̣

Spruce grouse, Dendragapus canadensis (sometimes considered a distinct genus: Canachites canadensis). NW [NP /ˀéni/.]

miyú

Man’s wife’s brother. miyú ‘brother-in-law!’; ínmiyu ‘my brotherin-law’; ímmiyu ‘your brother-in-law’; miyú ‘(his) brother-in-law’. [NP /tweye/.]

miyúux̣

Chief, boss. miyúux̣ iwá šúki naknuwiłá ku tmiyułá ‘a chief was a recognized care giver and decider’; kʷnáta kú amíyuux̣ma pasɨ́nwiya ‘there then the chiefs spoke’; amiyuux̣maamí áwača sɨ́nwit ‘it was the of chiefs to speak’; amíyuux̣ma ‘chiefs’; amiyuux̣maamí qqaanáyt ‘business of the chiefs’; amiyuux̣mí qqaanáyt ‘business of the chiefs’. [NW miyáwax̣; paˀámiyux̣ ‘chiefs’ (Jacobs 1929:213:10– 13; 17–18); NP /miyóox̣at(o)/.]

miyúux̣ł

White coating on the tongue.

miyuux̣yáy

King. In cards.

mɨk̓áak̓a

Roof of mouth, uvula; web under the tongue. [NP /múx̣sn̓es/.]

Face

tpɨ́š ‘face, cheek’.

Faith

mɨškʷyámkt ‘believing, belief, trust’.

Fall

špám ‘autumn’; špamíwit ‘the beginning of autumn’.

Falls

k̓ʷɨ́p ~ k̓úp ~ waapáykt ‘waterfall’; waapáyknaq̓it ‘base of the falls’.

Falsehood

č̓ɨ́š ‘lie, untruth, fib’.

Family

ttáwax̣t ‘growth, pedigree, person’; ttáwax̣t paluuspamá ‘family on the Palouse side’.

Fan

pinawawaax̣waax̣tpamá ~ pinawawaax̣waax̣t̓áwas; waak̓sɨtitpamá ‘ceiling fan, electric cooling fan, air conditioner’.