4,791 terms are nouns

Goose

ákak ‘Canada goose, Branta canadensis‘ (also k̓lak̓lá); wɨšanałá ‘snow goose, Chen caerulescens‘.

Gooseberry

pínuš ‘swamp or black gooseberry, Ribes lacustre‘; pínušaaš ‘gooseberry bush’.

Gopher

ɨmí ‘gopher, mole’; tapunaytłá ‘northern pocket gopher, Thomomys talpoides‘; pyúuyax̣ ~ nč̓í pyúš ‘Pacific gopher snake, Pituophis catenifer catenifer‘; ‘white gopher snake, P. melanoleucus‘.

Gordian worm

nawinałanmí šúu ‘horsehair or gordian worm (Nematomorpha)’.

Goshawk

waapniyawałá ‘northen goshawk, Accipiter gentilis‘ (waapniyawałá also applied to ‘prairie falcon, Falco mexicanus‘ and ‘northern harrier, Circus cyaneus‘).

Gossip

ɨmačáy ‘one who says bad words, talks bad about others’.

Gourd

šapx̣ʷlakayí ‘squash, pumpkin, gourd’.

Government

tamánwit ‘law, legislation, authority, edict, ruling, proposal, right’.

Nɨ́šx̣t

Village next to Paterson, Washington. The Whiteman used to call it Sagebrush station. Also pronounced níšx̣t. ku ináktux̣ɨma páp níšx̣tyaw ‘and he brought his daughter back to Paterson’.

Nɨšx̣úwawi

Roosevelt, Washington. Also called lúuspil. panáyk̓ukɨnx̣ana tunís čníin nɨšx̣úwawikni ana k̓ʷapɨ́n waníča tunísyapa ‘they used to gather fire drills on this side from Roosevelt’; iwá wáyčt Arlingtonkni nɨšx̣úwawi ‘across from Arlington is Roosevelt’.

nɨtíx̣t

Diaper. [NE & WS x̣tín; NP /nkák̓ollit̓as/.]

Grader

čaq̓x̣it̓áwas ‘rake, bull dozer, road grader’.

Grand fir

patátuy ‘fir boughs, fir, grand fir, Abies grandis‘.

Grandchild

púša ‘man’s son’s child’; tíla ‘man’s daughter’s child’; ála ‘woman’s son’s child’; káła ‘woman’s daughter’s child’.

Grandfather

púša ‘paternal grandfather’; tíla ‘maternal grandfather’.

Grandmother

ála ‘paternal grandmother’; káła ‘maternal grandmother’.

Grandparent

púx ‘great grandparent’.

Grape

łk̓áwk̓aw ‘Oregon grape, Mahonia aquifolium‘; łk̓áwk̓awaaš ‘Oregon grape bush’; šk̓áwšk̓aw ‘dwarf or Cascade Oregon grape, M. nervosa‘; kʷlíips ‘domestic grapes’.

Grass

c̓íc̓k; alám ‘generic bunch grass’; č̓wíit ‘species of bunch grass’; šwíčt ‘giant wild rye grass, Elymus cinereus‘; timatí ‘timothy hay, Phleum pratense‘; waskú ‘bluebunch wheatgrass, Pseudoroegnaria spicata‘ (also any forage grass, wheat); yáay ‘bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax‘.

Grasshopper

t̓ɨ́t̓š; tátx̣ ‘band-winged grasshopper (Oedipodinae)’.