2,444 terms are transitive verbs

Sign

tíma ‘write, mark, draw, brand’; tkʷápaničaša ‘make a thumb mark, sign with an X, vote’; tkʷápsɨnwi ‘talk in sign language’.

Signal

tkʷáptusk ‘point out, gesture, point the finger’.

Sing

walptáyk ‘sing, sing sacred songs’; wánp ‘sing the medicine or power song’; huyalák ‘sing love song’; qlíwawya ‘sing by the tepee door to encourage those within to come out and join in’; wáˀuyi ‘begin singing’; wánptˀuyi ‘begin to medicine sing’; wánptnaq̓i ‘finish medicine singing’; támsɨnwi ‘sing with words (as opposed to singing only with vocables)’; tkʷáywanp ‘sing along, sing the stick-game songs’; škáyp ‘sing a daytime medicine song’; wáwaana ‘sing one verse’; náwiyanayt ‘go out singing’.

Sip

c̓úxc̓uxn ‘suck, sip’.

Sit

áyčaša ‘sit on’; tamanáyčtwana ‘sit with’; čwáwˀayč ‘sit eating’; tík̓ɨnk ‘block the door by sitting’; nákwalapaluun ~ náksɨmwalapaluun ‘hold while sitting in water’; táwtik̓ɨnk ‘sit blocking the door at night’.

Skewer

suyátk ‘skewer fish or meat’; táwa ‘barbecue on a spit’.

Skin

čáq̓ʷɨck ‘remove the skin’; šúwa ‘skin, butcher’; šúwatnaq̓i ‘finish skinning, butchering’.

Slap

pát̓q.

Sleep

náknɨč̓un ‘sleep with, take to bed’; túuk̓ʷɨlɨmk ‘disturb sleep by talking or laughing’.

Slice

šáƛ̓iip ‘cut off, slice off’; šƛ̓íip ‘cut up, slice (distributive object)’; šx̣áap ‘slice for frying (distributive object)’; slúx̣aap ‘slice off, fillet’; ɨwíč ‘slice for drying’.

Slick

twásp̓itk ‘slick down with comb or curry brush’.

Small

čáksksi ‘make small, tighten, shrink’.

Smash

tamák̓x̣k̓x̣n ~ tamáq̓x̣q̓x̣n; tunák̓ʷɨlk ‘smash with the foot’.

Smear

wáwšapɨnč ‘rub, paint’.

Smell

  1. núkši ‘to smell, detect odor.’;
  2. wiyánukši ‘to smell on the way’.

Smith

pɨ́stx ‘do blacksmith work’.

Smoke

ílat̓ɨlk ‘dry over fire, smoke’; ílamx̣šk ‘smoke hides’; táwax̣i ‘smoke tobacco’.

Smoothen

šapáluluuk ‘make smooth’; čáq̓x̣i ‘clean off, make smooth’.

Smush

šapápłx̣kaša ‘mush on to (such as medicine)’.

Snag

wáwaaq̓iyak ‘snag fish’.