- wɨx̣ínš or šalx̣íš ‘generic abalone, abalone shell, Haliotis spp.’;
- Wɨx̣inšyáy ‘Abalone’ (legendary character).
236 terms start with “a”
Abandon
Abandoned
Abandoned
nisáwtas ‘abandoned camp’; wɨlčítaš ‘abandoned pit house’.
Abase
íƛ̓uyak ‘shame, humiliate’.
Abilitative
-tax̣na ‘can, could’.
Ablative case
-kni.
Ablative case
-i (čɨ́ni ‘from this’; kʷɨ́ni ‘from that’; mɨ́ni ‘whence?’); -kníin (emphatic).
Able
q̓ʷłtɨ́p ‘strong, able’; čanupáa ‘able, competent, energetic, dependable, cooperative’.
Abolish
ánakʷ ‘throw back, rid, destroy, abandon’.
Abort
twák̓alalk.
About
-ki ‘with, in (a language), about’ (instrumental case).
About
-kin (túkin ‘with what? about what?’); -kíin (emphatic).
About
ninn ‘move about, go here and there’ (bound root).
Above
- x̣ʷáami ‘above, up high’;
- x̣ʷáamični ‘from above, above’.
Abscond
nákwinaninn ‘run away with, abscond with’.
Abstractive
-wit; -awit.
Abut
nánp̓a ‘be up against, lean against, abut’ (bound root).
Accept
nɨpúuštayma ‘accept’.
Accident
k̓aywawanáša ‘have an accident (of a child who does not get to the bathroom in time)’.