For verbal augments, see ɨ-; -k; -č.
236 terms start with “a”
Aunt
pišíš ‘paternal aunt’; pax̣áx̣ ‘maternal aunt’.
Aurora borealis
lɨ́šwaylat ~ lɨ́šqayx̣it ~ lɨ́šwaaluukt ‘northern lights’.
Aurora borealis
lɨ́šqayx̣i ‘be northern lights’.
Automobile
wayx̣tiłá ‘runner; car’; átmupil ‘car’.
Autumn
špám ‘fall’; špamíwit ‘the beginning of autumn’.
Autumn
špamíwi ‘become autumn, return to fall’.
Avens
suspanwáakʷł ‘three-flowered avens, Geum triflorum‘ (also, ‘morel mushroom, Morchella spp.’).
Avoid
íwiyatn; áwtn ‘avoid for religious reasons’.
Awake
k̓ʷɨlɨ́m; wáq̓iš ‘alive’.
Awake
táx̣ši ‘wake up, get up’; táwtax̣ši ‘wake up at night’; k̓ʷɨlɨ́mn ‘stay awake’.
Awaken
ítax̣ši; túutax̣ši ‘wake up by vocalizing’; túuk̓ʷɨlɨmk ‘keep awake, disturb sleep by talking or laughing’.
Aware
p̓ɨ́x̣ ‘clear, aware, remembering, sober, with aforethought’.
Away
ƛ̓ánx̣ ‘away, left, released, irrelevant’.
Awl
nč̓í ɨstí ‘big needle’; ɨstí ‘needle, awl, metal’; tamaƛ̓aakáwas ‘a small awl’.
Axe
wacúqt ‘axe, hatchet’.