236 terms start with “a”

Airplane

waynałá ‘flyer, airplane’.

Ajar

čáx̣ɨlpi ‘open, opened, ajar’.

Alarm

tuutax̣šit̓áwas ‘alarm clock’; čatikáwas ‘alarm clock, door bell’.

Alder

psuní ‘mountain alder, Alnus incana tenuifolia‘; ‘red alder, A. rubra‘; ‘Sitka alder, A. sinuata‘; ‘white alder, A. rhombifolia‘; psuninmí psá ‘alder bark.

Alderdale

náwawi ‘Alderdale, Washington’.

Alert

šapášukʷa ‘make known, warn’.

Alfalfa

alpaˀálpa ‘Medicago sativa‘.

Algae

wax̣úš (also wawx̣úš ~ wawx̣úuš ~ wax̣úuš ~ wawx̣áš ~ aluq̓atmí útpas) ‘green fresh water algae’.

Alien

kʷaanłá ‘one over there, an outsider’.

Alive

wáq̓iš ‘awake; debt, credit’.

Alkali

pláš łɨ́łx̣ ‘white soil (such as is found near Power City)’.

All

  1. ƛ̓áax̣ʷ ‘all, every’;
  2. ƛ̓áax̣ʷ tanán ‘every person’;
  3. ƛ̓áax̣ʷma tanánma ‘all the people’;
  4. ƛ̓áax̣ʷ máycqi ‘all morning’;
  5. łíik̓ʷi ‘all day’;
  6. kʷɨ́laawit ~ kʷíilawit ‘all evening’;
  7. kʷɨ́ł áw kúuš ‘that’s all’ (said at the end of a speech).

Allative case

-yaw ‘to’.

Allative case

-yawáy (emphatic).

Alligator

nč̓í watik̓ásasa ‘big lizard, alligator’.

Almost

čáw wíyat.

Alone

lɨ́xs ‘one, single, one alone’.

Alone

=sá.

Along

–páyn; -laykɨl (also -laykan).

Aloof

cɨ́ˀliwi ‘be arrogant, act proud, be too good for’.