- kákya ‘bird, animal’;
- sapx̣ʷninłá kákya ‘crawling animal’;
- waynałá kákya ‘flying creature’;
- tawyanaktpamá kákya ‘farm animal’;
- ayatúks ‘female animal’;
- c̓ɨsmalpál ‘imaginary animal in the story of Antelope and Coyote’.
236 terms start with “a”
Ankle
k̓uxsk̓úxs; pɨtpɨ́tnu; pác̓aakt (also páč̓aakt) ‘wrist, ankle, joint’.
Anklet
túq̓ikš ‘deer hoof or bell anklet’; túq̓ikt ‘anklet bells for horse’.
Announce
táax̣ʷa ‘broadcast, signal’; máytaax̣ʷa ‘announce in the morning, announce early’.
Announcer
taax̣ʷałá ‘crier, camp crier’.
Annoy
íhananuyk ‘bother, be bothersome, distract someone who is busy’; íłik ‘tire out, bother’.
Anoint
íšq̓uk ‘rub (with grease, medicine)’; sapátwa ‘salve’.
Another
- ánč̓a náx̣š ‘another’;
- ánč̓a náx̣š łk̓ʷí ‘another day’;
- ánč̓a máan ‘in another direction’.
Answer
wáanpt.
Answer
wáanp ‘answer’.
Ant
tamšúy; kliwisá ~ xliwisá ‘biting ant sp.’.
Antelope
wáwataw ‘pronghorn, Antilocapra americana‘; Wawatáwya ‘Antelope’ (legendary character).
Antler
yúkaas ‘antler, horn’; yukaasíns ‘antlered buck’.
Anus
c̓ɨ́x̣as ‘anus, rectum’.
Anvil
pstɨxt̓áwas ‘blacksmith tools, anvil, hammer, etc.’.
Anybody
šín ‘whoever, someone, somebody, anyone, anybody’.
Anyhow
míš ‘however, somehow, in whatever manner’.
Anyone
šín ‘whoever, someone, somebody, anybody’.
Anything
tún ‘whatever, something’.
Anytime
mún ‘whenever, sometime’.