236 terms start with “a”

Animal

  1. kákya ‘bird, animal’;
    1. sapx̣ʷninłá kákya ‘crawling animal’;
    2. waynałá kákya ‘flying creature’;
    3. tawyanaktpamá kákya ‘farm animal’;
  2. ayatúks ‘female animal’;
  3. c̓ɨsmalpál ‘imaginary animal in the story of Antelope and Coyote’.

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

  1. ánč̓a náx̣š ‘another’;
  2. ánč̓a náx̣š łk̓ʷí ‘another day’;
  3. 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’.