39 terms start with “j

Jab

pák̓ʷaak ‘poke with the hand or finger’; pác̓ik ‘poke in the eye’.

Jack

tkʷiláttkʷilat ‘jack chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha‘; kaluxkálux ‘jack blueback salmon, O. nerka‘; caakyáy ‘Jack (in cards)’.

Jackrabbit

wilalík ‘jackrabbit, blacktailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus), white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii); čmúk wáłxʷas wilalík ‘black-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus californicus‘; pláš wáłxʷas wilalík ‘white-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus townsendii‘.

Jail

tamaynacáwas ‘prison, jail’; tamaynačtpamá ‘pawn shop; jail’.

Jail

tamáynač ‘throw inside, drop inside, put inside; hock, pawn (vtt.); jail’.

Jailed

tamáynači ‘jailed, in jail’.

Jam

tmaanitmí šapaq̓ʷiišktpamá ‘jam, jelly’; wɨlwɨ́l ‘jello, jam, jelly’.

January

k̓sɨ́t̓al.

Japanese

Capaníis.

Jar

taatpamá ‘vessel, can, container’.

Jaw

ɨ́mtnɨm; tɨ́n; kúmkum ‘salmon head or jaw cartilage, the soft gristle in the head of the salmon’.

Jay

x̣ʷášx̣ʷay ‘Steller’s jay, Cyanocitta stelleri (also ‘blue jay, C. cristata); cpúkux ~ níitpa pax̣ʷíłam ~ yapašpat̓ałá ‘gray jay, camp robber, Perisoreus canadensis (yapašpat̓ałá also for ‘Clark’s nutcracker, Nucifraga columbiana).

Jealous

šána ‘be jealous of (as of a spouse suspected of infidelity)’.

Jeans

lamtmí sulátas ‘blue jeans’.

Jello

x̣ɨpɨpɨ́p; wɨlwɨ́l ‘gelatin, jam, jelly’.

Jelly

tmaanitmí šapaq̓ʷiišktpamá ‘fruit jam’; wɨlwɨ́l ‘jello, jam’.

Jerk

čánpšk ‘jerk away’.

Jest

sápilɨmn ‘make fun of, tease’.

Jig

pák̓uk ‘pound in, tamp, jig down’.

Jingling

ƛayƛáy ‘ringing’.