216 terms start with “l

Latigo

támayči tak̓páwasay.

Laud

wátuti ‘praise, stand up for’.

Laugh

tamáx̣ʷaami ‘laugh around, make noise’.

Laugh

tíya ‘laugh, laugh at’; táwtiya ‘laugh at night’; sáptiya ‘make laugh, tickle’.

Law

tamánwit ‘legislation, government, edict, ruling, proposal, right’; miimá tamánwit ‘traditional law’; spilyaynmí tamánwit ‘Coyote’s law’; šuyapunmí tamánwit ‘whiteman’s law’.

Lawgiver

tamanwiłá ‘legislator, God’.

Lawnmower

waskú šax̣ƛ̓ktpamá.

Laxitive

tawc̓ɨxtpamá; tawc̓ɨxtpamá płɨ́x̣.

Lay

ílapaša ‘lay hands on for healing’; tkʷáynač ‘lay down (pole, etc.)’; tútananp̓a ‘lay the head against’; wax̣íč ‘lay out, lay down, pile’; wíyax̣ič ‘lay out, display’; yáx̣ič ‘lay out’.

Lazy

ayč̓áw; šaláw ‘tired, weak, indolent’; ‘heavy; sluggish, slow, lethargic’.

Lazy

ayč̓áwi ‘be lazy’.

Lead

tamáˀuyit ‘lead off in stick game, first pitch in baseball’; tamaˀuyiłá ‘lead off, first person in stick game kick off, lead off batter (baseball)’.

Lead

tk̓ʷáwat̓uyi ‘walk ahead, take the lead’; ƛ̓ɨ́x̣ʷaˀuyi ‘participate in the stick game for the first time, lead off in guessing in the stick game’; wát̓uyi ‘be first, go ahead, take the lead’; wiyáwat̓uyi ‘go ahead, take the lead’.

Lead

nákłamayč ‘lead astray’; nákwat̓uyi ‘lead at a wáašat service’; nákwina ‘go with, take the lead’; tamáˀuyi ‘lead off (stick game, baseball)’; tamántačapa ‘lead into brush’; tamántapni ‘lead into the open’; tamántax̣ʷaami ‘lead uphill’; tamántaynač ‘lead inside’; tamántayti ‘lead along’; tamántinn ‘lead around’; wiyáwɨnp ‘lead along, hold on the way’.

Leader

miyúux̣; tk̓ʷawat̓uyiłá; wiyáwat̓uy; wiyánč̓i ‘elder within a family’; nakwat̓uyiłá ‘leader at the longhouse wáašat service, lead food server’; tamaˀuyiłá ‘lead off person (stick-game, baseball, etc.)’; wiyáwat̓uyx̣nɨmˀuyitpamá ‘leader pertaining to the first digging’.

Leading

wát̓uy ‘ahead, in front’.

Leading

tamánta- ‘dragging, leading’ (usually implies with a rope).

Leaf

apɨ́łapł ‘leaves; weeds’; apɨ́łapł iišmí ‘leaves of the cow parsnip’; kašúpšup ‘conifer needles’; kmilanmí kašúpšup ‘tamarack needles’.

Leak

łłáwt ‘leaking, dripping, salmon drippings’.

Leak

łłáwn ‘drip, seep’.