patíš ‘tree branch’; patíšpatiš ‘branches, twig’.
216 terms start with “l”
Limitation
tuyáyčt ‘prohibition, restriction (as taught by the elders)’.
Limp
šup̓áa ‘deflated, flaccid’; łkápni ‘paralyzed’.
Limp
łkápn ‘be limp, paralyzed’.
Line
čáwaax̣aap ‘line a tepee’; čáx̣aap ‘peel off bark; line a tepee’; tamáx̣aap ‘line, put a lining in, put a lining in a vest’.
Liner
čáwaax̣aapt ‘tepee liner’.
Link
lɨst̓á ‘join, take part in’; wiyálst̓ak ‘rejoin’.
Lion
k̓ʷaawí ‘cougar, mountain lion, Felis concolor‘.
Liquify
láyawak ‘melt, thaw’.
Liquor
čúut ‘drink’; mɨlá čúut ‘bad drink’; láam ‘whisky, hard liquor’.
Listen
mɨc̓yáxʷa; mɨšqítwa ‘pay attention’.
Listener
pamc̓yax̣ʷałá.
Lithosol
tamášam (also called šám) ‘shallow soil, rocky or sandy ground’.
Litter
wiyátamawilaalakʷ ‘leave by tossing out on the way, litter (as from a car window)’.
Little
kskɨ́s ‘small, young’ (individuated); kkɨ́s (distributive); mɨ́laa ‘a few, a little bit, insufficient’; múuł ‘a little bit, a few’.
Little finger
apáplaymut; tkʷáplaymut.
Live
táwya ‘dwell, stay’; táwyanayk ‘settle down to live’; nišáatun ‘dwell, stay’; nišáy(č) ‘dwell, settle down to live’; wiyáx̣ayx̣n ‘live from day to day, survive’; šuyápuwi ‘be like a whiteman, live the white way’.
Lively
hawlapáwlap ‘energetic, spry, willing, eager’.
Liver
sit̓áxs.
Lizard
watik̓ásasa ‘generic lizard, common side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana‘; t̓uulnawałá ~ pat̓uulnawałá ‘southern alligator lizard, Elgaria multicarinata‘; lámt wáłxʷas watik̓ásasa ‘western skink, Plestiodon skiltonianus (syn. Eumeces skiltonianus)’; x̣liłáwit ‘short-horned lizard, Phrynosoma douglasii‘.