pák̓ʷaak ‘poke with the hand or finger’; súk̓ʷaak ‘gore with horns’; tamák̓ʷaak ‘poke with dart or spear’; twátquk ‘poke a hole’; twáyč ‘poke out’; twáwaanayt ‘poke out’; twálaytq̓i ‘fish or poke out of water’; twáx̣aynač ‘poke in, rake in, roll inside with a stick’; twáwaqitn ‘look for by poking around with a stick’; šapáqʷtn ’cause to be poked, get a vehicle stuck’; tunáqʷtč ‘step on sharp object’; pɨ́tqʷtqʷn ‘make holes or dots (as with pen or pencil)’; pác̓ik ‘poke in the eye’; tútawaanaynač ‘poke the head inside’; tkʷámƛ̓šk ‘poke the hand in something rotten’; twáwaqitn ‘look for by poking around (as in ashes) with a stick’.
348 terms start with “p”
Pole
twá ‘tepee pole’; čáwaaluukš pátukš ~ čawaaluukšpamá pátukš ‘flagpole’; q̓ɨmkáwas ‘scraper; scraping pole’; sunúus ‘dip net pole’; twaluutpamá ‘dipnet pole’; wac̓ílakas ‘fishing pole’; pátukš ‘pole set in the ground, post, flagpole’; ptúkš ‘posts, poles stuck upright in the ground’; pátaš ‘something standing upright, feather in the hair’; cɨ́quy ‘sticks or poles tied together at top to form a tripod’; cɨquytpamá ‘tepee tie pole’; pčɨ́š ‘door, gate, tepee flap, tepee door pole’; súwapx̣ʷaamit ‘tepee ear poles’ (there are two – also called q̓ɨ́mkas); tčɨ́š ‘hip; tepee tie poles (there are three, sometimes four)’; x̣pɨ́t ‘rib; tepee rib poles (there are four or five)’ tuskáwas twá ‘orientation pole’ (for tepee – points to north star – not used any more)’.
Pole
tamátwa ‘stack up poles’.
Policeman
walak̓ilułá ‘overseer, shepherd, babysitter, agent, Indian agent, superintendent, policeman’; wɨnpłá ‘buyer, getter; policeman’.
Polite
qaˀáan ‘respectful, behaved, quiet’.
Pond
watám ‘lake, pond’.
Ponderosa
táp̓aš ‘pine, ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa‘ (also, ‘western white pine, Pinus monticola; generic tree’).
Pool
tkʷáypatuk ‘be a small pool of mud or water’.
Poor
yiyáw ‘pitiful, miserable’; ɨšnɨwáy ‘pitiful, unfortunate’.
Poorwill
wawiyúk̓k ‘common poorwill, Phalaenoptilus nuttallii‘.
Pop
wiyáčuut ‘a drink for going, one for the road, travel drink (soda, tea)’.
Pop
lát̓ux̣ ‘explode, break (of ice), crack (of a tree from the cold)’; lɨ́st̓ux ~ lɨ́št̓ux̣ ‘crackle, sparkle (as fireworks)’.
Pop
sapálst̓ux ‘pop corn’.
Popcorn
sapálst̓xʷi ‘Z. mays averta‘.
Popped
c̓ɨ́ps ‘released, popped off’; lɨ́št̓x̣ʷi ‘sparked’.
Porcupine
šɨ́šaaš ‘Erethizon dorsatum‘; šɨšaašmí ɨstí ‘porcupine quill’; šɨšaašmí aníyi c̓íil ‘porcupine head rosette’.
Pork
kušúu ‘pig, pork, Sus scrofa‘ (also, huq̓húq̓).
Porpoise
suc̓x̣łá ‘whale, dolphin, shark’.
Porriage
šíš ‘mush, thick soup, gravy’.
Portion
walák̓uykt ‘tying, part’.