áykʷs ‘mountain or Nuttal cottontail rabbit, Sylvilagus nuttallii‘; ‘eastern cottontail, S. floridanus (introduced)’; wilalík ‘jackrabbit, Lepus spp.’ (čmúk wáłx̣ʷas wilalík ‘blacktailed hare, L. californicus‘; pláš wáłxʷas wilalík ‘white tailed hare, L. townsendii‘); x̣uupłá ‘snowshoe hare, L. americanus‘.
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Rabbitbrush
psxú ~ pšx̣ú ‘Chrysothamnus spp.’ (sometimes called, tawšá): puˀúx̣puˀux̣psxú ‘tall blue rabbitbrush, C. nauseosus‘; lámt psxú ‘green rabbitbrush, C. viscidiflorus‘.
Raccoon
k̓aalás ‘Procyon lotor‘.
Race
pawilawíix̣t ~ wilawíix̣t; wilawiix̣tpamák̓úsi ‘horse race’; pawilawíix̣t wɨłq̓ámit ‘moccasin putting on race’.
Race
pawilawíix̣n ~ wilawíix̣n ‘run in a race’.
Racetrack
wilawiix̣tpamá.
Rack
tiyaycáwas ‘drying rack’; sapak̓icáwas ‘towel rack’.
Radio
wanpáwas ‘radio, stereo, musical instrument’; wanpt̓áwas ‘radio, stereo, bull horn’.
Raft
wɨt̓á ‘raft, boat’; wásas ‘canoe, boat, raft’.
Raft
yáwaša ‘ride on a raft, canoe’.
Rag
šátay ‘rag, material’; pinaˀix̣tpamá ‘wash cloth’. See also síil.
Rain
twá- ‘in rain or snow’.
Rain
t̓úx̣t̓ux̣; t̓úx̣t̓x̣ʷit ‘raining’; t̓iˀist̓íˀis ‘fine rain, mist’; tax̣ʷíiłit ‘freezing rain’.
Rain
t̓úx̣t̓ux̣i; twánaq̓i ‘quit raining or snowing’; máytwanaq̓i ‘quit raining in the morning’; taˀámn ‘be cloudy, fog up, be about to rain’.
Rainbarrel
łławtpamá.
Rainbow
twálkawlat.
Rainbow trout
píckatyu ‘Oncorhynchus mykiss‘. Also called aytmɨ́n, xúlxul, ayáy; and šúšaynš ‘steelhead’ (after return from the sea).
Raincloud
páščt ‘mist, rain fog, rain on the way, squall’.
Rainier
tax̣úma ‘Mount Rainier’.
Raise
čáx̣ʷaami ‘lift, raise up (when done without a rope or hoist)’; čáwaax̣ʷaami ‘raise or pull up with a rope or hoist’; čáwaaluuk ‘raise up in the air’; tkʷáyx̣ʷaami ‘raise a long object’; šapáttawax̣n ’cause to grow’; šapáwaaluuk ‘raise up in the air’; tamalúuk ‘raise up in the air’; tútawaaluuk ‘look up, lift up the head’; tkʷápx̣ʷaami ‘raise the hand’; tkʷápwaaluuk ‘raise the hand up in the air’; sɨ́mwaaluuk ‘raise the buttocks up in the air’; wiyátkʷapwaaluuk ‘raise the hand in passing’.