742 terms start with “s”

Simcoe

Wáx̣šam ‘Simcoe mountain in Washington’.

Similarly

=x̣i ‘in the same way, similarly’.

Simnasho

ašnɨ́maašu ‘Simnasho on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation’; Šnɨmaašułá ‘person from Simnasho’; Šnɨmaašułáma ‘Simnasho people’.

Sinew

wícaas.

Sing

walptáyk ‘sing, sing sacred songs’; wánp ‘sing the medicine or power song’; huyalák ‘sing love song’; qlíwawya ‘sing by the tepee door to encourage those within to come out and join in’; wáˀuyi ‘begin singing’; wánptˀuyi ‘begin to medicine sing’; wánptnaq̓i ‘finish medicine singing’; támsɨnwi ‘sing with words (as opposed to singing only with vocables)’; tkʷáywanp ‘sing along, sing the stick-game songs’; škáyp ‘sing a daytime medicine song’; wáwaana ‘sing one verse’; náwiyanayt ‘go out singing’.

Sing

šapáwanp ’cause to sing the medicine song’.

Singer

walptaykłá; wanpłá ‘medicine singer’.

Singing

wa- ‘with the mouth, with voice, vocalizing’.

Singing

walptáykt ‘ordinary singing’; wánpt ‘medicine singing’.

Single

lɨ́xs ‘one, one alone’.

Singular

kskɨ́s ‘little, small’ (singular number); nč̓í ‘big, large’ (singular number).

Sink

iix̣tpamá ‘sink for washing’.

Sioux

Šaqʷɨnkłá; Šaqʷɨnkłáma ‘Sioux people’.

Sip

c̓úxc̓uxn ‘suck, sip’.

Sirius

Šápnɨčaši.

Sister

pát ‘older sister’; áyc ‘man’s younger sister’; ɨsíp ‘woman’s younger sister’; ƛ̓áks ‘woman’s sister’; tax̣ɨ́ntway ‘younger opposite sex sibling’.

Sister-in-law

áyč ‘woman’s sister-inlaw (woman’s husband’s sister; woman’s brother’s wife)’.

Sit

áyč ‘sit, sit down, sit up’; tamanáyč (plural subject); tamátun ‘sit here and there’ (plural subject); láˀay(č) ‘sit leisurely, sit relaxed’; qáˀay(č) ‘suddenly sit, sit up suddenly’; pátun ~ páta ‘be situated’ (individuative inanimate subject); ptún ~ ptá ‘be situated’ (distributive inanimate subject); páq̓in ‘sit on (inanimate individuative subject)’; tísklik ‘turn sitting on a swivel chair’; walápaq̓ič ‘perch, sit on a branch, sit high up’; panánp̓a ‘sit against’; walápanaq̓i ‘sit at the end of a bench’; qátikʷštik ‘miss the seat when sitting down’; wášɨmninn ‘sit around, sit here and there’; wɨšpɨ́tn ‘sit up from lying down’; tíluun ~ walápaluun ~ sɨ́mwalapaluun ‘sit in water’.

Sit

áyčaša ‘sit on’; tamanáyčtwana ‘sit with’; čwáwˀayč ‘sit eating’; tík̓ɨnk ‘block the door by sitting’; nákwalapaluun ~ náksɨmwalapaluun ‘hold while sitting in water’; táwtik̓ɨnk ‘sit blocking the door at night’.

Site

níitaaš ‘house site’.