742 terms start with “s

Skip-dance

calihúumi ‘dance the skip dance’.

Skipper

túytuy ~ čuušnaknuwiłá ~ čuušlakluwiłá ‘water skipper (Gerridae)’; k̓ask̓aspałá ‘mosquito larva; water skipper’.

Skull

páłka.

Skunk

tiskáy ‘striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis’; ‘eastern spotted skunk, Spilogale putorius’; Tiskayáya ‘Skunk’ (legendary character); tiskaynmí tíit ‘skunk’s musk sac’.

Skunk cabbage

watiptíp ‘western skunk cabbage, Lysichiton americanus‘.

Skunked

húyn ‘be skunked (not find anything when hunting or fishing)’.

Sky

aykáat ‘clear of sky’.

Sky

túx̣ɨn.

Sky

aykáatn ~ aykɨ́tn ‘be clear (of sky).

Skyrocket

qmɨmsalí tkʷátat ‘scarlet gilia, scarlet trumpet, Ipomopsis aggregata‘.

Slap

pát̓q.

Slave

ašwaníya; mɨ́taš ‘servant, slave’.

Sled

wáalikalwi ‘go sledding, sled downhill’.

Sledgehammer

tamaq̓páwas.

Sleep

nč̓ún; lánč̓un ‘sleep leisurely’; wiyánč̓un ‘sleep along the way’; nɨč̓wát̓a ‘want to sleep’; k̓ʷɨlɨ́mn ‘not be able to sleep’; x̣ʷnánp̓a ‘crawl against, sleep with’.

Sleep

náknɨč̓un ‘sleep with, take to bed’; túuk̓ʷɨlɨmk ‘disturb sleep by talking or laughing’.

Sleep-walk

táwtk̓ʷanayti; táwtk̓ʷaninn ‘sleep-walk, have a nightmare’.

Sleep-walker

tawtk̓ʷanaytiłá.

Sleepless

nč̓unáł.

Sleet

tax̣ʷíił ‘sleet, ice’; tax̣ʷíiłit ‘freezing rain’.