742 terms start with “s”

Starve

x̣átkʷayta.

Station

lawyalatpamá ‘fishing platform, fishing station’; kaslinpamá yax̣alaylaktpamá ‘gas station’.

Stationary

wɨ́šx̣ ‘be still, immobile, stationary’.

Statue

aníyi tanán ‘statue of a person’.

Stay

wɨ́šayč ‘become, happen, occur, be born, stay’; wiyáwšayč ‘become, stay’; táwya ‘live, dwell, stay’; táwyanayk ‘settle down to live’; wáwtuk ‘camp overnight, stay overnight’; łk̓ʷín ‘be a day, stay the day’; wiyáłk̓ʷin ‘spend the day’; amúnayč ‘stay with one’s inlaws’ (said of a man); waasikáyk ‘stay at home’; wúukša ‘stay home’.

Stay

nákwa(č) ‘be with, stay with’; nákwaasikayk ‘stay home with to take care for’; nákwawtuk ‘baby-sit, stay over night with’.

Stay-at-home

wuukšałá ‘homebody’.

Steal

páx̣ʷi ‘thieve, rob’; tkʷáptaa ‘steal by pocketing with the hand’; šapáanakʷ ‘take someone’s spouse’.

Steam

muláyt ~ munáyt; lámkʷ ~ lámuk ‘emit steam, smoke’.

Steelhead

šúšaynš ‘steelhead trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss‘ (after return from the sea); šušaynšmí yápaš ~ šušaynšmí walíčt ‘steelhead oil’; ilwiimalí šúšaynš ‘post-spawning steelhead’; isxʷí ‘female steelhead’.

Steep

k̓átt.

Steer

wɨšátk̓ʷk ‘drive, steer’.

Steller’s jay

x̣ʷášx̣ʷay ‘Steller’s jay, Cyanocitta stelleri’ (also ‘blue jay, C. cristata’).

Stem

hahán ‘root top’; x̣awšmí hahán ‘cous root top’.

Step

watík.

Step

watikáša ‘step on’; tunáqʷtč ‘step on sharp object’; tunáƛ̓ič ‘step on and kill’; tunápq̓x̣ ‘crack by stepping on (such as a walnut)’; tx̣ʷnɨ́mq̓ič ‘step on a rope ladder’.

Stereo

wanpáwas ‘radio, stereo, musical instrument’; wanpt̓áwas ‘radio, stereo, bull horn’.

Stern

ít̓it ‘buttocks, bottom, stern (of a canoe)’.

Sternum

aník̓ʷa ‘chest, sternum, breast’. Also ník̓ʷa.

Stew

šapátwani twáyx̣t ku nɨkʷɨ́t ‘meat stew’; lakamíin ‘flour thickened stew, salmon gravy’.