742 terms start with “s

Straight

-tx̣awn ‘straight through, without stopping’.

Straight

tk̓ʷɨ́kʷn ‘be straight’; wiyátk̓ʷk ‘go along in a straight line, be straight up, be noon’.

Straight

túutk̓ʷk ‘tell straight, honestly, truthfully’.

Straighten

čátk̓ʷk; ítk̓ʷk; náktk̓ʷk; pátk̓ʷk; šapátk̓ʷk; šapáwiyatk̓ʷk; íkuuksɨmi ‘straighten out, make straight, make right’.

Strain

wɨšáp̓ik ‘wring, twist, strain out juice by wringing fruit in a cloth’.

Stranger

šíwaniš ‘stranger; Nez Perce (pejorative)’.

Strap

čaqʷnaynacáwas ‘tie down strap, head tie down strap for horse’.

Strawberry

suspán ‘wild strawberry, Fragaria vesca‘; yikɨ́t suspán ‘wild strawberry’; šapáttawax̣ni suspán ‘domestic strawberry’.

Stream

kskɨ́s wála ‘small stream’; kskɨ́s wána ‘little river’.

Strength

q̓ʷłtɨ́pwit; x̣túwit ‘might, power’.

Stretch

čáwiwa; čápt̓ux̣; čáx̣ʷɨšk; čáku ‘pull, draw out’; šápt̓ux̣ ‘stretch hide’; čáx̣uuwi ‘stretch (rope), lace (on a frame)’; čáwq̓atk ‘stretch out (as after wringing out a hide to put on a frame)’; čámuyk ‘stretch a hide’; čátpni ‘stretch (a hide); roll out (material, blankets)’; čáx̣uuwi ‘stretch (rope), lace (on a frame)’; tamátpni ‘stretch out on the ground’; tkʷápt̓ux̣ ‘stretch out the arm(s)’; tunápt̓ux̣ ‘stretch out the leg’; wáapt̓ux̣ ‘stretch out’.

Stretched

čápt̓ux̣i; čáwq̓atki.

Stretcher

čatpnitpamá ‘hide stretching frame’.

Stretchy

x̣ʷšx̣ʷɨ́š; wɨq̓átwɨq̓at ‘elastic’.

Stretchy

x̣ʷšx̣ʷšlí ‘stretchy material’.

Strike

táyma ‘throw, hit, strike (of lightening)’; wáwya ‘hit, whip, spank, discipline’; lɨk̓ún ‘strike (of lightening)’; táqawqin ‘strike down (as by a sickness)’; tuní ‘strike a match’.

Striking

tá- ‘striking’; tɨ́x̣- ‘striking, exchanging’.

String

tkníni ~ lúup ~ wáswas ~ wátisas ‘string, rope’; wisxáwas ‘string, thread, twine, yarn’.

String

súp̓sk ‘string beads’.

Strip

x̣áap ‘be loosened, scraped off, stripped off, peeled off, sliced off’.