742 terms start with “s”

Seagull

caspúla ‘generic seagull, California gull, Larus californicus‘. Also k̓ayák̓aya, k̓aylásk̓aylas.

Seal

wálčayu ~ atačuušpamá wálčayu ‘sea lion, Phoca vitulina‘.

Seamstress

wisxłá ‘sewer, tailor’.

Search

waqítn (more rarely áwawi) ‘look for’; táp̓awi ‘look for with a torch’; šnáwi ‘look for something specific’; sɨ́mšnawi ‘continue to look for’; máywaqitn ‘look for in the morning’; twáwaqitn ‘look for in the rain’; twáwaqitn ‘look for by poking around with a stick’.

Searcher

waqitłá.

Seashell

ámuš ‘seashell, snail’.

Seat

ayčtpamá ‘sitting place’.

Seatbelt

pináčawaynat.

Secret

qaˀáat ~ qáaˀat ‘out of sight, secretive, in secret’.

Secure

wác̓aak ‘close, lock’; wáquuk ‘stake down’.

Secured

púwani ‘secured in cradleboard’.

Sedum spp

kɨ́tu wayx̣tiłá miyánaš ‘lanceleaf or spearleaf stonecrop (S. lanceolatum), Oregon stonecrop (S. oreganum)’.

See

q̓ínun ‘see, look’; q̓ínwat̓a ‘want to see’; wiyáq̓inun ‘see while going along, see on the way’; tamáq̓inun ‘see while lying down’; tɨ́x̣laluun ‘see reflection in water’.

Seed

tmɨ́- ‘with heart, seed’.

Seed

tmná ‘heart, seed’; tɨmnátɨmna ‘seeds’.

Seedling

tap̓áytap̓ay ‘pine seedlings (such as for replanting)’.

Seeing

šnú- ‘looking, seeing, with the eyes’; wál- ‘in seeing’; wálɨm- ‘with the eyes, in seeing’.

Seep

łłáwn ‘leak, drip’; p̓ín ‘drain, ooze, drain out’.

Seethe

twáša ‘cook, boil’.

Sego

nunás ‘Mariposa or sego lily, C. macrocarpus‘.