305 terms start with “t”

Turn

Definition:

  1. Turn round, circular, circle, sphere.
    1. c̓iluc̓ílun ‘turn every which way, glance around’;
  2. Turn back
    1. c̓ɨswín ‘curve’;
    2. wáak̓swik ‘turn around, turn back’;
    3. wiyák̓swik ‘turn around, go back’
  3. Turn, turn over, return, circle.
    1. tísklik ‘turn sitting on a swivel chair’;
    2. tk̓ʷásklik ‘turn around while walking’;
    3. wáasklik ‘turn around, go around, spin’; .

Turn

alačáwi ‘turn around, look back at’; čát̓ɨšk ‘turn off (light, etc.)’; ílaqayx̣i ‘turn on light’; sapáwaasklik ‘twist’; sklín ‘return, circle’; šapálaqayx̣i ‘turn on light’; šapát̓šk ‘turn off (light, etc.)’; šapáwaanayt ‘send out, turn on (e.g., water)’; tamák̓swik ‘wring out’; tamásklik ‘turn over’; tkʷáplaqayx̣i ‘turn on light’; tútasklik ‘turn the head around, look back’; wiyáalačawi ‘turn around, look back at’; wiyásklik ‘circle, take around, turn around (as they do in the longhouse)’.

Turning

nɨkní ‘turning (of time), hour, time, o’clock’; tamasklíkt ‘turning over, interpreting’.

Turniproot

činúkityaw tawtnúk ‘turniproot sunflower, Helianthus cusickii‘.

Turtle

alašík ‘generic turtle, painted turtle, Chrysemys picta‘.

Tutelary spirit

táax̣ ‘spirit power, tutelary or guardian spirit’. Also called šúkʷat.

Tutor

sapaskuuliłá ~ sapsik̓ʷałá.

Tutuilla

Šišnɨmíiš ‘Tutuilla flats (on Umatilla reservation)’. Tutuilla is said to be named after Tutuila island in the Samoan archipelago.

Tweezer

ƛqʷɨttpamá; šuupamá ‘tweezer for removing whiskers’.

Twelve

pútɨmt ku nápt ‘ten and two’.

Twelve

wiyátk̓ukt ‘noon, twelve o’clock’.

Twenty

náaptit.

Twice

nápam.

Twig

patišmí ílkʷas; patíšpatiš ‘limbs, twig’.

Twin

kƛákƛani ‘twinned, two of something’.

Twin

pawalaksá ‘twins’; kƛákƛani miyánaš ‘twins’.

Twine

wisxáwas ‘string, thread, cordage, yarn’.

Twist

wak̓ɨ́msk.

Twist

sapáwaasklik ‘turn, wind’; šapák̓mɨsk ‘twist up, roll up, cause to mat up’; šapáwak̓ɨmsk ‘tie on a pole and twist’; wák̓ɨmsk ‘tie on and twist’; sáptklik ‘twist tules’; tknín ‘twist dogbane, spin’; wɨšáp̓ik ‘wring out’; čáč̓wik ‘twist mouth, cause stroke’.

Twisted

wak̓ɨ́mski.