páluun ‘be situated in water’; tíluun ‘sit in water’; ƛúpwaaluun ‘jump into water’; wáluun ‘go into water’; wáaluun ‘run into water’; yáwaač̓aak ‘hang onto in the water (as snails or eels)’.
252 terms start with “w”
Water
íyaƛ̓pi ‘pour, moisten, water’; šapáčuun ’cause to drink’; yáx̣ƛ̓pi ‘wet, make wet, sprinkle, put water on’; čúuta ‘fetch water’; šáptiyaluun ‘drive into water’; čáwaalaytk̓i ‘take out of water’; šapáluun ~ tamáluun ‘put in water, soak’; tɨ́x̣laluun ‘see reflection in water’; tunáluun ‘put the foot in water’; tkʷápaluun ‘put the hand in water’.
Water birch
ašnɨ́pš ‘water birch, Betula occidentalis‘ (also for ‘bitter cherry, Prunus emarginata‘).
Water-hemlock
alamíla ‘waterhemlock, Cicuta douglasii‘.
Water-lily
kalamát ‘yellow waterlily, Nuphar polysepala‘.
Water skipper
túytuy ‘water skipper (Gerridae)’. Also čuušnaknuwiłá ~ čuušlakluwiłá.
Waterfall
waapáykt; k̓ʷɨ́p ~ k̓úp.
Watermelon
málals ‘Citrullus vulgaris‘.
Watermilfoil
yawastakíns ‘Eurasian or spiked watermilfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum‘.
Wave
amúyn ‘wave (of water)’; wáylatn ‘wave, undulate (such as grass in the wind)’.
Wave
tkʷápwina ‘wave the hand’.
Wavewing
šyapɨ́špš ‘turpentine wavewing, northern Indian parsnip, Cymopterus terebinthinus var. foeniculaceum‘.
Wavy
q̓ɨšq̓ɨ́š; q̓ɨšq̓ɨ́šni (tútanik q̓ɨšq̓ɨ́š ‘wavy hair’; q̓ɨšq̓ɨ́šni tútanik ‘wavy hair’).
Wax
čawaaƛ̓waykáwas ‘thread wax’.
Way
čáy ‘this way’; kʷáy ‘that way’; čáy ku čáan ‘this way and that’; čáw míš ‘no way’; k̓áapt ‘in the way’; k̓áank ‘blocking, in the way’; kúušx̣i ‘in the same way, similarly’; wiyá- ‘on the way’.
Way
tananáwit ~ tanánwit ‘the Indian way’.
We
=na ‘we, us, ours, our’ (inclusive); =nataš ‘we, us, ours, our’ (exclusive).
We
náma; napiiní ~ nápiin ‘we two’ (dual).
Weak
šaláw ‘tired, lazy’; kláa ‘tender, vulnerable, frail, easily hurt’.
Wealth
tanwáytt ‘valuables’; wɨšaaníkt ‘valuable item, treasure’; pč̓íwit ‘possessions, property’; x̣ax̣aykʷáwit ‘financial wealth’.