tínaš ‘weft in basket weaving’. Also called x̣pɨ́t ‘ribs’.
252 terms start with “w”
Weigh
walúuk ‘be up in the air’.
Weigh
tamíinawi.
Weight
tamíinawit ‘weight, pound’; tamaqukt̓áwas ‘weight for holding the fishnet (awx̣ɨ́t) down’.
Weir
sapax̣aluut̓áwas ‘fish weir’; nax̣anáš ‘fish trap, long and stationary fishtrap’.
Welcome
k̓ʷałanáwštayma ‘receive ceremonially, welcome with a gift’.
Well
níix̣ ‘good, well’.
Well
níix̣wi ‘do well, do good, make friends, be at peace’.
West
tináynačt ‘sunset, moonset, west’.
Wet
yáƛ̓pit ‘moist’; yáƛ̓pit tiičám ‘wet lands’; łúukni ‘urinated (of a baby with wet diaper)’.
Wet
yáƛ̓pi ‘be wet’.
Wet
íƛ̓pi ‘moisten’; yáx̣ƛ̓pi ‘make wet, sprinkle, put water on, water’; pɨ́ƛ̓a ‘dampen the hair; baptize’.
Whale
suc̓x̣łá ‘whale, dolphin, porpoise, shark’.
What
tún ‘what?’; túman ‘what?’ (plural); túyin ‘what two?’ (dual).
Whatchamacallit
túwaašɨn ‘whatchamacallit, such and such’.
Whatchamacallit
túwaašni ‘do such and such’.
Whatever
tún ‘whatever, something, anything’.
Wheat
waskuwáakuł; waskú ‘bluebunch wheatgrass, Pseudoroegnaria spicata‘; ‘any forage grass, wheat’.
Wheel
waasklikłá ~ waasklikáwas ‘wheel, tire’; wɨšatk̓ʷkáwas ‘steering wheel’; sapasunaytí ‘wheel-barrow’.
Wheeze
híik̓ki ‘choke while coughing; have whooping cough, whoop’.