252 terms start with “w

Weft

tínaš ‘weft in basket weaving’. Also called x̣pɨ́t ‘ribs’.

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’.