híik̓ki ‘choke while coughing; have whooping cough, wheeze’.
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Whortleberry
wiwlúwiwlu ‘grouse whortleberry, Vaccinium scoparium‘.
Whose
šimíin ‘whose?’ (genitive singular); šaamíin (genitive plural); šiinamí (genitive dual).
Whosever
šimíin ‘whosever’ (genitive singular); šaamíin (genitive plural); šiinamí (genitive singular).
Why
túyay ‘for what? why?’; míš ‘how? why?’.
Wide
ƛ̓ináaw; maykƛ̓ináaw ‘wider’.
Widow
palɨxsíks ‘widow or widower during the time of mourning’.
Wife
ášam; ašampat̓ałá ‘wife wanter, one who loves his wife; adulterer’.
Wiggle
wɨ́cwɨc ‘swish, wag, wiggle’.
Wila
k̓ʷɨ́nč ‘edible pine lichen, Bryoria fremontii‘; k̓ʷɨnčwáakuł ‘gray or green tree lichen (spp. other than B. fremontii)’; tap̓ašpamá šwíčt ‘uncooked wila’.
Wild
yikɨ́t; yikɨ́t k̓úsi ‘wild horse’; wašanáł ‘unridden, wild’; yikɨ́t suspán ‘wild strawberries’.
Will
tkʷápaničaša ‘thumbprint, signature, vote; testament’.
Will
šapánpuutk̓ʷi ‘give in inheritance’.
Willing
lakús ‘enthusiastic, eager’; hawlapáwlap ‘energetic, spry, lively, eager’.
Willow
ttɨ́x̣š ‘Salix spp. (except S. amygdaloides)’; puˀúx̣puˀux̣ ttɨ́x̣š ‘sandbar or narrowleaf willow, S. exigua‘; pɨt̓x̣anupamá ttɨ́x̣š ‘mountain or shiny willow, S. monticola‘; pláš ttɨ́x̣š ‘white willow, S. alba‘ (introduced); kɨkí ttɨ́x̣š ‘weeping willow, S. babylonica‘ (introduced)’; haháw ‘Pacific or peach-leaf willow, S. amygdaloides‘; luc̓á ttɨ́x̣š ‘red willow’ (species?); ttɨx̣šmí ‘willow basket’.
Willow Creek
Waháwˀ ‘Willow Creek, Oregon’.
Wilt
lást̓ak ‘wilt, dry up’.
Win
íšn ‘win, defeat, beat’.
Winch
čakutpamá ‘puller, winch’.
Wind
wilá- ‘in wind, because of wind, pertaining to wind’.