skáwi ‘gather, pick up’; tamskáwi ‘pick up things, gather up other’s discards’; šapáwiyak̓uk ‘gather along the way, cause to congregate’; šíipi ‘collect wool from fences’.
454 terms start with “c”
Collective
pšá- (collective: ‘a handful, a bunch’).
College
sapsik̓ʷatpamá ‘school, college’.
Cologne
iqʷiktpamá ~ iqʷikáwas ‘perfume’; pinaˀiqʷikt̓áwas ‘perfume, body powder’.
Colon
icwałá.
Color
šapámx̣ɨšk ‘dye, color yellow by smoking’.
Colt
q̓ayík ‘horse colt, cow calf, calf elk, adopted colt or calf (as when put with a new mother)’; q̓áyq̓ay ‘elk calf, horse colt’; anwimá q̓áyq̓ay ‘yearling colt/calf’.
Colt’s foot
tamayk̓ú ‘arctic sweet colt’s foot, Petasites frigidus var. palmatus‘.
Columbia
nč̓i-Wána ‘Columbia River’. Also, nč̓í Wána.
Columbine
lɨlɨ́klɨlɨk ~ nɨnɨ́knɨnɨk ‘wild columbine, Aquilegia formosa‘.
Comatose
wɨšáap ‘comatose’.
Comb
twánpaš ~ pinatwanptpamá.
Comb
twánp; tíšx̣šp̓itk ‘brush down’; twásp̓itk ‘slick down with comb or curry brush’.
Come
wína ~ kú (with cislocative); wiyánawi ‘arrive’; páyšn ‘come out, emerge’; pní ‘come out into the open’; wiyáˀiip ‘come into view’; wiyálp ‘come into view, reach the summit’; wiyánawitux̣ ‘come back’.
Comfort
wɨštúutwaa ‘sit with a person who is not expected to live, meet the person’s spirit’.
Comforter
šp̓íqʷɨn ‘quilt’.
Command
mɨ́ta ‘tell to do, order’.
Commence
úyi ‘begin, start’ (see also -ˀuyi); wáyx̣titˀuyi ‘commence running’; wánatˀuyi ‘commence flowing’; tkʷátatˀuyi ‘commence eating’; tkʷáynptˀuyi ‘go on first hunt’; tk̓ʷanáytitˀuyi ‘commence walking’; wánptˀuyi ‘commence medicine singing’; tɨ́x̣ˀuyi ‘make first kill’; wáˀuyi ‘commence singing’.
Commencement
úyit ‘beginning, first’.
Committee
pák̓u ‘council, meeting, advice’.