454 terms start with “c

Curtain

čák̓ɨnkt; čak̓ɨnkáwas; čáwaašq̓išit; áwtukš ‘canvas, curtain’.

Curve

wák̓likt.

Curve

wák̓lik ‘curve (as, e.g., a road)’; c̓ɨswín ‘turn, bend’.

Custom

tananáwit ~ tanánwit ‘the Indian way’.

Cut

ƛ̓ɨ́k ‘broken, cracked, split’; saalíyi ‘cut out’; č̓ɨ́x̣ni ‘cracked’; šƛ̓íipi ‘cut up, sliced’.

Cut

  1. ƛ̓ɨ́kn ‘be cut, split, cracked’;
  2. č̓ɨ́x̣n ‘be cut, split, cracked’.

Cut

  1. ƛ̓íip ‘to split off’ (intransitive, bound morpheme);
    1. wɨsláƛ̓iip ‘cut off a small piece’.
  2. ƛ̓ɨ́kn ‘to be cut split, crack’ (transitive);
    1. tamáx̣ƛ̓k ‘cut off’;
  3. šá– ‘to cut’ (with a cutting instrument);
    1. šáx̣ƛ̓k ‘to cut’;
    2. šx̣ɨ́ƛ̓k ‘cut up’ (distributive);
    3. šáˀanakʷ ‘cut away’;
    4. šáku ‘cut off a piece’;
    5. šákutkutn ‘saw’;
    6. šánaq̓i ‘finish cutting’;
    7. šáq̓x̣ ‘tear, cut away’;
    8. šáƛ̓aak ‘cut off, peel’;
    9. šáƛ̓iip ‘cut off, slice off’;
    10. šáx̣aap ‘saw’;
  4. sá– ‘to cut’ (diminutive);
    1. saalí ‘cut with scissors’;
  5. čá– ‘to cut’ (with teeth, in eating; pulling);
    1. čáx̣ƛ̓k ‘cut with the teeth’;
  6. ɨwíč ‘cut, slice, slice for drying, cut up meat for hanging up and drying’;
  7. š ‘With a cutting instrument’ (distributive object);
    1. škúƛ̓k ‘cut up, quarter (deer, elk)’;
    2. šq̓ʷyɨ́mč ‘cut hair’;
    3. štúptupn ‘cut hair’;
    4. šƛ̓íip ‘cut up, slice’ (distributive);
    5. šx̣áap ‘slice for frying’ (distributive);
  8. wá– ‘with an impement, with a blunt instrument’
    1. wáwx̣ƛ̓k ‘cut up firewood’ (distributive);
    2. wáx̣ɨntk ‘cut open’;
    3. wáx̣ƛ̓k ‘cut with scythe’;

Cute

amúˀmu ‘cute, lovable’.

Cute

amúˀmun ‘consider cute (such as a baby).

Cutter

wax̣ɨntkáwas ‘rolling can opener or pizza cutter, circular scissors’.

Cutting

šá- ‘with a cutting instrument’; š- ~ šx̣ɨ́- ‘with a cutting instrument (distributive object)’; wɨslá- ‘with a knife (as in carving on a stick)’.

Cycle

alxayxpamá ‘menstruation, menstrual period’.

Cylendrical

q̓úyx̣q̓uyx̣ ‘long and cylendrical’.

Cypress

núwayaaš ‘Nootka cypress, Callitropsis nootkatensis‘.