čák̓ɨnkt; čak̓ɨnkáwas; čáwaašq̓išit; áwtukš ‘canvas, curtain’.
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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
ƛ̓ɨ́kn ‘be cut, split, cracked’; č̓ɨ́x̣n ‘be cut, split, cracked’.
Cut
šáx̣ƛ̓k; šx̣ɨ́ƛ̓k ‘cut up’ (distributive); čáx̣ƛ̓k ‘cut with the teeth’; ɨwíč ‘cut up meat for hanging up and drying’; saalí ‘cut with scissors’; šáˀanakʷ ‘cut away’; šáku ‘cut off a piece’; šákutkutn ‘saw’; šánaq̓i ‘finish cutting’; šáq̓x̣ ‘tear, cut away’; šáƛ̓aak ‘cut off, peel’; šáƛ̓iip ‘cut off, slice off’; šáx̣aap ‘saw’; škúƛ̓k ‘cut up, quarter (deer, elk)’; šq̓ʷyɨ́mč ‘cut hair’; štúptupn ‘cut hair’; šƛ̓íip ‘cut up, slice’ (distributive); šx̣áap ‘slice for frying’ (distributive); tamáx̣ƛ̓k ‘cut off’; wáwx̣ƛ̓k ‘cut up firewood’ (distributive); wáx̣ɨntk ‘cut open’; wáx̣ƛ̓k ‘cut with scythe’; wɨsláƛ̓iip ‘cut off a small piece’.
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‘.