454 terms start with “c

Cascara

šɨlɨ́m ‘bearberry, chittam, Rhamnus purshiana‘; šɨlɨmmí psá ‘cascara bark’.

Case

x̣ax̣áani ‘rawhide case for war bonnet tied to the front of a horse, quiver thrown over the back of a horse, cylindrical bag for horse’.

Cased

x̣ʷɨ́łni ‘cased (hide not cut but pulled off)’.

Castor

qínu ~ x̣ínu ‘beaver castor’.

Castrate

talalút aní ‘make gelding’.

Cat

pɨ́č̓ɨm ‘wild cat, bobcat, Lynx rufus‘; kitís ~ píšpiš ~ p̓úus ‘house cat, Felis cattus‘; wáswaski wíˀanit ‘cat’s cradle’.

Catch

q̓ín ‘stick, attach, adhere, catch (as clothing on wire, thorn, etc.)’.

Catch

ámtk̓ʷin ‘catch up with, overtake’; qáwɨnp ~ tamáqawɨnp ‘catch (e.g., a ball)’; ƛqʷɨ́t ‘grasp, grab’; íwayk ‘trap’; sapák̓ɨsk ‘catch (as a cat catches a mouse)’; sapáx̣aluun ‘catch fish at a fish weir’; wáwaalaytk̓i ‘catch on fishing line and throw out’.

Caterpillar

x̣lakwɨx̣aní saysáy ‘many legged worm’; čalawlawí ‘woolybear caterpillar (Arctiidae)’; patanškłá ‘species of stinging caterpiller’.

Catholic

čmúk táatpas ~ čmuktáatpas ‘Black Robe, priest’.

Cattail

čč̓íwTypha latifolia‘.

Cattle

músmuscɨn ‘cow, cows, buffalo’.

Caucasian

šuyápu ‘whiteman’.

Caught

wáaq̓ič ‘get stuck or caught or hung up (on wire, thornbushes, etc.)’; wáykn ‘be caught in trap’.

Cause

šapá- ~ sapá- (individuative causative); šáp- ~ sáp(distributive causative).

Cause

šapáwa(č) ’cause to be’.

Cause

šapáčuun ’cause to drink’.

Caution

šapášukʷa ‘make known, warn’; sámx̣na ‘talk to, advise, counsel’.

Cave

tnán tqúni ‘cliff hole’.

Cayuse

Wáylatpu; Wáylatpuuma ‘Cayuse people’.