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