454 terms start with “c

Cheated

kkáwn ‘be cheated in the Indian trade, not receive adequate, feel cheated, be dissatisfied’.

Cheater

sapk̓usiłá ‘swindler; joker (in cards)’.

Check

šúya ‘examine, look over, investigate’; túupn ‘investigate, check out’.

Checked

walá- ‘in check’.

Cheek

tpɨ́š ‘face, cheek’; tɨpstɨ́ps ‘salmon cheeks’.

Cheesecloth

tukštukšmí síil.

Chef

kuukiłá.

Cherish

átawi ‘value, admire, like, love’; q̓úmn ‘remember, prize, value, consider precious’.

Cherished

átawiyi ‘valued, admired, honored, beloved’.

Cherry

tmɨ́š ‘chokecherry, Prunus virginiana‘; asnɨ́ps ‘bitter cherry, P. emarginata‘ (also sometimes called, psuniwáakuł, tmɨšwáakʷł); tmɨšwáakʷł ‘domestic cherry, P. avium‘.

Chest

ník̓ʷa ~ aník̓ʷa ‘breast, sternum’; šapataawayitpamá ‘ice chest, refrigerator’; psatanáwas ‘bag, suitcase, gunny sack, chest of drawers’.

Chestnut

šiwíwšiwiw ‘brown, chestnut’ (horse color).

Chew

čák̓ʷlk.

Chick

píitpiit ‘baby chick’.

Chickadee

c̓ítatat ~ latítalwit ‘mountain chickadee, Poecile gambeli (syn., Parus gambeli)’.

Chicken

likúuk ‘domistic chicken, Gallus gallus domesticus‘. Also, wašwášnu ‘chicken; ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus‘.

Chickenpox

łáyłayi ‘have sores, measles, pox, small pox’.

Chief

miyúux̣ ‘leader, boss’; nč̓í miyúux̣ ‘head chief’; amíyuux̣ma ‘chiefs’.

Child

miyánaši ‘having a child or children, of one who has a child or children’.

Child

miyánaš; miyánašma ‘children’; spáytit ‘sprout, shoot, offspring, child’.