wáčq; wáč̓q; wacúq; wák̓uypsk ‘chop off (branches)’; wáƛ̓k ‘chop, split’; wáwč̓x̣ ‘chop’ (distributive); wáwx̣ƛ̓k ‘chop into pieces, cut up firewood’ (distributive).
454 terms start with “c”
Chopping
wáw- ‘chopping repeatedly with a blunt instrument’ (distributive).
Chosen
waníči ‘named, designated, appointed’.
Christmas
šápq̓ičt.
Chub
čúkš ‘peamouth chub, Mylocheilus caurinus‘.
Chukar
q̓ɨx̣nuwáakuł ‘Alectoris chukar‘ (introduced).
Chum
mɨt̓úla ‘white salmon, Oncorhynchus keta‘ (also, ‘post-spawning salmon’).
Chunk
kúƛ̓k ~ kúƛk ‘portion, piece’; kuƛ̓kúƛ̓k nɨkʷɨ́t ‘chunks of meat’.
Church
čmuktaatpasmaamí ‘Catholic church’; talapušatpamá ‘Protestant church’.
Cicada
č̓alłá ~ šapačuut̓ałá ‘Cicadidae’.
Cinch
tak̓páwas ~ taq̓páwas ‘saddle cinch’; tutanikmí tak̓páwas ‘horsehair cinch’.
Cinch
táq̓p.
Circle
c̓íil ‘circle, hoop’; c̓íilc̓iil ‘hoop for the hoop game (patkʷaytalí)’; k̓upíipit ‘circle dance’.
Circle
c̓íiln ‘be a circle, be round’; k̓upíipi ‘dance the circle dance’.
Circle
sklín ‘turn, turn over, return, circle, form a circle’; wiyásklik ‘circle, take around, turn around (as they do in the longhouse)’.
Circular
c̓íil ‘circular, spherical’; sɨ́kli ‘around, in a circle’; sɨ́kli ɨníitpa ‘around the house’.
Cislocative
-m (-ɨm) ‘this way, hither’.
City
ataymat̓áwas ‘store, town, city, trading post’; nč̓í ataymat̓áwas ‘big city’.
Claim
tq̓íx̣t ‘want, desire, claim’.
Claim
áwwa.