yáamaš ‘generic deer, mule deer doe, Odocoileus hemionus‘; ƛ̓álk ‘black-tailed deer, O. hemionus columbianus‘ (also čmúk wáłxʷas); čatwilí ‘white-tailed deer, O. virginianus‘; yukaasíns ‘antlered buck’; ɨwínat ‘deer or elk’; áswan ‘mule deer spike buck’.
297 terms start with “d”
Deerbrush
munɨmmúnɨm ~ wɨ́č̓akƛ ‘red root, snowbrush, sticky-laurel, Ceanothus velutinus‘.
Defeat
íšn ‘win, beat’.
Defeated
k̓ʷáaš ‘overcome, beaten (as in boxing, wrestling)’.
Defeated
púutn ‘be defeated, lose (as in gambling)’.
Defecate
c̓ɨ́x̣n; púˀn.
Defend
nápayun ‘take up for, protect’; ččáanwi ‘not tell on, deny someone’s guilt’.
Deferential
qaˀáan ‘respectful, behaved, quiet’.
Deficient
k̓áywa ~ k̓aywá ‘short, lacking’.
Definitely
mak̓í ‘soon, presently, certainly’.
Deflated
šup̓áa ‘limp, flaccid’.
Dehydrated
láx̣yawiyi ‘dried, emaciated, wasted physically’.
Deity
aniłá ‘the Creator, God’; naamí pyáp ‘our Elder Brother (referring to the Creator)’; páyatut (name of the deity); naamí pyáp páyatut ‘our Elder Brother the Deity’.
Demolish
ítq̓ax̣ ‘tear down (building, fence)’; yámuxlayk ‘demolish by flood’.
Demonstrate
isík̓ʷa ‘show, explain, prove’.
Den
tánawt ‘den, burrow, animal hole in the ground’; amɨtmí tánawt ‘ground squirrel’s den’; c̓iiłanmí tánawt ‘squirrel’s den’. Also tánawit.
Denim
lamtmí ‘blue denim’; lamtmí sulátas ‘blue jeans’.
Dental floss
wisxáwask̓ɨštɨ́n ikiiktpamá.
Dentalium
áx̣šax̣š ‘dentalium or tusk shell, Dentalium pretiosum‘; áx̣šax̣š támqawit ‘dentalium braid wraparound’; ax̣šax̣šmí tamáwniki ‘dentalium cape’.
Deny
ččáanwi ‘deny guilt’.