157 terms start with “e”

Eager

lakús ‘willing, eager’; hawlapáwlap ‘energetic, spry, lively, willing’.

Eagle

k̓ámamul ‘bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus‘; qiqínu ‘fish eagle, osprey, Pandion haliaetus‘ (also sometimes called šáx̣šax̣); x̣ʷaamá ‘golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos‘; X̣ʷaamayáy ‘Eagle’ (legendary character); púkła ‘eagle fluffs’; wáptas ‘eagle feather’; x̣ʷaamanmí wáptas ‘golden eagle feather’.

Ear

mɨš- ‘with the ear, in hearing’.

Ear

mɨšyú; mɨsp̓álkas ‘part of the ear, tragus’; mɨšyúnaq̓it ‘ear lobe’; súwapx̣ʷaamit ‘tepee ear poles (there are two also called q̓ɨ́mkas).

Early

máy- ‘in the morning, early’.

Earring

wímšiyaytš; wɨx̣inšmí wímšiyaytš ‘abalone earring’.

Earth

tiičám ‘land, ground, property, place’; max̣áx̣ ‘diatomaceous earth’.

Earthquake

iyút tiičám.

Earthquake

tiičám iyún ‘be an earthquake’; x̣pɨ́pn ~ x̣ɨ́pɨpɨpn ‘shiver, shake, tremble, quake (earth)’.

Earwax

mɨ́cq̓ɨl.

Earwig

wisk̓anpłá ~ pawisk̓alpłá ~ mɨšyúpa paˀašłá.

East

tináytt ‘sunrise, moonrise’; x̣áyx̣t ‘dawning, morning, east’.

Easy

c̓iˀíix̣ ‘inexpensive, cheap, fragile, effortless’.

Eat

  1. tkʷáta;
    1. máytkʷata ‘eat in the morning, eat breakfast’;
    2. táwtkʷata ‘eat at night’;
    3. tísɨmtkʷata ‘eat sitting’;
    4. tkʷátatˀuyi ‘eat something for the first time, as when a baby starts eating solid food’;
    5. tkʷátatnaq̓i ‘finish eating’;
    6. wáatkʷata ‘pause to eat, eat first and then do something’;
    7. wiyátkʷata ‘eat on the way’;
    8. wiyátkʷatatwana ‘go eat with’.
    9. nátkʷata ‘eat while talking’;
    10. náwiyatkʷata ‘eat on the way while talking’;
    11. sɨ́mtkʷata ‘eat sitting, eat all the time, be a glutton’;
    12. náktk̓ʷaninn ‘walk around with food, eat while walking around’;
  2. čwáwˀayč ‘sit and eat’;
  3. ká- With the teeth, mouth, in eating.
    1. káˀuyi ‘eat first, observe the firstfruits’;
    2. kánaq̓i ‘finish eating’;
    3. káanwi ‘eat up, devour’;
    4. kášk̓ululapn ‘eat too much fat, satiate with fatty foods’;
    5. káƛ̓x̣ʷ ‘eat up, devour’;
    6. káwaanwi ‘eat on past’;
    7. káwiyanawi ‘arrive in time to eat’;
  4. kʷlaawítp ‘eat the evening meal’;
  5. súx ‘eat with a spoon’;

Eat

čwáwˀiyawtič ‘share the table’; náktkʷata ‘invite to eat, take out to dinner’; šapátkʷata ’cause to eat, have eat’.

Eaten

tkʷátani.

Eater

tkʷatałá.

Eating

  1. čá- ‘with the teeth, in eating; pulling’;
  2. ká- ‘with the teeth, mouth, in eating’.

Eaves

łławt̓áwas ‘gutter, eaves’; t̓ux̣t̓ux̣mí łławt̓áwas ‘rain gutter’.

Echo

tx̣nánat ‘reverberation, rumble, rolling thunder’; sapwaanpłá ‘one who echoes at the medicine dance’.