157 terms start with “e

Eclipse

šq̓ín ‘be shadowed by cloud, eclipse (of moon, sun)’; álxayx isc̓átna ‘the moon eclipsed’.

Eddy

wáask̓ulikt ~ wáašq̓unikt ‘whirlpool’.

Eddy

wáask̓ulik ‘be an eddy, whirlpool’; wáašq̓unik ‘go around, swirl, be diverted (of water)’.

Edge

táwx̣awayt ‘lie toward the corner or edge’.

Edict

tamánwit ‘law, legislation, government, decree, ruling, proposal, right’.

Educate

sapáskuuli ‘send to school’.

Education

ititámat ‘counting, reading, schooling’.

Eel

k̓súyas (also, asɨ́m, asúm) ‘Pacific lamprey, Lampetra tridentata (syn. Entophenus tridentatus)’; k̓suyasmí yápaš ‘eel oil’ (used for ear ache); šíiyat ‘spinal nerve or “noodle” of lamprey (k̓súyas)’.

Effect

ƛ̓iyawiyáša ‘die on, die with effect on’.

Effeminate

tmaylíš ‘acting like a young woman, cross dressing’.

Effervesce

múlmuln ‘bubble up’.

Egg

tamám; wašwašnunmí tamám ‘chicken egg’; ɨsɨ́xʷ ‘roe, salmon egg’; asás ‘nit, louse egg’.

Eight

uymɨ́taat.

Eighty

uymɨtáaptit.

Eject

tíitn ‘flatulate; eject musk (of skunk)’.

Eject

tíitnaša ‘eject musk on (skunk)’.

Elastic

wɨq̓átwɨq̓at ‘stretchy’.

Elated

ayáyani ‘delighted, happy’.

Elbow

k̓ášinu.

Elder

nč̓í; inmí nč̓í ‘my elder’; nč̓ínč̓ima ‘elders, ancestors’; lɨmyáy ‘elder’ (term of respect); pyáp ‘elder brother’; pát ‘elder sister’; wiyánč̓i ‘elder within a family’.