157 terms start with “e

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’.

Elderberry

mɨt̓ɨ́p ‘blue elderberry, Sambucus cerulea‘; mɨt̓ɨ́paaš ‘elderberry tree’; č̓mɨ́t ‘red elderberry, S. racemosa‘.

Eldest

wat̓uyimá; táaq̓iš; nč̓íkni íšt ‘eldest son’.

Electricity

láqayx̣it ‘light, electricity, truth’.

Elevator

waluukáwas ‘elevator, escalator’.

Eleven

pútɨmt ku náx̣š ‘ten and one’.

Elk

wawúkya ‘elk, bull elk, Cervus canadensis‘; tašímka ‘cow elk’; ɨwínat ‘deer or elk’; k̓ayík ~ q̓ayík ‘elk calf, colt’; wawukyanmík̓ɨštɨ́n ‘elk tooth’.

Emaciated

láx̣yawiyi ‘dried, emaciated, wasted physically’.

Embark

wáša ‘ride (horse), board (canoe), get on (wagon, car)’.

Embrace

wáx̣p ‘hug, embrace, put arms about’.

Emerge

páyšn ‘come out, appear’; pní ‘appear, come out into the open’; wiyápni ‘walk out, come into view, appear’.

Emit

láwaalayt ’emit smoke’.

Emphatic

í- (ín ‘I’; ím ‘you’; íčɨn ‘to this’; íkʷɨn ‘to that’); -níin (pɨnminíin ‘his indeed’; naaminíin ‘ours indeed’).

Employee

kutkutłá ‘worker’.

Employment

qqaanáyt ‘business, industry, work, activity’.

Empty

tálx̣; q̓ʷláapš ‘bare, vacant; sheared (sheep), mowed (grass)’.

Empty

ítalx̣i ‘make room for, move things out of the way’.

Emulate

wálɨmsik̓ʷa ‘copy, watch and do the same thing’; wálsik̓ʷa ‘copy by observing, imitate’.

Enact

tamánwi ‘legislate, decree, lay down the law, ratify, institute, ordain, create, provide’.