158 terms start with “g

Gorge

qnɨ́pn ‘be gluttonous, greedy to eat’.

Goshawk

waapniyawałá ‘northen goshawk, Accipiter gentilis‘ (waapniyawałá also applied to ‘prairie falcon, Falco mexicanus‘ and ‘northern harrier, Circus cyaneus‘).

Gossip

ɨmačáy ‘one who says bad words, talks bad about others’.

Gossip

wátiya ‘repeat rumor, deride’.

Gotten

wɨ́npi ‘received, held, bought, arrested’.

Gourd

šapx̣ʷlakayí ‘squash, pumpkin, gourd’.

Government

tamánwit ‘law, legislation, authority, edict, ruling, proposal, right’.

Grab

wɨ́np ‘get, take, receive, buy, hold’; čáˀyuˀyun ‘grab and shake’; čáwaanayti ‘grab and pull’; nɨ́p ‘get, take, seize, hold’ (bound root); pšánp ‘grab a bunch, receive a bunch’; qáwɨnp ‘catch’; sapák̓ɨsk ‘catch, nab’; ƛqʷɨ́t ‘catch, seize’.

Grader

čaq̓x̣it̓áwas ‘rake, bull dozer, road grader’.

Grand fir

patátuy ‘fir boughs, fir, grand fir, Abies grandis‘.

Grandchild

púša ‘man’s son’s child’; tíla ‘man’s daughter’s child’; ála ‘woman’s son’s child’; káła ‘woman’s daughter’s child’.

Grandfather

púša ‘paternal grandfather’; tíla ‘maternal grandfather’.

Grandmother

ála ‘paternal grandmother’; káła ‘maternal grandmother’.

Grandparent

púx ‘great grandparent’.

Grape

łk̓áwk̓aw ‘Oregon grape, Mahonia aquifolium‘; łk̓áwk̓awaaš ‘Oregon grape bush’; šk̓áwšk̓aw ‘dwarf or Cascade Oregon grape, M. nervosa‘; kʷlíips ‘domestic grapes’.

Grasp

tunátaa ‘grasp with the foot and put in’.

Grass

c̓íc̓k; alám ‘generic bunch grass’; č̓wíit ‘species of bunch grass’; šwíčt ‘giant wild rye grass, Elymus cinereus‘; timatí ‘timothy hay, Phleum pratense‘; waskú ‘bluebunch wheatgrass, Pseudoroegnaria spicata‘ (also any forage grass, wheat); yáay ‘bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax‘.

Grasshopper

t̓ɨ́t̓š; tátx̣ ‘band-winged grasshopper (Oedipodinae)’.

Grasshopper

t̓t̓ɨ́šwi ‘grasshopper around, be frivolous and unproductive’.

Grateful

k̓ʷałáni ‘thankful, glad, happy’.