158 terms start with “g

Grind

páx̣ɨmk ‘grind with mortar and pestle’; šapáwaak̓ʷlk ‘grind in the grinder (grain, roots, meat)’; tútn ‘pound with mortar and pestle’; wák̓ʷɨlk ‘grind in a meat grinder’; wáx̣ɨmk ‘grind with a grinder’.

Grinder

šapawaak̓ʷlkáwas ‘grinder, mill’; wak̓ʷlkáwas ‘meat grinder’.

Grinding

tútt ‘grinding’.

Grinning

kiˀíis ‘smiling’.

Gristle

kúmkum ‘salmon head or jaw cartilage, the soft gristle in the head of the salmon’.

Grizzly

wapaanłá ‘grizzly bear, Ursus arctos horribilis‘.

Groin

watanám (also x̣iyím).

Groom

čáynač ‘newly married man; son-in-law’.

Groom

twásp̓itk ‘slick down with comb or curry brush’.

Grope

wapáša ‘touch, feel, handle, lay hands on’; wapášnawi ‘look for by groping with the hands (such as the blind do)’; číkn (has vulgar connotations).

Ground

tútni ‘pounded, ground up, flour’; wáx̣ɨmki ‘ground up (in a grinder)’.

Ground

x̣ʷ- ‘on the ground’.

Ground

tiičám ‘land, earth, property, place’; áwtni tiičám ‘sacred ground’; lúni tiičám ‘burnt over ground’; mɨlá tiičám ‘no good ground’; šáq̓tči tiičám ‘ploughed ground’; áypɨx̣ ‘clearing, flat ground, plains’; núwax̣am ‘burnt over ground’; sulcasmaamí tiičám ‘the veteran’s grounds’; tamášam (also called šám) ‘shallow, rocky or sandy ground’; tamicáwas ‘cemetery, burial ground’; wáaš ‘sacred ground’.

Ground

áwšnič ‘throw down a mat, spread out on the ground’.

Ground squirrel

tɨ́tnu ‘Columbian ground squirrel, Urocitellus columbianus‘; c̓iiłá ~ ƛ̓iix̣łá ‘Washington ground squirrel, U. washingtoni‘; c̓iiławáakuł ‘Belding’s ground squirrel, U. beldingi‘ (also c̓iiłá; tɨ́tnu); wasápan ‘Townsend’s ground squirrel, Spermophilus townsendii‘; amɨ́t ‘golden-mantled ground squirrel, Callospermophilus lateralis‘; amɨtyáy (the legendary character); Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel, C. saturatus‘; wáški ‘California ground squirrel, Otospermophilus beecheyi‘. See also squirrel.

Groundcherry

sápc̓ɨmliki ~ sápƛ̓ɨmux̣i ‘common or long-leaved groundcherry, Physalis longifolia‘.

Groundhog

cáxcam ‘yellow-bellied marmot, Marmota flaviventris‘.

Grouse

q̓ɨ́x̣nu ‘sharp-tailed grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus‘; tuyá ‘dusky or blue grouse, Dendragapus obscurus‘ (also ptí); páyumš ‘sage grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus‘; wašwášnu ‘ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus‘ (also sapaníca); miyáwax̣ ‘spruce grouse, Falcipennis canadensis (syn. Dendragapus canadensis, Canachites canadensis)’.

Grouse dance

payúmšwaašat ‘dance emulating grouse’.

Grow

ttáwax̣n ‘grow, grow up’; táx̣nuwayti ‘grow (teenage spurt)’; pɨ́taa ‘grow (distributive)’; ttáwax̣tnaq̓i ‘finish growing, complete growth’.