Terms starting with “l” – Page 11 – Umatilla Language Online Dictionary

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English:

luč̓áłamtx̣

Strawberry roan with red head. Usually luč̓áłamtx̣ qaašqáaš or luč̓á łamtx̣ní k̓úsi.

Red; red fox (tlɨ́pa); bay horse; penny (coin). inákpaaša luc̓áan k̓pɨ́tna ‘she is separating out the red beads’; čmúk táatpas čáw tún luc̓á itáatpasiya ‘he wore black clothes, not any red’; íi náptik pawačá áwtni mɨx̣ɨ́š ku luc̓á ‘yes both yellow and red were tabooed’; awínšma pamáwapawax̣ana mɨx̣ɨ́ški ku tílaakima luc̓áki čná ‘the men used to paint up with the yellow and the woman with the red here (on the hair)’; luc̓á iwá tilíwal ‘blood is red’; luc̓áluc̓a pawá ‘they’re red ones’; ƛ̓áax̣ʷ pawá luc̓áluc̓a ‘they’re all red’; tilíwal luc̓á ‘red blood’; luc̓anmí xúlxul ‘goldfish’; luc̓á sáxat ~ luc̓á šáx̣at ‘red raspberry, Rubus idaeus‘; páx̣at luc̓á ‘five cents’; maykluc̓á ‘pink’; twáluc̓ak ‘mark red’; luc̓aní ‘red willow’; luc̓anmí ‘penny’. [NP /ˀlp̓´lp/; heˀilpéˀilp ‘red raspberry’; cf. NP /luc̓élluc̓el/ ‘bright red’; /loc̓álloc̓al/ ‘reddish’.]

luc̓aluc̓alí

Red bilberry, Vaccinium parvifolium, V. ovalifolium. Also luc̓áluc̓a wíwnu.

luc̓amšyú

White horse with dark ears.

luc̓aní

Red osier or dogwood, Cornus stolonifera. For the fruit see wɨwál. [NP /p̓ip̓lác/.]

luc̓anmí

Penny, copper, gold. [NP /x̣ʷc̓y/.]

luč̓á

Bay horse; penny. luč̓á k̓úsi ‘bay horse’; luč̓á łamtx̣ní k̓úsi ‘strawberry roan with red head’.

lúk̓luk̓a

Wish for. lúk̓luk̓ašaaš nɨkʷɨ́t ‘I am wishing for meat’; álk̓ʷluk̓ašaaš ‘I am wishing for it’; ilúk̓luk̓aša k̓astilánan ‘she is wishing for crab’. See smɨ́ƛ̓awi, smáaƛ̓awi.

lukʷátit

Twisted tule mat. Also pronounced lɨkʷátit. lukʷátit aníya ‘she made a tule mat’; lukʷátit iwá ínaq̓iyi ‘the tule mat is finished’. Also called saptklikí.

luk̓ʷáa

Northern squawfish, Ptychocheilus oregonensis. [NW luk̓ʷáya; Y luq̓ʷá ‘chub’; NP /qíˀyeq/ ~ /qiˀyeq/.]

lúlap

Possible element in šk̓ulúlapn ‘be a whirlwind’.

lúlu

Breast. Slang for lúlukaš.

lúluk

Nurse, suckle, breast feed. miyánaš álulukša ‘her child is nursing’; šapáluluk ‘nurse’ (vt.). [NP /qúˀu/.]

lúlukaš

Breast, milk. ášapaˀatayitak lúlukaš ‘go milk (the cow)!’; sapák̓psni lúlukaš ‘ice cream’. See also nɨq̓ʷɨ́t. [NP qáhas /qahas/.]

lulukašpamá

Brassiere. [NP qaháspama /qaháspama/.]

lulúu

Smooth, even. lulúu iwá ‘it is even, it’s smooth’; šapáluluuk ‘make smooth’. [N tp̓íin.]

lún

Burn. Also pronounced lúun. ilúna ɨníit ‘the house burned up’; ilúun ‘it has burned’; ilúša ‘it is burning’; áluna ɨníit ‘his house burned up’; lúnaaš inmí níit ‘my house burned up’; lúšaaš inmí tɨmná ‘my heart is on fire’; tamk̓ikskúla čáw mún ilúnx̣a ‘clematis vine never burns’; išapáluna ‘he made it burn’; íluk ‘make fire’; lúni ‘burned, burned up’; ílukas ‘wood, stick’; ílukš ‘fire’. Ablaut: láaw ‘cloudy’. [NP /l´wn/.]