Mouse. isapák̓ɨska lákasna ‘it caught the mouse’; lákassɨm iwá ‘it’s only a mouse’. [NP /laqac/.]
244 terms start with “l”
laklí
Key. wɨ́npatayim laklí ‘go get me my keys!’. [Jargon, from French la clef.]
lakús
Willing, eager.
lák̓i
Finish, complete. Bound. kalúlak̓i ‘finish weaving’; lak̓isá ‘out on the end’; lák̓itit ‘summit’. See also náq̓i. [NP /naq̓i/.]
lak̓isá
Out on the end. áyša lak̓isá ‘he is sitting down on the end’. [NP /talam/.]
lák̓itit
Top of hill or mountain, summit. [NP /toyam/.]
lák̓ɨm
Charcoal, soot, ashes. Was used as a black dye. Also lák̓ɨmkt. [NP /smuk/.]
lák̓ɨmi
Vanish, disappear. ilák̓ɨmiša ‘it is vanishing’.
lak̓ɨmiyáł
Everlasting.
lákʷaškʷaš
Ashes. Also láqʷašqʷaš; láq̓ʷšq̓ʷš; látx̣tx̣. [Y láp̓ulp̓ul; NP /ˀlépxʷpxʷ/; /ˀlépkʷy/; /ˀlápxʷpxʷs/.]
lakʷátit
Twisted tule mat. It is stronger than the q̓ɨx̣lí and is put down to stand, sit, or lie on. Also called saptklikí. [NE saptklikí; NW łíim.]
lák̓ʷɨln
Melt. lák̓ʷɨltanam ‘you will melt’.
lál
Clark’s nutcracker, Nucifraga Columbiana. [NP /ˀspukuk/.]
lálaˀ
Don’t do that! Quit that! Leave it alone! Let it go!’ Also lála; lálaˀs.
lálapti
Chiselmouth, Acrocheilus alutaceus. [NP /t´teˀwxc/.]
lalíik
Rattlesnake Mountain. Near Richland, Washington.
lalíwa
Be lonesome, be lonely for, crave, desire, long for, yearn for. ilalíwaša ‘she is lonely’; lalíwašaaš pɨnmikíin ‘I am lonely for her’; álaliwašaaš ‘I am lonely for them’; pálaliwaša ‘she’s getting lonesome for him’; paˀaníx̣ana míimi płɨ́x̣ anam kʷɨ́nki pašapálaliwatax̣na ‘they used to make a medicine long ago with which they could make you lonely’. [NP /tillápn/.]
lalíwani
Lonely, lonesome. lalíwani iwá ‘he is lonely’. [NE laliwaní; NP /tilláp̓ic/.]
lalíwat
Loneliness, longing, yearning. [NP tilláapin /tillápn-t/.]
lášɨlɨnɨpn
Be dizzy from heat, be dizzy in the sweathouse. ilášɨlnɨpna x̣ʷyáytšpa ‘he got dizzy in the sweathouse’.