244 terms start with “l”

lát̓ux̣

Pop, explode, break (of ice), crack (of a tree from the cold). ilát̓x̣ʷa ‘it exploded, popped’; ilát̓x̣ʷɨn taawáy ‘the ice has broken’; palát̓x̣ʷša x̣ɨpx̣ɨ́pma ‘the cottonwood trees are cracking from the cold’.

láwaačayč

Scorch, burn, flame. [WS láwaačak; Y láwiičayk.]

lawaačayčłá

Light cotton blanket. Also lawaačaykłá. [NE lawaax̣ʷaamiłá; Y lawiičaykłá.]

láwaalawayč

Cross over (of heat). k̓ína kú c̓múy láwaalawayčta c̓múy nč̓útay ‘soon then our warmth will cross over for sleeping’.

láwaalayt

Emit smoke. [Y láwiilat.]

láwaalaytas

Chimney, smoke-hole, stove pipe. Also lawaalayt̓áwas. [Y lawiilattpamá.]

lawaalaytłá

Volcano. [Y lawiilatłá.]

láwaalaytt

Smoke. Also lát̓ɨlkt.

láwaalaytt

Mount St. Helens. Also lɨwít.

lawaalayt̓áwas

Smoke-hole, chimney. [Y lawiilattpamá; NP ˀalóoyaˀskit /ˀala-weye-ˀskt/.]

láwaapt̓a

Sting (of insect).

láwaašq̓iši

Be shaded. iláwaašq̓išiša ‘it is shady’. [NW láwiišq̓iši; NP /sq̓isilwák/.]

láwaašq̓išit

Shadow, shade. itɨ́x̣laluuša láwaašq̓išit čúušpa ‘he sees his shadow in the water’. [Y lawiišq̓íšit; NP /sq̓ísit/.]

lawaašmúk

Definition:

Bumblebee, Bombus spp.

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Also ilamaašmúk

[K lawiišumkšúmk; NP /qaasíˀ/.]

-lawak

Up in the air. tkʷápwaalawak ‘raise the hand’. Also -luuk. [N -luuk; NP /láhsa/.]

láwala

Melt. iláwalaša púuy ‘the snow is melting’. [NE lúula; NP /lamlin/.]

láwayla

Burst from heat. [NP /t´qʷla/.]

lawláw

Fur, body hair. lawláw áwa nukšaynmí ‘it is the otter’s fur’; šiipmí lawláw ‘wool’. [NP /tehey/.]

lawláwi

With fur, furry. lawláwimaš wá tpɨ́š ‘you have a furry face’; lawláwi wínš ‘hairy man, sasquatch’. [NE lawlawí; NP tehyíin /teheyiins/.]

láwša

Definition:

Lie inert; leisurely lie, lie around, recline.

Function:

Singular subject.

Examples:

  1. iláwša ‘it is lying around’;
  2. yúuk iláwša k̓usik̓úsi ‘the dog is lying over there’;
  3. iláwšata ‘it will be lying around’. Intention is indicated by the reflexive: pinálawšana ‘he was leisurely lying down’;
  4. pinálawša ‘he is leisurely lying down’;
  5. kunam ímč̓a pinálawša ‘and you also are lying around’;
  6. pinálawšata ‘he will be leisurely lying down’. For other verbal aspects see láwx̣in.

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For plural see láwyax̣ša.

For conjugation see wɨšá.

[N láˀɨša.]