Salmon, generic salmon (Oncorhynchus and anadromous Salmo spp.). itkʷáytunikša núsux ‘the salmon are going upstream’; áyaša núsux ‘the salmon are spawning’; isuyátka páłpaski núsuxna ‘she put them on roasting sticks’; itamánwiyayiyana pyax̣í, x̣áwš, lúkš, tmɨ́š, wíwnu ku núsux ku yáamaš ‘he ordained the bitterroot, cous, biscuit root, chokecherries, huckleberries and salmon and deer for us’; nusuxmí áčaš ‘Munro’s globemallow, Sphaeralcea munroana‘; nusuxmí yápaš ‘salmon grease’. [NP /nacoˀq/.]
254 terms start with “n”
-nút
Privative. Denominative. miyanašnút ‘childless’; tutaniknút ‘hairless’; wɨłq̓amnút ‘without moccasins’; taatpasnút ‘without clothes’. See also -áł. [NP /-nút/.]
nč̓utpamá
Bed, bedroom, bedding. nč̓utpamá áwšnitš ‘mattress’. Also smáas. [NE pnut̓úus; NW pnut̓áwas; NP /pnmíkees/, /pnmíknwees/.]
nč̓uwáta
Go to sleep. áw ánč̓wataša pšɨ́t ‘now his dad’s going to go to bed’. [N pnuwát̓a; NP /pnmík/.]
nč̓uwát̓a
Want to sleep, be sleepy. nɨč̓wát̓ašaaš ‘I want to sleep, I’m sleepy’; áwš nč̓wát̓a ‘I have gotten sleepy’. [N pnuwáta; NP /ˀeewín/.]
núwax̣am
Burnt over ground. núwax̣ampa čɨ́mti ittáwax̣ša ‘it is growing new on the burn’. Also lúni tiičám. [NP /wétes l´wniˀns/.]
núwayaaš
Nootka cypress, Callitropsis nootkatensis. [NW maymáyƛaaš.]
nɨwí
Go down. inɨwíya tamánwit ‘the law passed’.
-nwi
Down, downward. ílwi ‘testify, confess’; káanwi ‘eat up, devour’; tamánwi ‘legislate, ordain’; tamčánwi ‘unload’. See also ničanwi. [NP /-lwi/.]
nɨwít
Right (side), right way, rights. nɨwítkan wiyásklikɨnk ‘turn toward the right!’; ku awínšma pawɨ́šayčɨnx̣ana nawítkni ku tílaakima wákacalkni ‘and the men would stay on the right and the woman on the left’; nɨwítkan ku wáqacalkan ‘toward the right and toward the left’; nɨwítpa ‘at the right’; nɨwítkni ‘on the right’; nɨwítma apápma ‘right handed people’; nɨ́mnawit ‘truly, for sure, over again’; nɨnɨwít ‘human rights’. [NP /wepsúx/; cf. NP lawwíit /lwwít/ ‘clear, distinct, honest, trustworthy’.]
nɨšx̣áanit
Next room, another room, next door. áwača nɨšx̣áanitpa ‘they had it next door’; wínašaaš nɨšx̣áanitkan ‘I am going next door’; inč̓úšana nɨšx̣áanit ‘he is sleeping in the next room’; nɨšx̣áanitkni ‘from next door’. [N šx̣áanit; NP /nx̣súut/.]
nɨšx̣aanitłá
Next door neighbour.
nɨšx̣áwɨnpt
One handful. [WS náx̣špšampt.]
nɨ́šx̣t
Greasewood, Sarcobatus vermiculatus. Also pronounced níšx̣t.