528 terms start with “p”

pɨ́taa

Grow. Distributive. Also ptáa. iptáaša ‘they are growing’; pɨ́taat ‘trees’.

pɨ́taat

Definition:

Trees, plants.

Examples:

  1. itáx̣šiša pɨ́taat ‘the trees are waking up’;
  2. áwaqitatak kʷaaná pɨ́taatna ‘go look for those trees’;
  3. ƛ̓áax̣ʷna pɨ́taatna páyamuxlaykɨnx̣ana ‘it [the flood] kept taking out all the trees’;
  4. ana kú išátɨmix̣a ku kúuk ƛ̓áax̣ʷ iwɨ́šayčɨnx̣a ayáyat q̓ínupa pɨ́taat ‘when it gets to be fall then all the trees become beautiful to see’;
  5. pɨ́taat ƛ̓áax̣ʷ pináˀikiikɨnx̣a pɨnmikíin apɨ́łapłki ‘[in the fall] all the trees clean themselves of their leaves’;
  6. ƛ̓áax̣ʷ tún pɨtaatpɨ́taat ‘every tree’.

See more:

pátaat ‘tree’

[NP /tewlikt/; cf. Also /petis/ ‘limb, branch’; /ptn/ ‘bush, brush, twigs’.]

ptí

Blue grouse, Dendragapus obscurus. Umatilla mostly tuyá. ík̓ʷak kákya pɨtí ikúšana áčaaš pɨnmínk ‘that bird, the blue grouse, was doing his own eyes’ (Jacobs 1937:36.2.2, pg. 88). [NP /tuy̓é/.]

ptís

Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus. [NP /pptic/.]

pšɨtłk̓ʷí

Father’s Day.

ptɨ́n

Brush, bushes, brushy area, bushy area, vegetation. Also pɨ́tɨn. [WS patúlpatul; NP /ptn/.]

pɨtpɨ́tnu

Ankle. See k̓uxsk̓úxs. [NP /ˀoq̓oqc/.]

pɨ́tqʷɨtk

Puncture. ipɨ́tqʷtkša ‘he is puncturing (it)’; áptqʷtkɨnk ‘puncture it!’.

pɨ́tqʷtqʷn

Make holes or dots (as with pen or pencil). ipɨ́tqʷtqʷša ‘he is making dots’; pɨ́tqʷtqʷni ‘perforated, dotted’. See also pátqʷ ‘make a dot’.

ptúk

Set, place, set dishes. Distributive object. iptúka tikáyna ‘she set the dishes’.

ptúkš

Posts, poles stuck upright in the ground. ptúkš palkliktpamá ‘fence posts’. See pátukš.

ptún

Be situated. Distributive inanimate subject. iptún tkʷátat ‘the food is set out’; paptún táp̓aš ‘the pine trees are set out’. [NP /wíˀpetun/.]

ptɨ́x̣ši

Biggs, Oregon. ptɨx̣šiłáma ‘people from Biggs’.

ptɨ́x̣ʷn

Curl up. ptɨ́x̣ʷšaaš ‘I am curling up’; ptɨ́x̣ʷni ‘curled up’. [Y pɨ́tx̣ʷn; NP /wq̓umn/; cf. NP bound root /pt̓qʷ/ ‘stretch’ (Aoki 1994:557); pat̓óx /pt̓´kʷ/ ‘smooth, stretched out’ (Aoki 1994:511).]

pɨ́tya

Stab, pierce. áptyak ‘stab him!’; ipɨ́tyanaaš ilamaašmúknɨm ‘the bumblebee stung me’; waxalxalíyanɨmš ipɨ́tyana ‘a spider bit me’; pɨtyat̓áwas ‘spear’. [NP /ˀpt´yan/.]

pɨtyałá

Spearer, one who spears.

pɨtyat̓áwas

Spear. [NE pɨtyat̓úus; NP /tkʷéy̓pt̓et̓es/; /ketis/ ‘barbed spear’.]

ptyáw

Mink, Martes vison. U also kuucpúu. [NE kuucpúu; NP /kuucpúu/.]

pt̓a

Hit, strike. Bound. tunápt̓a ‘kick’; túpt̓a ‘kick repeatedly’. [NP /ˀpt̓e/.]

pt̓ilíma

Girls. See pt̓ínits. [NE ápt̓ilima; NP pipít̓in̓.]