344 terms start with “a

ašampat̓ałá

Wife wanter, one who loves his wife; adulterer.

áana

Oh! áana, áwna wá čɨ́mti čáynač ‘oh, we have a new son-in-law’.

ačašpamá

Eye glasses. išnáwiša ačašpamá ‘he is looking for his glasses’. [NP kicúuynim sílu.]

aasá

Nail, fingernail, toenail; claw (of birds, bear). yakanmí aasá ‘bear claw’; aałá ‘a big old claw’. [NP /ˀese/.]

aat

Oh! aat pamáan ‘oh this is frustrating!’; aat yáyš ‘very bad!’.

-aašu

Source. kkáasu ‘Juneberry bush’; šnɨ́maašu ‘black hawthorn tree’; tmáašu ~ tɨ́maašu ‘chokecherry tree’. See also -aaš, šway.

ášawa

Go in to, visit. áwiyaˀašawašanaaš ‘I was stopping in on him’; paˀášawaša ‘they are going in to (them)’; ášawašaykšmaš x̣ʷyáytšpa ‘I’m going on in to you in the sweathouse’. [N ášuun; NP /ˀacóˀo/.]

áawat

Disappeared. pásc̓at áawat ikú ‘the fog has disappeared’; áawat ikʷíya ‘it disappeared’; áawat iwɨ́šayča x̣ʷaamá ‘the eagle disappeared’. See also awɨ́t.

áay

Amen, so be it. Said after prayers and public pronouncements.

áč̓ay

Magpie, Pica pica. tún panáwa áč̓ayma níix̣ pasápilɨmša áswanna náx̣tityaw ‘what are the magpies saying? they’re mocking the boy good for crying’. [NE áč̓ak; NW & WS áyˀay; P éč̓ek; NP /ˀek̓ek/.]

ac̓ɨ́xac̓x

Soft spot on baby’s head; top of head where hair parts, swirl of hair at back of part, cowlick. Also pronounced ac̓ɨ́xˀac̓x. átwankapak ac̓ɨ́xac̓xkni ‘part it from the top’.

áčna

Common, ordinary; cf. áčna ‘merely, just, for fun’ (Jacobs 1931:268). čáw iwačá Spilyáy áčna ‘Coyote wasn’t a commoner’. [NP /wiclém/.]

ač̓áyˀač̓ay

Young magpie.

áščinš

Dolly Varden trout, Salvelinus malma. Also híšlam. [NW číwa; NP /ˀisl̓am/.]

ašítš

Nest. wawáx̣ɨmpa paˀaníx̣a ašítš kákya ‘the birds build their nests in the spring’. [WS ɨšíč; NE ašíkš; NW išíč; NP /siks/.]

-ák

All of two, all. namanák ‘both of us’; napuwák ‘both people’; x̣lák ‘many, much’. See also -ík.

ákak

Canada goose, Branta canadensis. papyútšamš ákakma ‘the geese are coming up out of the water’; wɨsalíltašaaš ákakyaw ‘I am going to go hunting for goose’. [K k̓lak̓láma ‘geese’ (Jacobs 1937:30.9.3, pg. 69); NP /hewtet/ ‘goose’ (Aoki 1994:123); /yay̓ak/ ‘white swan, Canadian goose’ (Aoki 1994:942).]

akáł

Eyeball. inmí káła íkiikɨnx̣ana akáł tawtnúkki maysxmáysx ‘my grandmother used to cleanse her eyeballs with medicine every night’. [WS ák̓ał.]

akáłakał

The pupil of the eye, as found in the eyes of a boiled salmon. [NP cilímcamokin /cl´m-cmokn/.]

=akut

Hearsay. iwínašaakut ‘they say he is going’; páyknaakut ‘they say he heard him’; ímnamtaakut áwapaatata ‘they say you should indeed help him’; k̓sɨ́takut iwá čúuš ‘they say the water is cold’; kúukakut iwá ‘they say it will be then’.