Handicraft. aníš wawukyanmí k̓štɨ́n ‘an elk tooth handicraft’.
339 terms start with “a”
aník̓ʷa
Chest. See ɨník̓ʷa.
aniłá
Origin:
Definition:
Maker, the Creator, God.
Examples:
- tkʷátat aniłá iwá ‘she is a cook’;
- ku ana pmáy pawačá aniłá pawapsícɨnx̣ana ‘and they who were crafters used to braid it’;
- maysxmáysxna áwaƛ̓awiša naamína aniłáan ‘every day we pray to our Maker’;
- pak̓ʷałanáwaša aniłáan ‘they’re giving thanks to the Creator’;
- ana tún iwá tkʷátat ana k̓ʷapɨ́n pániča čná tiičámpa naamíin aniłáyin ‘anything that is the food which our Creator put on this land’;
- aw kú páčax̣alpayiya paanáy ɨščɨ́t naamíyin aniłáyin ‘then the way was opened for him by our Maker’;
- aniłanmí tkʷátat ‘the Creator’s food’.
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[NP /haniyaw̓ato/.]
anipáš
Spring beauty, Indian potato, Claytonia lanceolata. Tiny little roots that look like potatoes. They used to dig them in the Blue Mountains; now all come from the Washington Cascades, though there may be a small amount near Mount Hood. [NP /capcilay/.]
anipašwáakuł
Miner’s lettuce, Montia perfoliata.
aníx̣ˀanix̣
Good. Distributive. Also pronounced aníx̣anix̣. See also níix̣. ku ƛ̓áaax̣ʷ patápax̣ʷiya k̓ʷapɨ́n aníx̣ˀanix̣ tún ‘and they stole all their aforementioned good things’. [NE šiˀíx̣šiˀix̣; NW šiyíx̣šiyix̣ (Jacobs 1937:8.4.2, pg. 14); NP titáˀc /ttaˀc/.]
aníyi
Made, man made, manufactured, hand-made. k̓ʷáy áwa pɨnmíin aniłanmí aníyi tkʷátat ‘that is the made food of the Creator’; ača kú áwa pɨnmíin qɨwíił aníyi wínat ‘because his pathway is made open’; ku áwača wátisas aníyi p̓ip̓inmí ‘and his rope was made of intestine’; áwata aníyi wilawiix̣tpamá ‘their race track will be made’; ilukasmí aníyi ‘made of wood, carved’; šáx̣aapški aníyi wápyaš ‘fishing scaffold made with lumber’; k̓úulk aníyi ttɨx̣šmí ‘bowl made of willow’; watám aníyi ‘man made lake’; aníyi pšwá ‘stone artifact’; aníyi tamicáwas ‘man made cemetery’. [NE aniyí; NP hanyíin /hani-iˀins/.]
ánɨm
Definition:
Winter.
Examples:
- ánɨm iwá ‘it is winter’;
- panáyk̓ukɨnx̣ana tkʷátat ánɨmay ‘they used to gather food for winter’;
- pináwšuwanx̣a ánɨmiyaw ‘it gets itself ready for winter’;
- papáču ánɨm ‘the middle of winter’;
- ánɨmpa ‘in winter’;
- ánɨmiyaw ‘to winter’.
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[NP /ˀen´m̓/, /ˀen´m̓-/ ~ /ˀen´mi-/.]
ašnɨ́maašu
Black hawthorn, Crataegus douglasii. Also pronounced šnɨ́maašu. For the fruit see šnɨ́m. [NE šɨšnɨ́mšway; NP /ssnm/.]
ašnɨ́maašu
Simnasho on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation.
anmíwi
Definition:
Be winter.
Examples:
- anmíwiša ‘it is winter’;
- pináwšuwanx̣a ánɨmiyaw anmíwityaw ‘it gets itself ready to pass into winter’.
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[Cf. Y ɨnwími ‘use during the year’; NP /hinmíwi/ ‘spend the year’.]
anmíwit
ánpš
Large storage bag or basket for berries or roots, large basket for berry picking that is worn on the back. It is made of dogbane. Also called psatat̓áwas. [PR lɨtáyltay; NP /t´x̣cik̓ay/.]
ašnɨ́pš
Bitter cherry (Prunus emarginata); water birch (Betula occidentalis); plum. [Y ɨšnɨ́pš ‘bitter cherry; prince’s pine (Chimaphila umbellata)’; NP /hesl´ps/ ‘Englemann spruce (Picea engelmannii); birch (Betula microphylla).]
-anp̓a
anpamá
ašnuˀišłá
One who acts like a winner. Pejorative. Also ašluˀišłá. This is a Yakima term.
ánut̓at
Orphan. [NP /ˀelwt̓et/.]
anwíč
Winter, spend the winter. paˀanwíčɨnx̣ana wánapa ‘they used to winter on the river’; pawšánax̣ana wánayaw ku kʷná paˀanwíkɨnx̣ana ‘they would move to the river and there they would spend the winter’; kʷná áw pánnax̣š paˀánwičɨnx̣ana Wánwawipa ‘there now sometimes they would winter at Wánwawi’. [N anwík; NP /ˀelw̓´n/ (from /ˀelw-/ ‘in winter’ plus /ˀ´n/ ‘lie inert’).]
anwícas
Winter lodge. ku áwača q̓x̣linmí anwícas ‘and he had a winter lodge of tule mats’.