290 terms start with “s

suk̓ʷáymi

Gather bark, harvest the edible cambium layer from a pine, expecially, Pinus ponderosa (táp̓aš). pasuk̓ʷáymiša tmɨšmí psá ‘they are harvesting chokecherry bark’. [NP /cuk̓ʷéymi/.]

suk̓ʷáymit

Inner cambium layer of pine trees which was used for food. anítax̣anaataš suk̓ʷáymit ‘we used to go make the bark’. [NP /cuk̓ʷéymit/.]

sulátas

Leggings, pants, trousers. wíyayti áwa sulátas ‘his leggings are decorated’; lamtmí sulátas ‘blue jeans’; sulátasi ‘put on leggings’. Also wilkyakí. [Y & WS niyátš; NP /tohon/.]

sulátasi

Put on leggings. pawísulatasix̣ana ‘they would each put on their leggings’. [NP /tohoni/.]

sulátx̣

Put a saliently one dimensional object into fire. isulátx̣a ílukasna ‘he put the stick in the fire’. [NP /toolat´q/.]

súlcas

Soldier, veteran, army, military service. ana kʷná watáx̣na ašwaníya ana kú čáw miyánašma pawínatax̣na súlcasyaw ‘where we would be slaves if the children wouldn’t go to the service’; súlcasma panaknúwišana čaaná tiičámna ‘the soldiers were taking care of this country’; čí áwa tiičám sulcasmaamí ‘this is the veteran’s land’; pamániya sulcasmíyaw ‘they volunteered for the army’; ku kúuk súlcasin pášapawinama čaaní ‘and then the army sent them here’; sulcasmaamí tiičám ‘the veteran’s grounds’. [NP /sólcas/.]

sunáyti

Go in single file. pasunáytiša ‘they are going in single file’; sapasunaytí ‘wheel barrow’. [NW sunáti; NP /culíkn/.]

sunínn

Nose around. isunínša k̓usik̓úsi ‘the dog is nosing around’.

súnknik

Parade, parade around. pasúnknikša k̓úsiki ‘they are parading on horseback’. See also tútanknik. [NP /cúlkelyk/.]

súnknikt

Origin:

sú- (with a saliently one dimensional object) + nɨkní (turning around) + -k + -t (nominalizer)


Definition:

Parade.


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[NP /cúlkelykt/.]

sunúus

Dip net pole. Hunn 1990:122.

súpni

Jut out (land or rock ridge).

súpnit

Ridge. kutaš wšiyát̓ax̣ama íčɨn súpnityaw ‘and we would move up to this ridge’. [NP téx̣sem /tx̣sem/; cf. NP /cúpn̓it/ ‘piercing, sewing, emerging from woods in single file’.]

súp̓sk

String beads. súp̓skšaaš ‘I am threading beads’; iwísup̓ska k̓pɨ́tna ‘she strung the beads’; súp̓ski ‘strung, threaded’. [NP /tayq/.]

sup̓skáł

Unstrung, loose (of beeds, dentalium shells). paníyaaš sup̓skáł k̓pɨ́t ‘they gave me loose beads’. [NP /tayqay̓áy̓/.]

suspán

Wild strawberry, Fragaria vesca. wínax̣anaataš kutaš tmaanítax̣ana suspán ‘we used to go and pick strawberries’; yikɨ́t suspán ‘wild strawberry’; šapáttawax̣ni suspán ‘domestic strawberry’. [NP /nickaˀníckaˀ/.]

suspanwáakʷł

Three-flowered avens (Geum triflorum); morel mushroom (Morchella spp.). [NP /pál̓a/ ‘morel’.]

súsun

Whisper, quietly instruct, counsel; telephone. ásusunk ‘call him (on phone)! whisper to him!’; pasúsunx̣ana miyánašmaaman ‘they used to instruct the children’; isúsusamsnaš ‘he is talking to me on the phone’; wásusun ‘call on telephone’; súsuni ‘whispered, advised’. [NP /cewcewn/; cf. also NP /s´wn/ ‘be missing’.]

súsuni

Whispered, counciled, rightly guided. ačataš kú pašapáttawax̣na súsuni ‘because they raised us whispered’. [NP /cewcewneˀí/.]

súsut

Whispering, phoning. ímč̓a wáawat̓ak súsut ‘also send a wire!’. [NP cewcéew /cewcéw/.]