Telephone. [NP cewcewín̓es /cewcewn̓es/.]
290 terms start with “s”
súƛ̓wanp
Dip, dip out. míimi ana kú tkʷátat paˀaníx̣ana, apápki pasúƛ̓wanpɨnx̣ana x̣yáwna tkʷátatna tamalúutay čúušyaw ‘long ago when they would prepare food they would dip out the dry food by hand to put in the water’. [NP /tekp/ ‘dip out water’.]
suƛ̓wanpáwas
Dipper. [NP /ˀnpeˀí/.]
súul
Salt. súuli núsux ‘salted salmon’. Also katwat̓áwas.
súuli
Salt. pasúulisa núsuxna ‘they are salting the salmon’.
suulłá
Shark. See also sucx̣łá.
súwapx̣ʷaamit
Tepee ear poles (there are two). Also called q̓ɨ́mkas. [Y suluuktpamá.]
súx
Sup, eat with a spoon. isúxsa lakamíinna ‘he is eating salmon gravy with a spoon’; watx̣ɨ́nam wáasuxta kúpi ‘would you pause to sip some coffee?’. [Cf. NP /súpn/ ‘eat porriage, soup’.]
súxas
Spoon, ladle. [NP /sóq/.]
súx̣aap
Put under, put in oven. isúx̣aapša ‘she is putting it in the oven’; ásux̣aapɨnk ‘put it in the oven!’; súx̣aapi ‘oven baked’. [NP /cúx̣eˀp/; cf. NP /cóx̣aap/ ‘loosen (e.g., tree bark) with a pointed instrument’.]
sux̣aaptpamá
Videocassette recorder (VCR).
sux̣aapt̓áwas
Lever, wedge, pry bar. sux̣aapt̓áwas šapátk̓i ‘video cassette’.
súyak̓pap
Butter. súyak̓papki itwák̓ʷiiškša ipáax̣ ‘he’s spreading butter on the bread’. [NP /cóoyak̓pap/.]
súyalklik
Graze. ku kʷná isúuyalklikšana k̓ʷapɨ́n Wawatáwya ‘and that Antelope was grazing there’. [NP / sepenkit´knik/.]
suyátk
Put sticks through fish or meat to hold them apart for drying or cooking. ásuyatkɨnk páłpaski núsuxna ‘put the salmon on the roasting sticks’; isuyátka páłpaski núsuxna ‘she skewered the salmon with roasting sticks’.
suyátkas
Skewer for holding fish or meat apart while cooking or drying; eel grass, Conyza canadensis (used to put between fish or eels). isuyátka núsux suyátkaski ‘he held the fish apart with sticks’. [NP /túut̓es/.]
swáta
Sweater. swátayix̣iš wá ‘I have a sweater similarly’.
swís
Salmon fillet, salmon skin. Dried and cut in strips. aníša swís ‘she is making fillets’; šúwašaaš anítay swís ‘I am butchering for making salmon fillets’. Same as wałt̓akí. [Y ɨswís; cf. NP /ˀswísi/ ‘cut salmon for drying’.]
sxíyap
Squaw or wax currant, Ribes cereum. [Cf. NP /km̓mé/ ‘sweet red gooseberry (Ribes oxyacanthoides? – Aoki 1994:277)’.]
sɨ́xsɨn
Resin, gum. Also waláas. [NP /sx̣sn/.]