Common horsetail (Equisetum arvense), northern giant horsetail (E. telmateia), E. spp. Also šiikʷšíikʷ and sometimes šáykʷšaykʷ. palúšana siikʷsíikʷna šapániix̣taš ‘they burned the horsetail in order to make it clear up’. [UC swíkswikt; NP /s´yxsyx/.]

Material, cloth. anam k̓ʷapɨ́n muláytta kunam ánkaštkta túpan síilpa ‘that which you boil you should tie in a cloth’; ɨwíix iwá síil ‘the material is thin’. [NE šátay; NP /sm̓q´yn/; Jargon from English sail cloth.]

Friend, pal. míšnam áw wá ínsiks ‘how are you now, my friend?’; ímsiks iwá ‘it’s your friend’; pásiks ‘friends’. [NP láwtiwaa /láwtwaa/; cf. CR ašítš, NE ašíkš, NP /siks/ ‘nest’—ultimately from Jargon.]

Celilo, Oregon. [NP /siláyloo/.]

Ace. In playing cards. [NP /ˀíis/.]

A grayish bird found in berry patches and orchards.

Definition:

Only. Attach to nouns. One person pronounces =sɨm.

Examples:

1. =sim
   1. kunam pinánaknuwita níix̣kisim px̣ʷíki ‘you should take care of yourself with only good thoughts’;
   2. iwačá tanánsim ‘there was only the Indian’;
   3. kuna wá lamaksásimk̓a ‘and next we are only alone’;
   4. níix̣sim útpas ‘only good blankets’;
2. =sɨm
   1. pawalptáykšana tálmasɨm ‘only the bugs were singing’;
   2. tanánsɨmna wínax̣ana kʷná Háwtmipa ‘only we Indians used to go there at McKay Creek’;
   3. mɨ́łmansɨmk̓ataš wá Háwtmipa ‘how many are we only on McKay Creek?’;
   4. múnsimna payíkɨnx̣a naamíki sɨ́nwityaw ‘they only hear us once in a while speak in our language’;
   5. kʷašta kú máalsɨmk̓a ásapsik̓ʷasa miyánašmaaman ‘and then only however much longer I am teaching the children’;
   6. lɨ́xssɨmk̓a miimá níit iwá ‘there is only one old house left’;
   7. ana pɨ́n iwá wináanakʷi pɨ́nsɨm áwtta ‘she who is left (widowed), only she should taboo’;
   8. ku aw kú itqáwača áswan pɨlksásɨmk̓a ‘and then suddenly the boy was all alone’;
   9. máalsɨmk̓as wá ‘how far am I now?’;
   10. kʷáysɨm pawínana ‘they went only that way’;

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ínsim ‘I only’;

ináysɨm ‘me only’;

ímsim ‘only you’;

pɨ́nsim ‘he only’;

íkuuksɨmi ‘straighten out’.

[NP /=cim/.]

The deceased one. Term equal to átway, used by símsa Susan Moses at Warm Springs. P.c., Mildred Quaempts.

Noon. [Jargon, “from Eng. sit-come-sun, describing sun’s apogee at noon (Bruce Rigsby, p.c.)” – Beavert & Hargus (2009).]

Liver. níix̣ iwá tkʷátat sit̓áxs ‘liver is good to eat’. [NP /s´t̓ex̣s/ ~ /st̓ex̣s/.]

Freshwater clam. Also x̣ɨštú; šiwáala. [NP /seewiˀs/.]

Salmon backbone. paˀílax̣yawix̣a síwina anɨmay ‘they dry the backbones for winter’. Also k̓úpk̓up.

Western sweetroot, Osmorhiza occidentalis. Chewed for colds, sore throat, also made into a tea for sore throats. It is made into a poultice and used as a numbing agent, also put into trunks to keep moths away. Also called ɨst̓iwíw.

Lewis’ woodpecker, Melanerpes lewis. [NP /ciwciw/.]

Alderdale, Washington. siyáwkʷpa itáwyaša ‘he lives at Alderdale’.