Gatherer, collector. skawiłá pšwáan ‘gatherer of rocks’. [NE ɨscawiłá; NP /capkil̓akaw̓at(o)/.]
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skawitpamá
Dustpan.
skáwn
Fear, be afraid. iskáwša ‘he is afraid’; áskawšaaš wapaanłáan ‘I am afraid of the grizzly’. [NP /ckáwn/.]
skáwni
Frightened, scared. skáwni iwá ‘he’s scared’; skáwnitaš wačá ‘we were frightened’. [NE skawní; NP cikáawnin̓ /ckáwniˀns/.]
skawskáw
Strong, active.
sɨ́kli
Around, in a circle. sɨ́kli iwá ‘it is round, it is in a circle’; sɨ́kli ikú ‘he has turned around quickly’; sɨ́kli ɨníitpa ‘around the house’. [NW sklí; cf. NP ciklíin /ckl´yn-t/ ‘going home’.]
sklín
Turn, turn over, return, circle. isklíša ‘it is turning’; isklína ‘it turned’; sklíšaaš ‘I am going around’; sklítaaš ‘I will walk around’; áwna áskliša wáašna ‘now we are going around the sacred ground’; áw pawiyánawi ku pasklíta pawɨ́npayitana apáp ‘now they have arrived and they will go around, they will shake our hands’; mítiš áskliša k̓ʷáalkna ‘I am circling the longhouse inside’; ámčniš áskliša k̓ʷáalkna ‘I am circling the longhouse inside’; amúywaasklik ‘swirl’ (of water); náksklik ‘carry around’; sapásklik ‘turn over’; tamásklik ‘turn over’; tk̓ʷásklik ‘turn around walking’; twáwaasklik ‘stir around’; wáltasklik ‘walk in a circle’; wáqʷatusklisklin ‘have the head down while looking around’; wáasklik ‘go around, spin’; wátyasklik ‘dance around’; wiyásklik ‘turn around’; sɨ́kli ‘around, in a circle’. Ablaut: sáakli ‘around, spread around’. [NE sclín; NP /ckl´yn/.]
sɨ́kni
Yellow bells, Fritillaria pudica. It grows where the sawítk grows. Also called sɨknisɨ́kni. sɨ́kni iwá x̣nít ‘yellow bell is an edible root’; sɨknisɨ́kni áwa pát sɨt̓xʷsmí ‘yellow bell is hyacinth’s older sister’; sɨ́kni iwá čáw wíyat kúušx̣i kíilawitpa ana kúuš sawítk ‘yellow bell is almost the same in taste as the Indian carrot’. [NE c̓astalɨ́l; NP “ˀistiméx” (Aoki 1994:660); cf. sɨ́kli ‘around, in a circle’.]
skɨ́tkt
Fringe. tamawnaní skɨ́tkti ‘fringe in back of a saddle’. Also škíyakš. [WS & Y skɨ́tks; NE šápštkt; NP ˀick̓átk̓atin /ˀck̓´tk̓tn-t/.]
skúul
School.
skúuli
skuuliłá
Student. watx̣ɨ́nam wá skuuliłá ‘are you a student?’. [NP hitemenew̓éet /hitemenew̓et(u)/.]
skúulita
skuulitpamá
Pertaining to school. skuulitpamá níit ‘schoolhouse’; skuulitpamá tímaš ‘school work’.
sk̓ín
Cradleboard, baby board. paˀaníx̣ana sk̓ín naknúwitaš čɨ́mtina miyánašna ‘they would make the baby board to keep the new baby safe’. [The dialects have variously puwat̓áwas, tamcásas, tíkaaš; NE ɨsk̓ín; NP /tikeˀs/.]
sk̓ín
Village site across from Celilo. ku íkʷɨn itkʷapaničášana sk̓ínkni amanáynakt ‘and next Amanáynakt signed (the Treaty) from Sk’ín’; sk̓inłáma ‘people from Sk’ín’.
sk̓ɨ́msk̓ɨm
Rawhide strips. t̓nú iwá sk̓ɨ́msk̓ɨm ‘the strips are thick’; sk̓ɨmsk̓ɨmmí tamastkáwas ‘rawhide rope’. [Y sk̓ɨ́msk̓ɨm ‘thin tanned hide, buskskin’.]
sk̓úl
Same as sk̓ʷɨ́l, a root bound in wáask̓ulik ‘be an eddy’; sk̓ulúlapn ‘be a whirlwind’.