431 terms start with “š

šwát̓aš

Cloud. [NE páščt; NP /ˀpelikt/; cf. NP /sw̓étsw̓et/ ‘dark, twilight’.]

šwáx̣

Opposite sex cross-generational in-law, woman’s son-in-law; man’s mother-in-law. šwáx̣ ‘son-in-law! mother-in-law!’; ínšwax̣ ‘my son-inlaw; my mother-in-law’; ímšwax̣ ‘your son-in-law; your mother-in-law’; šwáx̣ ‘(her) son-in-law; (his) mother-in-law’; išúkʷaša inmí šwáx̣ ‘my son-in-law knows’. [NP /cwáqo/.]

-šway

Bush. šk̓apášway ‘rosebush’; wawínɨmšway ‘celery plant’. See also -aaš, -aašu. [NP /-s´way/.]

šwíčt

Rye grass, giant wild rye, Elymus cinereus. šwíčtki paˀisɨ́p̓ix̣ana tkʷátat ‘they used to cover their food with rye grass’; ku šwíčtki paˀíƛ̓ɨmux̣ix̣ana twáan ‘and they used to cover the poles with rye grass’; paˀáwšničɨnx̣ana šwíčtki ku paˀíƛ̓ɨmux̣ix̣ana lisáaki ‘they used to put down rye grass (in tepee, sweathouse) and cover it over with burlap’; ku kʷná šwičtna paníčɨnxana ‘and there they would put the ryegrass’; áwnam ímč̓a átwanata šáx̣ƛ̓ktyaw šwíčt ‘now you also should accompany her to cut the rye grass’; áwna áwisp̓isa lapatáatna šwíčtki ku łíłx̣ki ‘now we are covering up the potatoes with rye grass and dirt’; tap̓ašpamá šwíčt ‘wila (Bryoria fremontii) before being cooked’. [NP /suseˀey/.]

šwín

Root of íšwik ‘reciprocate on the Indian trade’; pášwin ‘be high priced’; pɨ́swik ‘pound meat with a pestle’; šapášwik ‘rub’; tamášwik ‘interpret, translate’. [Cf. possibly NP /cwáyn/ ‘projection, promontory’ (Aoki 1994:41).]