Proud. ttúušma pawá šúkʷani cɨ́ˀli ‘some people are known (to be) proud’. Sometimes pronounced cɨ́lli or c̓ɨ́li. See also pinápx̣ʷini. [NP /c´l̓ii/.]
58 terms start with “c”
cɨ́ˀlin
Be proud of. cɨ́ˀlitapam sɨ́nwit ‘you should be proud of your language’. Sometimes pronounced cɨ́llin or c̓ɨ́lin. [NP /cl̓ín/.]
cɨ́ˀliwi
Be arrogant, act proud, be too good for. Also pronounced cɨlíwi.
cáˀat
A short time, a while. ičúna cáˀat ku šwát̓ašin páwaƛ̓mx̣ʷa ‘the sun shined a little while and then a cloud covered it up’; cáˀat anwíčt ‘new year’; cáˀatpa ‘in a while, soon, in a short time, shortly, in close’. [NP /capáyn/; /míw̓ac/.]
cáˀatłk̓ʷi
Birthday.
caakyáy
Jack. In cards.
cac
Man’s younger sister. Bound in íncac ‘my little sister’. See áyc.
cak̓ilakáwas
Stick for pulling limbs down when picking chokecherries (tmɨ́š, k̓ʷɨ́nč, etc.); proposal dance stick decorated with a buckskin fringe and used for the engagement dance. Also pronounced čak̓ilakáwas.
calihúumi
Skip-dance, dance the skip dance, “dance Charlie home”. pacalihúumiša ‘they are skip dancing’. [NP /celihúumi/.]
calihúumit
The skip-dance. [NP /celihúumit/.]
Cálmɨn
Chinese. Calmɨnmí wašwášnu ‘ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus‘. [NP Célmen; Célmen waswásno ‘pheasant’]
calutimat̓áwas
Cornhusk. paˀaníx̣ana psatat̓áwas calutimat̓áwaski ‘they would make their cornhusk bags with cornhusk’; patáax̣alux̣ana calutimat̓áwas c̓íc̓kki wíwnuki psuníki ‘they would dye their cornhusk bags with grass (for green), with huckleberry (for purple), with alder (for yellow)’; táax̣aluuni calutimat̓áwas ‘dyed cornhusk’; st̓xʷswaakułmí táax̣aluuni calutimat̓áwas ‘dyed corn husk’; calutimat̓awasmí wápas ‘cornhusk bag’.
capacanpáwas
Bridle. [NP /nkénikeˀs/.]
Capaníis
Japanese.
cápkilaakt
Dodging; also refers to the duck-and-dive dance. [NP /cépinmi/.]
cap̓uykáwas
Harrow. Also pronounced čap̓uykáwas. See čáp̓uyk. [NP /qqeˀt/.]
caq̓páwas
Ribbon. See also łiłípłiłip. [NE lúlupa; Y lalupáa; NP /łił´płił`p/.]
caspúla
Seagull, California gull, Larus californicus. Also k̓ayák̓aya, k̓aylásk̓aylas. [Y sasp̓úla; NP /muqúycimun/.]
cásu-
Dragging. cásulaytk̓iya ‘drag ashore’; cásunayti ‘drag along’; cásuwaanaynač ‘drag inside’; cásuwaanayt ‘drag out’; casunínn ‘drag around’; cásuničapa ‘drag into brush’. See also tamánta-. [NP /nkt-/.]
cásulaytk̓i
Drag ashore. icásulaytk̓iya ‘he dragged it ashore’. [NP /nktáhtq̓i/.]