Beak. wašwašnunmí wak̓ʷaakáwas ‘chicken beak’. [NE núšnu; NP /wek̓´wk̓wn̓es/.]
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wák̓ʷɨlk
Grind with grinder, grind in a meat grinder. iwák̓ɨlkša x̣nítna ‘she is grinding the roots’; iwák̓ʷɨlka nɨkʷɨ́tna ‘she ground the meat’; iwák̓ʷlkša tmɨ́šna ‘she is grinding the chokecherries’; wák̓ʷɨlki ‘ground’. [NP /ˀcaláˀq/.]
wák̓ʷɨlkas
Molar. Thomas Morning Owl.
wak̓ʷlkáwas
Meat grinder.
wák̓ʷlki
Ground, ground up. wák̓ʷɨlki nɨkʷɨ́t ‘hamburger’.
wál-
In seeing. wálsik̓ʷa ‘copy while observing’; náqawalx̣aluuk ‘gaze upward while singing’. See wán-.
wála
Creek. kskɨ́s iwá wála ‘it’s a small stream’. [NP /wéle/.]
wála
Flow. áwalaša tilíwal ‘his blood is flowing, he’s bleeding’; apápki áwalaša tilíwal ‘his hand is bleeding’; ášapawalatak ‘go milk the cow!’; láwala ‘melt’. Diminutive of wána. [NP /wélen/.]
walá-
In check. walápaluun ‘sit in water’; walápanaq̓i ‘sit at the end of a bench’; walápaq̓ič ‘perch, sit up high’; walápaša ‘sit upon’; walak̓ílun ‘watch over, glance around, survey’; walaq̓ínun ‘glance around, survey’; láwalapatun ‘sit’. [NP /wele-/.]
walá-
Tying, knotting. waláč̓wič ‘put a belt on’; walák̓ik ‘tie, tie up’; waláplayk ‘wrap around the braids’; waláyx̣ʷtk ‘hobble (horse)’. [NP /wel̓é-/.]
waláamkʷš
Otter skin braid wrap. pináwalaplayka waláamkʷški ‘she wrapped her braids with otter skin braid wraps’.
waláas
Chewing gum. ičák̓ʷlkša waláas ‘he is chewing gum’; paˀaníx̣ana waláas tmɨšmíkni pátaatkni ‘they used to make chewing gum from the chokecherry tree’; táp̓aškni paˀaníx̣ana waláas ‘they used to make chewing gum from pine’. [NP /sx̣sn/.]
walakwálak
Butterfly. ayáyat iwá walakwálak ‘the butterfly is beautiful’. [NP /łepłep/.]
walák̓ik
Tie, tie up, wrap up, handcuff. walák̓ikša twáan ‘he is tying the poles together’; tamáwalaq̓ik ‘tie while lying down’; walák̓iki ‘tied up’. [Cf. NP /weleq̓ík/ ‘be stuck’.]
walak̓ikáwas
Spool; hand cuffs.
walák̓iki
Tied up. iƛ̓úna waláq̓ikina ‘he guessed the tied up one (in the stick game)’; walák̓iki łkmá ‘the stickgame bone with the mark’.
walák̓ikt
Bundle. ániyayiyaataš Waˀáylatpumaaman mɨ́taat walák̓ikt ‘we made the Cayuse three bundles’; páx̣at walák̓ikt ‘five bundles’.
walak̓ilułá
Overseer, shepherd, babysitter, agent, policeman, Indian agent, superintendent. Walaq̓ilułá tananmaamí Qqaanáywit ‘Superintendent of Indian Affairs’. [NE walatuukłá; NP /weleheknew̓et(u)/.]
walak̓ílun
Watch over, glance around, survey. púša walak̓ílwayitanam čí tamaníčt ‘grandfather! you will watch over this my garden’ (said when finding a rattlesnake in the garden). [NE walatúuk; NP /weléhekn/.]
walák̓uyk
Tie in a knot, tie together. áwalak̓ʷikɨnk wáswaski ‘tie it together with string’. Also pronounced walák̓ʷik. [K wálak̓uyk (Jacobs 1931:178).]