942 terms start with “w

walák̓uykt

Tying, part, portion. mɨ́taat walák̓uykt ‘three parts’.

walápaša

Sit upon. iwalapášaša kákya ‘the bird is perching’.

walápaluun

Sit in water. sɨ́mwalapaluun ‘sit in water’; náksɨmwalapaluun ‘sit in the water holding something’.

walápanaq̓i

Sit at the end of a bench.

walápaq̓ič

Perch, sit on a branch, sit high up. iwalápaq̓itša x̣ʷáami ‘he is sitting way up (such as in the bleachers)’; walápaq̓ikt ‘president’. [Y walápaq̓ik; cf. NP /weleq̓ík/ ‘be stuck’.]

walápaq̓ičt

Sitting up high, president. ku kʷaaná iq̓ínuta walápaq̓ičt ku išúkʷata ‘and the president will see that and he will know’; walápaq̓ičt ititáma čí ‘the president has studied this’; walápaq̓ičt miyúux̣ ‘president’. [NE walápaq̓ikt.]

waláplayk

Wrap around the braids. pináwalaplaykɨn nukšáyki ‘she has wrapped otter around her braid’. [Cf. Y wálaplayk ‘weave’.]

Walawála

Wallula area and people, the Walla Walla. [NE Walúula; cf. NP Walawalatáyca ‘Wallula Junction’ (Aoki 1994:851).]

Walawalałá

Walla Walla person. Walawalałáma ‘Walla Walla people’; Walawalałaamí sɨ́nwit ‘Walla Walla language’. [NE Walúulapam ‘Walla Walla people’.]

waláwi

Blizzard. iwaláwiša ‘it is blizzarding’. [NP /wlúuyehnen/

walawí

American dipper, Cinclus mexicanus. Sometimes called water ouzel. Described as a grayish bird 6 to 8 inches tall which bobs its head and tail feathers around and can go under water and even walk around. [NP /mám̓ac qóqoq/ (Aoki 1994:595).]

waláč̓wič

Put on a belt. pináwalač̓witša ‘he’s putting a belt on’; iwaláč̓witša miyánaš ‘she’s putting a belt on her child’. [Y waláč̓wik; NP /sam̓wán/.]

waláč̓witš

Belt. ku kʷɨnmíin áwača aníyi waláč̓witš ‘and his belt was made of that’; pináwɨnpšana kʷná waláč̓witšpa ‘he was holding himself on that belt’; áwača tutanikmí waláč̓witš ‘he had a (horse) hair belt’; támyaki waláč̓witš ‘leather belt with studs’; x̣ʷaamičnipamá waláč̓witš ‘upper belt’. [NE k̓lúus; Y waláč̓wikš ~ walac̓wikáwaas; K pawalak̓ʷikáwas (Jacobs 1929:213:18); NP /sam̓was/.]

Wálawitis

Maryhill, Washington. wínax̣anaataš c̓íkc̓iki čɨ́ni kutaš kʷná níčɨnx̣ana Wálawitispa c̓íkc̓ik kutaš kʷɨ́ni wášax̣ana káaspa Cooksyaw ‘we would go from here by wagon and we would leave the wagon there at Maryhill and from there we would ride on the train to Cooks Landing’; kutaš aw kú túx̣nɨma Wálawitisyaw ‘and then we came back to Maryhill’; áwna wɨ́npataša Walawítiskan kʷlíips ‘now we’re going toward Maryhill to get grapes’.

Walawitisłá

Person from Maryhill. Walawitisłáma kʷná panišáyšana Wálawitispa ‘Maryhill people were living there at Maryhill’; tanánma Walawitisłáma kʷná pakúx̣ana núsux̣na ‘Maryhill Indians used to catch the salmon there’.

wálčayu

Sea lion, Phoca vitulina. atačuušpamá wálčayu ‘sea lion’.

waláyxʷtk

Hobble (horse). iwaláyxʷtka k̓úsina ‘he hobbled the horse’; áwalayxʷtkɨnk ‘hobble him!’. [NP /túusitn/; “/kiˀiceˀn/” (Aoki 1994:233).]

walayxʷtkáwas

Horse hobbles, snare trap.

waláyxʷtki

Hobbled. waláyxʷtki iwá k̓úsi ‘the horse is hobbled’; waláyxʷtki k̓úsi ‘hobbled horse’.

walím

Common, ordinary, traditional, old fashioned, plain. walím ɨłq̓ám ‘common shoe’; walimwɨłq̓ám ‘plain moccasin’ (not beaded); walímtkʷsay ‘tin ware, granite ware vessel’. [NP /walím-/.]