Rise up in the air. mɨ́łnam walúukɨn tamíinawit ‘how much do you weigh?’; lɨ́šwaaluukt ‘northern lights’. [WS also walawak; Y wilúuk.]
walúuk
Play the gambling card game called walúukš. pawalúukša ‘they are playing walúuksh‘; iwalúuka páx̣at x̣ax̣áykʷ paanáy ‘he raised the ante on him five dollars’. Thomas Morning Owl.
walúukš
A gambling card game. pacaxcamíisa walúukš ‘they are playing walúukš‘. Thomas Morning Owl.
waluukáwas
Elevator, escalator.
walúuktayma
Auction. walúuktaymašaaš wapáwat šimíyaw ‘I am auctioning the outfit off to whomever’. Thomas Morning Owl [NP /tyókn/ ‘shout; auction’.]
walúun
Go into water. iwalúuša ‘he is going to the water’. [NW walíin; NP /wéluu/.]
wałá
Reject, neglect, abandon, dislike. iwałána tílaakina ‘he abandoned the woman’; iwałášaaš ‘she doesn’t want me’; iwałáša tkʷátatyaw ‘he doesn’t want the food’; áwałašaaš ‘I don’t want it, am going to throw it away’; iwałánayišaaš tkʷátat ‘he doesn’t want my food’; iwałášaaš tkʷátatwaatyaw ‘he doesn’t want to eat with me’; áwałašaaš čaaná tímašna ‘I don’t want this paper’. [NP /tiwqin/ (Aoki 1994:773).]
wałáni
Unwanted, rejected, thrown away, discarded (as to marriage, eating with, companion with). wałáni iwá ‘he is unwanted’; yanwáy iwá wałáni miyánaš ‘the abandoned child is pitiful’; wałáni tkʷátat ‘unwanted food’; wałáni miyánaš ‘abandoned child’.
wałayłáy
Rattlesnake rattles. Also called wáłxʷas pɨ́c̓akt ‘rattlesnake rattles’. [WS sttás; Y stɨ́t̓aas; NP /caycayl̓as/.]
wáłayłayn
Rattle (as rattlesnake). iwáłayłayšana wáx̣puš wáłxʷas ‘the rattlesnake was rattling his tail’.
wałtx̣łá
Pine martin, Martes americana. [NW p̓íqs; NP /ˀlúutlwniˀns/; /ˀluutúpniˀns/.]
wałt̓akí
Fillets from the summer salmon, salmon fillets sliced thin and dried. See also swís. [Cf. K wałtakí (Jacobs 1937:30.3.1, 2, 4.1, 3, pg. 68).]
Wałúunp
Pilot Rock, Oregon. See Wiłúunp.
wáłx̣ʷas
Definition:
Tail; moccasin tail.
Examples:
- iwáłayłayšana wáx̣puš wáłx̣ʷas‘the rattlesnake was rattling his tail’;
- k̓usinmí wáłx̣ʷas‘horse tail, pony tail’;
- nusuxmí wáłx̣ʷas‘salmon tail’;
- wáłx̣ʷaspɨ́c̓akt ‘rattlesnake rattles’;
- čmúk wáłx̣ʷas‘black-tailed deer’ (also ƛ̓álk);
- čmúk wáłx̣ʷaswilalík ‘black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)’;
- pláš wáłx̣ʷaswilalík ‘white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii)’;
- lámt wáłx̣ʷaswatik̓ásasa ‘western skink (Eumeces skiltonianus)’;
- k̓ʷáal wáłx̣ʷas ‘long tail’;
- waykaanašmí wáłx̣ʷas‘fish tail’.
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[WS & NW twín;NP /tuˀuynu/.]
wałx̣ʷasnút
Bobtailed, tailless. [WS & NW twinút; NP /tuˀuynunút/.]
wášɨm-
In sitting position. wášɨmničanwi ‘slide down’; wášɨmninn ‘sit around’. Also wásɨm-.
wámši
Borrow, rent, buy on credit. iwámšiyaaš x̣ax̣áykʷ ‘he borrowed money from me’; ku pawámšiša níit ku kʷná pawɨ́šaytša ‘and they are renting houses and staying there’; ku kʷná pawámšita ana šíman kʷná pawšáyčat̓ata ‘and whoever will want to stay there will buy on credit’; watx̣ɨ́nmaš wámšiyayita waskú šax̣ƛ̓ktpamá máal łk̓ʷíyaw ‘may I borrow your lawnmower? till what day?’. [NP /wémsi/.]
wamšitpamá
Loan agency. wamšitpamá k̓stɨ́n ‘false teeth’.
wášɨmničanwi
Slide down. qáwašɨmničanwi ‘slide down off’. [NW wášɨmhayk.]
wášɨmninn
Sit around, sit here and there. iwášɨmninx̣ana ‘he would sit around’.