942 terms start with “w

wack̓alá

Thimble. Also wisxtpamá. [WS wásk̓alay; NP /wex̣´mkeˀs/.]

Wacúks

The Dalles, Oregon.

wacúqn

Chop. Also wácqʷn. iwacúqša ílukasna ‘he is chopping the wood’; iwácqʷša ‘he is chopping’; iwácqʷna ‘he chopped’. [NP /wek̓´wk/; /wáwc̓aˀk/.]

wacúqt

Axe, hatchet, single blade ax. ku iwɨ́npa wacúqt ku iwáx̣ƛ̓ka pátaat ‘and he grabbed an axe and chopped the tree’. [NP /wáwyan̓as/; cf. NP wesúqt /wes´qʷt/ ‘tree stump’ (Aoki 1994:663).]

wacuqtwacuqtwáakuł

A type of green, dry bean (“they look like little axes”). Also called wacúqtwacuqt.

wacwácnu

Saddle horn. [NP wacwácno /wcwcno/.]

wác̓aak

Close, lock. iwác̓aaka pčɨ́šna ‘he barred the gate’; iwác̓aaka níitna ‘he locked the house’; šapáwač̓ak ’cause to stick, attach’; wác̓aaki ‘locked’. [WS wác̓aak ‘get close, approach’; NP /wec̓éˀk/ ‘secure by hitting (with, e.g., a nail)’.]

wac̓aakáwas

Lock; nipple. sapawac̓aakáwas ‘pacifier, nipple on a bottle; zipper’. [NP /wec̓éˀkeˀs/ ‘hammer, key, lock’.]

wác̓aaki

Locked, locked up. q̓áap iwá wác̓aaki ‘it’s closed tight’; iwá wác̓aaki pčɨ́š ‘the gate is locked’; ku áwa ƛ̓áax̣ʷ wíwac̓aaki pčɨ́š ‘and all their gates are locked’. [NP /wec̓éˀkiˀns/.]

wac̓aaktpamá

Lock, padlock.

wac̓átwac̓at

Young birds with no feathers.

wac̓ílak

Fish with hook and line. iwac̓ílakša núsuxyaw ‘he is fishing for salmon’; kutaš čná wac̓ílakɨnx̣ana Augustyaw ‘and we used to fish here till August’; patáwac̓ilakta yúušniiki ‘they will fish them by paying’; pawɨ́npta k̓ʷapɨ́n tímaš ku kʷɨ́nki pawac̓ílakta kʷaaná xúlxulmaaman ana kʷáaman patátamaničta čúušpa ‘they will buy their aforementioned license and with that they will fish those trout which they will plant in the water’; iwac̓ílakatata ‘he is going to go fishing’. See also láwyala. [Y wac̓úlak; NP /k̓iˀlp/.]

wac̓ílakas

Fishing pole. Millstein 1990b; Hunn 1990:122 [Y wawásway; /waw̓alps´way/.]

wác̓ilun

Glare angrily, look mean, look at angrily. iwác̓iluna ‘he glared angrily’; iwác̓ilušaaš ‘he is glaring at me’.

wač̓ák

Treat as Indian doctor by sucking out the sickness. twáti iwač̓áka payúwitna ku isik̓ʷana paamanáy ‘the Indian doctor sucked out the sickness and showed them’.

wáč̓q

Chop, split (as when splitting a block). iwáč̓qa ‘he split it’; wáč̓qt ‘splitting’; iwáč̓qa ílukas ‘he chopped his wood’. [NP /wek̓´wk/; /wáwc̓k/.]

Waháwˀ

Willow Creek, Oregon, between Boardman and Arlington. Thomas Morning Owl.

wahwákn

Bark (of dog). iwahwákna k̓usik̓úsi ‘the dog barked’; iwahwákšaaš ‘he is barking at me’; k̓usik̓úsinɨmnaš iwahwákšana ‘a dog was barking at me’. Also wakwákn. [WS wahwáhk; NP /wehn/.]

wɨšáčič

Move on. míš pawšáčiča áx̣ʷay ‘did they move on yet?’; pawšáčiča Háwtmiyaw ‘they moved on to McKay Creek’; pawšáčičax̣aš k̓ʷáy C̓smalpálma ‘the C̓smalpáls must have moved on’; aw kú pawšáčičɨnkika kʷná X̣px̣ɨ́pa ‘then they moved further on at that La Grande’. [NW wɨšáčik (Jacobs 1931:178).]

wášiwatk

Disagree, quarrel. iwášiwatka ‘he quarreled’; pápawašiwatkšana ‘they were disagreeing’. [NP /wacíw̓atk/.]