942 terms start with “w

wakáši

Mock. iwakášišaaš ‘he is mocking me’; sapúukasi ‘mimic’.

wáški

California ground squirrel, Spermophilus beecheyi. Also wáški.

wákmuyk

Buck (horse). iwákmuyka k̓úsi ‘the horse bucked’; šapáwakmuyk ’cause to buck (horse)’. [WS wáakmik; cf. NP /weyekim̓úykim̓uyn/.]

wakmuykłá

One that bucks, cowboy. wakmuykłá k̓úsi ‘bucking horse’; wakmuykłaamí wɨłq̓ám ‘cowboy boots’.

wakutkutłá

Bag worm. See also x̣pɨpłá.

wákutkutn

Shake. iwákutkutɨn áw sit̓áxs ‘he has shaken his liver (i.e., had a good time)’. [NP /suuy´knik/ ~ /súuyen/.]

wák̓aatk

Sweep. iwák̓aatka níitna ‘she swept the house’; iwák̓aatkša áwšnitšna ‘she is sweeping the floor’; iwák̓aatkša wáaš ‘he’s sweeping the ground in the longhouse’. [NP /cápcx̣ilayk/.]

wak̓aatkáwas

Broom. [NE wak̓aatktpamá; NP /cápcx̣ilaykaˀs/.]

wak̓íwk̓iw

Pileated Woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus. Also wánanp̓as. [NP /wek̓´wk̓wnu/.]

wák̓lik

Curve. iwák̓lika ɨščɨ́t nɨwítkan ‘the road curved toward the right’.

wák̓likt

Curve.

wak̓ɨ́msk

Twist tight, tie on and twist. iwák̓ɨmɨska ‘she twisted it’; iwak̓ɨ́msksa taxʷɨ́sna ‘she is twisting the dogbane’; šapáwak̓ɨmsk ‘tie on a pole and twist’; wak̓ɨ́mski ‘twisted’. [NP /lk̓úlyn/.]

wak̓ɨ́mski

Twisted. iwá wak̓ɨ́mski ‘it is twisted’. [NP /lk̓úliiˀns/.]

wák̓mɨskt

Yarn.

wák̓ɨnk

Close, board up. iwák̓ɨnka pčɨ́šna ‘he closed the door’; wák̓ɨnki ‘blocked’. [Y wák̓ɨnk; NP /wak̓´lk/.]

wak̓ɨnkáwas

Lid.

wák̓ɨnki

Blocked, closed. wák̓ɨnki iwačá ataymat̓áwas ‘the store was closed’.

wák̓ɨp

Hit with a club. páwak̓ɨpa k̓ɨ́plaački ‘he hit him with the warclub’.

wák̓uypsk

Chop off boughs. iwák̓uypska ‘he chopped off boughs’ (Jacobs 1931:158).

wák̓ʷaak

Peck. pawák̓ʷaakša ‘they are pecking’; pawyáwak̓ʷaakša saysáyna ‘they are pecking the worms as they go’; iwák̓ʷaakɨnx̣a wašwášnu ‘the chicken pecks’; iwák̓ʷaakaaš ‘it pecked me’. [NP /wek̓´wk̓wn/; /wéw̓pew̓i/; cf. /wak̓´wk/ ‘cut’.]