Be a circle, be round. ic̓íilɨn álxayx ‘it’s become a full moon’; ana kú ic̓íilxa álxayx ‘when the moon is full’; ana kú álxayx čɨ́nči ic̓íilta ku kúuk pinátamasklikɨnx̣a tiičám wawáx̣ɨmyaw ku ƛ̓áax̣ʷ tún pináwšuwanx̣a tkʷátat ‘when the moon will be full—with this one—then the earth turns itself over to spring and every food gets itself ready’. [NP /c̓íln/ ‘be a circle, be bent, coiled, guess right in stick-game’; /c̓ílil/ ‘curl up’.]
62 terms start with “c̓”
c̓iiłá
Washington ground squirrel, Urocitellus washingtoni. [Cf. NP /c̓íx̣lu/ ‘mountain squirrel’ (Aoki 1994:73), from /c̓íqn/ ‘speak, talk’ plus /-lu/ (see -nu).]
c̓iiławáakuł
Belding’s ground squirrel, Urocitellus beldingi.
c̓íitn
Wink, wink at. ic̓íitna ‘he winked’; pawiyác̓iitšsaš ‘they are winking at me as they go along’. [NE c̓iˀítn.]
c̓ikáwas
Sweetener. c̓ikáwas pánim ‘pass the sweetener!’.
c̓íkc̓ik
Wagon. Umatilla mostly uses šáwlakaykaš. kʷnátaš c̓íkc̓ik wáanitšana sk̓ínpa kutaš panákwayča k̓áwkik̓a ‘we left our wagon there at Wishram and they took us across by boat’. [Cf. Klamath č̓iikč̓iik (Barker 1963:91); word is from Jargon (Beavert & Hargus 2009:249).]
c̓iluc̓ílun
Turn every which way, glance around. wác̓ilun ‘look at angrily’.
c̓ílux̣inš
Snail. [NP /q̓alapóoya/.]
c̓íłiła
Weasel, ermine, Mustela erminea. In winter pelage. See also watáy. [NP /c̓´łiłee/.]
c̓iłimá
Pastry, cake, dessert. patkʷátax̣a c̓iłimá ‘they eat their pastry’.
c̓ín
Be poked (in eye). Bound. Jacobs 1931:152 pác̓ik ‘poke in the eye’; kác̓ik and kác̓ic̓in ‘bite, chew at (head lice)’ (Jacobs 1931:165); c̓íni ‘one eyed’. [Cf. possibly NP /c̓´yn/ ‘defecate’.]
c̓íni
One-eyed.
c̓ipát̓a
Desire sweets. ic̓ipát̓aša ‘he is hungry for sweets’.
c̓ítatat
Chickadee, Poecile gambeli (syn., Parus gambeli). Also latítalwit.
c̓kʷíit
Corner; square. c̓kʷíitpa paníča ‘they put it in a corner’; c̓kʷíitpa iwá aluq̓át ‘the frog is in a corner’; c̓kʷíitc̓kʷiit ‘corners, square’; pinápc̓kʷiit ‘four cornered, square’; pinápc̓kʷiit ilkʷasmí ‘blocks’; mɨtác̓kʷiit ‘three cornered, triangle’. [NP cam̓óqam /cam̓qʷam/; cf. also NP /cqʷ´ycqʷy/ ‘conical, pointed’.]
c̓ɨlc̓ɨ́l
Proud, arrogant, too good for. c̓ɨlc̓ɨ́l iwá tkʷátat tananmaamí ‘he is too good to eat Indian food’. See also cɨ́ˀli. [NP /c´l̓ii/.]
c̓ɨ́lin
Be proud of. See cɨ́ˀlin.
c̓ɨ́m
Very sharp. pšwá c̓ɨ́m ‘a sharp stone’; sapác̓ɨmk ‘sharpen’; tamác̓ɨmk ‘throw a sharp object’; wapác̓ɨmk ‘touch a sharp object’. See č̓ɨ́m. [NP /x̣´w̓ic/; cf. also NP /k̓´wn/ ‘break, cut, sever’.]
c̓ɨ́mt
Cracked, broken off. c̓ɨ́mt ikú šáx̣aapš ‘the board has cracked, broken off’.
c̓ɨmtc̓ɨ́mt
Easy to bend.