Warm. c̓múy iwá ámčni ‘it’s warm outside’; c̓múynaš wá ‘I am warm’; c̓múy iwá łk̓ʷí ‘it is a warm day’; mayc̓múy iwáta ‘it will get warmer’; k̓ína kú c̓múy láwaalawayčta c̓múy nč̓útay ‘soon then our warmth will cross over for sleeping’. [WS c̓mí; NP /luˀuq̓ic/.]
62 terms start with “c̓”
c̓múyaaš
South. paˀaníx̣a nɨnɨ́k c̓múyaašpa tanánma ‘the Indians in the south pick pine nuts’; c̓múyaaškan ‘toward the south’. [WS c̓míyaas; NE luˀúx̣; NP /luˀuq̓íckn̓ikeey/.]
c̓múyn
Be warm. ic̓múyšamš ‘it’s warming up’; ic̓múyna tiičám ‘the ground warmed up’; ic̓múyta ‘it will warm up’; lác̓muyn ‘be warm’; ílac̓muyn ‘warm, warm up’. [WS c̓mín; NP /luˀuqn/.]
c̓ɨ́pc̓p
Salmon chips saturated in oil with a little wild currant (x̣ɨ́n) added in, powered salmon (č̓láy) mixed with steelhead oil and dried, fish pounded with fish oil, bits of salmon preserved in steelhead oil. waykaanašmí c̓ɨ́pc̓p ‘fish grease’. [NE c̓ɨpc̓ɨ́p; WS c̓ɨ́mc̓m.]
c̓ɨ́ps
Released, popped off. c̓ɨ́ps iwáyna ‘it has come loose’. [Cf. NP k̓apác /k̓p´c/ ‘loosen, release, settle (of food in stomach)’ (Aoki 1994:277).]
c̓smalpál
Onomatopoeic sound of the discharge of an arrow from a bow. ku anam kú patux̣ʷɨ́nata ku paˀɨ́nta c̓smalpál ‘and when they shoot you they will say, “c̓smalpál“‘; aw kú pátux̣ʷnana Spilyáyin c̓smalpál ánč̓ax̣i c̓smalpál ‘then Coyote shot him c̓smalpál again c̓smalpál‘; páx̣am c̓smalpál pátux̣ʷnana ‘five times c̓smalpál he shot him’.
C̓smalpál
Make believe people in the story of Antelope and Coyote whose name sounds like the release of an arrow from a bow. pawšáčičax̣aš k̓ʷáy C̓smalpálma ‘the C̓smalpáls must have moved on’; C̓smalpálma k̓ʷáy pawá c̓áac̓aa ‘the C̓smalpáls are nearby’.
c̓swín
Curve around, turn back. ic̓ɨswína ‘he turned, it curved’; ku k̓ʷáx̣i ic̓swína ‘and that same one turned back’ (Jacobs 1929:214:12). See the related k̓swí. [NE c̓swí; NP /k̓icwín/ ‘twist, bend, warp’.]
c̓uˀúmn
Pucker, shrink up. ác̓uˀumna tpɨ́š wiwluwíwlukni ‘her face puckered up from the grouseberry’; sapác̓uumk ‘close, pull draw strings to close’. [NP /yk̓úmn/ (Aoki 1994:957).]
c̓uc̓úums
Boil, carbuncle. Also c̓ic̓úums. [K c̓ac̓úums; C̓ac̓umsiyáy ‘Boil’ (legendary character Jacobs 1937:3, pg. 94); NP /msqoy/.]
c̓uníps
Oak, Quercus garryana. paˀaníx̣ana c̓unipsmí kápɨn ku paˀaníx̣ana páłpas c̓unipsmí ‘they used to make their digging sticks of oak and they used to make their salmon roasting sticks of oak’. Also called kápɨnaaš.
c̓úpc̓up
Suck. ic̓úpc̓upsa yápašna ‘he is sucking the fat up’. See also c̓úxc̓uxn.
c̓úxc̓uxn
Suck, sip. c̓ína ic̓úxc̓uxsa ‘he is sucking on a candy’; ic̓úxc̓uxša čúušna ‘he is sipping the water’; túnam c̓úxc̓uxša ‘what are you sucking on?’. [NP /c̓óqc̓oqn/ ‘suck’; NP /súpn/ ‘sip’.]
c̓wáy
Straight, stiff, erect. c̓wáy iwá wɨslak̓ʷskí ‘the arrow is straight’; kʷáy wínak c̓wáy ‘go straight there’. See also ƛ̓wáy; tk̓ʷíikʷ. [NP /c̓wéyc̓wey/.]
c̓wáyn
Be stiff; be cold; have an erection. ič̓wáyša k̓pɨ́ski ‘he is stiff with cold’ (Jacobs 1929:226:4); ku áw kúuk ic̓wáyna ‘and now then it got cold’ (Jacobs 1929:197:14). [NP /c̓wéyn/; /ˀalámtitwi/; cf. NP /ˀcwéyn/ ‘be cold’.]
c̓wí
Sideways. c̓wíkan itútiša ‘he is standing sideways’. [NP /ˀqt´qpk/.]
c̓wín
Lean, lean over. ic̓wína ‘he leaned over’; ic̓wíša ‘he is leaning over’; čáč̓wik ‘twist (of mouth)’; sapáwaac̓win ‘place before’; tamác̓wik ‘make to lean over’; wáac̓wik ‘run leaning over’; waláč̓witš ‘belt’; yáwaac̓wik ‘slide sideways’; c̓wíni ‘leaned over’. [NP /twwlík/.]
c̓ɨ́x̣as
Anus, rectum. [NP /t̓ican/.]
c̓ɨ́x̣n
Defecate. míimi ic̓ɨ́x̣na ‘he already defecated’; ic̓ɨ́x̣c̓ɨx̣ɨn ‘he’s got diarrhea’; táwc̓ɨx̣n ‘have diarrhea’; tkʷápc̓ɨx̣ ‘”goose”‘; ílac̓ɨx̣ ‘fry’. A semantic extension of č̓ɨ́x̣n ‘be cut, cracked, split’. See also púˀn. [NP /c̓´yn/; /wicx̣-/ ‘pertaining to defecation’; cf. also S ƛ̓ɨ́kn & NP /c̓´kn/ ‘be cut, split’.]
c̓x̣úuy
Tepee tripod, tepee. iwáquukša c̓x̣úuy ‘he is staking down his tepee’; pátukɨnk c̓x̣úuy ‘set up the tepee!’; ptukí púu c̓x̣úuy ‘the tepees are set up’; wáquuki c̓x̣úuy ‘staked-down tepee’. [Y c̓xʷíi; NP /walím̓niit/; cf. NP cóqoy /cqʷy/ ‘tepee top, smoke hole’.]