SNIYNJ

pos: noun

str-pos

noun

expansion: SNIYNJ (Americanist spelling sníynč̕)

etymology_text: From S- (nominalizing prefix) + *NIYNJ.

af

str

S-<pos:nominalizing prefix>

expansion: S- (nominalizing prefix) + *NIYNJ

text: SĆȺ¸YEK TŦE SNIYNJ.

translation: The corpse is lying [on the ground].

english: The corpse is lying [on the ground].

type: example

links: corpse corpse

SMEQE¸IṈEȽ

english: to bury a corpse

translation: to bury a corpse

S₭O₭I¸

english: to be dead

translation: to be dead


SPELḰIȾE¸

str-pos

expansion: SPELḰIȾE¸ (Americanist spelling spəlqʷít̕ᶿəʔ)

etymology_text: From S- (nominalizing prefix) + *PELḰ (“ghost”) + -IȾE¸ (“cloth”), referring to the traditional belief of screech owls being spirits of the dead.

forms: SPELḰIȾÁ¸ (alternative)

SPELḰIȾE¸TEṈ

english: to be spooked (by an owl or ghost)

translation: to be spooked (by an owl or ghost)

PEL¸PEL¸ḰIȾO¸TEṈ

english: to be haunted

translation: to be haunted

raw_glosses: (figurative, by extension) corpse (of humans)