| This is the sound of the "zz" in English "pizza". Note that in Cahto it can occur at the beginning of a word. |
| aadiits | grasshopper |
| baansiits | shorebird (general term); killdeer |
| beelkaats | shaft of fishing spear |
| daasiits | sometime, soon |
| diltsow | orange-ish brown; it is orange-ish brown |
| Ghilhtsai | Dry (name of the 8th month, around June/July) |
| kwtsoi, kwsoi | his grandchild (man's daughter's child) |
| lhtsai, lhsai | dry; it is dry |
| lhtsoghing, lhtsowing | fox, silver fox |
| lhtsow, lhsow | blue, green; it is blue, green |
| otyaats | let it snow! |
| shgatsee' | my shoulder |
| taaditsit, taadisit | low tide; water recedes |
| taahtsit | low tide; water recedes |
| teelh'its | he ran |
| tyiits | sea lion, California sea lion |
| t'aadilk'its | California king snake, "milk snake" |
| tsee-bilh ch'ilhbitc | boiling with stones |
| tseek'ai' | white lilac, Ceanothus integerrimus |
| tsinteelhdeel' | they ran away |