a
a small tree a'axwíyelhp
Agassiz Mountain Alámex Smámelt
at the head, up the point álqel
a biter (animal, fish, etc.), a thing that is (always) biting ch'ech'émels
a thing that bites, always biting ch'emá:ls
- ch'ech'émels a biter (animal, fish, etc.), a thing that is (always) biting
a little bit, small bit, a few emímel
again ew
a whole bunch having fun, having lots of fun, having a good time eyó:sthet
- íyósthet a whole bunch of folks having lots of fun
a sharp sound eyotháléqep
a whirlpool Hémq'eles
a fire héyeqw
- heqwhéyeqw fires, several fires
a long time hí:th
ask for a present híx̲chem
ask for it híx̲chemet
a guide, showing people í:wesá:ls
alone, one person, single ilólets'e
a whole bunch of folks having lots of fun íyósthet
anglican religion kelchóch
a whipper kw'ókw'qwōwsá:ls
a club kw'óqwestel
axe kw'óqwletstel
a whip kw'óqwtel
a long time ago kw'ulhí:thelh
anyway kwá
a rattle kwóxwchestel
a cross, gravestone lakwwí:l
- lálakwwí:l several crosses, gravestones
- lelám alcohol (plural)
a different room láts'ewtxw
- laláts'extxw different rooms
all broken up lékwlekwat
alcohol (plural) lelám
a bag lesák
- lelesák bags
always hunting lexws-há:we
- lexws-heháiwe always hunting
always hunting lexws-heháiwe
always lazy lexws'ú:met
always scared lexwsí:si
- sesí:si always scared
a person that is always singing lexwst'ít'elem
a rain-shower lhémt
a button lheqeléstel
a bark-peeling tool lhéqw'ewsá:ls
a barber-shop lhíts'eqwemáwtxw
- lhílhets'eqwemáwtxw barber-shops
airplane lhólhekw' stem:ōt
- lhólhekw' stítim:ōt airplanes
airplanes lhólhekw' stítim:ōt
anchor-line, mooring line lhqéletel
Are you…?‘. Li chexw
angels lílísós
angel lísós
- lílísós angels
accident mákwlh
all, every mekw'
- mékw'stám everything
anchor mesíyeltel
a set net, stationary net mílyil
- mamílyil several set nets, stationary nets
a helper míytel
- mó:miytel helpers
- momíyelhtel a helper, helping one another
a helper, helping one another momíyelhtel
a pointer mót'estel
a lot got rubbed off ó:leqw'
American Bar P'éqwchú:lthel
a little white p'íp'eq'
American pástel
- pepástel Americans
appearing becoming visible (possibly of several) pelpélekw
Americans pepástel
american bar Peqwchō:lthel
American Bar (placename) péqwchú:lthel
ask about him/her petámeles
asking someone pétemet
a sail pótel
- pótelem several sails
a show-off pú'elets
a fence q'eléx̲el
- q'elq'éléx̲el fences
a camp q'élmel
- q'elq'élmel camps
a dip-net q'emó:stel
- q'eyq'emó:stel dip-net
arguing back and forth q'eq'x̲ótel
accompanying someone q'eqexí:lt
a cane q'éwe
- q'éwq'ewe canes
accompany (him/her) q'exí:lt
- q'eqexí:lt accompanying someone
a tin can q'ex̲q'x̲el
arguing, quarreling q'eyq'x̲ótel
and qas
and, or, but qe
a place name of Vedder Mountain (meaning drinking water) qoqó:lem
apple tree, crabapple tree qwe'ó:pelhp
- qwelópelhp apple trees, crabapple trees
apple, crabapple (the fruit) qwe'óp
- qwel'óp apples, crabapples (the fruit)
apple juice qwe'op sqe'óleqw
apples, crabapples (the fruit) qwel'óp
apple trees, crabapple trees qwelópelhp
ankle qwémqwemx̲wxel
ankle qwémx̲wxel
- qwémqwemx̲wxel ankle
a sneeze s-hásem
a smell s-hóqwem
a pole s'álem
a lesson s'í:wes
an order, order (n.) s'ó:m
afterbirth s'ó:qw
arrow, gun sakweláx
- sálekweláx arrow, gun
arrow, gun sálekweláx
a carp(fish) scheláka
- schelcheláka many carps (fish)
already had a baby sémele
all of them (people) semíkw'
always scared sesí:si
a crack sesíq'
artificial sweetener shúkwa telómet
armpit shxw'iláx̲el
- shxwelíláx̲el armpit
Armpit shxw'íláx̲el
armpit shxwelíláx̲el
aunts or uncles (or parent's cousins) shxwemlá:lekw
aunt or uncle (or parent's cousin) shxwemlí:kw
- shxwemlá:lekw aunts or uncles (or parent's cousins)
a nose-ring shxweqw'élqstel
a store shxwimá:le
- shxwelimá:le stores
an iron shxwíxweqwels
a little crazy shxwixwóxwth'
ashes, cinders shxwiyélhtel
a saw shxwlhílhets'els
a freezer shxwpípewels
a wood carving shxwqwó:lthels
a hammer shxwtélhtses
answer shxwtélqel
a wool carder shxwtéxelqéyls
answer shxwtíyeqel
ambitious shxwúxwe
accidentally scare him/her sí:silexw
a bad smell simáléqep
a screw sklú
a mirror for seeing your face skw'ótsesem
a bucketes, pail, kettle skw'ówes
- skw'ólewes buckets, pails, kettles
a scream skwátsem
a doing, what someone did skwó:yx̲thet
a hiding place skwokwílálá
a pile, piled up skwthá
- skwethkwthá several piles
a school skwúláwtxw
a dress, woman's dress slewí:ws
a breath slhákw'em
- lhalhakw'em breaths
a little bit proud smámth'el
a second-hand thing smékw'em
adopted child smelám
- smelmelám adopted child
adopted child smelmelám
a bay sméya
a sunset sóyéx̲el
a spore, a blossom spekw'ém
a fart spú'
a meeting, gathering sq'ép
a gathering sq'eq'éyp
accompanied sq'eq'ósthóxes
a bite sq'éykw'
- sq'eyq'ekw' a little bite
a little bite sq'eyq'ekw'
a scar sq'éytl'
a real rough spot on the Fraser Sq'íp'ex̲w
a best friend sq'óleq
a thief sqélqel
a steep hill sqotemí:lep
a boil sqw'echém
- sqw'elchém boils
a dance sqw'eyílex
- sqw'elyílex dances
a hole in roof sqwahíwel
a hole in a bucket sqwálats
a hole sqweqwá
- sqweleqwá holes
a taste st'a'áleqep
a shelter st'ált'exw
a prayer, hymn st'ehéyelh
a circle st'elákw'
- st'elt'elákw' circles
a non-spirit dancer st'ólkwlh
- st'elt'ólkwlh non-spirit dancers (several of them)
a yell, a holler stá:m
a distant sound stáléqep
a log - jam steqtéq
a sore, sores sth'eth'íkw'
- sth'ekw'th'íkw' many sores, a rash
a feast stl'e'áxel
- stl'etl'áxel feasts
awl, piercer stl'elqwótel
a want, need stl'í
-
el stl'í I want/I need...
- el stl'etl'í I love
-
stl'ítl'el love, like
- stl'atl'ítel sweetheart
- stl'ítset we need/want it
-
tl'íls to love, to like him/her/it
- tl'atl'íls loving (him/her/it)
awl, piercer stl'qéwtel
- stl'elqwótel awl, piercer
a cough stó:qw'em
ashes (white) sts'á:s
a relative (any kind) sts'ó:
a scramble-give swá:ls
an echo swelám
- swélwelám an echo
a race (a footrace) sweltí:l
an echo swélwelám
a mark, a measure sx̲e'áth'
- sx̲eláth' marks, measures
a wound sx̲élh
- sx̲éx̲elh wounds, sores
a war sx̲éyléx̲
a stripe sx̲éyx̲ep'
a planer (tool) sxíxep
a catch (fish, animal) sxólcha
ancient people sx̲wolex̲wiyám
a place upriver from Katz Sx̲wóx̲wiymelh
ancestors syewá:l
ancestor (passed away) syewá:lelh
- syesyewálelh 'ancestors past, (all one's ancestors)
a slahal stick (little stick) syéyelh
a wave syó:letsep
arm t'á:lew
- t'elt'á:lew arms
arms t'elt'á:lew
a braid t'emxáliya
- t'emt'emxáliya braids
a cold t'o:lhem sq'oq'ey
a sweet, something sweet te q'áq'etem
April Temelék'es
autumn, fall temhilálxw
a sweathouse teqíwtsel
accidentally get close, bump into something téslexw
approaching, getting to tetés
anybody, somebody tewátes
a slope tewélá:m
a bow (weapon) téx̲wets
ankle joint th'éqwth'éqwxwel
arrow-pouch th'esélatel
a nail th'éstel
ask someone a favor th'exwstélémét
- th'íth'exwstélémét ask someone a favor
annoyed th'íth'ewel
annoyed with (him/her) th'íth'ewélmet
annoy (them) th'íth'ewélstexw
ask someone a favor th'íth'exwstélémét
annoyed th'íwél
- th'íth'ewel annoyed
- ts'íts'ewel bored, bothered
annoyed with (him/her) th'íwelmét
- th'íth'ewélmet annoyed with (him/her)
annoy (them) th'íwelstexw
- th'íth'ewélstexw annoy (them)
admiring someone tháthelmet
aunt the shxwemlí:kw
admire thélmet
- tháthelmet admiring someone
a rug thélxetel
- thelthélxatel rugs, floor coverings
a fish going to spawn théwelhem
ashes floating up from fire títeqw'ō:lchep
attached tl'átl'el
a pop, a shot tl'éleqw'
- wetl'éleqw a shot, explosion
a shortcut tl'ítl'q'ey
ashes floating up from fire tqwō:lchep
- títeqw'ō:lchep ashes floating up from fire
a broach, a pin ts'eqw'elístel
- ts'eqw'ts'eqw'elístel brooches, pins
adding water, adding some mor (liquid) ts'óxwelhcha
adding it ts'óxwt
add water, add some more liquid ts'xwólhcha
- ts'óxwelhcha adding water, adding some mor (liquid)
add it, add some ts'xwót
- ts'óxwt adding it
a little, a bit like, slightly tu
adopt a child txwemelám
already ulh
a shot, explosion wetl'éleqw
always wiyóth
ant xá:ysem
- xexelá:ysem ants
an island near Wahleach Island Xáméles
a marker x̲áth'tel
alders x̲élx̲eyth'elhp
a trap x̲esxel
ants xexelá:ysem
alder x̲éyth'elh
alder tree x̲éyth'elhp
- x̲élx̲eyth'elhp alders
ashamed of oneself x̲éyx̲emethet
a rake, harrow x̲éyx̲ep'ílep
arrive, come here xwe'í
- xwel'í arriving here, coming here (of several)
arriving here, coming here (of several) xwel'í
a fan xwélp'tel
ankle joint xweth'éqw'xel
- th'éqwth'éqwxwel ankle joint
a copier, copymachine x̲wex̲we'áls
- shxwíyxwiy be easy to wake up
- xwexwíthet wake yourself up
-
xwiyós alert
- xwixwiyóls early-bird (plural)
- xwíywxiyós wide awake
-
xwíyt to wake someone up
- xwáyt waking someone up
alert xwiyós
- xwixwiyóls early-bird (plural)
- xwíywxiyós wide awake
as usual, this time, now, the first time yalh
a logger yáyeq'els
ask for a present yéx̲chem
- híx̲chem ask for a present
ask for it yéx̲chemet
- híx̲chemet ask for it