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little bum (see notes)

leaving it with someone á:yelstexw

ling cod á:yt

laughter alíliyem

leave it with someone áyélstexw

• á:yelstexw leaving it with someone

little jacket cháchket

lend it to s-o, let s-o borrow it chélhtat

losing something ekw'í:kw'elexw

little round thing emémeles

• mémeles little round thing

long hair éyéle

liking something eyéystexw

little rat hiháwt

little humpback salmon húheliya

lazy, being lazy í:ts'el

leave (it) here ístexw

lazy íts'el

lying on your back kw'e'í:qel

lie on your back kw'e'íyeqel

• kw'e'í:qel lying on your back

lie on your back kw'e'íyqel

little dust-tornado kw'élxel

look at him in face kw'ókw'etsest

looking at it kw'ókw'etset

lacrosse kw'oqwiyo:ls

look at him in face kw'ótest

• kw'ókw'etsest look at him in face

little axe, little hatchet kw'qwém

let something go, drop something, let something lose kwá:t

• kwekwát letting it go, dropping it, letting it lose

letting it go, dropping it, letting it lose kwekwát

little pig kwíkweshu

letting someone in kwútexwt

Lackaway Village Lá:x̲eyey

laughing lá:yem

locking it laleklít

liquor-store lamáwtxw

• lelámawtxw liquor-store

lock it, lock (tr.v.) lekelít

• laleklít locking it

liquor-store lelámawtxw

look strange, different lélts'ó:méx

learn a lesson, give up, get whipped lep

• lepút beat him/her up
  • leplepút beating up s-o as a lesson till he learns or gives up, teaching s-o a lesson'/

lots of different colours lets'ló:ts'tel

Lots of colours lets'lō:ts'tel

landing a canoe lhá:lhil

landing something to shore, getting something to shore lhalhí:lt

lettuce lheleméxwtel

lips lheplhepteló:ythel

lips lhepteló:ythel

• lheplhepteló:ythel lips

left-over material, trimmings. lhéts'emel

little house, cabin lílem

• lilílem little houses

let rope go slack líleqwet

little houses lilílem

let rope go slack líqwet

• líleqwet let rope go slack

leaving it there, leave it there lístexw

lying mámeth'elqéylem

literally / Probably mechó:s

little cow melúmesmes

little round thing mémeles

little dish mémeló:thel

lots of pus meth'eméth'elh

louse mexméxts'el

louse méxts'el

• mexméxts'el louse

little child, baby mímele

little lamb mímetu

labradour tea mó:qwem

little cow múmesmes

• melúmesmes little cow

looking for food, fish ó:lex̲em

living room ó:metáwtxw

Living room ó:metáwtxw/lats'ewtxwem

look for food, fish óléx̲em

• ó:lex̲em looking for food, fish

look white p'eq'óméx

leaking (as a canoe) p'íp'ex̲w

lots of clouds pelpólx̲wem

lizard pepítxel

lizard (salamander) pítxel

• pepítxel lizard

lame q'óq'eyxel

looks like a rose qálqomex

leftovers, scraps qelmí:lthel

look bad, look mean qelóméx

laying on one's stomach qéyqep'yó:lha

little sled qeyqex̲elátsem

lying on your stomach qiqep'eyósem

ladeling, dipping (water, but also food) qóqelem

little suckerfish with a big mouth qw'e'áts

lots of sparks, many red-hot ashes qw'eq'wa:ychep

lump qwémqwémx̲w

lump qwémx̲w

• qwémqwémx̲w lump

lots of times qx̲álh

lots of money qx̲ó:s

lazy s'ú:met

• lexws'ú:met always lazy

lunch pail sawel'álá

leaf sch'ó:lha

• scho'olelha leaf

leaf scho'olelha

Lillouwet people, Douglas people Seksekwóllh

Lillouwet people, Douglas people Sekwóllh

• Seksekwóllh Lillouwet people, Douglas people

little basket selístel

laying on it's side selíx

lock (n.) shxwlakelí

Loon shxwókwel

lifted up shxwóxwel

long-handled stirring spoon shxwqwáylhecháls

loud shxwtló:s

little basket sí:stel

• selístel little basket

little pants (underpants) siseqíws

ladder skw'ekw'íytel

lame skw'íkwiylets

lame skw'ítlets

ladder skw'íytel

• skw'ekw'íytel ladder

little grouse, wollow grouse skwéth'kweth

Little Grouse, Wallow Grouse skwéth'kweth'

little roundmouth sucker fish skwímeth

lying on the ground slhálheq

little woman slhálhli

• slhelhlá:li little women

little women slhelhlá:li

lower back slhéq'lhéq'ōwelh

lower back slhéq'ōwelh

• slhéq'lhéq'ōwelh lower back

little bum slhílhélets

• (see notes) little bum

loose slack slí:leqw

lots of rocks smelmált

leftovers [food taken home] sméq'ólh

leftovers smeq'óth

• smómeq'oth leftovers

leftovers(to take home) sméq'óth

leftovers smómeq'oth

lungs sp'élp'elxwem

lungs sp'élxwem

• sp'élp'elxwem lungs

last year spelwálh

little pit-house sqíqemel

language sqwelqwéltel

language sqwéltel

• sqwelqwéltel language

little dog, puppy sqwíqwemáy

late fall sockeye sqwó:yxw

lump sqwómx̲w

look like st'át'ó:mex

look purple st'áwelóméx

looks like him/her st'e'ó:mex

look like st'e'ómex

• st'át'ó:mex look like

light skinned, fair complexion st'ówekw'e

Licorice Fern st'uselóye

Licorice fern st'uslóye

live, stay, be in a place stá

• stetá live, stay, be in a place (of several people)

lit up, be lit up, illuminated státew

• státewel lit up

lit up státewel

live, stay, be in a place (of several people) stetá

little things stetelámes

little wives stételes

laundry sth'éx̲welwétem

left side of body sth'íkwe í:lwelh

little bug sth'íth'kw

little skunk sth'íth'peq

Lillouwet people, Douglas people Sth'kwóllh

little salmon sth'óth'qwi

loud (of voice) sthí:qel

lower lip stl'epó:ythel

length stl'eqtí:m

little island stl'ítl'ches

love, like stl'ítl'el

• stl'atl'ítel sweetheart

long feather stl'p'álqel

Long feather stl'p'áqel

loose one's voice stqá:qel

landing sts'elexw

limbs (of trees or bushes) sts'éxts'éxtses

limb (of tree or bush) sts'éxtses

• sts'éxts'éxtses limbs (of trees or bushes)

liver stsél:em

• stséltsél:em liver

liver stséltsél:em

little man swíwíqe

loon swókwel

• swólekwel loon

loon swólekwel

leg, foot sx̲él:e

• sx̲elx̲éle many legs/feet (e.g non-human)
• sx̲élx̲élye legs (more than two, for ex. non-human)
• sx̲éx̲éyle both legs, both feet

legs (more than two, for ex. non-human) sx̲élx̲élye

legend, story from Transformer period, myth, fable, kids's story sx̲wōx̲wiyám

log syáyeq'

little wren ??? t'át'emiya

lemon t'at'esem qwiqwoyels

lemonade t'at'ets'em qwiqwóyels sqe'óleqw

lift at one end tátetewelt

lighting up, illuminating tátewel

light something up, shine a light on táwet

last weekend tem t'oqw'temelh

lift at one end tewá:let

• tátetewelt lift at one end

lifted over to one side tewále

later, after a while téx̲w

left(side) th'íkwe

Lillooet People th'kwólh

lean it (against something) tíyeles

loving (him/her/it) tl'atl'íls

low, deep tl'ép

• shxwtl'etl'ep very deep, deeper
• stl'epólwelh under, underneath
• tl'épstexw make something low, leave it low, lower something
• tl'ítl'eptel skirt

lower it down tl'épelt

lower it down tl'épelx

lower it down tl'epí:lx

• tl'épelx lower it down

little thing tl'ótl'em

lower it down tl'pí:lt

• tl'épelt lower it down

learning it, learning something totí:lt

labour (being in labour) ts'átselem

look for lice on him ts'élxet

licking each other's faces ts'íts'emostel

Little frog season-March Weleke'es

lead weight xá:t

• xálet lead weights

lead weights xálet

lightening, it's lighting x̲éleq't te shxexwó:s

little lakes x̲elx̲óx̲cha

large hawk, chicken hawk x̲emx̲éymels

loose (of a pack) xét'

large hawk, chicken hawk x̲éymels

• x̲emx̲éymels large hawk, chicken hawk

looking at (tr.) x̲eyx̲lám

lakes x̲ó:letsa

lake x̲ó:tsa

• x̲ó:letsa lakes
• x̲óx̲tsa little lake
  • x̲elx̲óx̲cha little lakes

Little lake x̲óx̲cha

looking after someone (him/her) xóxelhmet

little lake x̲óx̲tsa

• x̲elx̲óx̲cha little lakes

lessen it (of someone's load), halve it, make s-th lighter (in weight) xwát

• xwexwát lessening it (of someone's load), halving it, making s-th lighter (in weight)

look at his/her face xwekw'ótsest

listening to him/her xwelá:met

• xwlalá:met to listen to him/her

listening xwélalám

lose your balance x̲welhx̲wlhép

Longhouse xwélmexwáwtxw

longhouse xwemélxwáwtxw

leaves falling xwesá:lews

lessening it (of someone's load), halving it, making s-th lighter (in weight) xwexwát

Lummi xwlemí

lose your balance x̲wlhép

• x̲welhx̲wlhép lose your balance

last spring dance of season yekw'ólhem

lamp yiqwí:l

little hat yó:yseqw