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maggot á:pel
- alepel maggots
magpies ál'álel
magpie álel
- ál'álel magpies
maggots alepel
mink chachí:q'el
meeting someone chechemo:st
meet each other chemóstel
making him/her say 'no' éwestexw
- ewéwestexw making him/her say 'no'
making him/her say 'no' ewéwestexw
make him strong eyémstexw
making a canoe háhey
male friend. íyeseq
mouse kw'át'el
- kw'elókw'tel mice
mice kw'elókw'tel
make a bang kw'éx̲w
measles kw'sí:ws sq'óq'ey
moving it kwá:yx̲t
- kwáyx̲em pékche'á:ls Television
murders, several murdered kwelkwáléws
Mt. Baker Kwelshámexw
Mt. Baker Kwelshánexw
moving (by yourself) kwó:yx̲thet
morning látelh
mussel lháwqem
mat to hold hot pots lháx̲tsestel
make fun lhelháth'
- lhílháth' make fun
make fun of him/her lhelháth't
mat, matress lhelháwel
many wrinkles on face lhellhélp'es
moths lhellhóleqwót
make fun lhílháth'
making fun of someone lhílháth't
Mt. Cheam Lhílheqey
moth lholeqwót
- lhellhóleqwót moths
make it noisy lólepx̲wemstexw
make it noisy lópx̲wemstexw
- lólepx̲wemstexw make it noisy
machine malesí:l/memeshíl
marry (v.) mályí
Matsqui Máthxwi
milk mélk
- melmélk milk
make a mistake mélmel
milk melmélk
machine meshíl
machine mesíl
- malesí:l/memeshíl machine
mix something up móleqwet
marble-eyes mopeló:les
medium or small-sized butterfly opóyethel
make a sign to come; signal to come ótsesémét
make oneself useful p'ókw'ethet
- p'óp'ekw'ethet make oneself useful
make oneself useful p'óp'ekw'ethet
Mountain Goat p'q'elqel
mountain goat p'q'élqel
making love, having sex pípelá:ls
make it thick plhátstexw
mould pópeqwtem
make scrape, rattle sound q'átx̲em
Mix them up q'eltóléstexw
maple trees q'emq'emō:lhp
mix (them) together q'etóléstexw
mend a net q'éyq'esetsel
make him/her sick q'óq'eystexw
moose Q'oyí:ts
more, again qelát
much, many, a lot qéx̲
mischievous qíqel
menstruating qíqew
mosquito qwá:l
make a hole in it qwát
- qwoqwát making a hole in it
Mt. Ogilvie Qwemth'í:les
mountain ash qwíqwelh
miss (when shooting) qwíqwex̲w
miss (when shooting) qwíx̲w
- qwíqwex̲w miss (when shooting)
making a hole in it qwoqwát
mermaid s'ó:lmexw
married (for man) schachexw
- chxwélmel want a wife
many carps (fish) schelcheláka
Mount Slesse; village at mouth of Slesse Creek onto Chilliwack River Selísi
make a circle around, circle a fire sélts'
move over sex̲éylem
- sisx̲éylem move over
middle finger shxwá:yetses
many life forces shxwelxwelí
make it deep shxwtl'épstexw
men, male (creatures or plants) sí:wí:qe
more than… siláw
make it slow silíxwstexw
move it over sísex̲et
move over sisx̲éylem
move it over síx̲et
- sísex̲et move it over
many elders siyelyólexwe
mirror skw'echósem
mirrors, windows skw'elchóstel
month/moon skw'exó:s
menstrual period skw'exó:s sq'óq'ey
mask [any kind, eg. Halloween] skwetóxwes
many pieces of inner bark of red cedar slewlewíy
many canoes slexléxwelh
mean slhálts'
mat, matress slháwel
- lhelháwel mat, matress
mountain smámelet
mixed up (of many things) smelmómeleqw
meat smeméyeth
meat sméyeth
- smeméyeth meat
mixed smómeleqw
- smelmómeleqw mixed up (of many things)
meadow spáplhx̲el
mole speláwél
many seeds spexwpéxwqel
mould spópeqw
- pópeqwtem mould
mast spotelálá
muskrat sq'élhq'elh
mink sqáqex̲iya
mink sqáyéx̲
- sqoyéx̲iya Mink (name in stories)
moccasin sqélxel
milk sqemó:
- sqemqemó: milk
milk sqemqemó:
Mink (name in stories) sqoyéx̲iya
mist, fog sqwélxel
mouth open and round sqwoqwetó:ythel
making a guess, wondering st'e'áwel
medicine st'élmexw
many sores, a rash sth'ekw'th'íkw'
monster, supernatural creature stl'áleqem
- stl'eltl'áleqem monsters, supernatural creatures
monsters, supernatural creatures stl'eltl'áleqem
many scales (of fish) sts'elts'elts'
make it for him swástexw
man, male (creature or plant) swí:qe
- sí:wí:qe men, male (creatures or plants)
Man Swiyeqe
married (for woman) swóq-weqeth
mountain goats-wool blanket swōqw'elh
- swoqw'wōqw'elh mountain goats-wool blanket
mountian goats-wool blanket swṓqw'elh
mountain goats-wool blanket swoqw'wōqw'elh
married (for woman) swóweqeth
- swóq-weqeth married (for woman)
marks, measures sx̲eláth'
many legs/feet (e.g non-human) sx̲elx̲éle
many footprints, tracks sx̲elx̲éyltel
mean, cranky sx̲óytl'thet
Mt. McGuire T'amiyahó:y
mad t'át'iyeq'
midget t'epsóye
must maybe, I guess, I'm uncertain, must be t'wá
mother tá:l
- teltá:l mothers
money tále
mum, mummy tátel
mountain near Yale Mountain Tekwóthel
my tel
mothers teltá:l
moon in November telxwíts
meal-time tem'álhtel
mosquito-time temqwá:l
March temwelék'es
midday, noon texwswáyel
marry bro/sis of deceased spouse th'áyá:m
making a basket th'éqw'ōwelh
make it thin th'eth'emí:lstexw
mouths thelthóthel
make a bed thiyá:lhem
mouth thóthel
- thelthóthel mouths
muscle tl'e'ímél
- tl'elímél muscle
muscle tl'elímél
make something low, leave it low, lower something tl'épstexw
manage to get away tl'ewlómét
milt, salmon milt tl'qw'á:y
make a cedar-root basket ts'eqw'ōwelh
- ts'ets'aqw'ōwelh make a cedar-root basket
Making a cedar-root basket ts'eqw'ṓwelh
make a cedar-root basket ts'ets'aqw'ōwelh
Mink ts'qáyex̲iya
maybe tselíl
make a splat sound welhéleq'
mark it x̲e'ath'stexw
many boughs of red cedar x̲elpá:ytses
make a crunch (with foot) x̲ep'ékw'
many fish swimming xétxetem
make a hole in it xexé:lt
make s-one ashamed x̲éyx̲estexw
make a hole in it xó:lt
- xexé:lt make a hole in it
marten x̲óqel
meet someone xwchém:est
- chechemo:st meeting someone
manage to get here xwe'ílómét
measurement, unit xweyxwelímels
Musqueam xwméthkwiyem
make splashing sound xwótqwem
make him/her happy xwoyíwelstexw
mess it up yelqw't
- yelyélqw't mess it up
mess it up yelyélqw't
making a mess yelyó:lqw'
manage to chop it down yéq'lexw
make a light, turn on a light yeqwí:lem
medicine song yewí:leqw
monday yilawelhát
Melt away Yít'em
medicine song yiwí:leqw
make a mess yó:lqw'
- yelyó:lqw' making a mess
maybe, might, perhaps yóswe