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maggot á:pel

magpies ál'álel

magpie álel

maggots alepel

mink chachí:q'el

meeting someone chechemo:st

meet each other chemóstel

making him/her say 'no' éwestexw

making him/her say 'no' ewéwestexw

make him strong eyémstexw

making a canoe háhey

male friend. íyeseq

mouse kw'át'el

mice kw'elókw'tel

make a bang kw'éx̲w

measles kw'sí:ws sq'óq'ey

moving it kwá:yx̲t

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'

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

midnight, late at night lhóp

make it noisy lólepx̲wemstexw

make it noisy lópx̲wemstexw

machine malesí:l/memeshíl

marry (v.) mályí

Matsqui Máthxwi

milk mélk

make a mistake mélmel

milk melmélk

machine meshíl

machine mesíl

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

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

multiply, become many qéx̱ethet

mischievous qíqel

menstruating qíqew

mosquito qwá:l

make a hole in it qwát

Mt. Ogilvie Qwemth'í:les

mountain ash qwíqwelh

miss (when shooting) qwíqwex̲w

miss (when shooting) qwíx̲w

miss a shot, miss something (when shooting) qwix̱wet

making a hole in it qwoqwát

mermaid s'ó:lmexw

married (for man) schachexw

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

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

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

mountain smámelet

mixed up (of many things) smelmómeleqw

meat smeméyeth

meat sméyeth

mixed smómeleqw

meadow spáplhx̲el

mole speláwél

many seeds spexwpéxwqel

mould spópeqw

mast spotelálá

muskrat sq'élhq'elh

mink sqáqex̲iya

mink sqáyéx̲

moccasin sqélxel

milk sqemó:

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

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

Man Swiyeqe

married (for woman) swóq-weqeth

mountain goats-wool blanket swōqw'elh

mountian goats-wool blanket swṓqw'elh

mountain goats-wool blanket swoqw'wōqw'elh

married (for woman) swóweqeth

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'wa

mother tá:l

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

muscle tl'e'ímél

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

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

marten x̲óqel

meet someone xwchém:est

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

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 / to melt away yít'em

melt something yít'et

medicine song yiwí:leqw

melting something yíyet'et

make a mess yó:lqw'

maybe, might, perhaps yóswe