Hul’q’umi’num’ to English

’unuhw ch ch’ h hw k kw kw’ l l’ lh m m’ n n’ p p’ q q’ qw qw’ s sh t t’ th tl’ ts ts’ tth tth’ w w’ x xw y y’

’unuhw

’a’a’ni’	long-tailed duck
’a’hwul’muhw	couple, man and wife
’a’kw’iyun’	repairing a net
’a’luxut	collecting, gathering, hunting
’a’mut	lazy
’a’t’	slingshot
’a’ulh	ride: getting on canoe
’aalh	to get aboard a canoe or car
’aasum	to look toward, to face toward
’alunchus	orange, oranges
’anuw’	deer fat
’apuls	apple
’apun	ten
’apun ’i’ kw’lhihw	thirteen
’apun ’i’ kw’lhq’etsus	fifteen
’apun ’i’ kw’nuts’a’	eleven
’apun ’i’ kw’t’xum	sixteen
’apun ’i’ kw’te’tsus	eighteen
’apun ’i’ kw’toohw	nineteen
’apun ’i’ kw’tth’a’kwus	seventeen
’apun ’i’ kw’xu’athun	fourteen
’apun ’i’ kw’yuse’lu	twelve
’apunelh	ten times
’athusmun	front yard
’aw’kw’ul’muhw	large gathering of different Indian bands
’axwtun	broom
’ayum’shun’	slow walker
’e’lul’ush	brothers of a single woman, sisters of a single man
’e’the’mutth’t	mending broken parts of weaving
’e’tth’uw’ulh	wiping down a canoe
’e’uhwin	little, small, tiny
’e’ullhqi’	snakes
’e’xthim’	dipnetting
’een’thu	it’s me
’elush	sister or female cousin of a man, brother or male cousin of a woman
’etth’ut	to wipe it
’ew’kw’mun	belongings
’exu	Canada goose
’ey’x	crab
’ey’xal’lh	little crabs
’eyt	cod, lingcod
’eyuxal’lh	crab (little, immature crabs)
’i’la’th	mouth of river
’i’lhtun’	eating
’i’tut	sleeping
’ikchum	handkerchief
’iktshum	handkerchief
’ile’uq	in back of vehicle, stern of canoe
’im	grandchild (familiar)
’imush	to walk
’imushne’tun	visitor
’imuth	grandchild, grandniece, grand nephew, cousin’s grandchild
’imuye’	grandchild, grandniece, grand nephew, cousin’s grandchild (address form)
’ipun	apron
’ispawtu	baking powder
’itut	to sleep
’itutew’t-hw	hotel
’iw’ust	point to it
’ixwuthut	sweep
’iye’qe’lht	change diapers
’u	to, of, by
’uhwiin’	little, small
’uhwin’	small
’ukw’alust	stitch it (weaving, making a fishnet)
’ukw’alustun	needle for making nets
’ukw’emutth’t	hook fibre (as in hooking wool in a loom)
’ukw’ikwiya’qw	great great grandparents/children
’ukw’mun	waste, leftovers, shavings, food
’ukw’s	chiton, China slipper
’ukwiya’qw	great great grandparent/child
’ul-hwilmuhw	lineage of people
’ul’	just
’ul’elush	brothers of a single woman, sisters of a single man
’ul’hwi’lum’~’un’hwi’lum’	to go canoeing
’ulhpalus	drop a stitch
’ulhqi’	snake
’ulhtun	to eat
’ulhtun’ew’t-hw	restaurant
’ulhwilmuhw	lineage of people
’um-’imuth	grandchildren
’um’ush	to go deer hunting
’um’utew’t-hw	bathroom
’umshasstuhw	walk her around’
’umshasum’	travel, go for a walk, sightsee, tour
’umut	to sit down, to get out of bed
’umutew’t-hw	bathroom, restroom, toilet
’untsu	to be where
’unuhw	to stop
’upanus	ten dollars
’upeenu	ten people
’upenulhp	ten trees
’upenuqun	ten containers
’upenuwulh	ten canoes
’upuwoonhw	ten years
’uthemutth’t	mend it, broken parts of weaving
’utl’qt	to take it outside
’utth’unup	wipe floor
’utth’uwulh	wipe down a canoe
’uw’ kwun’a wulh hith	a long time ago
’uw’ nuts’a’ ’ul’	just one
’uw’ nuts’a’ ’ul’ kw’unu stl’i’	I’m buying only one.
’uw’ nuts’uqun ’ul’	only one container
’uwu	no, not
’uxay’thinum	to shave
’uxthim’tun	dipnet
’uxtun	knife , scraper
’uy’alumuhw	good person
’uy’stuhw	to like
’uyumun	loom (weaving loom)

’unuhw ch ch’ h hw k kw kw’ l l’ lh m m’ n n’ p p’ q q’ qw qw’ s sh t t’ th tl’ ts ts’ tth tth’ w w’ x xw y y’

ch

ch	you
cheek	jack
chikmun	metal; knitting needles; wire
chq’un	file (noun)
chuchi’q’un’	mink
chuchukw’e’lh	hiccup
chukunew’t-hw	chicken coop
chukuns	chicken
chumux	pitch, chewing gum
chuymunulwut	jeans, denim

’unuhw ch ch’ h hw k kw kw’ l l’ lh m m’ n n’ p p’ q q’ qw qw’ s sh t t’ th tl’ ts ts’ tth tth’ w w’ x xw y y’

ch’

’unuhw ch ch’ h hw k kw kw’ l l’ lh m m’ n n’ p p’ q q’ qw qw’ s sh t t’ th tl’ ts ts’ tth tth’ w w’ x xw y y’

h

ha’put	deer
haan’	humpback salmon
hakwush	to use it, to wear it
haputiil’	cricket (insect)
haqwut	smell it
hay … ’ul	very, only
hay ch q’a’	thank you
hay tseep q’a’	thank you
hee’	yes (an expression)
heen’ut	singing lullaby
hehuw’t	little rat
hesum	to sneeze
heth’um	breathe
hetth’um	to breathe
hewt	rat
hi’wul’ten’um’	fish: casting, fishing with a rod
hiiw’a’lum’ ’u tu kumputu kems	playing computer games
hil’xuw’e	pitlamping (for ex for fish)
him’tth’en’t	to not believe him/her
hith	long time
hithulh	long time PAST
hiw’a’lum’tul’	playing together
hul’xuw’e	pitlamp (for fish)
hulelum’	houses
huliqwu	suitcases, handbags
hulixwtun	blankets
hum’a	pigeon
hun’umut	to get home, to come home
hun’wuqw	pullover sweater, pull your head through	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
hunum’ tl’ tawun	going to town
huqels	to bake
huqwnuhw	to smell it
huw’a’lum’	to play
huw’a’lum’ew’t-hw	play area, playhouse, playroom
huw’tth’a’lus	knitting
huw’tth’a’lust	knitting it (keep on)
huw’tth’e’mutth’t	weaving cedar bark fibres
huw’tth’ul’us	knitting) ‘i tsun hu’tth’ul’us
huw’tth’ul’ust	knitting it
huw’uw’us	barking
huy	done, finished
huy’qwoon’	light, car headlight
huy’qwuthut	to have a fever
huy’tun	weapon, tool
huye’	to leave
huyinus	teeth

’unuhw ch ch’ h hw k kw kw’ l l’ lh m m’ n n’ p p’ q q’ qw qw’ s sh t t’ th tl’ ts ts’ tth tth’ w w’ x xw y y’

hw

hw’a’kw’ul’ust	hooking stitches
hw’iint	say what
hw’ukw’alust	hook stitches
hw’ulhquy’um	Snake Island
hw’utth’wiils	dry dishes
hwa’us	to scare game when hunting by breaking sticks, making noise when scaring game
hwat	wise, clever
hwe’hwe’	fast runner
hwe’shun	to walk, to take a foot step
hwi’hwkw’atul’	tug-of-war
hwi’hwutth’eenum’	rocking chair; seesaw
hwi’iwun	generous
hwihwukw’ul’	greying (turning, fading to grey)
hwikw’ul	to fade
hwisulenhw	October
hwiyuneem’	to listen
hwkw’a’luhwum	Qualicum
hwkw’asust	heat dry fish over flames (scorching the skin side)
hwkw’sutsum	Jaynes Creek
hwkw’ulim	pregnant
hwkwukwun’lhne’num’	hunting: getting food (going to get food)
hwkwumluhwuthun	Coffin Point area
hwkwunnuts	skein
hwle’lum’shun’	looking for tracks
hwlhulhuts’qunul’s	tonsil doctor
hwlhuw’els	shuck clams
hwlhuw’ut	shuck clams
hwlumi’	Lummi Island, Lummi people
hwma’alqsunum	to blow one’s nose
hwmu’iwut	gut it, take the insides out
hwmukwuthut	to kiss him/her
hwnats’us	look/act innocent when guilty
hwniqwusum	to nod
hwp’ul’tl’amulus	smoke: get smoke in eyes
hwquluwun	bad-tempered, mean
hwqweenut	to pierce his/her ear
hwqxa’wuth	many kinds, diverse
hwslhuw’lhnenum	hunter, provider of food
hwsluhel’	bone game player
hwsmul’mul’q	absent-minded person
hwsmul’mul’q~hwsmul’mil’q	absent-minded
hwst’uy’qw’	cranky person
hwstl’up la’thun	bowl
hwsulalust	spin wool (spin two strands together)
hwsusula’lust	spinning wool (be spinning two strands together)
hwsuyq’um	Patricia Bay
hwswutl’uts’	faller: someone who falls habitually
hwsyun’yun’	laugher, one who laughs easily
hwt-sequn	to have a sore throat
hwth’xwast	wash one’s face
hwthaaltth’	Maude Island
hwthhwamulqsun	bloody nose
hwthuhwum’ul’qsun’	to have a bloody nose
hwthume’um	two helpings (have two)
hwthuthiqut	forest, woods
hwthuylhnent	fix/feed the fire
hwtl’ay’kwusum	to wink
hwtl’up	bowl
hwtl’upnets	Maple Bay
hwtl’uqtnuts	cougar
hwts’alha’um	River Bottom (place name)
hwts’alum	tide turns
hwts’e’nutsum	to sit down
hwts’umiil’utsun	Twin Beaches, Gabriola Island
hwts’usi’	Bonsall Creek, Chemainus Reserve # 6
hwtth’ahwqi’num’	gargling
hwtth’uxwwiils	wash dishes
hwtth’xwast	to wash his/her face
hwtth’xwasum	to wash one’s face
hwtuy’tiim’	tide reverses against the waterflow (for ex at the mouth of a river)
hwuhwa’us	scaring game (breaking sticks, making noise when scaring game out to hunters)
hwuhwilmuhw	First Nations people
hwuhwtsi’qw	duck: bufflehead; hooded merganser
hwuhwuyim	leech
hwukw’inusus	how many months (become)
hwukw’netsum	salamander
hwul’ihwul’muhw	little First Nations people
hwulhhwumat	divided (now) into three
hwulhhwumatstuhw	do into three groups
hwulmuhw	First Nations person
hwulunitum’	white people
hwumii’wut	gutting it
hwun’ xut’u ’i’	suddenly, finally
hwun’un’uts’a’	canoe: single person canoe
hwune’unt	evening, become evening
hwunitum’	white man
hwununuts’a’	single person canoe
hwuqux	many: become many
hwusp’ep’utth’	sewn: become sewn
hwutusmaat	pregnant, heavy with child
hwuy	to wake up
hwuy’hwiyas	to awake early, to be an early bird
hwuy’qwul’ulh	ferry, steamship, train
hwuypelu	wheelbarrow
hwyunumus	to smile
hwyusye’sul’a	two-person canoe
hwyusyey’sul’u	canoe: two-person canoe

’unuhw ch ch’ h hw k kw kw’ l l’ lh m m’ n n’ p p’ q q’ qw qw’ s sh t t’ th tl’ ts ts’ tth tth’ w w’ x xw y y’

k

kapi	coffee
kapi’elu	coffee pot
kapou	coat
kesulin’ew’t-hw	gas station
klips	grape, grapes
koulalus	gold (gold-coloured)
kumpouts	boots

’unuhw ch ch’ h hw k kw kw’ l l’ lh m m’ n n’ p p’ q q’ qw qw’ s sh t t’ th tl’ ts ts’ tth tth’ w w’ x xw y y’

kw

kwa’kwsun’	little star
kwa’mutsun	Quamichan
kwasun	star
kwe’tsust	to let go of hands, to drop hands
kwewe’uts	elk
kweyel	tomorrow, daylight
kweyulutstun	opening to let light in/smoke out in bighouse
kwi’kwumluhw	Bush Creek area, Ivy Green Park
kwi’txulhp	dogwood
kwikwuma’lus	reddish brown
kwikwumul’	red: becoming red, red: turning red
kwimalus	reddish, pink
kwimul	to become red, to turn red
kwoukwew’t-hw	kitchen
kwoukwt	to cook it
kwukwa’tul	divorced, apart, separated
kwukwatl’shun	long-legged crab
kwukwun’lhne’num’	hunting: getting food
kwulala’ulhp	alder
kwulalu’alus	orange-coloured (red-alder coloured)
kwum’tth’ulexun’	elbow
kwumluhw	root
kwun’eem’mun’	scallop
kwunmut	belongings, things to be given away
kwunnutst	skein it, put wool into skeins
kwunut	to take him/her/it, to grab it, to catch it
kwunutsust	to take hands, shake hands
kwunutsustul	to hold hands
kwushou	pig
kwuy’hwulhnulh	neck (front part)
kwuyt-hutssum	to knit
kwuyxutssum	knitting, basketwear, handicraft

’unuhw ch ch’ h hw k kw kw’ l l’ lh m m’ n n’ p p’ q q’ qw qw’ s sh t t’ th tl’ ts ts’ tth tth’ w w’ x xw y y’

kw’

kw’a’luhw	dog salmon
kw’aant’	dolphin
kw’akw’i’ukw	fishing: trolling
kw’al’hw	scoter: white-winged scoter
kw’am’kw’um’	strong, fit, healthy
kw’atl’kwa	saltwater
kw’ayukw	to troll
kw’eets’	dogfish
kw’eshnuhw	counting it (managing to)
kw’eshum’	counting
kw’et’un’	mouse
kw’ey’	to be hungry, to get hungry
kw’i’hw	chewing gum, balsam or pine pitch
kw’i’kw’eshum’	counting DIM
kw’i’kw’shem’	counting (keep counting)
kw’i’kw’ushust	counting money DIM
kw’iinu	how many people
kw’ikw’le’	little stomach, belly
kw’ikw’ulhathut	rocking or tipping (canoe)
kw’ikwul’shun’	fishing line: trolling line
kw’in	how many
kw’inuqun	how many containers
kw’inus	how many dollars
kw’inuwulh	how many conveyances
kw’lhast	to pour water on him/her
kw’sha’luw’tsust	count fingers
kw’shalst	count round objects
kw’shalusels	count stitches, etc
kw’shalust	count stitches
kw’shasels	count money
kw’shasnuhw	count money (manage to)
kw’shasulhtstham’sh	count the bills/money for me
kw’she’le’tsnuhw	count bundles or bales (manage to)
kw’sheenhwt	count number of corn ears on the stocks, count potato sprouts, count tomatoes on plants
kw’sheleelhtsum	count my group for me
kw’sheleem	count people who are with you, the people in your group
kw’shels	count
kw’shelulhtstham’sh	count them for me (people)
kw’shelum	count the people in your group
kw’shelut	count people
kw’shem	to count
kw’shet	to count it
kw’shetsust	count hands
kw’shew’t-hwt	count houses
kw’shewulhtsut	count canoes for someone
kw’shi’qwels	count heads
kw’shi’qwnuhw	count heads (manage to)
kw’shi’qwt	count heads
kw’shiwst	count ducks or chickens
kw’shule’elhtstham’sh	count the bales for me
kw’shule’tst	count bundles or bales
kw’shule’tsulhtstham’sh	count the bales for me
kw’shule’tsum	count how many you have (bales)
kw’shulhpt	count trees, plants
kw’shulhpulhtsum	count the trees for me
kw’shuwoonhwt	count the years
kw’shuwulh	count canoes
kw’siwst	singe the skin of a duck after plucking it
kw’suts	trout
kw’ukw’a’lutum’	to have diarrhea
kw’ukw’shiw’st	counting groups, sacks of ducks
kw’ul’u	belly, stomach
kw’ul’xeen	plantain: rattlesnake plantain
kw’ulh	to spill, to tip over
kw’ulhkw’ulh	tippy (canoe)
kw’uli’kw’eshum’	counting DIM PL
kw’uli’kw’suts	little trouts
kw’uluqun	bluff, cliff, bare mountainside, very large flat rock
kw’uluw’	skin
kw’unelh	how many times
kw’unt’als	stone: smooth black stone
kw’ush	amount, number
kw’usha’qwnuhw	counting heads (managing to)
kw’usha’qwt	counting heads
kw’usha’qwul’s	counting heads
kw’ushmat	amount, number (of, for ex blankets or towels)
kw’ushnehw	count it (manage to)
kw’ushtsans	count bullrushes into bundles
kw’ushul’s	counting
kw’ushul’st	counting round objects
kw’ushul’ust	counting stitches
kw’ushule’tsnuhw	counting bales (managing to)
kw’ushule’tst	counting bundles or bales
kw’ushuleem’	counting people who are with you, those in your group
kw’ushulhpt	counting trees
kw’ushuluw’tsust	counting fingers
kw’ushusnuhw	counting money (managing to)
kw’ushusul’s	counting money
kw’ushusulhtstham’sh	counting the bills/money for me
kw’ushutsust	counting hands
kw’ushuw’st	(counting them, ducks)
kw’ushuw’t-hwt	counting houses
kw’ushuw’ulh	counting canoes
kw’ushuwoon’hwt	counting the years
kw’usshun	to burn foot
kw’ustsus	to burn hand
kw’uts’unulhtsu	shark
kw’uyutsun	grizzly bear

’unuhw ch ch’ h hw k kw kw’ l l’ lh m m’ n n’ p p’ q q’ qw qw’ s sh t t’ th tl’ ts ts’ tth tth’ w w’ x xw y y’

l

l	la’thun	plate
l	le’sh	to put it away
l	le’tsus	cedar root basket used for storage
l	leey’qsun	village on Valdez Island
l	lelum’	house
l	lemilhtun	babysitter
l	lemuxutun	watchman
l	lexunew’t-hw	drugstore, pharmacy
l	li’hel’	bonegame (be playing)
l	li’lum’	little house
l	li’luteem’	desk, little table
l	liimus	April
l	lil’xwtun’	little blanket
l	lila’	salmonberry
l	liloot	railroad train
l	lisek	sack, bag
l	lu’ultsuptun	month for gathering wood, November
l	luhel’	to play the bonegame
l	lukli	key
l	lukw’umun	Esquimalt (by naval shipyard, new longhouse area)
l	lukwin	cross
l	lukwulhpt	break off plants
l	lul’puts	little rabbit
l	lulixwtun	blankets
l	lulusek	sacks
l	luluts’alus	yellowish
l	luluts’ulhp	Oregon-grape (dull)
l	lumhwshenum	stomp feet on ground or floor
l	lumutou	sheep
l	lumutoul’qun	wool
l	lupat	cup
l	lupen	hoe, shovel
l	luplit	priest
l	lupyous	hoe
l	luqwu	suitcase, handbag
l	lushaan	shawl
l	lutem	table
l	luwen	oats
l	luwux	rib
l	luxwtun	blanket
l	luxwut	to cover it

’unuhw ch ch’ h hw k kw kw’ l l’ lh m m’ n n’ p p’ q q’ qw qw’ s sh t t’ th tl’ ts ts’ tth tth’ w w’ x xw y y’

l’

’unuhw ch ch’ h hw k kw kw’ l l’ lh m m’ n n’ p p’ q q’ qw qw’ s sh t t’ th tl’ ts ts’ tth tth’ w w’ x xw y y’

lh

lhat’uq’w’um	snore
lhat’uqw’um	to snore
lhchumux	chew gum
lhe’lhpiw’st	stripping the hide off it (keep on)
lheel	to go ashore
lhew’lhne’num’	hunting: provide food, get food
lhew’qum’	seawater black mussel
lhew’sum’	glimmering= diamond
lhhwalus	three stitches (when counting the width of a pattern in knitting)
lhhway’a’th	three-pronged
lhhwelh	three times
lhhwelu	three people
lhhwumat	three teams or groups or material divided into three
lhhwuwoonhw	three years
lhhwuwulh	three conveyances
lhi’lhq’uw’s	salmon: jack spring salmon
lhihw	three
lhihwuqun	three containers
lhihwuqun sqaal’muhw	three containers of milk
lhihwus	three dollars
lhihwus ’apuls	three apples
lhihwuw’t-hw	three houses
lhiput	to strip them (hops or berries)
lhit’ut tthu st’upul’	Deal the cards.
lhits’a’qwum	to get a haircut
lhits’a’qwum’ew’t-hw	barbershop
lhkapi	drink coffee
lhnimulh	it’s us
lhpiwst	strip the hide off it (for ex deer)
lhq’atssus	five dollars
lhq’etssulhp	five trees
lhq’etssuqun’	five containers
lhq’etssuwoonhw	five years
lhq’etssuwulh	five canoes
lhq’etsus	five
lhq’uthut	lie down
lhq’utsse’lu	five people
lhq’utsselh	five times
lhq’utssulhsha’us	fifty dollars
lhq’utssulhshe’	fifty
lhqa’	drink water
lhqelts’	moon; month
lhsesq’	half-dollars
lhsuplil	eat bread
lhsuq’	half, half-dollar
lht’uqw’	half
lhti	drink tea
lhts’alsels	cut up apples, vegetables
lhts’alst	cut up potatoes, apples, vegetables
lhts’alust	cut out an area of a weaving in order to reweave it
lhts’imun	comb
lhts’iwst	cut up fowl
lhts’ul’tsup	saw wood
lhtsalu’	fishing with a rod and reel
lhuhwnuts	three root plants
lhuhwulhsha’us	thirty dollars
lhuhwulhshe’	thirty
lhukw’tun	gaff hook
lhulheel’	shore: going ashore
lhulhun’ut	weaving it
lhulhunul’s	weaving
lhulhunum’	weaving
lhuli’lhulhunum’	weaving PL
lhulqutth’els	dye wool
lhultun	bailer
lhulut	bail it out
lhulwulh	bail a canoe
lhumlhumuluts’	Clem Clem
lhumts’el’s	to pick (berries, fruit, vegetables)
lhun’	to weave
lhun’els	weave
lhun’um	weave
lhun’ut	weave it
lhupuw’st	stripping the hide off it
lhupxnuhw	to blink one’s eye, to close one’s eyes
lhuq’us	seaweed, laver
lhuqul’shetun’	fishing line, hand line for fishing spear
lhuqul’ts’	moonlight
lhuqw’tssum	clap your hands
lhuqw’tsum	to clap one’s hands, to applaud, to cheer
lhut’umun’	herring rake
lhuthnuts	cormorant
lhuts’lhnent	break up the coals
lhuts’mun	sawdust
lhuts’tun	saw
lhuts’ul’ust	cutting an area out of a weaving in order to reweave it
lhutth’lhut’	comical person
lhutth’lhutth’	comical person
lhutxthut	shiver, tremble (like jelly)
lhuw’lhnenum	hunt: get food
lhuw’ulhne’	day before yesterday
lhuxunuptun	floor
lhwet	who
lhwulup	it’s you (plural)
lhxilush	to stand
lhxulwulhtun	mouth of the Chase River
lhxwat	to spit it out

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ma’mul’	sand crayfish, mud shrimp
ma’t	nurse! (said to baby)
ma’uqw	duck, waterfowl
ma’uqwallh	duckling
mal’sum’	cranberry
male’qwe’	Indian Burial Island, Nanaimo I.R. #6
maluqwut tthu st’upul’	mix, shuffle the cards
matshus	match, matches
mawuch	deer (a term used by poachers)
me’	dad (address form, endearment form)
me’hwulhp	Labrador tea bush
me’lu	bait
me’lum	to bait a hook, to put on bait
me’luxulh	Malahat mountain
me’mul’q	forgetting
me’mun’u	children
me’shenum	to take one’s shoes off
me’shi’qwum	to take one’s hat off
mel’q	to forget
mel’qt	forget it
men	father
meqe’	snow
meyuqum	(water) to ripple
miit’	blue grouse
mim’ne’	offspring: son, daughter DIM
moulu	mill
mousmus	cow, beef
mousmus’ew’t-hw	cowshed
mousmusallh	calf
mukwut	to pile it (hay)
mulyitul	to get married
mumun’us	little rocks, small rocks, round objects
mumuxelh	caterpillar
mun’u	child, offspring
munaya’lh	doll
muq’ut	to swallow it
muqsun	nose
muqwitth’e’	thick strand (for ex wool or yarn)
mushts’un	louse, head lice
musuqw	crab
muthe’lumuhw	Westcoast people
mutouliye’	Victoria

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m’

m’i	come
m’i ’ewu	come here

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n

na’nuts’a’	one person
na’nuts’eylh	one child (have one child)
na’tu	corn
namut kwu	you’re welcome
nan	very, too much
napus	cape
naqw’	to sit on something dirty or nasty
naw’	spouse (informal term, address form)
ne’ullh	it’s them
nem’	to go	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
nem’ ’itut	go to sleep
nem’ tl’ tawun	go to town
neni	goat
net	night: be night
nets’uw’t-hw	one house; the other room
netulh	early morning
nikw	aunt, uncle, parent’s cousin (address form)
nikwiye’	aunt, uncle, parent’s cousin (address form)
nilh	it’s him/her/it
nin’ts’uqun’	one little container DIM
nuhwulhaalh	canoe: go by canoe
nuts’a’	one
nuts’a’ shewuq	one carrot
nuts’a’, yuse’lu, lhihw, xu’athun	1, 2, 3, 4
nuts’a’nuts	one root plant
nuts’alus	different color
nuts’eylh	one child
nuts’uqun	one container
nuts’uqun tl’elhum	one box of salt
nuts’uqun, yuse’luqun, lhihwuqun, xuthinuqun	1-4 containers
nuts’us	one dollar
nuts’us ’apuls	one apple
nuts’us, yusa’lus, lhihwus, xuthinus	1-4 round objects
nutsim’	why
nuw’ul’tsup	bring in firewood’
nuw’ush	in: put it in, bring it in
nuwu	it’s you

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n’

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p

paal’exutun’	wind that brings the birds (gale force wind)
pashuluqw	yellow cedar
patun	sail, rag
pe’hwemtum	foggy: fogged up
pe’pu’iw’s	hairy animal, like gorilla
peeltth’	turkey vulture
pene’ulhp	vine maple
pestun	United States, American
peyts’tun	fishing rod, casting rod
pi’atulh	to hunt fowl
pi’kwun	roasting stick, sticks for barbecuing
pi’paam	peak of Mt Tzouhalem
pi’pute’num’	sailing
pi’t-shun	lizard
piiq’	nighthawk
pipi’atulh	hunting ducks
pipiyatulh	duck-hunting from water or land
pipu	paper, form
pipuxwuthut	to brush oneself
piq’ut	to pick the outside in the bonegame, to guess the female bones on the outside, to guess both ways
pish	cat
pou’ps	cat DIM
pou’ps’al’lh	kitten
poukw	book
pous	cat
pout	boat
poutew’t-hw	boathouse
pqwutsun	sand
pqwutsun’	sand
pthunuptun	carpet, ‚floorspread‚ picnic blanket
pulou’ps	small cats
pun’um	to plant, to sow
pune’luxutth’	Penelakut, Penelakut Island (formerly Kuper Island)
pune’q	geoduck
punhwemun	May
pupeel’s	breezing
pupsiwut	ball game
pupute’num’	sailing
puputth’in’	skunk
putenum	to sail
putun’em’	sailing
puy’puy’atulh	hunting ducks

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p’

p’a’tth’us	cradle board
p’aqwul	swampy (water recedes from flood until the ground is visible)
p’ep’utth’	sewing
p’ep’utth’ul’s	sewing, stitching
p’ep’utth’ut	sewing it
p’etth’	to get sewn
p’etth’ulhtstham’sh	sew it for me
p’etth’ut	to sew it
p’hwulhp	oak
p’i’p’q’i’as	waxberry, snowberry
p’isuts’	cone of tree, for example, pine
p’q’alus	light-coloured
p’q’alus tskwim	light red
p’q’alus tsqway	light green-blue
p’q’ul’qun’	mountain goat, goat’s wool
p’q’ulwut	goat’s wool blanket
p’qw’axw	hazelnut
p’tth’els	sew, stitch
p’tth’ulmuhw	to milk (a cow)
p’tth’une’lhp	juniper
p’ukw	to come to the surface of the water, to float
p’ukwten	buoy, float
p’ulhqw’thut	to sprain something
p’uli’	tree bark
p’uq’	white
p’uq’ulenhw	September
p’utth’tun	needle

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q

qa’	water
qa’hin’tul	travelling together
qa’qa’	to drink
qaanlhp	arbutus
qaxthut	many: becoming many
qel’nal’hw	angry with us
qel’nuhw	mad at (being mad at)
qel’q	wild rose
qel’qalus	pink (wild rose-coloured)
qel’qulhp
qeluts’	to spin (wool)
qeluts’mun	bits left over in a spinner after spinning
qeq	baby
qequluts’	spinning (wool)
qequluts’stuhw	have someone spinning wool
qequm’	calm spot in the water
qequn’	housepost in bighouse
qethuhw	shaft of a fishing spear
qewum	to rest
qeyux	mink (as trickster in stories)
qi’qtum’as	to play a traditional ball game
qi’xune’tun	shadow
qiq’qiq’ul’sew’t-hw	jail (noun)
qiq’quq’ul’s	policemen
qiqul’us	sad
qiquq’ul’s	policeman
qp’ast	turn it upside down (canoe, cup)
qp’asum	to bend over
qtewustun	waist, waistband or waistline
qul’astun	Mark Bay—west side of Gabriola Island
qul’et	again, next time
qul’et kweyul ’i’	the next day
qulnuhw	mad at (get mad at)
qulstuhw	to hate
qulum’	eye
quma’stuhw	giver him, her breast, bottle
qumine’	abalone
qumut	drake merganser
quqxexun’	blanket
qut-shutun	leggings, leg protectors
qutqutts’ala’	spider, black–doesn’t make webs, comes in spring	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
quw’utsun’	Cowichan
qux	many, a lot
qxe’luts	many people
qxelh	many times

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q’

q’a’wulh	partner (address form)
q’am’	kelp
q’aq’i’	sick
q’aq’iyew’t-hw	hospital
q’e’lumi’	girls (teenage)
q’e’mi’	teen-age girl
q’e’muy’alh	young girl
q’ep’utstun	shoelace
q’et’um	sweet
q’etl’ul’shun	calf of leg
q’ewum	to kneel
q’i’xuye’	black person
q’il’aam’	preserve food, make sq’i’lu (drying, canning, etc)
q’il’eem’	preserving food (by smoking, drying, canning, etc.)
q’il’ew’t-hw	smoke house
q’ilt	late morning
q’iq’ulaam’	preserving food
q’it’a’	swing, hammock
q’it’a’ulhp	honeysuckle
q’p’el’e’tstun	bottlecap, lid on a pot
q’p’uwulht	tie up a canoe
q’pune’tun	ribbon
q’put	to gather it
q’tth’alust	double-stitch it, decrease stitching (in knitting)
q’ul’its’	False Narrows, main village site, site of Kulleet Bay
q’ul’shtun	mat, shawl
q’uleeq’e’	crows
q’ulexuts’tun	fence, enclosure
q’ullhanumutsun	orca, killer whale (blackfish)
q’ulum’	camp: to camp
q’uluts	to shelter
q’uluts’tun	umbrella, shelter
q’um’asum’	Victoria Gorge
q’umul’ulhp	maple tree: rangy ones at higher altitudes, used for paddles
q’umxwus	winding fishing line
q’up’shenum	to tie one’s shoe
q’up’uw’ulht	tying up a canoe
q’upusum’	assembling, gathering
q’uq’a’tul’	meeting each other
q’uq’i’	intestines
q’uq’uwul’wutum’	clothesline
q’usq’ustsin’	spider
q’utmun’	fish fin
q’uts’i’	moss
q’utth’ul’ust	double-stitching it, decreasing stitching (in knitting)
q’uw’u	cane, crutch
q’uxq’ux	can, tin
q’uy’uxum	whirlpool
q’uyatl’un’	snail	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
q’uye’mun	sea shells
q’uyi’uts	moose
q’xalus	dark-coloured
q’xalus tskwim	dark red
q’xalus tsqway	dark green-blue
q’xhuw’lh	canoe: voyageur canoe
q’xuw’lh	war canoe

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qw

qwa’pulhp	devil’s club
qwa’tsup	ashes
qwa’up	crabapple
qwa’upulhp	crab apple tree
qwal	to talk, speak	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
qwaqwul’	saying
qwaqwuyul’	turning blue
qwe’un	mosquito
qwets’ut	to burp, to belch
qwets’utstuhw	burp him, her
qwlhey’	log
qwlhey’shun	shoe, shoes
qwse’yun	to throw out a net, to set a net
qwtaythun	sturgeon
qwthalus	bowl, platter, wooden tray
qwul’smun	broth
qwul’utsus	cedar boughs
qwula’ithutun’	radio, phonograph
qwulqwul	talkative
qwum’qwum	American coot (bird: mudrunner, fresh and saltwater)(111)
qwum’xwshun	ankle
qwum’xwtsus	wrist
qwuni	seagull
qwunus	whale
qwuqw’ten	shoulder
qwuqwilhi’	logs
qwusiyun’	setting a net

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qw’

qw’aqwiyuls	baseball
qw’aqwuqw	bladderwrack kelp, rockweed
qw’aqwust	to club him/her on the head
qw’aqwustun	club
qw’i’lus	June
qw’i’qw’ul’as	summer: during the summer
qw’oon’	ear
qw’qwuy’al’stun	golf club
qw’si’unlhp	cypress
qw’ulsew’t-hw	cannery
qw’ulum	to bake, to cook
qw’um	to be uprooted, to be pulled up
qw’umi’yiqun’	Comiaken (a Cowichan reserve)
qw’umut	to pull it out (tooth or stump)
qw’umuws	to pluck a fowl
qw’umuwst	to pluck it (a fowl)
qw’umxwust	wind wool into balls
qw’un’qw’oon’	ears
qw’uqw’i’tul	siblings
qw’uqw’sutsun’	swallow (the bird)
qw’uqw’tiq’	seagull: small type, some are blackheaded
qw’uqwtun	baseball bat
qw’uyi’lushulhp	aspen: tremblng aspen
qw’uyulush	to dance
qw’xwa’luw’shun	toenail
qw’xwa’luw’tsus	fingernail

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s

s-ts’ets’uhw	be quiet
s’a’kw’us	hanging
s’amuna’	Duncan, Somenos
s’apuns	tenth
s’athus	face
s’axwa’	butter clam
s’eeltth’um	clothing PL, dresses
s’ey’qsta’mu	angry at you (and disagree with you)
s’eyuw’	abalone shell
s’i’a’lum’iw’s	right side, right arm
s’i’a’lum’tsus	right hand
s’i’a’luw’shun	right foot
s’i’kw’ul	trash, garbage
s’ile’uq	back of vehicle (n
s’inus	breastbone, chest
s’itth’um	clothes, dress
s’itth’um’	dress
s’ulhtun	food
s’ulnuts	stump
s’ulqsun	point of land
s’ulshun	hem of skirt, pants
s’unum	fish spear, shaft of a harpoon
s’uthnuts	bay
s’uy’emutth’	straight-grained (tree)
s’uyumutth’	straight-grained (tree)
sa’sxw	dew
sa’ukw	Sooke
sal’lus	drunk, light-headed
satuts	north wind (brings ice)
saxwul	grass
saxwulalus	green
se’lutun	baskets
se’tssum	to raise one’s hand
se’uq	fern root: root of bracken fern
se’wun	bag lunch, trail food
sey’	wool	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
sey’t’uls	tickling
seyum	to ache, to be sore
si’lu	grandparent, grandparent’s sibling or cousin
si’q	under (be under an enclosure)
si’qutsun	roof, shed without side walls or veranda
si’si’	to be afraid, scared
si’stun’	little basket
si’ts	longest (of boards)
siiye’tun	black widow spider
siiye’yu	friends, relatives
sil	cloth
sil’anum	year
sil’wulhnet	Monday
silaqw’a’ulh	Chemainus River
silew’t-hw	tent
sine’uts	salmon: tyee, spring salmon after going upriver
situn	basket
skw’a’wus	water-tight basket, bucket
skw’e’	eel
skw’een’	feather
skw’i’shutun	ladder, step-ladder
skw’ins	when, at what time
skw’itth’i’	sea egg, sea urchin
skw’lhey’	littleneck clam
skw’qequ	robin
skw’sha’lus	counted (stitches)
skw’sha’lustuhw	count: get them counted (stitches)
skw’shas	counted (months, money)
skw’shasstuhw	counted (months), get them counted
skw’she’lu	counted (people)
skw’ukw’ish	counted
skw’ukw’ishul’us	counted (stitches)
skw’ukw’ishul’usstuhw	count: get them counted (stitches)
skw’ulwexe’	butterfly
skwathshun’	fisherman: good fisherman; also name of monster in the Stoneheads story
skwati	crazy
skwequp	lure used in cod fishing
skweyul	day, sky
skweyxutssum’	handiwork
skwi’kwthe’	island: little island
skwitth’uts	blue jay
skwoukwul’	school: going to school
skwoul	school
skwoulew’t-hw	school (schoolhouse)
skwthe’	island
skwul’esh	gun
skwulkwulth	western grebe
skwun’ehw	bullhead
slhap’	soup
slhe’lh	bedspread, cover, sheet
slhe’lhulhin’	woven
slhekw’um	breath
slhelhni’	girl, little woman
slheni’	woman
slheni’allh	girl
slhewut’	herring
slhihws	Wednesday
slhihwulhp	three trees
slhix	blanket strips, leftover money or goods from potlatch
slhiyemun	Sliammon
slhkw’emuws	pulse
slhq’etsuss	Friday
slhq’etsusth	Friday (Snuneymuhwqun)
slhqul’exun’	side of wind-dried salmon
slhqwulnus	gums
slhqwun’u	cheeks
slhtth’emun	small bay near Jack’s point
slhul’p’ul’exun’	bat
slhule’lhulhin’	woven DIM PL
slhulhin’	woven
slhulhin’stuhw	woven, get it woven
slhulnuts	buttocks
slhumuhw	rain
slhun’	weaving (n.)
slhunlheni’	women
slhuq’we’lh	back (body)
slhuqtal’	doubled blanket
slhuqw’	barked or pulled off material
sliim	sandhill crane
sluhel’	lahal, stick game, bone game
sluwi’	inner cedar bark
sluxwe’lh	blanket: baby blanket
sluxwutune’lh	baby blanket
sme’luyi	married
sme’muqe’	snow (covered with snow)
smeent	mountain
smel’q	forgotten
smem’nut	pebble, little mountain
smetth’un’	pride
smim’yuthal’lh	little fawn
smukw	ball game using balsam burl ball
smul’sh	soft-shelled crab
smunmeent	rocks
smuqw’a’	great blue heron
smuqw’iws	pitch: balsam pitch
smuqw’uts	Point Roberts
smustimuhw	body of a person
smutuli	ball game
smuyuqw’a’	ladybug
smuyuth	deer, meat
smuyuthallh	fawn
snas	fat, lard
snet	night
snin’hwulh	little canoe
snuhwulh	canoe, car
snuhwulhshun	tire for car
snuneymuhw	Nanaimo, Nanaimo person
snuqin’	next room
snusalmuhw	butter
snustsu	Separation Point
snuts’ulhp	one tree, one bush
snuts’uwyulh	half brother or sister	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
snuw’nuw’us	Nanoose
snuwulnuts~snuwulluts	campsite at Dodds Narrows
snuxshun	toe
snuxtsus	finger
soup	soap
sp’aqw’um	foam, bubbles
sp’ep’utth’	sewn up
sp’eq’um	flower
spa’	dried and pressed roe
spaal’	raven
spe’ulhxun	open field near Harmac
spe’uth	bear: black bear
spe’uthallh	bear cub
speenhw	camas
spiw’	ice
spkw’um	dust
spouput	boat: making a boat
spu’ehw	foggy
spuhels	wind, breeze
spukw’ suplil	flour
spulhxun	field, clearing
spulqwitth’e’	owl: screech owl
spun’um	seed, something planted
sq’a’	companion, mate, spouse
sq’a’shun	partner, person you are walking with
sq’eetl’	river otter
sq’ewum	knee
sq’i’lu	smoked fish; smoked, dried food
sq’iq’laam’	dried fish: small fish hanging PL
sq’lhan	bow of boat, front of a car
sq’pas	meeting (n)
sq’ul’tsup	split firewood
sq’ulexuts’tun	gate
sq’umul’	paddle
sq’uq’itth’	double stitched
sq’utth’a’lus	double-stitch
sq’uw’q’ewum	knees
sqa’qa’	drink (noun)
sqaal’muhw	milk
sqalmuhw	milk
sqe’uq	sibling: younger sister, brother, cousin
sqeluts’	spinning: what one has spun
sqequm’	eddy, calm water
sqewth	potato
sqi’mukw’	octopus
sqiqul’us	sad
sqp’i’elh	to be lying on one’s stomach
sqtheq	pass, narrows
squl’ew’	beaver	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
squlquluthun	dream	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
squm’il’	high tide
sququweth	rabbit
squw	aboriginal style bread
sqw’a’uytsup	soot
sqw’iil’muhw	blackberry
sqw’ul	barbecued meat, cooked bread
sqw’ullus	copper
sqw’umus	forehead
sqw’uqwtsus	red huckleberry
sqwaqwul’mut	sayings
sqwini’uthun	beard
sqwinqwun	necklace
sqwiqwmi’	little dog, puppy
sqwiqwmi’al’lh	little puppy
sqwsun’e’	anchored; angry, bad mood
sqwul’qwul’	narrative, story, news, told about
sqwulqwalxw	hail
sqwumey’	dog
sqwumey’allh	puppy
sqwumqwumey’	dogs
sqwuntsus	hair on arm
sqwxwa’mush	Squamish, Vancouver
st-shimuws	fish slime (used as bait)
st’epi’	log: rotten log
st’i’am’	stick to: on, stuck on, fastened
st’i’wi’ulh	prayer
st’ilukw’	strawberry
st’ilukw’ulhp	strawberry plant
st’iqul’	mud
st’it’le’	fawn
st’qw’i’al’s	bangs
st’upul’	playing cards, deck of cards
st’uts’em	cedar branches
st’xumulhp	six trees
sta’lus	spouse
sta’luw’	river
statluw’	creek (river DIM)
ste’lukun	stockings, socks
stekun	stocking, sock
stem	what
stey	canoe race
sthakwula’	bet (noun)
sthima’	ice
sthimu’els	freezing weather
sthithuma’	frozen, icy	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
sthu’et	pitchblack night (no moon)
sthumunts	Tuesday (second day of the week)
sthuqul’shunum	rainbow
sthxelum	fern: sword fern
stihwum	ruffed grouse
stiqiw	horse
stishum’	fish slime
stiwun	niece, nephew, cousin’s child
stl’eyuq’um	smoke from a fire or chimney
stl’i’	to want, to like
stl’i’tl’qul	child
stl’i’tl’qulh	child
stl’ilnup~stl’illup	Departure Bay, main village site
stl’pal’we’lh	to be underneath (with weight bearing down)
stl’paythun	lower lip
stl’pitth’e’	slip (undergarment)
stl’tsels	design, pattern (noun)
stl’ul’iqulh	children
stl’ulnup	ancient ground
stl’umkw’	fermented salmon roe
stl’uq’shun’	moccasins, slippers
stoup	stove
stqeeye’	wolf
sts’a’lumuqw	great-grandparents; great-grandchilden
sts’a’muqw	great grandparent/child
sts’alha’	leaf
sts’e’shun	rapids, ripples in stream
sts’esht	stick
sts’iyayu	twins
sts’qw’un’u	earring
sts’ushtutsus	branch	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
sts’uts’ihw	more: get more
sts’utse’	on (be on something)
sts’uy’hw	dried food
stsa’kwum	smelt
stsa’tx	halibut
stseelhtun	salmon	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
stsekwul’	how
stsey’ul’lh	sequestered, brought up without exposure (young ladies)
stsi’ulh slheni’	high status woman=queen
stsi’ulh swuy’qe’	high status man=king
stsi’yu	strawberry
stslhal’we’lh	on top of covers
stslhaythun	upper lip
stslhe’ultuhw	upper floor, upstairs
stsuhwum	wind
stsulhqwexun’	back of the house—outside
stsulqwqin’	back of the house—inside
stth’aqwi’	spring salmon
stth’e’qun	bullrush
stth’e’uw’t-hw	Saanich: East Saanich
stth’em	tide: the outgoing tide
stth’hwas	steamed clams
stth’kwu’iw’s	left side, left arm
stth’oom	berries
stth’ukw’	worm
stth’ukwshin’	left foot
stth’ukwtsis	left hand
stth’ulaalh	jerky (fish or meat)
stth’ulhp	orange blossom (a bush)
stth’xwal’wut	washed clothing
stth’xwulwutum	laundry
stul’em’	whatever things
stulta’luw’	rivers
stutes	to be nearby, to be close to, to be next to
stutiwun	nieces, nephews PL
stuy’ti’	toy hoop
su’asuqwta’luw’shun	little toe
su’asuqwta’luw’tsus	little finger
sukwuyi	ball game (like badminton)
sul’lits’	high tide
sul’si’lu	grandparents, grandparent’s siblings or cousins
sul’sul’tun	spindle whorl
sul’ut	to spin it (wool)
sum’shathut	sun
sum’suma’yu	bee
sumiyuth	deers
sun’hwilh	canoe: leave, depart in a canoe
sun’iw’	to be in, to be inside, to be indoors
sun’tl’a’luw’shun	big toe
sun’tl’a’luw’tsus	thumb
sun’uw’nets	Chemainus Harbour, Chemainus Bay
sunihwulh	canoes
suplil	bread
suplilew’t-hw	bakery
suq’suq’ut	split wood (for ex pile of wood) PL
suqeen	fern: bracken fern
suqiws	pants, underpants, trousers
suw’a’lum’	toy, game
suw’wuy’qe’	men
suw’wuy’qe’allh	boys
suxulhnet	Sunday, week
suxwa’	urine
suxwa’t	to urinate on it
suyq’	clay
suyum	to hurt, to ache
swaaw’lus	teen-age boys
swakwun	common loon (breeding phase)	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
sweem	horse clam
swetu	sweater
swiw’lus	teen-age boy	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
swultun	gillnet
swuqw’a’lh	goat’s wool blanket
swuwi’qe’al’lh	little boy
swuy’qe’	man
swuy’qe’allh	boy
sxayukw’us	raccoon
sxe’muth	sap
sxeetth’	murre	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
sxetth’i’	security (for a loan, what you pawn), souviner
sxixuth’shun	tiptoe
sxixutth’	insulted, hurt by harsh words
sxt’ekw’	totem pole, carving
sxtth’um	down (feather down)
sxu’athuns	Thursday
sxu’enhw	bullfrog
sxu’enhween	plantain (common or broad-leaved)
sxul’ulwulh	duck: canvasback
sxun’u	foot
sxup’shun’	fish tail
sxuthiinlhp	four trees
sxuthunelh	fourth time
sxutl’tsustun	form for gillnet-making (a wood square)
sxuw’q’um’	steelhead
sxuxi’nu	legs, feet
sxuy’us	head
sxuy’usa’qw	fish head
sxwelu’elhp	willow (for willow baskets)
sxwesum	soapberry (fruit)
sxwi’em’	story
sxwut’ts’uli	hummingbird
sya’ullh	pieces of firewood
syaays	work, job
syaaysew’t-hw~yaaysew’t-hw	workroom, toolshed
syalh	firewood
syalhew’t-hw	woodshed
syaqwum	sunlight, sun’s heat
sye’tun	widow
sye’ye’	friend, relative
syekw’	hired person
syul’uw’a	stack of blankets
syuse’ullhp	two trees

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s-hwayum	Millstone River
s-hwimelhulh	Esquimalt
s-hwuhwa’us	thunderbird
s-hwut	Swainson’s thrush	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
s-hwuw’qun	swan	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
s-hwuyum	goldeneye duck
shakw’um	to bathe
shakw’um’ew’t-hw	bath house
shakw’um’ulwut	swimming suit, bathing suit
shapus	to whistle, a whistle
shaqwul	to cross to the other side
shch’ekwxul’s	frying pan
shcha’nus	Deception Pass
she’itun	hair
she’shlh	trail, little path
she’ullh	doors
shelh	door, road, foot path
shelumtsus	ring
shes	sea lion
sheshum’	shallows	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
shewuq	carrot
shhw’a’luqw’a’	brothers, sisters, cousins
shhw’aqw’a’	brother, sister, cousin
shhw’e’tth’she’num’	mat: doormat (or bedside)
shhw’e’tth’ul’s	eraser
shhw’e’tth’wil’s	dish towel
shhw’ethutun	clouds
shhw’i’lhtun’	dishes
shhw’i’qw’uthut	facecloth
shhw’i’tut	bed
shhw’ii’nu	cheek of animal/human
shhw’un’ets	grebe
shhw’un’ii’nu	cheeks
shhw’uthqun	throat
shhw’uw’kw’elu	chest of drawers
shhw’uwkw’elu	dresser (chest-of-drawers)
shhw’uxaythutum	razor
shhwahwukw’ul’s	sander
shhwi’qul’s	baking pan
shhwii’t’a’qwum’	shampoo
shhwimelu	store, market
shhwimelu’	store
shhwiw’a’lum’	game
shhwkw’ukw’uqe’num’	place name at St. Anne’s School
shhwkw’utsnuts	island in Nanoose Bay
shhwul’mastun	window
shhwul’masum’	mirror
shhwuli	survival items (food, medicine); endearment term used by elders to their offspring
shhwum’ne’lukw	aunts, uncles, parent’s cousins
shhwum’nikw	aunt, uncle, parent’s cousin	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
shhwun’was	overcast, cloudy
shhwutl’qun’elu	pillow case
shhwuw’we	parent
shhwuw’weli	parents
shhwuy	last one, final, finish
shhwuy’qwelu	fireplace, cooking pit
shi’sha’lh	old-time racing canoe
shi’shptun’	little knife
shishuts’	bushes
shkw’e’um	basket
shkw’ekw’usul’s	microwave
shkw’i’tth’ul’uqw	top of head, peak of hat
shkw’tsastun’	window
shkwan	birthday
shkwe’um	basket: tight-woven basket
shkwen’nuts	to be in skeins
shkwey’xutssum’	tool, handicraft tools
shkwi’kwe’um’	basket: tight-woven basket DIM
shkwitth’tsalus	blue
shkwulhkwulh	face of mountain, bluff
shkwunnuts	skein
shlhulheel’	dock
shlulumelu	bottles	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
shlumelu	bottle
shluqwu’elu	pocket
shluthiinu	kitchen cupboard
shma’muluqwul’s	mixer, blender [maluqwut ‘mix it’]
shme’wulhmun	empty container (bottle, bucket, food container), noun
shmukw’elu	graveyard
shne’um	shaman
shnetulhqun	breakfast
shnuhwulhew’t-hw	canoe shed, garage
shnuwul’exutun	vest
shoukwu	sugar
shoukwu’elu	sugar bowl
shp’ep’utth’ul’s	sewing machine
shp’ipuhwa’qwum	fine-toothed comb
shp’q’eelh	white of eye
shp’ul’ets’	inside out (clothing)
shp’up’uli’	glue
shpoukwelu	bookcase [poukw ‘book’]
shpupunum’	garden, place where things are planted
shq’a’wulh	partner, person you are travelling with
shq’iq’uwul’s	clothesline
shq’uluts’thut	shelter: a place to shelter oneself
shq’uq’ulets’thut	shelter
shq’uq’ulum’	campsite
shq’uq’uwul’wutum’	clothesline, pole
shq’utuw’ulh	bridge, ramp, handicapped ramp
shq’uy’tth’uxun	corner
shq’xeelh	pupil (black of the eye)
shqa’elu	water container
shqaqul’	puddle, pool
shqequluts’	spinner, spinning machine, spinning wheel
shqiquxuthut	slide (for ex a playground slide)
shqitus	headband
shqp’althutun	knee-cap
shqp’equtun	lid
shqul’tun	diaper
shqw’ul’eshelu	bird’s nest
shqw’uwula’qw	bald
shqwal’s	sauce pan
shqwaluwun	thoughts, manners
shqwi’qwal’s	sauce pan, little pot
shqwula’ithutun’	radio
shqwun’u	cross the straits, big water/ocean
shshahwukw’um’	bathtub, bathing hole
shsi’em’	boss, chief, shopkeeper
shsuplil’elu	bread container, bread box
sht’eewun’	think, believe, wonder
shtatulh	platter
shteshqi’num’	three-pronged comb
shthii’mulh	gaff hook with detachable hook
shtihelu	teapot
shtl’e’lhunum’ s’unum	spear: three-pointed spear used in saltwater fish hunting
shtl’elhumelu	salt shaker
shtl’hwastun	window blind
shtl’pi’wun’	shirt
shtl’pun’u	earlobe
shtl’upnets	basement
shts’alhulhp	Saanich: West Saanich
shts’aqw’ul’s	hay fork
shts’e’nutstun	chair
shts’its’nutstun’	little chair
shts’uhwnutstun	cushion (a seat cushion in a car, raising the driver)
shts’ul’i’ts’nutstun’	little chairs
shts’um’inus	Chemainus
shts’uminus	Stz’uminus
shtsa’nus	Deception Pass
shtse’lhnulh	barb on halibut hook or on spear
shtsh’ekwxul’s	frying pan
shtsi’tsetl’um’	skipping rope, an object to jump over
shtth’a’mutsun	bracelet
shtth’em’q’a’luw’she’num’	toenail clippers
shtth’ulutth’a’	museum
shtth’utth’a’	skeleton
shtth’uxwul’nusum’	toothbrush
shtth’uxwusum	bathroom sink
shtth’uxwwils	sink [tth’uxwwils >wash dishes]
shtulalus	glasses
shtulaluselu	glasses case
shtulelu	purse, wallet
shtun’ni’iws	ancestor
shtushul’qun’	carder
shtuteem’	telephone, megaphone
shum’shum’	low tide
shum’sumuy’elu	beehive
shumun’tun	fish trap
shumuntun	net: a big net like a dipnet pulled by two canoes
shun’tsu	catch: what one has caught or gathered
shupmun	shavings (from woodworking)
shuptun	knife
shushiyulh	older brothers, sisters, cousins
shushkw’uy’ulh	bassinette (for bathing baby)
shushum’ul’wutum’	clothesline
shustth’upsum	Coffin Point
shuyulh	older brother, sister, cousin
shwutl’qun’	pillow
shxathus	palm of hand; sole of foot
shxatth’ustun	picture, photograph
shxetl’	weir
shxukw’utth’eel’s	clothespin
shxun’utun	foot print	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
shxut’ukw’	knife: wood-carving knife
shxuxeye’lu	reef at Dodds Narrows
shxuytl’ul’s	refrigerator, cooler
shxw’a’kw’usul’s	hanger, hook, clothes peg
shxw’a’mut	bed
shxwoom	rapids
shyaay’us	hired hand
shyat’qw’usum’	facecloth
shyetl’q’ul’s	paintbrush
shyum’tun	belt

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ta’tssus	eight dollars
tahw	later
taktu	doctor
taqw’um	to cough
tawun	town
te’	mum (address form, endearment form)
te’tsselh	eight times
te’tsselu	eight people
te’tssulhshe’	eighty
te’tssuqun	eight containers
te’tssuwoonhw	eight years
te’tssuwulh	eight canoes
te’tsulhp	eight trees
te’tsus	eight
te’tuhwtun	Mt. Benson
te’ulh	two-pointed spear, prongs of spear
telew’t-hw	bank
telu	money
ten	mother
tetlu	money DIM
tetsul	to arrive, to get here, to approach
teyuwulh	modern racing canoe
ti	tea
ti’telhnulh	wind goes against the water
tiqw	Ballenas Islands
tiwun	niece, nephew, cousin’s child (address form)
toohw	nine
toohwelh	nine times
toohwelu	nine people
toohwulhp	nine trees
toohwulhshe’	ninety
toohwuqun	nine containers
toohwus	nine dollars
toohwuwulh	nine canoes
tq’els	to fart
tqep	fish trap
tuhwthulh	tongue
tukenth	socks: put my socks on (me)
tukenum	to put one’s socks on
tum’kw’a’luhw	November
tum’kw’e’lus	July
tum’qw’i’lus	spring
tum’qwe’unhw	August
tum’tem	when
tum’xuytl’	winter
tumuhw	land, earth, world
tumulhalus	brown
tumulhupsum	pileated woodpecker
tumulqlh	starfish, sea star
tumus	sea otter
tun’peenhw	season when camas blooms
tun’sliim	time in the fall when wild geese move in formation
tun’tqe’yun	month you set weirs
tunuqsun	mallard	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
tupsum	neck
tuqnuhw	feel bad about
tuqwtuqw	red snapper
tushnets	saskatoon berry
tushnetsulhp	saskatoon berry bush
tushou	canvas
tushul’qun’	carding wool
tushul’qut	carding it (wool)
tuw’	a bit
tuwet	whose
tuxwa’ts	archery bow
tuxwa’tsulhp	yew	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.

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t’

t’a’hw	balsam
t’ahw	to come down from the mountains, to go down to the beach
t’akw’	to come home, to go home
t’amun	wall
t’aqw’tum’	Saturday
t’at’ulhum’	flea	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
t’ats’a’	roasting stick for deer or elk (a spit you push meat on)
t’eet’qe’	place name: an island across from Clemclem
t’eets’	cross sticks for smoking salmon or barbecuing meat
t’eluw’	arm, wing
t’em’hw	gooseberry
t’emukw’	salmon eggs
t’emuls	to guess, to make a guess in the bonegame
t’emut	guess (in the bonegame)
t’emuth	guess me
t’epul’	playing cards
t’eqe’	liver of human
t’et’umul’s	guessing (in bonegame)
t’i’wi’ulh	to pray	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
t’i’wi’ulhew’t-hw	church
t’ilum	to sing	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
t’out’upul’	cards: playing cards, PROG
t’q’as	rock cod
t’qw’alus	broken stitch
t’qw’atum’	Saturday (Snuneymuhwqun)
t’ult’eluw’	arms, wings
t’ulum’	wild cherry bark
t’ulum’ulhp	wild cherry tree
t’um’hwtsus	gooseberry bush
t’um’uwulhtstham’sh	adze a canoe for me
t’umou’luch	tub
t’umusht	to braid it
t’umuw’ulh	to adze a canoe
t’umuw’ulht	adze it (canoe)
t’un’aalhum	to set the table
t’upul	cards: play cards
t’uqwum’	thimbleberry
t’ut’um’	wren
t’ut’umuw’ulh	shaping a canoe with an adze
t’ux	to make a mistake
t’xum	six
t’xuma’qw	six heads
t’xumelh	six times
t’xumulhshe’	sixty
t’xumulu	six people
t’xumuqun	six containers
t’xumus	six dollars
t’xumuwoonhw	six years
t’xumuwulh	six conveyances
t’xwuwulhtun	canoe ramp

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th

t-hwkw’unelh	how many times yet
t-hwuwoonhw	nine years
t-hwuy	just about to
t-hwyuse’lu	two left
t-hwyusul’alusstuhw	two more stitches: do two more
th’alhum’	get cold
th’ihwinmust	belch
th’iktth’uk	buggy, baby buggy, pram, carriage
th’ikwa’	be left-handed
th’xwatssum	wash one’s hands
th’xwinusum	brush one’s teeth
thakw’thut	(a person) to stretch out
thamun	eyebrow
thathun	mouth
the’muts	two hundred
the’thqi’	fern or berry sprouts, shoots
the’wun	salmon: coho, silver
theewt-hw	bighouse, longhouse
themuhwulh	two conveyances
thequn	big container
thethi’un	blood
they’wulh	making a canoe, repairing a car
thi	big
thi lelum’	bighouse, longhouse
thii’mulh	placename, fishing stream from Quamichan lake
thikwt	sea cucumber
thil’e’lhtun	sheet
thithushun	big foot
thiye’lhum	make bed
thq’ustun	stick: walking stick
thqet	tree
thuhwam’	Petroglyph Park
thul’aythutun	tablecloth
thul’thil’e’lhtun	sheets
thul’unuptun	linoleum
thuluqt tthu st’upul’	cut (separate) the cards
thume	twice
thumoonhw	two years
thumt-hw	two houses
thunthun	kidney
thuq’min	village at Shell Beach, Ladysmith Harbour
thuqi’	salmon: sockeye; coho (smaller cohos which go up smaller streams)
thuqul’shetun’	sunbeam
thuqul’shunum’	rainbow
thuthiqut	trees, woods, forest
thuyt	to make it, to build it, to fix it
thuyula’qwum	clean your room
thuywulh	make or repair a canoe

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tl’

tl’am	to be enough, to fit
tl’e’hwun’uq	winning
tl’e’lhunum’	hunting (in water)
tl’e’lhunum’t	hunting (on water)	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
tl’e’luts’	blind
tl’e’tl’hwitul’	competing, racing
tl’eel’t-hw	False Narrows, main village site, site of rich clam bed
tl’ehwum’	warm (weather, blanket, room)
tl’ekw’tl’ukw’un’	lighthouse, blinking light
tl’ekw’uxun	goose
tl’elhum	salt
tl’eqt	long
tl’eqt huy’qwoon’	tall lamp
tl’ewuls	bark (verb) Snuneymuxw
tl’hwunuq	to win
tl’i’nu	eulachon oil
tl’i’t	to like it, to treasure it
tl’i’tul	like each other
tl’ikw’un’	peas	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
tl’imun	bowstring, tendon, leadline
tl’itl’uptun’	skirt
tl’itl’utsul’s	design: making a pattern/design
tl’itsut	to crochet, to knit in a design
tl’lim’	really, very
tl’pet	large waterproof basket
tl’qw’ay’	milt
tl’shhwii’me’lu	going shopping
tl’shunup	to plow
tl’ts’itth’e’t	weave it close together
tl’tsels	design: make a pattern/design
tl’uhwupsemtun	scarf (neck scarf)
tl’ukw’un’t	turn it off
tl’ukwune’	deaf
tl’ulhnenum	hunt (in water, gathering octopus, seafood, flounder)
tl’ulpalus	Cowichan Bay
tl’ulqtel’ts’	long-haired PL
tl’umast	to go and get him/her
tl’umqun	all day
tl’uqtel’ts’	long-haired
tl’uqtemutth’	tall person
tl’usip	licorice fern
tl’uts’utth’e’t	weaving it close together
tl’uxwamut	puzzle, something hard to do
tl’uxwtl’uxw	oyster
tl’xwunup	hard ground

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t-shi’qwum	to comb one’s hair
t-shul’qun	card wool
t-shul’qut	card it (wool)
ts-hun’hwulh	canoe: making a canoe
ts-hun’un’hwulh	canoes: making canoes
ts-huy’qwoon’	lights: have lights
ts-hwikw’	grey
tsa’luqw	high ground	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
tsam	uphill: go up (from water), go up hill
tsatuxwul	bewildered: to become stunned or bewildered
tse’lumun	pole, sapling (wood)
tse’lumunew’t-hw	log house
tse’tstl’im’	hopscotch
tseep	you	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
tsehw	spouse, fiancée, fiancé
tselush	hand
tsetsul’ulhtun	fishing (verb)
tsetsul’ulhtun’	fishing
tsetsuw’	beach
tsh’ukwxwt	to fry it
tsheymun	Chinese person
tshukun’ew’t-hw	chicken coop
tsi’tsut	parent (when speaking of someone else’s parent)
tsiitmuhw	owl: great-horned owl, great-horned owl
tsilhus	steep
tskw’shas	twenty dollars
tskw’shelh	twenty times
tskw’shelu	twenty people
tskw’ush	twenty
tskw’ushulhp	twenty trees
tskwalus	very low tide, water is way out
tskwi’ma’qw	red haired (redheaded)
tskwim	red
tskwimulus	reddish brown
tslhmun’um	stepchild
tslile’em	stepparent
tsnuhwulh	to have, make a canoe
tsq’ix	black
tsq’ix saxwul	black clover=clubs
tsqul’qul’a	to be thirsty
tsqway	blue
tsshun’tsu	get something (for ex game, berries)	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
tsshunum	step on something
tssisutun’	making baskets
tssitun	to make a basket
tssusi’sutun’	making a little basket
tst	our	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
tsta’lus	marry: get a wife or husband
tsts’um’	bite: get a bite (fishing)
tsts’um’um	have fish take the hook
tsukwtsukw	low tide
tsul’equlh	yesterday
tsul’tsa’luqw	up in the mountains PL
tsuli’tsut	parents
tsulkwasum	Northwest Bay
tsulqama’	raspberry
tsultselush	hands
tsun	I	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
tsunihwulh	to make, have canoes
tsuw’nulhp	cottonwood
tswe’wutu	sweater: making a sweater
tswetu	sweater: get a sweater, make a sweater
tsya’uylh	firewood: getting firewood
tsyalh	firewood: get firewood

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ts’a’muqw	great-grandparent; great-grandchild (address form)
ts’alhulhp	maple tree
ts’e’wi’	china (dishes), clam or oyster shell
ts’e’wi’ten	platter, big dish; place name at Quamichan
ts’eemtuxun	bare rocky mountain
ts’ehwt	more: adding more to it
ts’ehwul’	to be quiet, to get quiet	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
ts’elhum’	to hear
ts’elhum’ut	hear
ts’ets’wi’	little dish, little bowl
ts’ets’wi’tun’	little dish
ts’ewkw’	goods: have material goods	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
ts’hwalust	more: add more (stitches)
ts’hwat	to add more to it
ts’hwulhqut	more: add (liquid)
ts’iit	thank; greet
ts’iitalu	thank you
ts’itth’um	clothes: get/make oneself clothes
ts’lh (prefix)	with
ts’lhhiw’a’lum’tul’	playmate
ts’lhhwulmuhw	fellow Indians
ts’lhq’uq’a’tul’	meeting: the one he/she was meeting with
ts’lhtuyuwulh	fellow racing canoes
ts’lhxeem’	mourners
ts’lhyay’us	workmates
ts’qw’alstun	fork
ts’sey’	fir (Douglas-fir) wood
ts’uhw	to be more, to increase
ts’uhwle’	sometimes
ts’ul’ets’wi’	little dishes
ts’ul’ewi’	dishes
ts’uli’ts’uts’e’wi’	little dishes, little shells
ts’um’shaythun	jaw
ts’um’ts’uyii	ant
ts’um’ush	herring roe
ts’um’utun	hook: a special fish hook for fishing that opens out
ts’uq’	to be astonished, to be amazed, to be shocked
ts’uqw’nistun	brooch, pin
ts’uqwula’	traditional ball game
ts’usqun	golden eagle
ts’usqun’	feather (wing and tail feathers of the eagle)
ts’usts’ustsin’	spider, spiderweb
ts’ut’qw’mun	droppings from the table, bits
ts’utum’	sapsucker, woodpecker
ts’uwxilum	Tzouhalem
ts’uxthim’tun	dipnet: make a dipnet
ts’uy’hwthut	to dry oneself
ts’uy’ulh	thank; express appreciation
ts’xemun	chest

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tth’

tth’a’kwselh	seven times
tth’a’kwsulhp	seven trees
tth’a’kwsuqun	seven containers
tth’a’kwsus	seven dollars
tth’a’kwsuwulh	seven conveyances
tth’a’kwus	seven
tth’al’xwum’	shining, glistening (off of snow, ice, frost), shiny
tth’amuqw’us	sasquatch (giant sasquatch)
tth’ap’ul’us	blind
tth’aqwi’tun	spear point of fish spear	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
tth’atth’uhwum’	purple
tth’e’lumutth’	needles of a tree, fish scales
tth’ekw’ul	dawn, daybreak
tth’ele’	heart
tth’hwas	to cook clams in a pit
tth’hwat	to steam bake it
tth’i’tth’xwum’qsun’	Sandy Point (place name) DIM
tth’ihwtth’uhw	osprey
tth’ihwum	to pity, feel sorry, please
tth’iqt	flicker (northern)
tth’itth’uxwum’	sandbar, gravel bar
tth’iwuq’	elderberry: red elderberries
tth’ukw’tth’ukw’ul’	lightning, flashing
tth’ukwse’lu	seven people
tth’ukwsulhshe’	seventy
tth’ukwsuwoonhw	seven years
tth’ul’q’us	sling (for hurling rocks)
tth’ul’ts’	needles of a tree
tth’ul’xwumutsun	January
tth’um’q’tun	scissors, clippers
tth’um’unu	hook made out of bone
tth’uma’yu	barnacle
tth’umeen’	arrow
tth’upsi’athun’	squirrel
tth’utth’qaay’us	nuthatch, chickadee (blackcapped, mountain)
tth’utth’sh	dragonfly
tth’utth’uxals	egg, eggs
tth’utth’xit	beads
tth’uxew’t-hw	pawnshop
tth’uxminew’t-hw	second-hand store
tth’uxtth’ux	stinging nettle
tth’uxwil’s	to wash dishes
tth’uxwun’	chokecherry
tth’uxwuw’ulht	washing a canoe
tth’uykwikw	blue elderberries
tth’uyu	fur seal
tth’xitth’e’	worn out clothes
tth’xut	gravel
tth’xwa’lutsa’	gloves
tth’xwat	to wash it
tth’xwumqsun	Sandy Point (place name)
tth’xwunup	wash floor
tth’xwuwulh	wash a canoe or car

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we’wutth’ul’s	knitting
we’wutun’	setting a fishtrap
wekun	wagon
wetsh	watch, clock
wetth’ut	to pry it
wiqus	to yawn	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
wiw’e’wutth’ul’s	knitting DIM
wiw’e’wutth’ut	knitting DIM
wulhxus	March
wuliw’e’wutth’ut	knitting little things
wuq’uq’	land snail
wutth’alus	knit or weave a cedar-branch basket
wutth’alust	knit it
wutth’els	to pry, to knit
wutth’emutth’t	weave cedar bark fibres
wutth’i’ast	put holes in cedar strips in basket making
wuw’tth’a’lust	knitting it (keep on)
wuwa’us	to bark	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
wuwutth’e’mutth’tus	weaving cedar bark fibres (keep on)
wuxus	tree frog

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xa’lutsa’	lakes	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
xa’uthun’stuhw	bring in fours
xal’qthut	tv
xatl’thut	stormy, blowing hard
xatsa’	lake
xe’luw’	ladle, wooden spoon
xeem’	crying, weeping
xetl’	storm, gale, windy
xi’num	to growl	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
xihwu	sea urchin (large type, purple with long spines)
xil’e’ts	salmon: dog salmon, after spawning
xinupsum	Greenpoint
xiq’ut	to scratch it (an itch)
xitth’ul	insulted: become insulted, hurt by harsh words
xixunum’	growling
xixutth’ul’	insulted: feeling insulted, feeling hurt by harsh words	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
xkw’itth’etun	clothespin, clothespeg
xlhas	to eat	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
xpey’	cedar
xthum	box
xtsuthut	think
xu’athun	four
xul’tun	pen, pencil
xul’um	to write
xul’xul’ts’	brant
xulel’t-hw	Westholme, village on Chemainus River, Halalt Indian Reserve
xulha’qw	to have a headache
xulheen’u’	to have an earache
xum’xum’	horsetail
xumhwusumew’t-hw	barbershop
xunuq’t	to open one’s eyes
xusht’en’	nits, flea or head louse eggs
xushun’	animal trap
xushun’t	to trap it
xuthi’na’qw	four (heads: fishheads, round things)
xuthiinu	four people
xuthinulhsha’us	forty dollars
xuthinuqun	four containers
xuthinuqun slhap’	four containers of soup
xuthinus	four dollars/round objects
xuthinus sqewth	four potatoes
xuthinuw’t-hw	four houses
xuthinuwulh	four conveyances
xuthunalus	four circular objects
xuthunelh	four times
xuthunelhum	four helpings (have four)
xuthunlhshe’	forty
xuthuwoonhw	four years
xuw’xuw’iinlhp	thistle
xuxil’tun	pencils, pens
xuxp’itsun’	chipmunk
xuxq’un’e’	duck: bufflehead
xuxu’athun	four (for ex lasting four days)
xuxumels	hawk (smaller hawk, various accipiter genus birds)
xuxun’	frost
xuy’xuy’tl’	cod eggs (lingcod roe)
xuytl’	cold
xuytl’ulhqa’	cold water
xuyxayukw’usthelum	nightmare: I had a nightmare

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xwaaqw’	merganser (common)
xwamlhnulh	Adam’s apple
xwatqwum	Bellingham, Whatcom River
xwchenum	run
xwe’tth’wiil’s	drying the dishes, wiping the dishes
xwesumulhp	soapberry bush
xwi’lum’	rope, thread
xwil’ch’uqs	chipmunk
xwt-sequn	have a sore throat
xwulqw’selu	Koksilah (a big house with marking on the walls, near old trestle)
xwuqw’tun	pole (canoe pole)
xwut	blanket from strips (for ex of cloth)
xwuyxwuya’yu	housefly

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yaala’	cow-parsnip (edible part)
yaay’us	working
yaays	to work	Requested file could not be found (error code 404). Verify the file URL specified in the shortcode.
yaaysulwut	work clothes
yalhew’t-hw	woodshed
yaqw’um	to sweat, to perspire
yasa’qw	hat
yay’us	working
ye’ut	to vomit
yemut’um	(water) to ripple
yey’sul’u	two people
yi’yuq	snowing
yiq	to snow
yu ’um’mush	hunting (on land)
yu li’luqwum’	calm: getting calm (water, wind)
yu qw’iqw’ul’us	spring (springtime)
yu xay’tl’thut	fall, autumn: cold (getting cold, of weather)
yu’iim’mush	hunting (on land), PL
yu’um’mush	hunting (on land)
yuhwkwekwiyul’	dawn, beginning of daybreak
yuhwun’nut	evening: dusk
yukw’aalh	break down (of a car, canoe)
yulhuhwuw’ulh	three canoes going along, three cars going along
yulhuq’utsus	five moving along (for ex, canoes)
yum’shutun	leggings, leg warmers
yunus	tooth
yuq’iq’ul’t	getting toward midmorning
yuqw’iqw’ul’us	spring, springtime
yuqwul’tsup	make the fire, stoke the fire
yuqwulhte’x	Lekwiltok
yusa’lumat	two pieces of stuff
yusa’lus	two circular objects
yusa’lus sqewth	two potatoes
yuse’lu	two
yuse’lu kw’unu stl’i’	I want two
yuse’lu shewuq	two carrots
yuse’lunuts	two root plants
yuse’luqun	two containers
yuse’luqun ’ispawtu	two containers of baking powder
yuse’luw’t-hw	two houses
yuspay’sukul’	riding on a bicycle
yusul’alus	two stiches, when counting the width of a pattern, as in knitting
yusul’alusstuhw	two stitches: do two
yusuleylh	two children
yusyey’sul’u	pairs of people (i n sequence)
yutth’etth’ukw’ul’	dawn, getting daylight
yuxay’tl’thut	fall, autumn
yuxuthi’nuw’ulh	four canoes going along
yuxuxa’uthun’	four (canoes moving along)
yuxwula’us	village on east side of Penelakut Island near Telegraph Harbour
yuxwule’	bald eagle

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