Category: √tl’uxw

  • tstl’ixwtl’uxw

    APA: cƛ̓ix̌ʷƛ̓əx̌ʷ
    Parse: ts=√tl’uxw=RDP=PROG

    Definition: oyster: gathering oysters

  • tstl’uxwtl’uxw

    APA: cƛ̓əx̌ʷƛ̓əx̌ʷ
    Parse: ts=√tl’uxw=RDP

    Definition: oyster: gather, have oysters

  • tl’uxwtl’uxw

    APA: ƛ̓əx̌ʷƛ̓əx̌ʷ
    Parse: √tl’uxw=RDP

    Definition: oyster

    Scientific name: [Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg) and possibly also Ostrea lurida Carpenter ]
    Ethnobiology: This term refers to the the Japanese oyster, which was introduced from Japan in the early 1900s and now occurs along the British Columbia coast outside of the areas where it is cultivated. The term may have originally referred to the much smaller native oyster.

  • tl’uxw

    APA: ƛ̓əx̌ʷ
    Parse: √tl’uxw

    Definition: to be hard

  • tl’xwunup

    APA: ƛ̓x̌ʷənəp
    Parse: √tl’uxw=unup

    Definition: hard ground

  • hwu tl’uxw

    APA: xʷə ƛ̓əx̌ʷ
    Parse: hwu √tl’xwu

    Definition: hard: become hard