Hulʼqʼumiʼnumʼ Online Dictionary

Category: Uncategorized

  • tqe’yun

    APA: tqey̓ən
    Parse: √tqey’un

    Definition: close off river (setting weirs)

  • ts-hum’ne’s

    APA: tšəm̓neʔs
    Parse: ts=√mun’u=STA

    Definition: offspring: have children

  • ts-hun’hwulh

    APA: tšən̓xʷəł
    Parse: ts=√nuhwulh=PROG

    Definition: canoe: making a canoe

  • ts-hun’un’hwulh

    APA: tšən̓ən̓xʷəł
    Parse: ts=√nuhwulh=PROG=PL

    Definition: canoes: making canoes

  • ts-huy’wun’

    APA: tšəyw̓ən̓
    Parse: ts=√yuwun=PROG

    Definition: chanting

  • tl’uxwamut

    APA: ƛ̓əx̌ʷamət

    Definition: puzzle, something hard to do

  • tl’uxelu

    APA: ƛ̓əx̌elə

    Definition: bird lice

    Scientific name: [various species of Mallophaga (chewing lice)]

  • toohw

    APA: tu:xʷ
    Parse: √toohw

    Definition: nine

  • toohwalus

    APA: tu:xʷaləs

    Definition: nine circular objects

  • toohwawulh

    APA: tu:xʷawəł

    Definition: nine conveyances

  • toohwelu

    APA: tu:xʷelə
    Parse: √toohw=elu

    Definition: nine people

  • toohw nets’uwuts

    APA: tu:xʷ nec̓əwəc

    Definition: nine hundred

  • tl’uw’q’um’

    APA: ƛ̓əw̓q̓əm̓

    Definition: flickering

  • toohwelh

    APA: tu:xʷeł
    Parse: √toohw=elh

    Definition: nine times

  • tl’uqtel’ts’

    APA: ƛ̓əqtel̓c̓
    Parse: √tl’eqt=el’ts’

    Definition: long-haired

  • tl’uqtemutth’

    APA: ƛ̓əqtemət̓ᶿ
    Parse: √tl’eqt=emutth’

    Definition: tall person

  • tl’uts’u

    APA: ƛ̓əc̓ə

    Definition: rock

  • tl’utl’etsu

    APA: ƛ̓əƛ̓ecə

    Definition: rocks

  • tl’usip

    APA: ƛ̓əsip
    Parse: √tl’usip

    Definition: licorice fern

    Scientific name: [Polypodium glycyrrhiza D.C. Eaton]
    Ethnobiology: This fern is a small to medium-sized plant with evergreen leaves. It grows on wet, mossy ground, logs and rocks and is often found growing on the trunks and branches of trees, especially those of bigleaf maples. The root-like stem is sweetish with a flavor similar to that of licorice and is chewed for sore throat.

  • tl’uqtupsum

    APA: ƛ̓əqtəpsəm
    Parse: √tl’eqt=upsum

    Definition: long-necked

  • tl’utl’iits’

    APA: ƛ̓əƛ̓i:c̓
    Parse: √tl’uluts’=RDP

    Definition: short

  • tl’uw’

    APA: ƛ̓əw̓
    Parse: √tl’e’

    Definition: also, too, again

  • tl’uqtaal’s

    APA: ƛ̓əqta:lʔs

    Definition: oval
    Lit.: From ‘long’ and ‘round’.

  • tl’upqenum

    APA: ƛ̓əpqenəm
    Parse: √tl’pu=qen=m

    Definition: going downhill

  • tl’up

    APA: ƛ̓əp
    Parse: √tl’pu

    Definition: to be deep

  • tl’upxthut

    APA: ƛ̓əpx̌θət

    Definition: (people) to spread out, to split up

  • tl’un’uq

    APA: ƛ̓ən̓əq
    Parse: √tl’e=unuq

    Definition: potlatch: put on a potlatch

  • tl’upqenulhtsut

    APA: ƛ̓əpqenəłcət
    Parse: √tl’pu=qen=lhts=t

    Definition: bring something down to the bottom of a hill for someone

  • tl’upqi’num

    APA: ƛ̓əpqin̓əm
    Parse: √tl’pu=qin=m

    Definition: put something under your pillow

  • tl’upthat

    APA: ƛ̓əpθat
    Parse: √tl’pu=that

    Definition: deep: get deep

  • tl’upul’

    APA: ƛ̓əpəl̓
    Parse: √tl’pu=il=PROG

    Definition: down: going down, coming down

  • tl’uqtalus

    APA: ƛ̓əqtaləs
    Parse: √tl’eqt=alus

    Definition: oblong

  • tl’ukwune’

    APA: ƛ̓əkʷəneʔ

    Definition: deaf

  • tl’ulpalus

    APA: ƛ̓əlpaləs
    Parse: √tl’up=alus

    Definition: Cowichan Bay

  • tl’umast

    APA: ƛ̓əmast

    Definition: to go and get him/her

  • tl’umaast

    APA: ƛ̓əma:st

    Definition: to go pick him/her up

  • tl’ul’tl’ulmut

    APA: ƛ̓əl̓ƛ̓əlmət

    Definition: to stare at him/her

  • tl’ulqels

    APA: ƛ̓əlqels

    Definition: to pop, to spatter, (grease, fire) to sparkle

  • tl’ul’alus

    APA: ƛ̓əl̓aləs
    Parse: √tl’ul’u=alus

    Definition: dingy (for ex dirt-impregnated clothing)

  • tl’ulqtel’ts’

    APA: ƛ̓əlqtel̓c̓
    Parse: √tl’eqt=el’ts’=PL

    Definition: long-haired PL

  • tl’ulults’stuhw

    APA: ƛ̓ələlc̓stəxʷ
    Parse: √tl’uluts’=stuhw=PL

    Definition: cut short PL

  • tl’ululuts’

    APA: ƛ̓ələləc̓
    Parse: √tl’uluts’=PL

    Definition: short (plural)

  • tl’uluts’elts’

    APA: ƛ̓ələc̓elc̓
    Parse: √tl’iits’=elts’

    Definition: short-haired (for ex a baby with naturally short hair)

  • tl’ukw’un

    APA: ƛ̓ək̓ʷən

    Definition: (light, fire) to go out

  • tl’uhwla’us

    APA: ƛ̓əxʷlaʔəs
    Parse: √tl’uhwla’us

    Definition: no-matter

  • tl’ukw’un’t

    APA: ƛ̓ək̓ʷən̓t

    Definition: turn it off

  • tl’pet

    APA: ƛ̓pet
    Parse: √tl’pet

    Definition: large waterproof basket

  • tl’qut

    APA: ƛ̓qət

    Definition: to even it out, to make them the same

  • tl’pil

    APA: ƛ̓pil
    Parse: √tl’pu=il

    Definition: to go down, to sink

  • tl’shexun

    APA: ƛ̓šex̌ən

    Definition: to burst (tire, balloon)