Category: Uncategorized

APA: q̓ʷqʷiwət

Definition: to spank him/her

APA: q̓ʷəl̓q̓ʷəl̓

Definition: to be cooked, to be burnt, to be sunburnt, to be ripe

APA: q̓ʷu:nʔ
Parse: √qw’oon’

Definition: ear

See also: qw’unun’

APA: q̓ʷiq̓ʷəl̓as

Definition: summertime
Lit.: ‘ripened berries’

APA: q̓ʷeł
Parse: √qw’elh

Definition: gunpowder, stumping powder

APA: q̓ʷaqʷəst

Definition: to club him/her on the head

APA: q̓ʷayəxʷəm

Definition: to rumble

APA: q̓ʷiʔq̓ʷəl̓as
Parse: √qw’il’=as=DUR

Definition: summer: during the summer

APA: q̓ʷaq̓ʷəl̓əx̌

Definition: excuse me

Note: Used, for example, when reaching across someone.

APA: q̓ʷaqʷiyəls

Definition: baseball

APA: q̓ʷaʔcəp
Parse: √qw’a’=tsup

Definition: ashes

APA: q̓ʷaʔqʷiʔsteym̓əxʷ

Definition: midget, dwarf, Little People

APA: q̓ʷaqʷnəxʷ

Definition: to club him/her/it accidentally

APA: qəx̌šən

Definition: to slip, to slide

APA: q̓ʷap̓

Definition: to get wrinkled

APA: q̓ʷałət
Parse: √qw’alh=t

Definition: wait for, lie in wait, stand by (for ex for fish or game to come by)

APA: qəqil̓əm̓
Parse: √qulum’=PL

Definition: eyes

APA: qəqəweθəl̓qən

Definition: rabbit skin

APA: qət-šətən

Definition: leggings, leg protectors

APA: qəqx̌ex̌ən̓
Parse: √quqxexun’

Definition: blanket

APA: qətqətc̓al̓a

Definition: spider

Scientific name: [various species of Arachnida]

APA: qəƛ̓əm̓
Parse: √qtl’um=PROG

Definition: dropping, dropping off, (hair) falling out

APA: qəƛ̓əm̓š
Parse: √qtl’um=sh=PROG

Definition: taking it off

APA: qətqətcalaʔ
Parse: √qutquttsala’

Definition: spider

APA: qəmət
Parse: √qumut

Definition: drake merganser

Ethnobiology: This is a male merganser. The species is unidentified.

APA: qələm̓
Parse: √qulum’

Definition: eye

APA: qəmineʔ
Parse: √qumine’

Definition: abalone

Scientific name: [Haliotis kamtschatkana Jonas]
Ethnobiology: The northern abalone has been collected for food from beaches at various clam beds. It was formerly available at Oak Bay.

APA: qələx̌

Definition: salmon roe, salmon eggs

APA: qəme:neʔ

Definition: Lewis’ moon snail

Scientific name: [Polinices lewisii (Gould)]
Ethnobiology: The moon snail is a large, round sea snail found intertidally and deeper. The moon snail feeds on a variety of clams by drilling a hole in the shell and eating the soft part inside. One can tell if a clam has been eaten by a moon snail if the clam shell has a small round hole in it near the hinge.

APA: qəm̓əl
Parse: √qum’=il

Definition: for the tide to come in

APA: qələm̓el̓s
Parse: √qulum’=els

Definition: eye: keep a watchful eye

APA: qəm̓qəm̓imət
Parse: √qum’=imut=RDP

Definition: placename, where skwa’mutsun appeared

APA: qəmaʔstəxʷ

Definition: giver him, her breast, bottle

APA: qəmeneʔ
Parse: √qumene’

Definition: moon snail (a large sea snail)

APA: qəqeyeʔ
Parse: √qeye’=RDP

Definition: killdeer, plover various ‘sandrunners’ (not sqw’ul’esh)

APA: qəlamaʔəlməxʷ

Definition: dirty person

APA: qəl̓qələl̓

Definition: spoiled

APA: qəlet

Definition: again

APA: qəletayəθən

Definition: to repeat words, to say it again

APA: qəl̓qəl̓əθən̓
Parse: √qulquluthun=PROG

Definition: dreaming

APA: qəlqel̓əm̓

Definition: to have a bad thing happen, to have an accident

APA: qəlqələθən
Parse: √qulquluthun

Definition: dream (verb)

APA: qəl̓iqləm̓
Parse: √qulum’=DIM=PL

Definition: little eyes

APA: qəl̓astən

Definition: Mark Bay—west side of Gabriola Island
Lit.: ‘backwards’.

APA: qəl̓et
Parse: √qul’et

Definition: again, next time

APA: qəl̓et kʷeyəl ʔiʔ

Definition: the next day

APA: qiqləm̓
Parse: √qulum’=DIM

Definition: little eye

APA: qiqəq̓əl̓sew̓txʷ

Definition: jailhouse, police station