Hulʼqʼumiʼnumʼ Online Dictionary

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  • q’il’ew’t-hw

    APA: q̓il̓ew̓txʷ

    Definition: smoke house

  • q’iilum

    APA: q̓i:ləm

    Definition: old

  • q’ilt

    APA: q̓ilt
    Parse: √q’ilt

    Definition: late morning

  • q’il’eem’

    APA: q̓il̓e:mʔ

    Definition: preserving food (by smoking, drying, canning, etc.)

  • q’ilusthut

    APA: q̓iləsθət

    Definition: to grow old

  • q’i’xuye’

    APA: q̓iʔx̌əyeʔ
    Parse: √q’ix=uye’

    Definition: black person

  • q’il’aam’

    APA: q̓il̓a:mʔ

    Definition: preserve food, make sq’i’lu (drying, canning, etc)

  • q’iq’ut’a’

    APA: q̓iq̓ət̓aʔ
    Parse: √q’it’a’=PROG

    Definition: swinging

  • q’etl’ul’shun

    APA: q̓eƛ̓əl̓šən
    Parse: √q’etl’ul’=shen

    Definition: calf of leg

  • q’et’um

    APA: q̓et̓əm
    Parse: √q’et’=m

    Definition: sweet

  • q’ey’xulhp

    APA: q̓ey̓x̌əłp
    Parse: √q’ey’x=ulhp

    Definition: cascara

    Scientific name: [Rhamnus purshiana DC.]
    Ethnobiology: Cascara is a relatively small tree said to grow in low, wet ground. The bark may be used as a laxative medicine.

  • q’ewum

    APA: q̓ewəm

    Definition: to kneel

  • q’exuthelum

    APA: q̓ex̌əθeləm
    Parse: √q’ex=t=sel=m

    Definition: fall backward: I fall backward PASS

  • q’exutum

    APA: q̓ex̌ətəm
    Parse: √q’ex=t=m

    Definition: fall backward PASS

  • q’eq’m’i’

    APA: q̓eq̓m̓iʔ

    Definition: little girl

  • q’enuts

    APA: q̓enəc
    Parse: √q’enuts

    Definition: steering, using paddle as a rudder

  • q’elme’t

    APA: q̓elmeʔt

    Definition: to believe him/her

  • q’eq’e’lh

    APA: q̓eq̓eʔł
    Parse: √q’eq’e’lh

    Definition: choke (on something)

  • q’e’mi’

    APA: q̓em̓iʔ
    Parse: √q’e’mi’

    Definition: teen-age girl

  • q’e’lumi’

    APA: q̓el̓əmiʔ
    Parse: √q’e’mi’=PL

    Definition: girls (teenage)

  • q’e’muy’alh

    APA: q̓em̓əy̓ał

    Definition: young girl

  • q’am’

    APA: q̓am̓
    Parse: √q’am’

    Definition: kelp

    Scientific name: [Nereocystis luetkeana (Mert.) Post. & Rupr.]
    Ethnobiology: The bull or bottle kelp is also sometimes known locally as “bulb kelp”. All of these names refer to the large, rounded ball at the top of the kelp stalk where the kelp blades are attached. This swollen end is hollow, allowing it to float at the surface of the water.

  • q’a’thun tu smulyitul

    APA: q̓aʔθən tə sməlyitəl

    Definition: anniversary
    Lit.: ‘a full circle of a year from the date of the marriage’.

  • q’a’tul

    APA: q̓aʔtəl

    Definition: to meet each other

  • q’alhwum

    APA: q̓ałwəm

    Definition: to make a noise

  • q’axuthut

    APA: q̓ax̌əθət
    Parse: √q’ex=that

    Definition: bend backwards

  • putenum

    APA: pətenəm
    Parse: √puten=m

    Definition: to sail

  • putun’em’

    APA: pətən̓em̓

    Definition: sailing

  • puy

    APA: pəy

    Definition: to bend (get bent)

  • puy’puy’atulh

    APA: pəy̓pəy̓atəł
    Parse: √puy’atulh=PL=PROG

    Definition: hunting ducks

  • puy’puy’um

    APA: pəy̓pəy̓əm
    Parse: √puy’=m=PL

    Definition: lose one’s balance

  • q’a

    APA: q̓a
    Parse: √q’a

    Definition: indeed

  • puputth’in’

    APA: pəpət̓ᶿin̓
    Parse: √putth’in’=RDP

    Definition: skunk

    Scientific name: [Spilogale putorius Linnaeus (spotted skunk) and possibly also Mephitis mephitis (Schreber) (striped skunk)]
    Ethnobiology: Skunks are members of the same animal family as the weasels, mink, and marten. The spotted skunk is a small black and white mammal, with stripes, spots and other irregular white markings on its body. Striped skunks have distinctive white stripes on their backs. Both types of skunks produce a strong-smelling spray from glands on their body.

  • pupu

    APA: pəpə

    Definition: pepper

    Note: From English.

  • pupsiwut

    APA: pəpsiwət

    Definition: ball game

    Note: Game of throwing the ball over the house, Annie Over.

  • pune’luxutth’

    APA: pənel̓əx̌ət̓ᶿ
    Parse: √pune’luxutth’

    Definition: Penelakut, Penelakut Island (formerly Kuper Island)
    Lit.: ‘buried edge’.

  • punhweem

    APA: pənxʷe:m

    Definition: May
    Lit.: ‘time of the camas’.

    See also: punhwemun

  • punhwemun

    APA: pənxʷemən
    Parse: √peenhw=emun

    Definition: May
    Lit.: ‘time of the camas’.

    See also: punhweem

  • pupsi’wutul

    APA: pəpsiw̓ətəl

    Definition: socking a ball to each other

  • pupqw’amthut

    APA: pəpq̓ʷamθət

    Definition: foaming up

  • pupute’num’

    APA: pəpəten̓əm̓
    Parse: √patun=m=PROG

    Definition: sailing

  • pulou’ps

    APA: pəluʔps
    Parse: √pous=DIM=PL

    Definition: small cats

  • pulupi’t-shun

    APA: pələpiʔt-šən

    Definition: lizards

    Scientific name: [unidentified species (of lizard or possibly salamander)]

  • pulhtitth’e’

    APA: pəłtit̓ᶿeʔ
    Parse: √plhet=itth’e’

    Definition: thick clothes, thick blankets

  • pous

    APA: pus
    Parse: √pous

    Definition: cat

    Note: From Chinook Jargon.
    See also: pish

  • poups

    APA: pups

    Definition: kitten

  • poul

    APA: pul

    Definition: bull

    Note: From English.

  • poutew’t-hw

    APA: putew̓txʷ

    Definition: boathouse

  • plhet-shun

    APA: płet-šən

    Definition: thick foot

  • poukw

    APA: pukʷ

    Definition: book

    Note: From English.