Hulʼqʼumiʼnumʼ Online Dictionary

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  • mamqw

    APA: mamqʷ
    Parse: √muqw=PL

    Definition: thick, big around PL

  • mawuch

    APA: mawəč
    Parse: √mawuch

    Definition: deer (a term used by poachers)

  • ma’aqw

    APA: maʔaqʷ

    Definition: duck, waterfowl

  • ma’aqwallh

    APA: maʔaqʷalł

    Definition: duckling

    Scientific name: [various species of Anatidae and other bird families]
    Ethnobiology: This word refers in general to all ducks (like the mallard) and many other aquatic duck-like birds (like the common murre and common loon). In the past, many types of ducks were caught for food in nets made of red cedar inner bark. Some speakers also use this term to refer to domestic chickens.

  • m’i kw’a’nusum tu sum’shathut

    APA: m̓i k̓ʷan̓əsəm tə səm̓šaθət

    Definition: sunrise
    Lit.: ‘The sun is coming up.’

  • male’qwe’

    APA: maleʔqʷeʔ

    Definition: Indian Burial Island, Nanaimo I.R. #6
    Lit.: ‘graveyard’.

  • mal’sum’

    APA: mal̓səm̓
    Parse: √mal’sum’

    Definition: cranberry

    Scientific name: [?Vaccinium sp.]
    Ethnobiology: Some speakers say this is a large, round marsh blueberry.

  • ma’mul’

    APA: mam̓əl̓
    Parse: √mal=RDP

    Definition: sand crayfish, mud shrimp

    Scientific name: [?Upogebia pugettensis (Dana)]
    Ethnobiology: This is known locally as a “sand crayfish”. It is described as a little greenish shrimp encountered when people are digging clams. This is likely the mud shrimp, a small shrimp that ranges in color from brownish to greyish to bluish, and which burrows in mud flats.

  • m’its’ilum

    APA: m̓ic̓iləm

    Definition: Come on!

  • m’i ’ewu

    APA: m̓i ʔewə >

    Definition: V0817

  • m’umun’lh

    APA: m̓əmən̓ł
    Parse: √m’un’=lh=PL

    Definition: small PL

  • ma’uqw

    APA: maʔəqʷ
    Parse: √ma’uqw

    Definition: duck, waterfowl

  • ma’uqwallh

    APA: maʔəqʷalł

    Definition: duckling

  • machus

    APA: mačəs
    Parse: √machus

    Definition: match, matches

  • luwux

    APA: ləwəx̌
    Parse: √luwux

    Definition: rib

    Note: This also refers to ribs on canoes and boats.

  • lutem

    APA: lətem
    Parse: √lutem

    Definition: table

    Note: From French la table.

  • luts’luts’

    APA: ləc̓ləc̓

    Definition: high tide

  • luts’ tu lhqel’ts’

    APA: ləc̓ tə łqel̓c̓

    Definition: full moon

  • luwen

    APA: ləwen
    Parse: √luwen

    Definition: oats

    Note: From French l’avoine.

  • luxwuthut

    APA: ləx̌ʷəθət

    Definition: to cover yourself

  • luts’ut

    APA: ləc̓ət
    Parse: √luts’u=t

    Definition: to fill it

  • m’ewustuhw

    APA: m̓ewəstəxʷ

    Definition: to bring him/her

  • luts’

    APA: ləc̓
    Parse: √luts’u

    Definition: (container) to be full, to get full

  • luts’as

    APA: ləc̓as
    Parse: √luts’u=as

    Definition: full (round object, such as a spool)

  • luts’i’qwt

    APA: ləc̓iʔqʷt
    Parse: √luts’u=a’qw=t

    Definition: fill a head-like thing (for ex a pumpkin)

  • luts’luts’t

    APA: ləc̓ləc̓t
    Parse: √luts’u=t=PL

    Definition: fill them

  • luts’unupt

    APA: ləc̓ənəpt
    Parse: √luts’u=unup=t

    Definition: fill in the ground, level off

  • m’een’

    APA: m̓e:nʔ
    Parse: √m’een’

    Definition: weak

  • lushaan

    APA: ləša:n
    Parse: √lushaan

    Definition: shawl

    Note: From French le châle.

  • luplit

    APA: ləplit
    Parse: √luplit

    Definition: priest

    Note: From Chinook Jargon, from French le prêtre.

  • luqwu

    APA: ləqʷə
    Parse: √luqwa

    Definition: suitcase, handbag

  • lupyous

    APA: ləpyus
    Parse: √lupyous

    Definition: hoe

    Note: From French la pioche ‘mattock, pickaxe’.

  • luq

    APA: ləq
    Parse: √luq

    Definition: to be sold

  • luq’

    APA: ləq̓
    Parse: √luq’u

    Definition: to be even, to be level

  • luplash

    APA: ləplaš
    Parse: √luplash

    Definition: board

  • luq’els

    APA: ləq̓els
    Parse: √luq’u=els

    Definition: even: make even or par

  • luq’unupt

    APA: ləq̓ənəpt
    Parse: √luq’u=unup=t

    Definition: level the ground

  • luq’ut

    APA: ləq̓ət
    Parse: √luq’u=t

    Definition: even it, level it, bring to par

  • luq’uthut

    APA: ləq̓əθət
    Parse: √luq’u=that

    Definition: even with, in line, on par

  • lumutou

    APA: ləmətu
    Parse: √lumutou

    Definition: sheep

    Note: From Chinook Jargon, from French le mouton.

  • luplaash

    APA: ləpla:š

    Definition: board

    Note: From Chinook Jargon, from French la planche.

  • lupat

    APA: ləpat
    Parse: √lupat

    Definition: cup

    Note: From Chinook Jargon, from French le pot.

  • lumutoul’qun

    APA: ləmətul̓qən
    Parse: √lumutou=al=qen

    Definition: wool

  • lupen

    APA: ləpen
    Parse: √lupen

    Definition: hoe, shovel

    Note: From French la pelle ‘shovel, spade’.

  • lumstunuq

    APA: ləmstənəq

    Definition: to put on show, to exhibit

  • lumlumkwule’tsu’

    APA: ləmləmkʷəleʔcəʔ

    Definition: elk

    Scientific name: [Cervus elaphus Linnaeus]
    Ethnobiology: The elk, sometimes known as wapiti, is a large member of the deer family. Two subspecies are known in British Columbia—one in the Rocky Mountains and another on Vancouver Island. The Vancouver Island type was once more widely distributed, living in the Fraser Delta and some coastal islands.

    Note: This is an old word.
    See also: kwewe’uts

  • lulixwtun

    APA: ləlix̌ʷtən

    Definition: blankets

  • lulusek

    APA: lələsek
    Parse: √lisek=PL

    Definition: sacks

  • lulutem

    APA: lələtem

    Definition: tables

  • lume’shutun

    APA: ləmeʔšətən

    Definition: brace, foot brace