Hulʼqʼumiʼnumʼ Online Dictionary

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  • kwsus

    APA: kʷsəs
    Parse: √kwsus

    Definition: ART(icle) (he, she, it, that he, when he, as he, etc

  • kwsutst

    APA: kʷsəct
    Parse: √kwsutst

    Definition: ART(icle) (we, that we, when we, as we, etc

  • kwsuw’

    APA: kʷsəw̓
    Parse: √kwsuw’

    Definition: ART(icle)

  • kwthun’

    APA: kʷθən̓
    Parse: √kwthun’

    Definition: your

  • kwthunu

    APA: kʷθənə
    Parse: √kwthunu

    Definition: my

  • kwil

    APA: kʷil

    Definition: quail

    Scientific name: [Callipepla californica (Shaw) (California quail) and Oreortyx pictus (Douglas) (mountain quail)]
    Ethnobiology: The California quail was introduced to British Columbia as early as the 1860s. It is known that the mountain quail was also introduced into the province during this time, but it is thought that this quail may be a native bird. Both quails occur in the southeastern portion of Vancouver Island, the mountain quail being more restricted to the extreme southeast.

    Note: From English.

  • kwi’kwumluhw

    APA: kʷiʔkʷəmləxʷ

    Definition: Bush Creek area, Ivy Green Park
    Lit.: ‘little root’.

  • kwi’t-hulhp

    APA: kʷiʔtxəłp

    Definition: dogwood

    Scientific name: [Cornus nuttallii Aud. ex T.&G. (western flowering or Pacific dogwood)]
    Ethnobiology: This much-branched, rather irregularly-shaped tree bears tiny flowers that are surrounded by large, white, showy petal-like bracts. The flowers are followed by the development of large, tight clusters of bright red berry-like fruits. Dogwood trees are limited in their distribution to most of Vancouver Island and the adjacent mainland as well as the rivers and inlets of the south coast of the province.

  • kwikwum’luhw

    APA: kʷikʷəm̓ləxʷ
    Parse: √kwumluhw=DIM

    Definition: little root

  • kwoons

    APA: kʷu:ns
    Parse: √kwoons

    Definition: to grab hold

  • kwishut

    APA: kʷišət

    Definition: to name it

  • kwilhum

    APA: kʷiłəm

    Definition: to be fed up, to be bothered, to be tired

  • kwilhume’t

    APA: kʷiłəmeʔt

    Definition: to be fed up with him/her

  • kwi’txulhp

    APA: kʷiʔtx̌əłp
    Parse: √kwi’tx=ulhp

    Definition: dogwood

  • kwimalus

    APA: kʷimaləs

    Definition: reddish, pink

  • kwlhu

    APA: kʷłə
    Parse: √kwlhu

    Definition: the, a

  • kwewe’uts

    APA: kʷeweʔəc
    Parse: √kwewe’uts

    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.

    See also: lumlumkwule’tsu’

  • kwey’xthut tu shhwuhwa’us

    APA: kʷey̓x̌θət tə šxʷəxʷaʔəs

    Definition: thunderstorm
    Lit.: ‘The thunder is stirring.’

  • kweyulus

    APA: kʷeyələs

    Definition: tomorrow

  • kwey’lupun’

    APA: kʷeyl̓əpən̓

    Definition: hiding something, storing something

  • kweyuxum

    APA: kʷeyəx̌əm
    Parse: √kwuyx=um

    Definition: to move

  • kwi’e’

    APA: kʷiʔeʔ

    Definition: to get separated

  • kwey’

    APA: kʷey̓
    Parse: √kwey’

    Definition: the, a

  • kwey’xutth’e’t

    APA: kʷey̓x̌ət̓ᶿeʔt
    Parse: √kwuyx=itth’e’=t=PROG

    Definition: stirring the sheets (boiling in lye)

  • kwey’xuw’t-hwt

    APA: kʷey̓x̌əw̓txʷt
    Parse: √kwuyx=uw’t-hw=t=PROG

    Definition: rocking a building, tent

  • kwey’xuw’ulht

    APA: kʷey̓x̌əw̓əłt
    Parse: √kwuyx=uwulh=t=PROG

    Definition: rocking a baby

  • kwey’xuwe’lht

    APA: kʷey̓x̌əweʔłt
    Parse: √kwuyx=uwulh=t=PROG

    Definition: rocking a baby (in a buggy)

  • kweyel

    APA: kʷeyel
    Parse: √kweyul

    Definition: tomorrow, daylight

  • kweyulutstun

    APA: kʷeyələctən
    Parse: √kweyul=uts=ten

    Definition: opening to let light in/smoke out in bighouse

  • kwatu

    APA: kʷatə

    Definition: quarter

    Note: From Chinook Jargon, from English.

  • kwasun

    APA: kʷasən
    Parse: √kwasun

    Definition: star

  • kwe’tsust

    APA: kʷeʔcəst

    Definition: to let go of hands, to drop hands

  • kweet

    APA: kʷe:t

    Definition: to drop it, to let it go

  • kwakwuhwtsum’

    APA: kʷakʷəxʷcəm̓

    Definition: knocking at the door

  • kwakwi’uthut

    APA: kʷakʷiʔəθət
    Parse: √kwey’u=that=PROG

    Definition: away: stepping away, moving away

  • kwakwma’tsiin’

    APA: kʷakʷmaʔci:nʔ
    Parse: √kwam’=utsun=RDP

    Definition: hunchback, a name

  • kway’xul’st

    APA: kʷay̓x̌əl̓st
    Parse: √kwuyx=als=t=PROG

    Definition: moving, stirring round objects

  • kwe’yutum

    APA: kʷey̓ətəm
    Parse: √kwey’u=t=m

    Definition: away: move someone/something away PASS

  • kwelh

    APA: kʷeł
    Parse: √kwelh

    Definition: indeed

  • kwa’kwsun’

    APA: kʷaʔkʷsən̓
    Parse: √kwasun=DIM

    Definition: little star

  • kwa’mutsun

    APA: kʷam̓əcən
    Parse: √kwam’=utsun

    Definition: Quamichan
    Lit.:  ‘hunchback’.

  • kwaan

    APA: kʷa:n

    Definition: corn

    Note: From English.

  • kwa’tul

    APA: kʷaʔtəl

    Definition: to divorce, to separate

  • kwa’kwuhwtsum

    APA: kʷaʔkʷəxʷcəm

    Definition: knocking

  • kwa’yuthut

    APA: kʷay̓əθət
    Parse: √kwey’u=that

    Definition: away: step away, move away

  • kw’uts’aalhtsu

    APA: k̓ʷəc̓a:łcə

    Definition: shark

    Scientific name: [Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre) (sixgill shark), Lamna ditropis (Hubbs and Follett) (salmon shark), and possibly others]
    Ethnobiology: There are several species of large sharks in British Columbian waters, several of which may be referred to by the term kw’uts’aalhtsu. Among the sharks associated with this name are the “mud shark” (the sixgill shark) and the “mackerel shark”, which is also sometimes called the “man-eating shark” (the salmon shark). (Note that the salmon shark is not a true man-eater and that the spiny dogfish is sometimes also called mud shark.)

  • kw’usshun

    APA: k̓ʷəsšən

    Definition: to burn foot

  • kw’uts’unulhtsu

    APA: k̓ʷəc̓ənəłcə
    Parse: √kw’uts’un=ulhtsu

    Definition: shark

  • kw’utxt

    APA: k̓ʷətx̌t
    Parse: √kw’utx=t

    Definition: rattle it

  • kw’uw’

    APA: k̓ʷəw̓
    Parse: √kw’uw’

    Definition: of course