A A, An The article is not used (+ there is no word for this.) Abandon Abandoned An abandoned wife/husband: waḥckʷii When husband abandoned her: Abate (+ To become less strong, severe) ? ; Wind X: Storm X: Pain X: puƛukʷiƛ ? Abase (+ To humiliate or degrade) qʷaqiqsap Abbreviate ʔaʔinwiiʔap Abdicate To cease to be chief: hawiiʔaƛ X in favour of another: ʔuḥiiʔap Abdomen ? Ablactate (+ Cease to lactate) Abducted ? Abduct ? Abed (+ In bed) nayiiƛ; + (+ To crawl into bed as you are.) Abet (+ To encourage or assist) hat̓uqckʷi; ʕasiita Abhor (ap); + Dangerous, contagious: (ap) + Someone that’s no longer needed: wiiwiksum Abide (+ Dwell) Where do you abide?: Waasik maʔas Ability My ability is making canoes: ʔukʷiłs Abjure (+ Gone forever) Able I am X, I can do it: qʷis Able bodied ?; quʔas Aboard hiłaas; See Board. Abode maʔas ʔatu ʔuh ik ʔiič ik
Abolish Abolished Abominable Abortion Suffer X: Cause X: hitakʷaʔap Kill: qaḥsaap X by pressure: taaq qʷaʔap Abound (+ plentiful) ʔayapał: in general from ʔupał X in a certain locality: ʔayanit + Plentiful: + ʔayint About 1. See around; hił; ƛawaa 2. On the point of, with affix taḥ eg: About to shoot: ƛ’iƛ’itaḥ About to cry: X to go out: yaayaacataḥ 3. Less immediate action-with the affix naḥi or naḥa eg: He won’t live. He is going to die: + When a person has died: + 4. hiikʷał with the verb ? ʔiik eg: hiikʷał 5. With affix quu eg: about one mile: mile 6. maʕiiqƛ (+ a little bit, kind of or feel like) + I’m feeling kind of hungry: + hawiiqƛmaʕiiqƛs or hawiiqƛquus I don’t feel like it: wik maaʕiiqƛs Above hiiłapi (in the space) An object X: hiłmisa On top: hiłspii Above ground: Upriver: hiininqa X in rank: ʔuupi Numbers X: Abreast To go X: To be X of Hesquiat (+ to be just off Hesquiaht): taqhtaak To be X of a Sound: ʔapʔaqsuł Abroad wikpiƛ; To go X: Abscess Abscond (+ to hide) (+ to run away) Absconding (+ hiding) To be X: haptiiqƛ ? To go X: eg: The serpent to tempt Eve. Absent wikił; wikpiƛ; A short time absence: Long time absence: qiimuup With the affix muup; also with the affix ʔuuyukʷał X a long time: qiiyuukʷał Yet absent, not arrived: Absolve taskʷaʔap; Abstain X from meat: wik haʔuk ???: Absurd To render oneself X: ʔasiła To be X: + muup małapi yak aḥ uuk
Admire micqʷaa; kaaʔpap Find nice: Find good etc. : ƛutʔap + I admired John’s speech to everyone the other day: mic John ciqciiqmałapi mitʔi Admit X into house: hiniiʔitap Grant, Concede: kamathak (+ to remember) Not contradict: They let their dog in: hiniiʔitap ʕiniiƛukʷi Do you remember?: kamathakk Yes, I remember: haaʔa kamathaks Admonish haahuupa, Adopt Say make mine: Make yours: Make his: ʔuucʔap Also with the affix X as a child by one who is childless: from X way of thinking etc: Adore from the exclamation of awe often uttered by the Indians: waakaš waakaš ʔiš waa Adorn (+ add beauty or lustre to) To get Xed: Cause X: Adorned Adrift X from anchorage or beach: X at large: taʔak from to go adrift. See Drift. Adroit (+ skillful, clever) Adults quʔas See Girl. Adulterate ƛawiiʔap from ƛawii Adulterated ƛawii; Adultery Commit X: ʔiḥnaakʷił; ?; suʔakʷaʔap To fall into the crime of X whether lawful or not: Haber (+ latin: to have) ʔuuʔiic ƛaʔuucʔi łuucma is equivalent to Advance Frequentation: yaacaa Advent (+ The arrival of especially an important person or thing) hiinuł Jesus Christ did not announce his second advent: Jesus Christ wiiksaʔiš ʕiiqhuk qʷiiyuuʔaqƛii hiinuł ƛa Adversary (+ an enemy, opponent) yayaqʷinʔiqƛ Advice łimaqsti Give X: hinii łimaqsti To ask for X: ciiʕiƛ To give X interfere: ciiʔaaqsta, ciiʔaaqstinƛ haahuupa Give X: ciqayi ʔap ʔana i sap
Afternoon ? ; hawiiaƛquu ʔapwin Afterwards (and then…) Again ƛaʔuuk; huʔaas Repetition of the same occurrence or action: huʔasiła Against Opposed to: yumqƛ Face to face: Age ʔunic Old: mixtmis Reach very old age: haaḥtuuƛ Old X: haʔii quʔas; ? Middle X: quʔas Aged qiicwał He is old: qiicwałʔiš Agitate maaƛinksap Ago ʔaƛ How long ago: ʔunicʔaƛii How many days X?: Long X: qiiʔaƛʔi +huʔak +qiiʔaƛquu Agony To be in the X: He has a long X: Agree łimaqsti They X well: ƛułst̓ał, ʔukʷinkst̓ał; Harmonize in statement: X to it: nuuʔii, t̓aaqaak, t̓aaqukʷiƛ Everything Xs with me: ʔukʷink Food: ƛułʔap or Agreeable If it is X to you: That is X to me: ḥuḥtikḥʔat siš An X person: An X place, pleasant, nice: ʕuuʕuuquk Ah! Ahead To be X: ʔuwiiʔiƛ To go X: yaacaa Go X: takaasʔi (-singular) takaasiʔič To surpass: ʔukspinƛ, hitaʔitap Aid hupii, ʔasiita Ail He is a long time Xing: qiiʔiiš ʔuwaapuk, taʔił Aim To X at: ʔuukʷił X at, try to gain: Shoot at: ʔuḥtaa Define what eg: bird the action of aiming: Air In the X: hiiłapi X temperature by the affix sit The X is cold: X tight: hatuqs kʷapuł To put on Xs: Alarm To feel Xed: To cause X: hayaaqstup To feel alarm on account of absence: hiniiha Alight tuwiƛ eg: Step from a carriage. Birds (on land): huʔiiƛ hiiš uk ʔaph xʷaa , ink (-
Alike qʷaa Resembling: ʔaaḥasa X in size as: ʔuʔinḥi Alive tiič All The radical includes the meaning of “all” but the affix changes according to the circumstance eg: to do it all. The completion is expressed by ha. I did it all: nic or nic X kinds: X over: X together: On X fours: saʔak X at once: (+or all of a sudden) Allay X Pain: Allow I allow you: siiš suutił or nuuʔii siš See Permit, Let. Allure X into… hiihinʔiƛʔiih Almost hiikʷał Came near to: (we) Not entirely: wiiyuu X alike, even: t̓ana Aloft To go X: t̓aaqmisanuƛ Above in the space: haałapi Aloof To stay X in a quarrel: To keep X from a certain person: Alone Alone in the house: or To go X: or To work, do a thing alone: X in a canoe: Left X all dead: The idea is expressed by or and different affixes. Let me X: Along To go X by canoe: naʔuuqs To go X on foot: naʔuuk To bring X with the affix iis; Bring X a cup: capiis Bring X firewood: To take X: hiniic; See Accompany. See Beside. To have X: ʔuuc Aloud Also yuuqʷaa Altar (La mass suł) laamiisuł Alter kʷisiłap His face is altered: kʷisiłat hiiłuuł X (+castrate) a horse: k’ʷitatup or ʔukʔatup See Change. Alternately Do it X: ḥaḥaʔupałaʔič Although X (+still) a child yet: ʕiiqḥii siik
Always qʷaasasa; It is X raining: miƛaa X good, fine: qwaasasa ƛuł + X stays the same: + qʷaasasa miiłḥi Amass It is expressed better when one says: ƛ ̓iptkʷaa as applied to a miser. Amaze It is Xing: mickʷałʔiš ? I am Xd: mickʷaas ? ; Ambition The idea of X expressed by the affix I wish to see X: I have the X to go: Ambitious See Proud. Ambush To lie in X: Ameliorate ƛuyayap; u.n.? To become right: Amend See Ameliorate. Amidst ʔuqʷiiqsta The affix X the rain: Amiss See Fault. You are X: łiʔaaʔic or łiʔaaʔapʔic Ammunition Amongst ʔuqʷiiqsta; To get X eg: seals: kiłaanus In the sense of the French “che? The word hił is also employed. I am a long time X the Indians: qii siiš hiłʔiiq quʔas Amputate The affix in this word and others is descriptive of legs. yumł is descriptive of arms. They had to amputate his arm: ʔuʔusumnit qaaqatk yupʔat Having leg amputated: Amusing It is X: ʕuuqmisʔiš Amuse oneself, play: He is X: ʕuuqmatḥi; Enjoy: X oneself with: ʕuuqsnaʔaał See Play An See “a” Ancestor hisackʷi The one he comes from, See Parent. +yaqckʷii, +yaqʷiimit, +nananiiqsu, +hisacqʷiqs Anchor t̓ayuuqumł; t̓ayusum To X: t̓ayukʷiƛ At X on the sea: Close in shore: t̓ayuus; maƛis; Anchorage t̓ayusuł
Ancient ʔiqhmuut And ƛa; ? etc. Anew huʔas See Again Angel Les Anges (+ the previous word is French) + niisaawiš Anger Angry To get X: To make X: Get up his temper: To speak to one angrily: To feel hurt by what is said or done: yaasuqta; łimaqsti Angry disposition: hiixʷatḥi + To speak to one in an angry tone: + Angle Angler The act of angling: hiphipš Animal Quadruped: Ankle huhuułqum ?; kʷiisum ?; + Animate (being) hinʔayaqƛ; tiič Anniversary Meet again: huʔas Announce hinʔałsap To go to X: ʕiiqhuk, qʷaaḥiʔap, waawaa See Tell etc. Annoy Do not X me: wikʔiis ʔuʔukʷink Annoyed Annoying: wipaxmis Anoint Another ƛaʔuu Of X kind: kʷistuup; ƛawii Different: kʷisaahtak with the prefix kʷis See Two, Numbers. Answer ʔumaap X back: haʔukʷiƛ; Not X: wikiicmap To X a certain purpose: Ant ƛuqhkup ? + (also see spider) Antecessor The one to whom I succeed: tup
Apply To X: ʔuʔukʷinksap X to the Captain: Captain or ʔuukʷił..waa A blister, poultice with the affix and the object that is applied eg: To X a plaster poultice: łicaasap or łicaasap + To apply medicine poultice: + łaqʷaasip Appoint With the affix ap X a policeman: Who is Xed?: I am Xed: siyaaqiiʔapʔac Charley is appointed: Charley ʔuḥiyapatʔiš He is Xed agent: agent ʔiyapat or agent. X a day: Appreciate Of things, see Make. Apprise (+ to make aware) hinʔałsap Approach X from behind hiisa kumsa hinapaał X from right side: hiisa kumsa X from left side: hiisa kumsa kacuut X from the front: ?? Appropriate (+ To take possession of, especially without authority) hatcuwat One that makes a habit of appropriating: hahatcuwatʔiiḥʔiik ?? Approve ƛułiiʔap; ??; yuuyuuwaał Approve another in words, give permission, not object: Xd at a meeting: Apron ƛihcimiłcimin ?; + Apt X in danger: and the affix quu It is dangerous, you are X to hurt yourself: ʕusuqtaquuk Aptitude expressed by suffix maʔuk Ardor (+ zeal, burning enthusiasm, passion) With X: ƛinhuł ? ; ʔaanaqhuł (+ serious, stoic about something) Arise X from sitting: X from laying in bed: t̓iqpiƛ to sit down being the first movement then Arm In general: qayapta, Long X: Stretch your arm: Swollen X: Sore X: + yayaakyimł Broken X: To break X: Armpit ʔaʔapswinł Around huʔaca, nuutka (circle) White all X: huʔaca ƛisuk To go X: Sit all around (inside): ? huʔaca generally and with expression of objects X the head: huʔaca Arouse hinʔałsap X from sleep: ƛupksaap X one asleep: (push him) ʔač saahtakʔap
Astringent (+ Causing contraction of body tissue, checking bleeding) Asunder (+ into pieces) See Separate. The prefix ƛ ̓itx Cannot be put X: The calico (+ sail) is torn X: ƛ ̓itx łiicapum + Ripped up/tattered: + At hił X Victoria: hił Victoria See On. The meaning of “at” is differently translated with different verbs for which see those verbs eg: shoot X: ʕuhtaa At hił determines term ʔaƛquu; At Easter: pakʔaƛquu At first ʔaʔum At once: takuk; + First I’m going to go to the store when I get to Tofino: + ʔaqƛs hininʔaƛ qʷin At sea hiłsuʔis + The canoe is X: Atone (+ To make amends or reparations for wrong action) ?; Attain (+ A gain or accomplishment by effort) ʔuumaa Not X: wiina with the affix ma Could not X it: wiimaamic hiniip Attach See Tie. ʔatinksap + Don’t attach your shawl to itself (while sewing it): + wikʔum ʔatinksap Attached Devoted to, not want to part with yayumʔak;ʔatqak; ʔatink; ʔuʔukʷi; Tied, fixed to by the affix X by a string: X by glue: X by nail: X by affection: yaakʷink Attack (+ like in a war) Attention To pay X: naʔaa; naʔataḥ Pay X (imperative): ? Attempt See Endeavor, Try Attract I was attracted by the noise (+ arguing): ʔuḥʔat nic niƛqʷaqmis Augur c’itky’ak (+ hand drill) They used an auger: ʔuḥwał mic Aunt naʔiiqsu Aurora Borealis ƛiyakƛuł; siitanuł; + I was amazed/astounded by the aurora borealis at night: + mic ʔatḥii Authorize See Empower
(low) X: wikquuʔiš taʔiłʔi See Dangerous. To get X: I feel X disgusted on some account: or łimaqsti Badly Very X with the affix ʔuupʔi; ʔupuƛ; ʔapi and doubling first syllable: X hurt: ʔuʔusuqtapi Off X: łaaqʷiqnak To get X off: ?; ? He was X hurt and get out of bed: ʔuʔusuqtapi t̓iqpiƛ Badge hahumtt̓u Bag ƛ ̓apaat, also with the affix sac Flour bag: ƛ + I don’t have a bag. I’ll use a flour bag: + ƛ ̓apaat ʔuḥwałʔaqƛs ƛ Baggage + I have a lot of X: + ʔayaaks Bail Ransom: (paying for) The price of X: hałum Instrument to X water with: Bait tiiła put on the bait: tiiłsap Bake See Cook To X bread-put in the oven: Set the bread: (overnight) When in the oven: To X bread properly speaking: Bakery A baker: Baking Pan + I have lots of Xs. Do you want to borrow some?: + ʔayaaks mahsak Balance Instrument to weigh: t̓uucxmałapi; What is left, the X: yaqapuƛ; yaqapuƛckʷi Balancing t̓uucxt̓uucxʔi Bald ʔasqii, ʔasqumł, ʔaasqiinuuƛ Baldness of top or head-see Hairless: ʔaasinƛ, waałinł Bale A X of blankets: nuptaqumł łictup X of hay: t̓apqumł Entire X: ? To X, form a X: maƛsaap verb: Ball hupkumł To play at X: hupkumłsnaʔaał To play at (soft)ball: Musket X: X mould: Ballast kʷatyaksum X in the bow: tiicum X in the stern: tiƛiikcum ? Band maƛiicum X around the head: X for other things: maƛspum X of cattle: muusmuus Another X: ƛaʔuktaqumł To X together:
Bandage To X in general: Specifically according to parts: X the head: maƛiicuł X the foot: mamaƛhtinƛ X the leg: mamaaƛanuƛ X the eyes: mamaaƛsuƛ X the hand: mamaaƛnuk X the knee: X the arm: mamaqƛcinuƛ Banish Bang X the door: Bank X of a river: hiniisaqsiʔis X of a lake: hiniisaqsiʔas Sand X: ƛ ̓aƛ ̓atḥis X covered with water: ʔapswiis slang- a spit: Bankrupt He is a X: wiiwikwisa Banquet To give a X: ƛ + + They used to say long ago: + mit waaʔiš huʔak Baptize Baptized plural: To see X: Bar Crow X: X used by the women for digging purposes: Bare Hairless-see Bald: ʔaasumł The root ʔaas implies the idea of bare and changes according to affix. Outside: ʔaska On the beach: ʔasqiis etc. See Standing. X of body: X of body verb: X footed: wiiwikhta X footed verb: wiiwikhtinƛ X head: wikuxs X head verb: wikuxsiƛ X legs: wiiwikqathi X legs verb: X one X one arm verb: To X oneself: Bargain To make X (+ to negotiate): Conclude X (to your case): hitaʔap To break X: To conclude X: makʷayap To throw into X: ƛ An object thrown into the X: ƛ ̓ayami One who is generous in a X: łayik Bark X of trees: Cedar X for mats etc.: Take off the X: Go for cedar X: Beaten X employed in the care of children etc: nuḥłumc Below the bark properly speaking which may be called the second coat of bark: ʔamuupa X of a dog: wawaałyuqʷa To run about and X: saaʔiih from Roam about: saʔak and ʔuʔuʔiih go after. Barker of a dog: wawaałyuʔiik Barrel Cask: maƛumł, X of gun: ʔuusaanuł Barren Of a woman or man X: wikiił, X land: wikʔapsuʔas Not even very fertile: wimas
Barter makʷink See Bargain Bashful waʔak Timid: wiicaak; quʔas qʷis X man, woman or child: wiicaaʔiik or wiiwicaaʔiik Basin kiiƛuuk, ƛ No proper name for basin. kiiƛuuk means a breakable dish, cup etc. ƛ wide or plate. A wooden (old fashioned) X: x̣inkiya Basket X used for fish, potatoes etc: qaʔuuc A superior X (+ for etc): yacac A X such as Xs to carry bread in: muhuya ? An ornamented small X: pikiʕu X used when picking berries: Bat Bath(tub) hatinqsac X room: hatinquʔił + or + hatinquwił Bathe hat̓iis Give a X: hat̓inqsa; hat̓iisʔap Give a foot bath: yaacituƛ, yaackatu; yackał ? Give..with X a wound, pour water on it: Bastard (+ Don’t know who the father is): łicwisaʔukt (+ Doesn’t have a dad): wik’iituk Batten ( + to fasten or secure): huqspum Battle There is a X/+ war: or huḥinkʔiš Bawdy House (+ brothel) hayuxuwił Bay Across X: kʷiisuuʔat Go across X: Beads + Trade X: General name: ciʔisuk Beach hitinqis The affix is descriptive of sandy part of the beach. Sandy X: Gravelly X: muqʷaqis Fine X: ƛułis X a vessel: niisanup Vessel dried up on X: Left forgotten on the X: ƛuʔisinyap Thrown away, abandoned: wahisinyap Adverbs of place: hiis; ?; yuʔis; yaʔis -All indicative of X, and in general: ʔis, ʔiis; ? are all descriptions of X. Go walk etc. per X: ʔuusnii Above high water mark: ?; ? To land on X: hitasaƛ; notice siƛ or saƛ in verbs. Beached niiʔis, X if only for a short time eg: cleaning bottom of a vessel: nisaƛ Beak ƛ ̓upkma; ƛ ƛ Beam nitup A cross X: taʔacinum ? Beans nih
Bear To X, See Born: ? Grizzly: naani X skin: ƛ ̓itḥaq Big X (star): ƛunum ? To X-see Fertile, Birth. Bear I cannot X the pain: nasaƛs See Carry, Fruit. I cannot X him, his presence: yumqƛ I cannot X his talk: ʔinmiiqƛ Bearable ʔumaaqƛ Said of X pain: ʔuʔumḥi Bearer eg: X of a letter: piipaaqis With the affix qis Take X: ʔuyaqḥʔatḥ Beard hapaksum Whiskers: hapa ? Bearded hapaksuł Grey X: Long X: yaaqpiqaksuł Beardless ʔasaqsuł Beast Beastly qʷaaʔiiq Beat See Strike Batter on planks or doctoring: or naasqnaasqa Help do the Xing: nasqiłum; With the hand or an open object: ƛ + ƛ with the fist: ƛ X on the face: ƛ ̓ikmałuł, ƛ ̓iikƛ ̓iika X iron or hard substance: X in a race with the affix ʔuupuƛ or ʔukspinƛ; ʔukspii Who X in the race?: James X: James ʔuupuƛnit or ʔukspinƛ nit James The heart or pulse X: tuuxtuuxʷa The heart X beat hard: yawaa My heart X from fright: ticktickasḥułs Beautiful ƛuł, X weather: ʕuʕuuquk, ʕuqumḥi Beaver ʔaaʔt̓u X skin: ʔaaʔt̓uqaʔak Becalmed Because ʔunuuƛ The Indians generally place this conjunction not before the reason given but before the phrase preceding. I believe it X you say so: ʔunuuƛs t̓aqaak ʔinkwaa ʔunuuƛ is often understood He goes away X he is angry: ʔinḥ or ʔunuuƛ Different verbs govern different ways of expressing the conjunction or adverb. See reason etc. NB. Cause. Beckon ƛ He Xed me to come: ƛ Become With the affix or stuƛ Behoove: ʔusum ʔusum also ʔukʷił It Xs you to be good: ʔukʷiłʔicuuš UnX: waawaakumsa X mine, thine, his etc.: ʔaqƛ ʔiih
Behind hiłqumqƛił See Back. Shut the door X one: Look X: I left him behind: ʔuqumqƛiłuks Behold See See, Look Belch + Burp: Belfry kithyaquł Believe t̓aqaak; t̓aqukʷiƛ To be of opinion, surmise with: matak I am of opinion that he is right: hiinumsa matakʔiš Look upon a thing as serious, truthful: ʔanumsʔap + Really?: + Bell kithyak To ring the bell: Bellow (shout) ʔaaqiiyuqƛ Bellows Belly Big X: tix̣ink; tix̣win Of a woman in family way: łayixyu She is heavy in a family way: łayixwakʔiš X ache: Belong Is expressed by the pronoun etc. possessive X to someone: Xing to a determined party: ʔuuc Xing to one: Xing to two: ʔaƛiich X to no one: wikiic Belong to a certain country, tribe with the affix ʔuʔatḥ: King Georgeʔatḥ Where I belong to: hist̓aths Where I belonged to: hist̓athnitiis; hist̓athniqs Beloved yaaʔak See Affection. Below X in rank: ʔuʔaqƛ Down the river: hiłatis See Down, Below, Under hiiłcapuł Hell down under the ground: hiinapuł Belt tapwanum He has a belt on: tapwinʔiš Bemoan See Cry + When they used to visit someone who was about to pass, they would cry and moan. + They used to call it + ʕiḥwiiʔas Bend By straining: X a bow: X the head: X the head backwards: ? X knee: ƛ ̓ikpiƛ, ƛ Bent Of a person: hiipi See Stoop. X by force: puuskyuu X the head: X inclined to: ? He seems to be X on sealing: kuwik matak X by turning it into a circle: puuskumup or Bendable ʔaƛkʔis Bending of a tree:
Bile Gall: kiikiistaqsuʔiłum Bill ƛ ̓upkma, Billow (+ wave) Bind qitsaap (make it tighter around); maƛsaap To be obliged to, compelled is generally expressed by the formula wik (+ you can’t say no) Biped Bird maamaati X migrating: huyaa; hukʷiƛ Bluejay: Grouse: huwiik Sparrow wren: See Ducks etc. Birth To be born: hiinumł To give X: Xplace: hiistmał hiinumł My Xday: qʷiiyumłniqs Biscuit (+ looks like a sand dollar) Bisect X by the breadth: qatksaap aphtaʔap X by the length: ʔaphtaʔap Bison ? Bishop Leplet, bishop Bit For horses: mamaʔaqƛahsum X of a pipe: qacaqum; qaqacum Bite A X: maaʔii X off: maʔatup X off top of nose (Indian fashion in anger): Has top of nose bitten off: maʔiḥta X to pieces: maʔakʷaʔap + Someone who is yelling, angry or bitter (+chewing your head off): + maʔakʷaʔapʔat Bitten Bitch łuucma ʕiniiƛ Bitter Bad taste: Sour, rank: Strong eg: mustard: Not good: wimas Black Colour: tupkak X blanket: tupkał X of clothes: tupkumł X face: tupkuuł; tumiisuł (+ painted with ashes) tupkuł properly applied to a black person who is also called X hands: tutupknuk He has X eyes: tuctumksuł (+ not from injury) He has X eyes from a blow: yayaapicuł He has a X eye: tutupksułʔiš To get X: Blacksmith Black guard (+ a scoundrel) Blackberries situp strictly qaałqawii + X: + Bladder ʔukʷac Of fish, animals if blown: puxmuut Codfish bladder: k
Branch plural: Surface X: ? X river: kałwanum There is a house at the forks: hiłʔiiš maʔas kałwanumʔi The roads X off: Brand Sign, Mark, Name: kakumtḥit̓u To X: haḥumtukʷiƛ Brass Brat Brave wiʔak, łimaqsti Defiant: wiʔakstił Bread (rises) X baked in the ashes: Breadth What is the X of your house?: maht̓iiʔakʔik It is twenty feet broad: is an expression of width. Break See Demolish. X of sticks: X of bone, iron, anything very hard: qatsaap X window, stone: kʷałsaap X ropes: X tumors: siqsaap Dishes, breakables: kiƛsaap Canoe, etc. X handle of a hammer: X down a house: maḥsaap; kumt kuyap X open a box: ʔałqsaap X by pressure: tiiłsaap NB When AV instead of ap use or Has a broken nose: Has a broken leg: Has a broken hand: Has a broken foot: + Anything that’s broken: + Breaker eg: X over a sunken rock: kumḥiya ? X in general: The sea breaks: Caught in the Xs: Break out, sores, inflammation breaks out: Breakers X striking a canoe: X tumble into canoe: ? A wave broke into our canoe: Surf: Breakfast kuʔałiiya haʔuk Breast ʔinma To give X: ʔinmaʔap X pin: mamaqma Breath Breathe To be out of X: ḥiḥma or kapxyihap Long of X: Heavy, strong, slow X: ƛ ? Breathless Breeches Pants: Breech Loading (+ Folding gun to load) qatqatš Breed To X: A good X: Different X: kʷiisḥan The same X: ʔusaahtak Breeze Light X: yupiʔis Strong X: yu
wiikmał kałaatik; mamiiqsu or yukʷiiqsu; ʔuʔacu kałaatik Oldest X: tayii Younger X: kałaatik Younger X than the tayii: ʔuʔacu kałaatik The youngest X of all: wiikmał kałaatik A girl speaking of her X as and will make the same distinction in clarifying them as her Xs. Mamiiqsu and yukʷiiqsu are used by Xs and sisters to determine the case of mamiiqsu that he is older or yukʷiiqsu that he is younger than the speaker. We are Xs: ʕiikʷinkniš With his X: miiłʕiik X in law: yumiiqsu X in law of a woman: Brought See Bring. hiniicmic, ʔumaasnic (bought) Brow Wink: Forehead: ʔumcata; ? + No eyebrows: + Brown ƛ ƛ ƛ ̓imaaqyu; + hicpiqak Bruise (+The following definitions actually mean Scrape, and not Bruise) With the prefix or radical wicx̣ I got a X I X myself X my hand: wicx̣wicx̣nukʷiƛ X foot: wicx̣tinƛ X back: wicx̣aapuuƛ Break-pressure-tiiłsaap; qaḥsaap; kʷatsaap + Bruise in general: + + Bruised foot: + etc. Brush X for washing: X for painting: tasyak X of hair: hapuxs X wood (+ small trees): No general term. Thicket (+ thick bushes): saʔaaḥi Brute Buck muwač X skin: mukʷaʔak Bucket Iron X: ? Buckle To X: Bud ƛaqswii The trees X: ƛaqaasiƛ Buffoon wikstupmis quʔas Bug Worms in fish: qacaƛmis Build X with the affix ʔukʷiił X a house: maht̓iqił To put together: Bulge X at the throat (+ adam’s apple): ḥuyuuł; ? Bulky ƛukʷiit, Bull muusmuus Bullet patʕiwa Bullhead Bump xʷakyu express part when a X on the back of the head: xʷakakƛinstas ʔiih
Cap naksaʔaa ?; kʷitumł ciyapuxs X of a gun: ƛuḥ To put X on gun: ƛuḥaksip X not exploding: Capable See Able, Can. Cape ʔaamapis; ʔapquu To come at the X: ʔaamiḥtinƛ Capsize To cause to X: Half X: On the water in a vessel Xed: On the water suffer through being Xed: ḥuqyiiḥa Captain captain Captive See Prisoner. maƛił Slave: Car + Street X: huuphuupmas Railroad X: maḥt̓iiʔakƛum Carbine Gun: puuʔana ? Carbuncle (+ collection of boils) ƛumiiḥin Undetermined: Carcass hamuutckʷi express of what. + Deer X: + hamuutckʷiʔi muwač Cards ƛ Play with X: ƛ Playing at X: ƛ ̓aax̣ƛ ̓aax̣a, ƛ Lose much at X: To cut a card: Care ʔuuʔałuk To keep: Take X of the sick: tataałuk To like: Not to care: wiimashap X to keep an eye on: I do not care: nuuʔii; ʔapaak Careful taakʔałuk A X man: ʔuʔuḥtasʔiik Take X of yourself-a salutation: or małapi Careless wiikałuk Habit of being X: wiiwiikałukʔiik; wiihtaas; wiiwiihtaasʔiik Caress To X no proper word: (touch) Treat/speak kindly: ʔaʔaapḥiwa; Carpenter Indians generally use the Chinook word chips. Ship X: Carpet łiciłum To lay a X: łicpitap The floor is X: łicił Carriage Carrier Mail X: ?
Censure See Blame. Census Take the X: quʔuca Centre ʔappiiʔił (X inside), ʔappiiʔas (X outside) and other affixes according to locality. Central ʔappiiʔas (outside) X of a long line: ʔapwinqis eg: Hesquiat is a X point on the coast: ʔapwinqisʔiš ʔukwił maatmaas X of a house: ʔapwinʔas See Between. Certain t̓aqapi; hama; + hamasapʔi Are you certain, sure, well informed: hamakk I am X: hamaks True, serious: ʔanaqhmis; t̓aqums Certainly ʔaani See Yes. Chafe X through: Chain X broken loose: Chair t̓iqʷaatsas To sit on X: t̓iqʷaas; t̓iqwaasiƛ Challenge hałiił X to fight: hałiił Chance Strike a chance: Opportunity, easy: I have a X: I have no X: yumałsaaqapiqs Change kʷiłs; haʔuu; ƛaʔuu prefixes imply the idea of X. X: A X of captain: captain or captain X for the best: X eg: the weather, colour, appearance of anybody or thing: kʷisiła Sudden X in wind: X clothes, put on different clothes: X clothes with another: hahaʔupał; haʔuqh X inside of house: hahaʔucsupitap X from one place to another: kʷiisiḥʔiiƛ or simply move: ʔuukʷispiƛ X move residence: X mind: X this or that: kʷisiłaʔap; ƛaʔuqhsap X of wind: kʷiiscukʷiƛ X conversation: wikcaʔap; (+ not on the same track) X position: kʷiscpiƛ X exchange money: haʔuyi X in the way of a bargain-X a hat for a coat: haʔuyi or ʔuktaʔaqƛ hat yaqii coat. Changeable The weather X: kʷikʷiiscukʷiƛʔiikʔiš X easily drawn to any side: t̓at̓aʕiik X of people: t̓at̓aʕiik (slang) Chap (+ little fella) Char X: ? Charred: Character Sign: hahamtt̓u (+ a blaze on trees) Charcoal tumisał
Charge Load a gun: In my X: ʔuuʔałukʔapʔac X it belongs to somebody: make pay literally What is the price, What do you X for those shoes?: ʔaaqinqƛ yaqii shoes See Fare, Impute. Quite a X: kʷaʔiicʔiq X to place to account of another: t̓aqiiʔap; ƛaʔuu X for labour, freight turn-make lose or gain eg: what would you charge say, how many dollars you would make me lose: or how much would you want to gain?: kʷakʷayiicumyiik Charitable łałakmiiqƛʔiik, Charm ʔuksyi in general A X in the bush such as used by old Indian: Hence he has a X: See Glad, Delight. Chart ƛiisał Charter X a vessel: Chase Drive away: Chasm Chaste Foolish: Chastise łaakʷiił; (+ worry/scare them) Chat Chattel (+ moveable personal possessions) hiḥiqtup (+ everything); Chatter The teeth: Cheap ? ; hiniimak; wikḥum Become X: Give Xer: kʷacʔatup Cheat Defraud: To deceive: ʕitʕita; A X: ʔayisaʔaqƛ Check X goods: hamatsap X oneself: ƛuułƛuuła (quietly) X a horse: ƛułiiyap Checkers To play at X: Cheek ʔaʔaamas Red X: To have X: hahacaʔiik; waʔak Cheer Shout: Approve: ? Cheerful See Playful. To be X at work: See Amusing
Chemise ʔuksaqƛ Cherish yaaʔak Chest hinashuł; ƛ See Box. Carpenter’s X: Chew t̓aač X gum: X tobacco: or simply (a chew) Chicken ʕuʕuʕu Grouse: huwiik, humhuma Chide Chief taayii First X: taayii eg: the pope: yaksiiʔaqsta Inferior X: kałatik Brother of dead X: kałatkmaał Superior to another X: ʔuupi or ʔuupinƛ Inferior to another X: ʔuʔakƛ or ʔuʔakƛinƛ (+ very last X) Head X: (+ well known, big X) Woman X: hakum Child Infant: nayaqak Newborn: ƛaaḥmał To bring forth X: To conceive X: łiciit; To have a X dead: To carry a X on arms: ʔapkʷaahuł To carry a X on back: kanupaał To be Xless: wiikahuł To have plenty Xren: ʔayahuł To take care of another’s X: ʔaʔiiʔkʷaał To have a young X: To take care of own X: To get a X or children: He has a X: Childhood When I was a child, in my X: qʷiiyuuyiqs Chill I feel Xy: Xy hands: Chillblain Chilly To feel X: Chimney ʔinkuł Chin hiinaksuł, Chinese Chip With the affix ckʷi to the instrument by which produced. Chip by a knife: ʕakckʷi X by Indian Chisel: To X with a knife: ʔaakʔaaka To X with an Indian chisel: To X with a hatchet: Chisel Indian X: Work with Indian X: Round X: Small X: kuwaqƛ ʔin t̓ač
To close a basket, bind it up: maaqicinʔap X names sounding very much alike: kicinik; + ʕumtii Clot X of blood: qatumł Cloth ʔaƛałmapt generally with the affix ʔał Clothe X one self: X another: See adorn. Clothes m Wear X such or such: Change See Change X pin: X line: ƛ Cloud Cloudy Gets X: Travelling of clouds from the West: From the East: From the sea: t̓aqaa From the land: t̓aqaḥta See West, East etc. Clover Cloy (+ sick feeling from eating) Club For fishing purposes: ʔacḥsi Clumsy Not handy: waqƛ; + X of hands yayuumiik X of feet: hinums yaacuk Coagulate Xed: naskyuu See Stiff. Coal tumiis; Coalesce Xed: napałyu Coarse X of language: X of things X not fine ʔaʔiihtaqak See Rough. Coast See Shore From a spot down coast – direction of Cape Scott: hiłʔinʔatu Direction of Victoria: hitakƛił Coat Wear a coat: coatʔič Overcoat: Coax ƛuƛułwas see reduce Cobweb t̓ałt̓apwin Cock ʕuʕuʕu X gun: muusqsaap Cocked: muusqyuu; Cockle (Gospel) ƛaqapt ʔiƛ
Commonly Often: ʔayums affix ał It is X that way: or Commons Mass of the people Commotion Communicate See Contagious, Correspond, Tell etc. Communion La communio. Commutable kʷiscaʔapcumʔat (+ They should move it/him) Commute kʷiscaʔap Compact See Close. pił with affixes X inside: eg: box also piłʔaqƛ etc. Companion yaqʷinkʔat; Company In X: Like his X: ʔuʔukʷi To frequent as companion: Compare No word. To examine which is better, stronger etc: yaaqpiyi ƛuł; haʔak With ʔuupi the nearest word to express compare is: ʔuucʔuksuupstał also (+ seeing which is better) Compass Compassionate To feel pity: łaksukƛ X to express condolence: Worthy of compassion: X take pity on: łałakamiiqƛ Compatriate Remaining in their own country. nupsatḥ Compel Compensate t̓aqiiyap Compete ʔucsukspinƛ (+ trying to be ahead) Complain łaakhłi To find fault with: Complaint (+ a complaint about pain/sickness) See Sickness. To be in trouble: Complete hawiiʔaƛ The prefix ha implies the idea of “X,””full” hasiik Entire: humaqƛ ʔanaʔał
Conquer ʔukspinƛ; hitaʔitap Got ahead: ʔuucuwat I X: siicuwat X them: suuccuwat He X: ʔuucuwat We X: You X: siiḥcuwat They X: ʔuucuwat hitaʔałš or ʔuucuwatʔał Consanguinous ʕuqhyuu Relatives: Conscience łimaqsti Conscious hinʔaayaqƛ Consecrate ʔutaq Eucharist Consent nuuʔii; ʔapaak She Xs: ʔapaakʔiš or ʔaapukʷiƛ if not Xing at first. Give permission: Refuse X: yumuuqƛ; ƛułʔap See Approve. Consequently yaqʷinwi; yaqʷinuuƛ See Cause ʔuusaaḥi I take it to be a consequence: ʔuumisʔaps Conserve Take care of it: yutsinhakʔum I will X it: yutsinḥiʔaqƛuks ʔuuʔałuk; suu (+ to hold) Consider Reflect: t̓at̓apata; t̓apatwał To look attentively: hence t̓apatanuł, In mind: t̓aʔaqƛ Hesitate: X good, X bad etc. with ʔap Considerable not little or few. There are a X number of people in Hesquiat : quʔas Considerably sayapi; sayaʔuupi Consign ʔuʔiip I Xed it to Anton: ʔuʔiipnits Anton Consist X of: ʔuhtin Consistent łimaqsti; Console ciqwak; ƛułsinḥiʔap łimaqsti; X yourself: ƛułuk łimaqsti Consort with the affix or ḥa A lasting X: qiicḥi My X: yaqcḥiyiis Conspire ʔasink Talk the matter over: X deliberately over killing somebody: Constable Constant hiiłsasa qʷaa ʔuh
Constantly Consult Consume With the affix: X by fire: X by rubbing: (+ rub it out.) X all the food: haʔum Consumption also get lean: ƛ Contact Come in X: eg: powder and fuse. Come with bad X: wayiikhtin (+ haywires) Contagious X disease: tamis To suffer an eruptive disease: tusyiiḥa To catch a X disease: hiinuuta I’m X: ? To communicate a X disease: hiinuutap Contain To refrain: I could not X myself: nasaƛnic + Something’s strange/missing: mic To X, to hold..with the affix when speaking of deep and the affix when speaking of shallow articles or objects. Xing water: Xs: ʔukƛ and ʔakƛ affixes eg: bottle. Contains potatoes eg: in a dish: qawicʔaḥs (uqs of liquids in a canoe.) Contaminate See Spoil Contemn wiksum; wiipap Contemplate yaaʔał-look on. Intend: ʔuucha Contend I X: was X for: ʔucukstaał; ʔuukʷayiiḥ Content See Pleased, Satisfied etc. Contents See Full and apply affixes. Contentious niiniƛkʷaʕiik Contest See Dispute Contiguous X house: (land) Continual Xly: Continue X with obstinacy: waakswii; ʔacuk; X assiduously: wikła; X still: ʕiqt̓aał X repeat: Contract X, shrink: taaqinyuuƛ By X: nuuphtaʔiiḥ X a disease: hinuta; X a debt: Do not X debts: wikʔii mahsa wiqƛ
Crackle ƛ ƛ ̓iƛkaa; ? -eg: noise of biscuit. X of shoes: ƛ ̓iiƛ or ? Cradle To put baby in X: nayaqsap Baby in X: nayaqyu Craggy Cramp X of sleeping foot or hand: łałaʕinqʔatu Cranberry Crane ʔaanis Crank (+ cranky) Cranky X of a canoe, vessel (+ liable to capsize): Not strong, eg: chair: wiiłma; wiiwinḥi Cravat nuutinum Crawfish See Crab Crawl saʔak Baby begins to X: X in stealthily: saayiiʔiƛ also with the root ḥi hence snake. See Bending, Stooping. Crazy A X way about him: Cream ?; ? ʔukʔinma Crease ƛ Create ʔaʔiiqtak; ʔukʷiił also with ap. Who has Xd us-man: yaʔatqin quʔasʔapʔat or quʔiiʔapʔat He Xd all things: ʔaʔiiqtakckʷi Credit X believe: t̓aqaak Buy or get on X: ʔuyikuʔił To give on X: Credulous (+ gullible) t̓at̓aʔiik Creep See Crawl. X up to game: Crescent Crest eg: of a rooster: Crib (+ animal fodder container) hawacsac ʔaʕiiqš
Cricket Insect X: or Crime Commit X: Cripple X legs: X hands: Criticize ? Criticizer yayawiik Crockery kiƛtuup Crooked ƛ ̓inkyuu; X winding road: ƛ ̓ink ƛ ̓inka; hiikhiikʷa X nose: X body: X in the middle: X top: X face: or X sawed: yuumaapi Crop X the ears: mumutumyuup Cropped Ears mumutumyuuƛ Cross la croix (+ this is a French word meaning “cross”) or la croix kumł X of St. Andrew: la croix. Make die on X, literally to die on X with the arms extended: To make the sign of the X: X: qasqiqyu; t̓awanum I have a X on my mind: t̓awanumʔac łimaqsti To be X (+angry): hiixwatḥi; hihiixwat To be X (+ angry) of babies: yumuuƛa X the arms: ƛ ̓uƛ ̓uhcu X the legs: t̓awanʔap qayapta X a stream: hitapił X wade: tumqpił X a mountain: yachtaʔap X stick for a canoe: kaciłum X beam of a house: taapʔakma ? See Across with the affix pa or spa X eyed: X piece of canoe: taapʔum To put in X piece: X wise: kasqiqyu X pass a canoe: ? X cut saw: X road: kasqiqyu roads crossing. The X road: kałʔum Crouch See Crawl (+ like fowl) Crow At the Xing of the rooster: ʕuʕuʕu Crowd piłqink Crowded piłqaa; tiłqaa; (-inside) (-outside) affix changes according to localities. X out: t̓awił We were X out: minniš Crown X of the head: Crucifix with arms open- la croix kumł Crucify ʔaqƛ suqƛ; ʔaqsuł qiš
Cruel Crumble X to pieces: Crumbs X thrown away: hawackʷi X of food: Crusts: qatkspum Crush tiłqsaap; tuqkʷaaʔap; kʷałsaap; ? with the affix kʷaaʔap X by force of throwing: cickkʷaaʔap X the head of the serpent Genesis: yackkʷaaʔap t̓uhcitak Of anything not solid eg: a hat: Of stones or anything very hard: Crust X of bread: qatkspum Burned X: mucpum Crutch Cry ( + as in yelling) A loud X: or ʔaaqʔaaqa Weep: ʕiḥak Weep as Indian women: ƛ To X for something: ʔuyuuk ʕiḥak Determine what. To do a thing Xing: He goes home Xing: He walk Xing: yaacuk Indian Xing: łałyuu from To start Xing: To stop Xing: ƛ Seldom Xing, of children: ƛ ̓aahʔiik; ƛ ̓aḥuuł Habit of Xing: ʕiḥʔiik X after anybody when going or being away: Crystal Cultivate ƛ ̓ayaqił from ƛ ̓ayaqak: a cultivated patch. Cuff To put handXs on: mamaaƛḥiʔap Cunning Cup Cure To become better, Xd: To get over a fit: Over the worst pain: hinusa; See Abate. X, free from pain: wikʔaaƛapuƛ; Cure fish etc. see Dry, Salt etc. Curious Strange: Curled Hair: ? Curl: X: ƛ ̓inkyuu Curly X hair: ʔatxumł from ʔatxyu; Neglected: łuutxumł; ? Curlew Bird (+sandpiper) Currants Berry of whiteman: Indian X: huułiwa X bush: hułʔiqmapt ʔap;
qʷaaʔiih X before yesterday: ƛaʔukʷiłmit Day after tomorrow: ƛaʔukʷiłʔiik YesterX: Tomorrow: ʔam;iiƛik Dry, not rainy X: When anything needs to be done in a hurry before darkness comes on say naasumʔis or kaƛhaksums To come back the same day: ʔiiqiiya Not to come back the same X: See Night. Dead ? : this of many. The dead: qaḥakminhʔi or X, killed: My parents are X: or X in the womb: kʷaqstuƛ X stillborn: qaaḥakmaał X lost child, died: t̓at̓anaciqʔi ? The one that I lost died: Hear that someone is dead: See Die. Two X: ʔaƛasuuƛ Deaf ʔupuuł Plural: ʔuutpuuh Become X: X of one ear: ʔupuułcas X not understand: Deal To X: To X only in a certain article: ʔananaḥ maknaaḥ Dear X, beloved: yaaʔakh Attached to, value: ʔiiḥmis Costly: iiḥmis; ? ; ʔayaqƛ How X!: ʔunaahum Very X: ʔuyihum To sell X: ʔuskaksiła Not X: X does not want to part with it: ʔiiḥmisuk; ʔatqaak; yayumʔak Death On X bed: qahakwasʔiłsha (lie down to die) qaahcḥa Sickness will end in X, to take it for approaching X: qaḥmisʔap To save from X: fight for life. Debase See Abase Debate ʔucumkak Indian fashion (quarrel): Debauch qʷaʔap Xed by excessive drinking, impurity etc. with affix ʔuyiiḥaʔap X by drink: Debt qumaa Pay your X: t̓aqiiyapʔi; qumaawiqƛiik Decamp Go away: (+ run away) Decapitate qatksaap Decay Xed: hinumk Decceased See Dead. Recently deceased: Deceit ʕitmis; qayahmis Full of X: ʕitaqtʔiḥa Deceive sukʷink; ʕitʕita; hayumḥiʔap I have been Xd: sukʷinkʔatnic; ʕitʕitaʔatnic; ? ; qaqayiiḥa I am deceived, mistaken in my judgement, in what I said or thought: ʕinumc wiiʔaks wawaamitiis )
Deck X of a vessel: hiniqs See Aboard, On board. Decent ƛuł; A X man: quʔas; X coat: coat Decide t̓aqaʔap Decided It is X: We have X: Declare ʕiqhuk; Decline See Refuse wikinmaap; Decorate See Adorn ʔiinaxʔap Decoy Decrease X in size: X in number: The water Xs: or X in length: X in quantity, also of tide: or Decrepit Deed A good X: ʔinmisa Do a good X: ƛułsiła A bad X: łiiʔa Do a bad X: łiiʔasiła Deep (-eg: at sea) A X person fellow: quʔas Not X: or X snow: ʔat̓a Thick, too or very X: Deer muwač Young X: + Fawn: + tictixumł Head of X: kaasuuł Skin of X: mukʷaʔaq Deface tasuuƛ Defeat maʔakʷaʔap (+ also chewing one’s head off) I am Xed: ʔuʔapułʔac You are Xed: ʔuʔapułatʔic or See Conquer (?). Xed: Defect See Fault, Flaw. Defend yamaat See Forbid. Defer The idea is expressed by ʔuyiiʔinḥi later on Deference ʔiisaak (I did it) out of deference for his father: ʔiisaknic Defiant See Boast.
Demonstrate Demoralize wiihtasʔap Den maʔiiqƛ Dense Compact. Denounce ʔiiqhuk; Denude haanahtup (+ a person) Deny See Contradict. yayaaʔin Refuse: hanuuk Depart X for a long time: X always: X die: qaḥsiƛ See Die. Depend The idea is expressed by ʔaanact̓iih I X upon you: ʔaanact̓iih siš sutił Notice the affix ct̓iih I X upon you –believe: t̓aqaak Dependant ʔaʔinwa an expression used to help express the idea of X- We only eat because god grants us food. We are dependant on god for food: ʔaʔinwii niš haʔuk ʔuhʔatniš qaciiʔat haʔum haałapi Deplore See Bewail. łimaqsti Depopulated or quʔas; (+ not many living somewhere.) Depose hawiiaƛ ʔap; X give testimony: X on the floor: ʔust Deposit To give in charge to, care such as money: I want to be X my money with you: mahsas suutił taala X lay aside: nuḥyuuʔap Deprave Depredate kuuwił Depress See Discourage. Depression łitkak; łitʔas (outside) X center: łitkʷanum Deprived To be X: ʔuʔatu See Deny –Refuse. Came to be X: ʔuʔati ʔap Derange See Arrange, Fix X: ?
Deranged Crazy: wiihtaas See Crazy. Derelict X vessel: tamałapi X widow/widower: łitwaacwii X abandoned: waḥckʷi Deride (+ To be scornful or mock) Derive Descend hitaaʕatu X take down: hitaaʕatup X come down: X a river in a boat, canoe: X a river on foot: or X swimming: susaatił X flying: matʔatu X from proud position: kʷaʕatu Descendant with the affix ckʷi See Ancestor. X generation: haʔuuktaqapuł Another generation: ƛaʔuuktaqapuł Describe Tell, Narrate: ʔiicʔiiqhuk X, tell details entirely: hahaqƛʔiicʔiiqhuk Descry hamip Desert Run away: See Abandon. Deserve Different forms are employed to express the idea. The most frequent are or t̓at̓akum For that reason, account eg: I do not deserve it (eg: scolding) wiiwikkums or wiiwikt̓aqa You X to be put in jail: ʔuʔumḥi ʔic maƛiłquuk or or tataqumʔaqƛʔic maƛił X gain He Xd two dollars: hayaaqƛ mit ʔaƛqumyiiḥ taala; ʔaƛqumł taala I pay what you X: hayaaqƛʔaps suutił He Xs to be hanged: maaqinuuƛquu or better to say: maaqinuuƛ cumʔiš Well done! He Xd it: Designate X with the finger: Destination ʔuʔii He reached his X: hinin; haanasʔii Did not reach X: wiinasʔii Desire ʔumahsa X hanker: hence habit: X: ʔuhsaa X food: ʔuhsaa haʔum X a certain man or woman: ʔuʔałsinḥi X of things: kʷinʔał The prefix ʔinisaah is frequently used. I X wish for death: ʔinisaahs or mahsas Desirous See Desire. I was very X to go: yaaʔaknic ʔucumhsa or yaaʔak mic mahsa; + haaʔakmic ʔucumhsa Desk Desist See Cease. Desolate See Lonely.
Develop Of trees: Of things: Of persons: See Explain. Deviate Devil Le yap (-French); + niiyam Devise (+ truth is coming out) See with testament. Devoted Attached to eachother: yaakʷink; X to the care of the sick: ʔuʔałuk t̓atiił quʔas Devour haʔuk kʷaʔap Dew paasaa X falling: paasʔatu Diagonal Dial mitxumł Diameter kacwin Diaphanous (+ can see through it) Diarrhea I have X: Did The affix ckʷał; ckʷi employed is an affix to determine the past. See verbs. Die ʔinmiqumyuuƛ In connection with the above, use the root ʔusuuƛ – the word etc. is often understood ʔayasuuƛʔiš quʔas or ʔayasuuƛʔis One Xd: Two Xd: ʔaƛasuuƛ No one Xd: wiksuuƛ All Xd: Cause of death expressed by ʔuʔyiḥa What did he X of: ʔaqiihamiḥ He Xd of diarrhea: My child Xd: ʔiš ( + also when a child turns blue from lack of breath) His or her child Xd: Husband or wife Xd: ƛ X for somebody: X slowly, a long agony: Difference It makes no X: taqʷaa ƛuł; miiłḥiiʔiš Different 1. (See another) with the prefix kʷis and an infinity of forms as examples: X place: kʷisaacu X thing: kʷistuup Made of something different: kʷishtin X species: kʷisaahtak 2. Another with prefix ƛaʔuu X man: ƛaʔuu Become a X man: 3. ƛawii not that spoken of or meant X man: ƛawii X things not of service useless as not the article in question Not a pipe-something X: ƛawiiʔiš 4. Separate X things, colours, tidings, ʔaya, ʔayasaka 5. The difference in age, time between is expressed by ʔuksnaak Between great X: qiihsnaak There is a difference of two years between us:
Difficult Opposite: wikcuk X to please: hixʷatḥi Opposite: ? Found it X to tell: ʔusiłamic ʔiiqhuk or ʔiiqhuk X to say, do or think, reluctance: ʔusiła or See hardly too difficult to do (too lazy): X to catch, find: ? Diffident Suspicious: To go to somebody with diffidence: or Timid: wiicak Diffuse X of liquids: X of news: The news got Xd: ʔuyaqḥmis Dig X out: X a hole: X potatoes: t̓iikʷaa; X out a canoe: Dignity Of the same rank or X with: Leplet- A priest like myself-both priests Dike Dim wimat Diminish X in size: hence X in length: hence niiciyapʔis X in number: hence kamiiyapʔis X in quantity-disappear: such as food, tide etc. Smaller all the time: ? Less all the time: by the affix to the verb itself Xing: Dine No word. haʔuk to eat- then mention time. Dip Drench: Indian fashion as fish into oil etc.: X a ? into the water: t̓iiʔatup X a finger into the water: Dipper kacutum; naqy’ak kum Direct Straight: nuupinqa or nuupinksak: without stopping. X road: hiisiksa X right direction: ʔapcahtak In the Xion of Ahousat: ʔucahtak ʔaahuusatḥ X to send: ʔucaʔap; ʔuqsʔap X to someone: ʔuʔiima X blind: kuutiic maquuł X gun: ʔamihtanup; X a canoe: See Course. Directly ʔiłacʔi – by and by ƛaḥ I will do it X: ƛaḥʔaqƛs At once: t̓aaquk Direction Take a different X: (+ also means to stop by); Dirt Excrements: Dirty Rubbish: tums
Discriminate Discuss ? Disease tamis Eruptive tamismis eg: locally Diseased Sick Disfigure ʔuʔuyałʔap Cause: ʔuʔuyałaʔap Disembark hinuułta Disembowel ciswahsup Disengaged X from band: See detached. Not busy: wiiktaq Disgrace yumx̣mis; waamis; waawaakumsa You X your parents: yumx̣syuupʔic You X yourself: ? Disguise With the affix t̓iʔiła X as a woman: łuucma t̓iʔiła Disgust To be Xed: wiiʔakstuƛ Xing: Xing to taste: Xing to smell: Dish Wooden X: X: ʔuksac haʔum; haʔumtsac Tin X: ƛ ̓isaqumł Earthen X: kiiƛuuk X cloth: To put (food) in a X: ʔuyuksap Dishearten łimaqsti To be Xed-afraid of the job, too hard etc.: Not have the heart to: wiiʔaqstuƛ Dishonest (+ thief) Dishonor verb: Came to be ashamed: yumḥsyuup Disjoin See Detach. Disjointed X of members of body: Separated, X in general with the affix hitatu or Disk Dislike wiipap; with affix or simply and express motive of X. He Xs his wife on account of her being old: łuucmaak or łuucmaak ʔinḥ mixtuk
cassitup X (+ animals) into the sea: cassayap X (+ animals) back: huʔacaʔap X upstairs: cassayipʔitap X a nail: X by force: or hakʷayiiḥa Driver (+ herder) Drizzle ?; ? Droop Xs his head: cacaqapiʔiš Drop X of water etc: ʕiqatckʷi To fall in drops: ʕiʕiqata To let fall in X: ʕiqatsap X eg. in a swoon: To cause to X fall: caqpitsap X dead: kapsyiḥa X in call: (iłʔiiq) X let fall by accident : t̓it̓usa X to let fall not by accident: X (not take) : X in a hole eg. dollar: t̓ictiił Dropsy (+ tip or bribe) Drought On account of heat: ʔusaahi ƛ ̓upaa Drove See Band. Drown X by capsizing: huqyiiḥa X at sea: tupałyiiḥa Cause to drown, kill by drowning: See Sink. Drowsy ʔasx̣ak To get X: X feel sleepy: puʔałatu Drug Druggist Drum Muqumł To X: kuthkutha, naasqnaasqa Drunk hiixwałuł, Drunkard Dry Not wet: ƛ Got X: ƛ wiḥ denotes absence of moisture water etc. and is used with different affixes or ƛ said of objects not deep eg. canoe, dishes Beach not covered by tide: Below high water mark: wiḥʔuƛ Of marshy place, pond: Of a current getting dry: X mouth, lips: ƛ X by itself: X fish, food with the affix See Fish X: ƛ also ƛ X food: ƛ ̓uukʷił also by the affix eg: Dry dog salmon: X clothes on a line outside: ƛ To X oneself : ƛ ̓uƛ Dried by itself: ƛ Cause or made to dry: ƛ Place to X: ƛ A long dry spit: ƛ Spoiled by drying: ƛ Land high and dry: Dubious see doubtful
Eminent Emit With the prefix hist X smell: The fire Xs smoke: ʔink Employ ʔaaciƛ Hence to be X or help: ʔaasiita To be Xed as a workman: I am Xing three men: To use, see Use. To X days, months etc. in doing a thing is simply expressed by naming the number of days, months etc. eg: I X four days: Empower I X you to do it: siyaaqs qʷacił suutił ʔinƛk kʷis Who X you to do it?: ʔaqƛhk kwis Empty 1. X of things: Partly X: 2. X of liquids: also if partly X: as above. X of a house: wikił quʔas –no one in. Emulate mahsa Encamp See Camp. Encounter X meet: See Meet. Encourage łimaqsti; łimaqsti; łimaqsti See Exhort. X to good: ƛuƛułhiyap; ƛuƛułsyap X evil: Enclosed with a fence: ƛaqumyuup X in an envelope etc.: ƛaʕiiqsap See put into Enclosure ƛaqumuym , ƛaqumł End hawiiʔaƛ eg: when the road, land etc Xs: hiistmaa hiistmaa etc. It Xed in a fight: or ʔuʔukumʔaqƛ The X of the month: ʔatu ʔaƛquu hupał The X of a rope, land etc.: ʔamihta What is his object?: ʔaqiiʔipḥ See For object. What is your object? What are you after?: ʔaqicḥa-from ʔucḥa To be in search after. See Cause. The X of speech-mass: haawiiʔaƛ (with ha long from hawiiʔat) also see Finish. Endanger Endeavour Endless ? with end, misery, rope etc. Never finished: hawiiʔaƛ Without object: wikiip Endorse ( + To give approval of or support to, especially by public statement)
Endorse See Aid, Find good, Approve yuyuwał Endorsed Endure See Tolerate, Resist. Enemy X of war: wiina My X: yayaqʷinʔaqƛs One who avoids me: My X: yaʔatiis yaaqƛʔat One who is down on me: ƛaʔuuʔat siš Engage To hire: ʔaaciƛ X to come along: ḥałiił also with waa Go and X him to come in: ? See Busy. Engaging English X man: king Engrave Enforce Command. Enjoy ʕuqmisʔap To like: X good health to be well: See Posess, Have X full: ʕuqmis Enjoyment He has no X of his money: wiikʔałuk taalaknak X: łimaqsti Enlarge ʔiiwayap; ʔiiḥmiiʔap X in number: ʔayiiʔap Xed: Enlighten ʔiiqhuk; haahuupa Enormous Enough Sufficient: X not too little, not short: ʔayał Not X: wiiyaaƛ X eaten (drunk): nisaak; That will do (now): He is crazy X to do it-say he would do it, he is crazy: qʷaa cumʔiš wikḥtin Not eaten, drunk X : in the sense of able, can, see those words. Enraged Enrich wiiciqnakʔap Xed: wiiciqnak Enslaved qʷaa quuƛ quu; quuł Ensnare + qaqaamiłš
with somebody: haʔukʷiƛ; ? I will catch him: hiniipʔaqƛs To make X eg: soil, land: miłʔasʔap Evening This X: Wait till X: tuupsaap; ʔaatḥsaap Event See Happen. In that X: ʔuyi qʷaaquu; ʔuyi kʷisquu At all Xs: (aqƛ)- at all Xs. I will go home tomorrow: In all Xs he would have died: Eventually Ever Without ceasing: In other cases it is left out as a pure Anglicism. ForX is equal to always, hence see Always. Everlasting See Eternal. Every X day: X year: X one, all: Xthing: qʷiq qʷiiq; X kind: ḥiyiq saahtak; Xwhere: Evidence Give your X: kaa Give me your reason of suspicion. Evident It is X: It is X to me: ḥamatʔaps X to my eyes: ḥamips X to my ears: naʔaaʔat It becomes X: It becomes X to my eyes: naʔaaʔat Evil Indians using this old way of speaking of the evil one use the word –to come across something unusual, supernatural, superstitious: hence they say again when something unusual is before into public, mostly at the end of this ƛukʷana feasts. Evil One they now call Le yap; Le diable (+ French). Rings X in neck: in other parts: or Ewe łuucma mamitu Exact See Ask ʔiqma or The X number. Xly so: X not more nor less: waqƛ opposite: wiqƛ Xly two months: waqƛqumł ʔaƛqumł hupał Not Xly so, ten dollars short: wiqƛqumł ḥayuqumł taala Exalt X oneself: Examine To X somebody: ciqsaap or hininyuḥ waaʔaqƛii X one’s conscience: kʷaaʔak qun łiiʔaamis X a patient as Indian doctors do: ƛ X everywhere: hahaʔiiƛ Example Give an X: Follow the example of N: ʔuuktisʔat N You are giving bad X: wiihtasaʔiʔapʔic Follow the X of somebody: Follow nobody’s X: wiiwiktis
Excavate See Dig. Excavation Exceed with ʔupi superior mode Excellent ƛuułsasa Except wik X one: wik See Less. Exchange haʔuyi; haʔuuqstaał They X coats: coat. Trade: makʷink See Change. X canoes: Excite See Encourage-To anger: To fight: casinksap Excited + Exclaim X for pain: Exclamation X of X of pain: ʔaqaa X of disapproval: ḥi Exclude wiiwiksum; ƛiʔamasʔap; wiimashap Excommunicate The nearest is Xd: Excrement Smell of X: Covered with X such as little boys pants: or Hard X: Not hard X: ? Excuse Somebody say nothing: wiiwikwa X me: wiiwikwaʔis He has an X, motive: You have no X: ? X me sir: He wants to X himself, tries to find a motive why not: wik Execute Hang: maaqinup Death for death X: qaaḥinksap exempted wikcum Exert X oneself: Exhaust See Consume. Exhausted Exhibit Exhort haahuupa ?, Encourage: ʔiihsinḥiʔap łimaqsti; haʔaksinḥiʔap łimaqsti; łimaqsti qak
Ferry Boat Ferry to Fertile X land: ƛuł X tree: ʔacʔiiqhsaʔaƛ eg: apples Not X: wicwikhsaʔaƛ Very X lots of fruit: Productive-look well: Opposite: wiimiił Fester siʔaqstuƛ Fetch sukʷiƛ; hinacsap; huuʔiiƛ and affixes X another: X into house: hiniiʔitap Invite X strangers to get hospitality: See Eat and Invite. They X me yesterday: sukʷiatnic X repeatedly: suuƛsuuyaʔatnic X in canoe, see Canoe-with the affix ʔaqs or Fetid See Smell, Stink Fetter Fetus t̓awaqsti Fever Hot X: ƛ + ƛ ̓upaał X cold: małaaʔiš speaking of the sick. Few kamaaʔis; To become X: Too X: wiiyaaƛ yaqcum; Different affixes with kamaa(ʔis) or X in house: kamiiłʔis Notice ʔis Quite a X: Seldom: ? A X times-to get a X: wiimiʔip Fickle See Changeable. Fiddle A X: : ʔuuksnaʔaał Fie (+ exclamation of mock disgust, distaste) tis; tisʔiš Field ƛayiqak; ƛayaʔas Cultivated. Fiend Fierce He looks X: Fifteen Fifteenth Fifth Fifty ḥii
Fix I am in a bad X: in general which is used as an affix. To be in a bad X on account of the weather: To X in the sense of retaliate: haʔukʷiƛ Punish: To X, make amends: To X, make firm: łiłmaanup; ʔuutaq To X a day, tell: To keep the eyes Xed on: ʔiiqstinakuḥ; See Face. To arrange eg: a room: To X books on a table: Xed: Fixings ʔiinaxma Ornaments: ƛułtuup Materials for X: Flag ƛ yuumałqi X staff: ƛaʔas X to raise: ƛ ̓iḥmałqinup X half mast: ƛ Flame See Blaze. Flap X of sails etc.: ƛ ƛ Flash Light: Flat X in general: mahyuu also with mił and affixes. X (outside): miłʔas X (inside): miwił To lie X (inside): ƛ ̓athił (+ slanted) To lie X (outside): ƛ ̓athʔas (+ slanted) See Stand. X nose: ƛ X boat, canoe: ƛuqpii; miłpii X not uneven eg: roof: miiłapi X house, old fashion: taʔiicapi X roof, not steep: ƛuqyuu X on the ground (inside): ʔustʔiiƛsasa Sit X on the ground (inside): qʷaaqƛiił Sit X on the ground (outside): qʷaaqƛas To feel X: wiiʔaqƛ łimaqsti; ʔimiḥa X insipid: X top: ƛ ̓uq qii X side: ƛ ̓uqcpaa Flatten See meaning of Flat and add ap A hat X eg: by sitting on it: ƛ ƛ Flat Heads ƛ ̓uqqiik eg: Cape Flattery Indians. Flat irons Flatter –approve. See Boast. Flatterer Flavour See Taste. Flaw Crack: muwaqƛ ? X in a gun-some X in the material: pałpacʔaqƛ Flay X skin: X flayed: ʔaḥumyuuƛ or ʔaḥumł Flea
Flee See Escape pukʷiƛ- run away. X into bush: puqƛ ̓as Flesh The Xy part: ʔapł; apłitum; ʔapłtuup X the fat part: ƛ ̓aaq X the lean part: To eat the fat part: ƛ ̓aʕiic To eat the lean part: Fleshy X man: ʔapłituƛ To become X: ƛ Of sickly children becoming X: Flexible ʔaƛk also ʔaƛkʔik eg: of boots. Flight See Escape, Run away: See Flee. Flimsy Fling Throw: tukʷiƛ; A woman’s way of gambling or throwing dice: tuuƛtuuya Flint ƛ X gun: ƛ puu Float X on shore: taʔuuƛ; - on beach. Xed on shore: See Afloat; Drift. Flog ƛ ƛ ƛ ̓aapḥƛ ̓aapḥa Flood X of tide: muuła; muułuk Deluge: maatmaas Floor huktqum To put a X: huktqinup On the X: ʔustʔiił Flooring Flour ƛ ̓iƛ X sack: ƛ To strike fire by rubbing sticks together: siiƛsiiya Flow Flowing: –current. X out: X over: ʕupwiłta; A river Xing into the sea: Water Xing into a house: X of blood: See Bleed X of menses: numaak X out: ʕuwaḥsuł Flower ƛ Verb: ƛ Have X: ƛ ̓iiḥcipnak X plant: ƛ ̓iiḥcipmapt Fluctuate ʔaƛpiił łimaqsti; ʔaphtaas Flue Chimney: ƛaʔasum Fluid ʕuptuup; Flush
Flux X after childbirth: kʷatstuup Fly matuk; hukʷiƛ; huyaa this last especially said of birds flying in number eg: when geese migrate X up: huukusta X alight on lake: ʕaʔuk Fly Insect: maackʷin Foal kiwitana Foam Get Xy: eg: X at the mouth: Foe See Enemy. Fog Xgy: We were caught in a X: minniš Detained by X: Foggy To get X: Fold ƛ ƛ kʷiƛinksap Folded ƛ ƛ kʷiƛink To wear anything X: kʷiƛinkʔič Several times X: Folds + See Double. Folks quʔas; Follow tiic see Accompany: tiicmałapi eg: walk a road: hisiik I Xed the way you went: hisiiknic hisiiknitʔik A road crooked such as sea shore: yaacuk hitinqis X tracks very recent: tiic X tracks not recent: yackʷi I will follow the tracks: naacanuł ʔaqƛs yackʷi X example: ʔuuktis I take you as an example: ʔuuktis siš suutił or suut siš The word ʔuuktis often being used as an affix:. X the example of one: also t̓iiʔiła It Xs from being bad: ʔumisaʔaƛʔink See Consequence, Cause. X, succeed someone: Follower with He is a X of yours: He has few Xs: quʔas; Folly See Foolish. Foment To put on Xations: łaaqłaaqa; łumłuuma Fond To be X of: yaaʔakuk with the affix X the priest: To be X of food etc.: kaapap To be attached to persons or things: yaʔakh saap;
Forbid haanuuk; wikʔap; qaanumʔak Forbidden numaak The X article of food eg: berries: nuut numaak kamum It is X, dangerous: It is X: Force To compel: By X: To do a thing by X: To have X: haaʔak Forcible X speaker: haaʔak (waa) Ford X a river: tumqpił from Wade in a river: tumqaa A X: Fore Admonish huʔak or haahuupa etc. with huʔak or Fore arm Forebode huʔakwaa; huʔak or Forecastle ʔaapcuks Forefather naniiqsu; nananiiqsu; hisackʷi Our X (Adam and Eve): quʔas; ʔaʔummit quʔas Forefinger Forego To go before: ʔuwiiʔił yaacuk Forehead ʔumtsaat̓a hence to pour water on the X-Baptize: Foreigner Forenoon wikyuu ʔapwin kuuʔał See Day. Forelock hiiniic Foresee huʔak huʔak huʔak with the path huʔak nic etc. Not to X: wiiwikʔaqƛ; wiikcanuƛ; hayapał X account for: ʔuunisʔap - take it to be the consequence of. Forest hitaaqƛas Into the X: hitaaqƛiƛ Out of the X: hitaḥtas Forerunner ʔuwiiʔił Foretaste
Fortunate See Luck. Forty ʔaƛiiq See Two. Forward See Send huʔacaʔap; hinatsap Go X: Push X (+ an object): ʔucuqsap In front, on vessel: hiłwin Bold: wikmaap; ḥacaak Foul See Dirty. Use X language: kukuwaqa; Foundation X of stone: muktqii X of wood: To lay X of local houses: Foundling wikiic Fountain Four muu See Two. In X parts: Four footed Fourteen muu Four times Four Hundred Old way: ʔaƛpitak ḥayuuq Fourth Fowl maamati Fowl eg: Anchors: Fraction See Fragment, Part and something more or above-with the affix One dollar and a X: nupqumł taala Twenty and a X: caqiic małapi Fracture See Break. Fragment with affix ckʷi X of food: haʔumckʷi Fragrant + Frail wiiłmaa; ? X of people: wiiwinḥi Frame X of house old style: ʔaʔaḥwak maḥt̓ii Break down X: kickʷaʔap X of roof: Roof framed: X for drying furs: paał
Frank t̓aquqƛ To speak Xly: hawaa t̓aaqyakat Fraternize ʕuqhyuu; Fraud ? To practice X: ? Freckled X face: Free Away from restraint: Set X, no more chains, prison: ƛiqpiƛ X with his money: Not X with his money: To X, liberate: ƛ ̓iqpitap Freeze X of liquids: X of solids eg: potatoes: quwaqstuƛ Verb: quxsaap; quwaqstup Freight Carry X in canoe: Land X: Carry, bring in X (to inside): Frenchman Frequent X a certain companion: ʔuʔukʷi X a certain house: Frequently Incessantly: qiipit (often) I was X absent from mass: or wik la messe X enough, I go X to mass: la messe with the affix X: ʔayums I go X to Victoria: ʔayums siš victoria The idea is better still expressed by doubling first syllable: ʔuuƛ ʔuca yiis victoria. See Abundance. Habit by the affix ʔiik He is X sick: taʔiłʔiikʔiš or taʕikʔiš X accustomed to: qʷaasasa He comes X to see us: qʷaasasaʔiš hiniiʔiƛ hiłqin The frequentation form of all verbs is often employed by itself to express the idea. Fresh Recent, new: Meat, fish etc.: waastk No dry (soaked): tałuk See Cool. Freshet Fret To be Xting: łimaqsti; łimaqsti Friction To make fire by X: siiƛsiiya (+ also the action of striking a match) X with matches: Friday Friend Relation, (people) of one family, house: ʕuqḥyuu; X live in the same house: Comrade: ʔuʔukʷi Loving eachother: yaakʷink; yaaʔakuk Xs: yaʔakstaał; ʔaapḥictaał
Friendless qaqiiʔak; wikiicma Become X: qaqii (+ parentless); Friendly He is X to me: ʔaapḥiʔac He is not X: wiiqḥiʔac; ƛaʔuuʔac (+ as though you didn’t exist) To be very X to somebody: ʔiisaak Court friendship: łaakʷiiḥ; ʔiisukʷił; ʔiisaak Friendship Give signs of X, as often done by women: ʕinaak; ʔaʔaapḥiwa; nuniqƛ ? Pay a visit of X: wit̓as; Fright Take X: Run away through X: pukʷiƛ Frighten X drive away: Frightful Fringe X of shawl: Froer To use a X: wiiƛwiiya Frog waʔit Toad: waʔit From X place: X time: X where?: X where?: waasqʷiima I am X Victoria: victoria. Where do you come X?: Since (from) when is N become chief?: waasqʷiima Since (from the time of) Christmas: (or christmas. I am X Belgium: histaths Belgium. Where are you X?: waastathk In the above his the plural is hiyiis – hist’at Plural: hiyiistath To fall X: To take X the table: hiistiƛ sukʷiƛ hawacsacum X midnight: also ʔapwin X is also often included in the Indian word itself to which it has reference eg: I know it X John: ʔuʔumt̓aqas john. Whom do you know it X?: I heard it X you: susutmutaqas I received it X John: ʔuucʔuqs john or nic john. To bleed X the mouth: ḥiiswaḥsuł; ʔuwaḥsuł – came X Blood: ḥismis To go X one place to another: pisatuk Front See Face. X of the house: hiichinḥsa Near X of house: hiłsiiʔas To come in X of anybody meet: To be in X: Frost White X: Ground covering with white X: X: quux; quuxʷaa Injured, killed by X: Frosty X country: małnit; quuxnit Froth See Foam. Frown
is called: See Gift. X after a bargain: ƛayami X throw in with a generous will: (from tukʷiƛ and ʔuyii) X up, abandon idea: X up in defeat: X back: huʔayii X up in despair: – cannot do it, X it up. He gave me something: What did he X you?: ʔaqiyatnik The relative with the different terms to express the meaning of “give” is ʔuyi (or ʔayi; ʔiyi) He gave me a book: ʔuyiʔac naḥii book. What did he give you (food): ʔaqiiyatnik qaaci I do not know what it was: hayumḥis qʷiyiiʔatnitiis A. The imperative “give” let me have, is : kaaʔa; kaaʔis I give it to you (take it): maa B. To make a number of gifts is expressed by hitakʷiƛ - after they are given away. I gave him five blankets: C. Also with the affix kʷat or He received five blankets: Glad ƛułʔat łimaqsti X to see (the arrival) somebody: ƛayaḥuʔaał We are X that you came: niš suutił X news: ƛuł ʔuyaqḥmis an expression in frequent use by people upon receiving something wishing to say they are glad - thankful: or Glance Glaring (+ bright) hamat Glass The original word was (+ crystal) A X bottle: X window: Lamp X: ƛaqum X: kiiƛuuk; Glean (+ collect or scrape together news, gossip etc.) Glittering pathak Globe hupkumł Gloomy wis X weather: ? To feel X: wiiʔaqƛ; wiiwiiquk Get X: wiiʔaqstuƛ A X heart: wiiʔaqƛ łimaqsti; ? Glorify To praise: Glory kaƛmis; He glories in it: Glove To put on Xs: ƛ ̓uuƛ To take off X: hitaatup ƛ Glue To X: X to, X sticking: kʷinaasiƛ; Glutton Gluttony Gnash X the teeth: (+ also teeth chattering)
Gooseberry miłkaʔum Gore Xd by a cow: muusmuus Gospel ʔuuc jesus Christ Got See Get. Gouge Govern ʔuuʔałuk; + ʔuuʔałukhsi Xor: tayii Gown X: coat Grace See Favor. Graceful A X Bishop: bishop Gracious Merciful łałakmiiqƛʔiik Grain Seed: Grand X father, mother, uncle, aunt: naniiqsu X son, daughter, nephew, niece: kʷaaʔuc X X son etc.: ƛayacqum Grant See Give, Allow. Not deny: wiiwiiyaʕina Granted kuwiła Grasp sukʷiƛ; suu See Take. Grass General name: ƛ ̓aqapt Different kinds: ʔaqmapt Sea X: Mow X: Grassy ƛ ̓aqaʔas; ʔaqmaʔas Grasshopper Grate Grateful To thank: X thankful: wisiłat łimaqsti Gratis (+ for free, no charge) wiktaʔaqƛ Grave Dig a X: + To put into X:
Grave To look serious: Quiet, firm: Commit a X offense: Gravel mukumc Gravelly X beach: mukʷaqis Graveyard maqyaquł; maqyakʷas; + + quʔas Gravy ƛaqmis Gray X hair: X beard: Grease ƛaqmis Grease Verb: ; ƛaqsaap Plural: Greasy ƛaqał See Dirty for affixes. Having been greased: hatyu Slippery: ƛ ̓askał; ƛ ̓askumł and other affixes. X flag pole: ƛ ̓askmałas Great See Big also Glutton. A X eater, always eating: A X sumptuous eater: ʔayinq X great grand descendants: 1. ƛayacqum 2. ʕucqum 3. ʔaƛasum Greatly with the affix pa and doubling the first syllable. He is X ashamed: ʕiiʕiihapiʔiš Greedy See Glutton Do not be so X: huʔiłaʔiyaaʔiiḥ Green Colour: X wood: tałuk X planks: ƛupḥak X not ripe: Green continued…. X fresh: tałuk X inexperienced X horn: hahaayuʔii He is X yet: hahaayuʔiiʔiš Greenish t̓ana Greet From the Chinook ƛaḥuwya Grid Iron ? Grief To cause X: łakʷaaʔap łimaqsti To grieve: łakʷaaʔat łimaqsti Grimace ( + A sharp contortion of the face expressive of pain, contempt, or disgust) hayiiqš ? Do not make X: wikii hayiiqš ? Grin X on face: Grind X teeth: X a knife: kʷiiƛkʷiiya X coffee: quxckʷaʔap
Grind Stone mitxʷaa Gripe X of bowels: or better to say Seize, take hold of: Grizzly Bear naani Groan X with anger: tataʔin X with pain: ƛ ̓inkƛ ̓inka See Sigh. Groove Tongue: Groin sit̓a X of people: hinasʔakƛi Grope (+ To feel around) ƛułuk Grotto ʔaʔiƛ Ground Land: On the X (outside): ʔustʔas On the X (inside):ʔustʔiiƛ Tree lying on the X: Sitting on the X: ʔuʔas as an affix if outside and other affixes according to locality. To run aground (of a vessel): nisaƛ Grouse huwiik; humhuma Grow ƛ X bigger: X fast: X slowly: nawaciƛ Full Xn: wiinapuƛ X a patch: ƛ ƛ ̓ayaqak X well: X not well: yumʔiiƛ X to be a man: See Become, Produce. Growl X of a dog: See Groan ʔaʕiiqš Find fault: A Xer: yayaawiik; Grown X of plants, grass: ƛ ̓aqak X of people, animals: wiinapuƛ Grumble Scold: ciciʕin Snub: At what do you X?: Guard Take care of: ʔuuʔałuk Guardian Guess (speak) Indians gambling X point finger: X right: X wrong: łiʔaap X at random: Point finger: or speak out: or waa etc. Guest wiina; A X living with a certain family: In conversation the Indians speaking of guests – say who invites entertains etc. You or by whom are you
Happiness ʔuuʔaqƛmis; ʔuuʔaqstum; To give X: ʔuuʔaqstup Happy To be X, rejoice: ʔuʔaqƛ X to meet (a friend): I am X to hear that you are all well: łimaqsti ʔincuu t̓aaqwaa Harbor In X: hitasus Channel to X: yuuł Harbinger (+ anything that foreshadows a future event) hamatkum Hard X to the touch: X of clothes: ƛ ̓iƛkał X of swellings, boils: ƛ X of stones, rocks: qatk Boils: kutkak; qatkʔaqƛ Bed: qutił; qutak Tough (meat): qat Stiff, X to bend, break: eg: excrements: Not breakable, of nails: ʔaniq Difficult: X work: hiixʷatmis I find it X: hiixʷaaʔaks We found it X: hiixʷaa min niš or hiixʷaaʔak min niš Too X: nasaƛ Could not be done: To X to be done: Too X we gave it up: min niš Work X: ʔanaqḥ X desperate case: wiikuu X to know: kaamathak Harden See Hard with Become qatkʔaqstuƛ; + Hardened qatkʔaqƛ Hard Hearted wiiwiikumaqƛʔiik Hard Headed Stubborn: ʔasxʷaa Hard Eared ʔupuuł Hardly ʔusiła He X escaped death: ʔusiłaʔiš tiič haacuuḥi; haacuuḥiʔiš tiič He would hardly do it: qʷis Hardship hiixʷatmis It is a X: Harelip łitsuk Harlot To whore: łuucma; ʔiiwiiqsu slang – madhouseʔaqsup Harm To hurt: wiiqsiła; wiiqhaap He did me X, He killed my horse: wiiqsiłaʔatnic kiwiitaana I am doing no harm: wiksiłas To suffer X: To do X in general: łiʔukʷiƛ; There is no X in it: wikʔiiš tiʔaamis also wikiitmis Harmless Good natured: ƛ ̓askʷiƛ; wiiwiksiłaʔiik Harness
general: Stuck in a mud X: To patch a X in clothes etc.: ƛ X in ears: kukuʔumł X in nose: kuuḥsuk Hollow kuwaqƛ eg: of trees – ground X not level: łitʔas X in the middle: łitwin Holy No word for it. Homage An object of X: kapiiʔacyi Pay X to the Chief: Pay X to the Queen: Home (at) wałyuu In the house: ḥitiił Not at X: wikił Plural: wiikuus Not at X yet returned: ʔiquk; maanukʷał; ʔiqcuu; ʔiqsaacu To go X: To feel at X: ? Opposite: wiiyuʔaał To feel Xsick: wałʔiiqƛ Send X: wałsaap To be left at X – in charge: maqƛii hence Stay at X: maqƛiiqʷił Those who are left or stay at home eg: sealing season: maqƛii The X of the Chief: hiłʔiiq maʔas My X is at Hesquiat: Homicide He committed X: quaʔas Honest t̓aaqʷii I am X: t̓aaqwii HoneyComb pawacʔuk ʔaasac Honor X God: ʔukʷił haałapi hood coatʔuxsum Hook X salmon: See Hang up hook. Verb to X: Xed together: Xed to hanging: Hoops maƛumyum (W)hooping Cough huuqƛhuuqƛa Hop ƛ ̓aaxƛ ̓aaxʷa Hope To X: hinakʷałḥ I X it will be fine weather tomorrow: hinakʷałs equivalent to ʕuuqumḥiquuč I X you will get well: I X I will go to Heaven: ʔumakʷałḥs taqayipiƛquus Hopeless I am X: hiiʔiimakʷałhs t̓aqaak - as in the act of hope means I am confident. Horizon X at sea: hiłsuuʔis; t̓aqsuuʔis To look at the X: Horizontal
Idea See thought – I have the idea: waas t’at’apata The X was constantly before my mind: nasaƛs ʔuwiqƛa Identical Identify hamip To X an object: To X by ….. as proof of sign: ʔuksiƛ Idiot quʔas Idle Do nothing: wiiqtaq ; X talk: X eg.: horse: kiwiitaana X lazy: X rest from labour: pusʔatu X away one’s time, gain do nothing: wiksiiqʷił Idolize X his wife: X his child: If The affix quu ; conditional mood in conjugation of verbs – See Whether, When. Ignoble Ignorant X of: wikʔał; wiiwikuʔaał; hayumḥi Ignore witap Not know: wimatak; wikʔał Not yet heard: wiwikuʔaał Ill taʔił Sickly: X: To be in good humor: wiiʔaqƛ etc. See Humor. To take in X part: yasuqta Ill bred ? An X chief: ? Illicit numaak Illegal numaak; Illegitimate X child: łicwisa ʔuktckʷi Ill Looking witq; Ill Natured Illness What is his X: ʔaqinč taʔił; tamis Ill treat wiiqhaap Illuminate (from – light)
Illusion To be under the X: ʔuqłip Illustrious See Famous. Image ʔuukʷapuƛ X of a man: quʔacapuł See Figure. Imagine Think – do you X that!: waaʔatk łimqasti Imitate ʔuut’iʔita; c’iikaa t’iʔiła; + t’iʔiła less general - of action – conduct – take as example to follow: ʔuuktis I will act after you: suuttisʔaqt siš also: suutt’iʔiła ʔaqƛ siš also: suutt̓iʔiła ʔaqƛ siš qʷis; Mimic words: nunuwa See Follow. Immaculate wiiwikʔaqƛ Immediately At once: takuk; tiiccaqa He died X before you came in: tiiccaqaʔiš ʔink hiniiʔiƛ He died X after John came in: tiiccaqaʔiš hiniiʔiƛ john or hiniiʔiƛ john. Immense Immerse X eg of linen: tiiłsitup X fingers, hands: ƛ’uułsituƛ See Dip. Immigrant Settler: ? Immoderate ʔuʔupuƛ Immodest X In dress: wiiwitaʔałuk Modest in dress: hahaatałuk X language: kuwaqmis Use X language: kukuwaqa; + kʷaakʷaataqa X in conduct: Immolate See Sacrifice. Immoral Immortal Immovable nism’a; łiłmaa To be X in purpose: haawaa; Immutable kʷisiiła; wiiy’a kʷisiiła; nism’a Impair See Deteriorate. Impalpable wimat Impart See give X news:
Imparted from Partial: wiiwikc’uwaat Impassable wim’aaqƛʔat hisiikʔat Impossible wim’aaqƛ Impatient yayawa X habit: yayawaʔiik Impenetrable See Penetrate with: wim’aaqƛ eg: The water is X: wim’aaqt c’aaqstuƛ Imperceptible wimat Imperfect Not complete: yaqcum Defective: yumiiḥta Imperious ( + arrogantly domineering or overbearing) kaapiqʔakstuƛ Impertinent See arrogant in speech: wiiwikḥtinwa Impervious See Impenetrable. Impetuous Violent: Impious haałapi Implement (X determined: ʔuwały’ak Implore See plead. Please: Please give me food: qaacii haʔum Import Importance Important: ʔiiḥsaaḥtak News of X: ʔiiḥsaaḥtak; ʔusaaḥtak It is important to take care: ʔuuʔałukʔat Say something of X: He generally has X matters to say: - mostly employed in the sense of evil talk, backbiting, seeking trouble. Importune ( + To ask for repeatedly or insistently) wipaxyiḥap Impose Hands on head: ƛ’uḥqinƛ Cheat: sukʷink You are Xd upon: sukʷinkʔatʔic You are Xd fooled: ʔuʔukʷinkʔatʔic Impossible nasaƛ Impotent to do a thins: wim’aaqƛ Can not be done: wim’aaqƛʔat Have not the means to do it: hiisiła(ʔaaḥ) Have not in my power: hinḥaap(ʔaaḥ) See Cannot. Importer t’iiʔiła or
Inducement Bait: tiiła Indulge haʔumʔap X in sleep: haʔumʔap puʕinwa X in tobacco: haʔumʔap Indulgent Lenient – He is too X to his children ʔiisaakʔapʔiš ʔukʷił t’aatnaak Industrious ʔapaak; ƛ’iinaḥuł; Inebriate hixʷałułʔap; Inevitable wik; wim’aaqt wik Inexcusable That has no excise: wik See Excuse. Inextinguishable wim’aaqƛʔat Infallible hisiłaah wikcaʔap Cannot err on stating or defining the word of God: haałapi Infant nayaqaq During his infancy: ʔunic nitʔi nayaqaq Infect tusałaʔap Infected tusał The ship is X: tusałʔiš ship Infectious tusmis See Disease. Infer X from ʔumisʔap; ʔumuutaqsap Inferior X chief kałaatik X indian: kałaatik quʔas X low: ʔuʔaqƛ X article: ʔuʔaqƛʔi Infertile ? Infidel ʕitaak; wiiwumsa Infinite qʷaasasa; wiiy’a hawiiʔaƛ X everywhere: Infirm Sickly: X: Inflame See Fire Inflammable muq That is X: muqʔiš aḥnii Inflammation Inflamed: xʷakyuu X get red:
Intimidate See Deter Intolerable With ʔuʔuʔpuƛ eg: The heat is X: ʔuʔupuƛʔiš ƛ’upaa or ƛ’uƛ’upapuƛʔiš Intoxicate naqsaap Intoxicated hiixʷałuuƛ; Intoxicating hiixʷałsy’i (+ an intoxicant) Intractable ʔuḥtaasapʔat Intrepid See Brave wiʔak; ƛ ̓iƛkak Intricate X of rope: łuutx̣yuu X, best to say: hayumḥicuk Intruduce Put inside: hitaqstup Did it first: ʔuwii qʷis “B.” introduced money among the Indians: “B.” ʔuwiimit ʔunaaksap taala ʔukʷił quʔas (E)Intrust ʔuuʔałukʔap Invade wiina Invalid ( + not strong) ƛaawii Invalid (sick) Invariable (Not changing) qʷaasasa qʷaa; wiiy’a kʷisiła Invent With the affix followed by any of the proper verbs: eg: who Xed the steamboat?: (ʔuwii) steamboatił ; John Xed the art of making watches: nit john ʔac’ik watch or watchiił I X: You X: We X: etc. Invert caaqapi Investigate See Inspect. Inveterate ʔacuk X not changing ʔiiqsiła or wikƛaa kʷisiła Never correcting: wiiy’a ʔam’ak’ʷał Invincible ʔuʔukspinƛʔiik Cannot be defeated: ʔukspinƛ Invisible wim’aaqƛʔat n’acaʔat X under something: or when inside. t t
saaḥtak Keepsake ƛ ̓uƛ ̓utum Keg mamaaƛkʷin; maƛumłʔis Kelp husmin Kennel ʕiniiƛ Kerchief maaƛiicum; X for women: łiḥumyum Kernel t̓itiiqstum Kettle Key ƛ Lock with a X: maƛʔiitap Open with a X: ƛ ̓iʕitap Keyhole ƛ ̓iqyaquł Kick yaackyaacka; yackkʷaʔap Kicked Was X: yackyaatnit or better to say Kid ( + baby goat) Kidnap kuuwił quʔas Kidney nixtin Kill with relative: ʔuusuup I Xed an ox: qaḥsaapnic muusmuus or qaḥsaapnic ʔuusuup muusmuus also ʔuusuupnic muusmuus Killed Two are X: ʔaƛsuuƛ Of animals - Two were X: ʔaƛqumł ʔuusuƛ relative ʔuusuuƛ Dead, X: ʔuusuup To kill. Kind Humane ƛuł; hiisakʷał; łałakmiiqƛiik See Indulgent. Sort species with the affix One X: nupsaaḥtak What X: ʔaqisaaḥtak Of the same X: Of another X: kʷisaaḥtak The prefix qʷa is also used – of the same X: All Xs: X: X polite, obliging – you are very X: wisiłaʔic All X of articles: – Kindle ʔinkʷiił; ʔinkʷiiʔap X make light: kaƛhsaap X a match: X a candle: paƛqiinup Kindly The Indians in connection with the meaning make great and frequent use of ƛuł and X gently: ƛuułƛuuła
Lament See Cry: łaakʷaatuk Sigh groan: tataʔin Lamentable łakcukum Lamp ʔinkc’u X glass: ƛakum X shade: huqqum Lance Indian X: X for whale: hiinaanuḥsum X a swelling, abscess: Lancet Land Country: nism’a Earth, not gravel: c’isumc; Beach: wiḥis (where it is dry) ʔis descriptive of land bordering on salt water or water. X above beach, descriptive by affix ʔas eg: Level X: miłʔas High X: X go on shore: hitasaƛ X temporary (go on shore): k’atsaƛ X ship along wharf: ƛ’aaḥałcinƛ See Camp – Call. The affix ʔuʔuułta is used in the sense of landing. Landing X freight also stepping on shore from boat or canoe – x merchandise: p’atqʷiłta The affix ʔuƛ is also employed in the connection with the idea of landing the locality being at the same time expressed – We landed in Mowachaht: histuƛ min niš – see drift – go straight for land: tak’uƛ X place: yuuł(naak); k’an’uł; kaniis Nice X: ƛułis X put on shore: hitasanup See Beach. Landbreeze yuʔatu Land otter waaxnii Landwards Landlord Language citciiqa; + ciiqciiqa; with the affix ʔ(u)waa Speaks pleasant X: ʔuʔuukwa; Foul X: kukuwaqa Sour X: Speak the X of the Indians of this coast: ciiqciiqa The X of northern people: kiikiicuqʷa ( + derogatory) Speak X of white man: mamamałasa; mamamałniqa Speaks own X: ʔuʔukʷasatḥa; Hesquiat X: Languid See Feeble Lantern Lanyards Lap hiinaacii
The prefix opposite or wi is descriptive of anything level, even, good, well done etc. hence it is also used for expressing the idea of level – , Lever kumty’ak Liar ʕitaqƛ, a bigger X ʕiʕitaqƛapi - ʕitʕitaʔiik Liberal see generous: ʔimiihtak , hawihł, ƛaayik (go back to generous and change it..) Liberate give liberty: ƛ’iqpitap Xed: ƛ‘iqpit X slave: wikiiʔap-quuł x ransom slave: hałaaquut X advance fine: O , Libertine of no account: wiihtaas Lick , X in face: X on mouth: See beat Lid Lie a X: ʕitmis to hold for a X: ʕitmisʔap to tell a x: , better ʕiiʕiita , X rest, be stretched out , inside affix – as: c’itʷił outside: c’itkʷas X on stomach: X on back: niiƛił X on side: X half reclining: qupiƛ X of dogs, animals: muqʷił X in the sense of “is” eg: lies or “is” X on some object: hiłaas X uncovered eg: potatos in patch: Life to be alive: tiič Full of X: I saved his life: Lifeless , X dull: ʔum waapḥi Lift , X a canoe + carry on shoulder: kiiłiis The fog Xs: Light not heavy: O k’atyiikʔis, yuxyiikʔis what is inside eg: bix is X: yuxc’u Nimble X: ƛ’iƛkak , X wind with affix “is”: yuʔiʔis or yupiʔis or x unimportant affix “is”: wisaak yuʔI and (wisaak X vain: wiwikhtinc‘yak X by which we see: ʔink
Lip c’ipłaksum shut the X: Keeps the X closed, does not speak: kipaksuł Noise made by X eg calling attention: Liquefy become XL , , casue to X: ʔuwaqsap , tuqsap Liquid with affix sit. Filthy X (water): clear, good X: ƛułsit Also applies to air, wind, cold wind: mmałsit yuʔI , ʔaawak Liquor hiixʷłułsyi O The English words often used Lips has a X: t’iiqaksuł List vessel has a x: ciikaa, ciikapi , cikyuu Listen naʔaatah see hear, obey Little ʔanahʔis , very X: hamat X not much: kamaaʔis , wiiłmaa , wiiłmaaʔis Too X : wiiyaaƛ (short) , kamaaʔis Live not dead: tiič , (unhurt) X long – to very old age: haahtuuƛ opposite: wiiʔii or wiihtuƛ X dwell simply hił he X at Nootka: hiłʔiš Nuutka Where does the Chief X ? : waasiḥ hawił or waasiḥ maʔas hawił Sometimes omitted eg: where do the HEsquiath X (at present): waasakh They X outside: wiłʔiiš ƛ’aʔaa To X on – eat: haʔuk what do cows live on: ʔaqiicḥhaʔuk muusmuus or ʔaqakukhhaʔum muusmuus John X on grasshoppers: John haʔuknit ʔuʔiic To X with: ʔukʷink To x with Father etc. in-law: hismiił To live with man or woman as husband and wife – even in sin: ʔucḥi Liver ƛiimaak Lizard Lo! O see behold Load X a gun: tuc’inup X a canoe: hitaqsʔap X O X a wagon: hitac’inup
Loaded X a gun: tuc’u X a canoe: not X: wikʔaḥs is it X: ʔuqs X with potatoes: ʔuqs qaawic , qaawic ʔahs X deep in water: Full X: łaqʷaas X with lumber (vessel): ʔuus Not X with lumber – left it behind: wikaas X has on board , along with affix as Loafer wisaahtak quʔas , Loan see lend: ʔaak’uuƛ Loathe see hate Lobe of tongue: (EPIGLOTTIS) Lock sum y’ak , m’aƛ’asy’ak , m’aƛsaapy’ak , m’ƛy’ak Pad X: huupksiyumum To X shut the door: m’aƛasʔap , m’aƛ’itap (inside) Locked m’aƛ’as , not X: ƛ’iʔas securely hidden: hat’uqʷa see hide Lodge Sleep: X in a neighbor’s house (custom of young people): t’aaw’as Lodger wiikp’iič Lofty , Log driftwood: k’aḥnii , towx: m’aƛaak Loggerhead to be at X O , niiƛaak Loin hinasʔakƛi Loiter ƛuułƛuuła yaacuk Lonesome to feel X: wiiwiiquk , wiiʔagƛ to feel X for somebody: Long yaaq , too X: yaayaaqapi . yaaqs how X: ʔunicʔaƛii X ago: huʔak , qiiʔaƛii , huʔakʔuy’i X distance: sayaa how X (far): ʔunayii X tall: , yaaq – how X: I ʔunałii To above add affixes as required
Residue ʕiqapuƛckʷi Resign Resist X does not want: wikhsaa eg: partner in marriage: ʔimqƛ; yumqƛ; haakʷayiiḥ wik Resolute haapi; haacaapi Firm: haʔakʔat łimaqsti Stubborn: waakswii Resolve See Determine. Resound with affix ʔat Echo: nayiiʔii Respect ʔuuy̓ałuk; + ʔiisaak Respectful ʔuʔuuy̓ałukʔiik Respire ḥiiḥḥiiḥa Respond Rest See Repose. Restless pisaa; pisatuk See Move. X: ? X of a child: wiiya ? Restoration Restore Make restitution: hinii; huʔacaʔap; huʔayi; ? Restrain wikʔap; hanuuk; qaanumʔakʔap Resume ʕiqsiła; Retail Store: makuwił Wholesale: nupḥtaʔał Retainer Retake huuʔiiƛ; Retaliate haʔukʷiƛ Retard ʔuyinhap Retire Retract huuʔiiƛ;
Unimportant wikstupmis Uninhabitable hiłʔat maas Unintentional ʔanuʔaał See Accident. Uninvited wiksumʔat X at a feast, yet present: c̓apiiʔił Unique ʔaʔaanuk Unite ʔukʷinksap X in marriage: ƛ ̓ułinksap See Bind, Tie etc. Universal Universe ʔunaak c̓ic̓itaʔiik Unjust wiipiʔi (quʔas); kaapa affix ʔiik Unjustly wiiwiktaqa; wiiwikkum for no reason. Unkind wiiqḥi Unkindly wiiqḥiisiła Unknowingly ʔaʔanuʔaał Unlade (+ to take cargo out) p̓atqwiłtap Unlawful To become X: Unlearned hayumḥi See Forget. Unlike kʷiisḥin Unless wikquu Unlimited n̓an̓amisak Unload See Unlade. Unlock ƛ ̓iqsaap Unlocked ƛ ̓iʕiiƛ; ƛ ̓iʔas outside door. Unloose ƛ ̓iqsaap
Unrewarded wikayat; wikp̓uupʔat Unripe Unroll suyaayap Unroof ʔaaḥcqiinup Unsafe Unsalible (+ not saleable) nasaƛ(at); kʷakʷaʔatu Unsavory Unscrew ƛ ̓iqskʷaapup Unseen Unshackle ƛ ̓iiƛ ̓iqḥiʔap Unshaken wiʔak; ʔiiḥsuuqƛ Unship p̓atqwiłtap Unsightly witq Unskilled wic̓ik Unsociable wiiqḥii Unsound (sick) tatumḥi Unspotted wikał Unsteady pisatuk; hayuxʷał Unsuccessful wikiip; wiksiik Unsuitable wiiwumḥi; witaa eg: of clothes for an occasion. Unsupported Unsuspicious wik Untenable
Walk yaacuk Take a X: yaacmałapi Wall Wander X on land: hayumʔas X at sea: hayumłn̓i Want ʔuʔusum To be in X: ʔuuʔatu War At X: Warble (+ gentle trilling, birdlike) ?; ? War cry maʔiƛʔana; Wares p̓atquk Warm ƛ ̓upaa X water: ƛ ̓umaḥs X things: ƛ ̓upaał Warn hinʔałsap; haaḥuupa; hinʔaay̓aqstup Warrant ʔuʔusum Wart t̓upqii Wash c̓ukʷiƛ; c̓uuƛc̓uuya X dishes: c̓uc̓uqs; c̓uc̓umyaḥs X face: ƛ Wasp ʔaasac; + ƛ ̓aƛ ̓iin̓a Waste wikstup kʷaakʷaaʔap Wasteful with affix ʔiik and above. Watch idem (+ Previously mentioned within this dictionary.) Guardian: ʔuuʔałukḥsi verb: noun: Water ʕuʔak Salt X: tup̓ał Waterfall tuqp̓ity̓u Water pot Water tight mak eg: roof. Wave huy̓umc Way