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be here with somebody aláʔm̓st

• ixíʔ t čun̓tsn̓ way̓ kn̓ t̓saq̓ʷ aláʔ ɬa čkaláʔm̓stmn̓. Then I told you, well I am bored of staying here with you. (PS)

body =áɬc̓aʔ

because / because, why, therefore áɬiʔ

• səčmamáyaʔx əɬa čx̌əstwil̓x, áɬiʔ kmix sčqaˤw̓x When he’s OK he goes to school, but he’s always drunk. (CV)
• uɬ axáʔ nax̌m̓ɬ iʔ sín̓čaʔsəl̓̓x uɬ ny̓aˤy̓p k̓aw̓, áɬiʔ sčn̓c̓iw̓x uɬ səčkaʔmísl̓p̓aʔx Their little brother is still gone, because he’s still washing dishes and packing wood (PS)
• mət áɬiʔ sƛ̓l̓lmix, lut kʷu t̓a əɬkičn̓tm̓ He must have died, and that’s why he never got to us (PS)

because somone áɬiʔ swit

because not aɬiʔáʔ

• way̓ uɬ aɬiʔáʔ ixíʔ ikɬəɬlútm̓ I am not going to change my mind

base, bottom =ap, =ip

bottom, tail end, end of story =apl̓qs

back of head. =p=qn =apqn̓

base 10 materials aʔ čʔupn̓kst stm̓tim̓

be there. cf. kɬ- 1 cf. ʔks- ʔaks- aʔ ks-

• aʔ ksəsw̓síwaʔɬkʷ geog- it has a little water
• aʔ ksp̓íp̓c̓n̓ place name- hemp gathering area on the west side of the Columbia in the vicinity of Haag cove; aboriginal campsite. [lit. having Indian hemp.] (OkB)
• aʔ ksq̓apínaʔx place name- it has sand
• aʔ kst̓qiʔstn̓ geog- area where Rogers Bar church now stands (it has slough grass)
• aʔ ksxʷaʔxʷaʔn̓kíɬaʔp place name- area north of the east end of the Kettle Falls bridge, an area where black hawthorn bushes once grew. [lit. place of a few small black hawthorn.] (OkB)
• ʔakswíx stand / stand up / stand, be among / stand, be standing / standing (OkB)
  • kn̓ ʔakswíx I stand up (Cv)
  • way̓ ilíʔ ʔakswíx, uɬ n̓stils… There he stood, and thought… / There he stood, and he thought… (PS)

body cover, outer cover. with pharyngeal intrusion / body cover, outer cover =áˤc̓aʔ

• nqʷiqʷiyaʕc̓aʔ Kamloops trout (OkB)
• paʔpaʔlaʕc̓aʔ Moose (OkB)
• skʷərkʷəríʔča Tomato. possibly a mishearing for =c̓aʔ (OkB)

be tangled, tied in knots áˤčáˤčáč

• ixíʔ miʔ čáˤčn̓tíxʷ, n̓t̓ək̓ʷíkiʔɬtxʷ istʔaw̓tíl̓t. You can harness that one, you saddle it up for my youngest. (PS)
• axáʔ kʷu y̓aˤp, l̓ tk̓m̓kniɬxʷ miʔ kʷuʔ ʔáˤčn̓tíxʷ l̓ k̓ɬn̓k̓mip. When we get there, tie me outside the door. (PS)

be in a head to head fight áˤčəčqnmnwíxʷ

• way̓ kn̓ áˤčəčqənmənwíxʷ iʔ k̓a nx̌aʔx̌ʔítkʷ I am fighting head to head with the sea monster (PS)

bindings áˤčmín̓

bush, vine =aˤɬəml̓x

be sitting around c̓am̓tlwís

burweed c̓ap̓q̓w̓íčyaʔ

be sister(s) / be sisters čapsíw̓s

• yəyáˤt čaʔpsíw̓s ixíʔ iʔ pəptwínaxʷ iʔ sn̓ʔəmʔímaʔts They’re all sisters, the old lady’s grandchildren (PS)

blood colored, crimson čax̌

body cover, outer cover =c̓aʔ

• ɣíy̓c̓a weave blankets, weave cloth (OkB)
• kčəqʷčíqʷc̓aʔ raw, featherless, naked body (Cv)
• kmusc̓aʔ Four wrapped bundles (PS)
• kp̓umc̓aʔ Brown blanket (Cv)
• sk̓ɬpúl̓sc̓aʔam̓ Smoke meat (OkB)
• xʷikʷčaʔm̓ Tan hides (OkB)

bloom / to flower c̓aʔák̓ʷm̓

• c̓aʔák̓ʷm̓ axáʔ iʔ patáq. These potatoes flowered. (PS)

Be ashamed, embarrased / Be ashamed / embarrased c̓aʔáx

• c̓aʔc̓aʔáx embarrased (pl) / embarrased

be better off c̓aʔknúlaʔxʷ

• anwíʔ pnaʔ kʷ c̓aʔknúlaʔxʷ. You are probably a little better off. (PS)

become summer, summer comes čaʔqʷəqʷílx

be looking at something c̓aˤc̓st

• c̓áˤc̓stsəl̓x uɬ k̓ɬk̓lxʷusm̓səl̓x. They looked at him and he got out of sight. (PS)
• axáʔ miʔ aʔ čʔáˤc̓n̓txʷ. You should look at this. (PS)

bathe, swim (pronunciation prevalent in the southern dialects) čaˤwl̓x

bathe (plural, repeated) / several bathe čaˤʔčáˤʔl̓x, čw̓čaˤwl̓x

bathe, swim čaˤʔl̓x , čaˤwl̓̓x

burweed, bedstraw c̓əp̓c̓əp̓q̓w̓íčyaʔ

burweed, bedstraw, Lapulla redowski, Galium aparine c̓əp̓c̓əp̓q̓w̓íčyaʔ, c̓əp̓c̓ap̓q̓w̓íčyaʔ

break through čəpčipx̌ʷt

burweed, Lappula redowski c̓əp̓q̓w̓íčyaʔ, c̓ap̓q̓w̓íčyaʔ

bright c̓ix̌ʷ

• t̓iʔ c̓ix̌ʷ iʔ skʷəkʷusn̓t. Bright are the stars., The stars are bright. (PS)

be counted, numeral c̓kak

• t̓yt̓iym̓ l̓ sc̓kaks It will be easy to count (PS)

bundles, bales, tied over the back čkáˤčáˤčíkn̓

bring something to somebody čkičxst

• n̓ín̓w̓iʔ čkičxstxʷ iʔ skəkáˤkaʔ, mi ʔukʷɬtxʷ yaʔ ylmixʷm̓ When you bring back the birds, bring them to the king (PS)
• ixíʔ ƛ̓aʔn̓tís čkičxsts. Then s/he fetched/went and got it and brought it here. (PS)
• xʷuyl̓x uɬ čkičxstsəlx, way̓ uɬ ilíʔ mutstsəlx They went and they got him there, and they sat him down there (PS)

bushes čk̓ɬɬəkɬak

be sewn inside čk̓ɬnx̌p̓ip̓

• way̓ lut xʔkinm̓ mi ʔáčqaʔ, uɬ aɬíʔ čk̓ɬənx̌p̓ip̓ He couldn’t do anything to get out, because he’s sewn up in there (PS)
• tl̓ tk̓m̓kniɬxʷ kaʔ čk̓ɬn̓x̌p̓ip̓, uɬ lut xʔkinm̓ miʔ ʔačəčqaʔíst. it’s sewed from the outside, and there isn’t anything to do to get out. / it’s sewn from the outside, and there isn’t anything to do to get out. (PS)

be laying on something, placed on something čkɬt̓ak̓ʷ

• axáʔ l̓ latáp miʔ ɬa čkɬt̓ak̓ʷ. It will lay on this table. (PS)

basket rim, brim, rim čk̓ɬyir̓k̓ʷčín̓

be alone čkmax

be alone čknaqs

• way̓ knánaqs q̓ʷəyáˤs, k̓im̓ l̓ čitxʷs The Black Face was all alone at his house (PS)
• t̓iʔ kn̓ čknaqs. I’m alone. (PS)
• knánaqs knanáqs He’s alone, single (Cv)
• t̓iʔ kn̓ knánaqs miʔ kn̓ əɬxʷuy̓. I alone will go back. (PS)
• t̓iʔ anwíʔ kʷ knánaqs miʔ kʷ xʷuy̓ k̓ asn̓qsílxʷ. You by yourself go to your people. (PS)
• kʷu knánaqs We are each by himself., It is each one of us. (PS)
• mət sn̓k̓əwpilsx, uɬ aɬíʔ swit t̓i knánaqs Maybe he got lonesome, because he’s all alone (PS)
• ixíʔ nínwiʔ ɬə t̓l̓xwil̓x iʔ tl̓ sqilxʷ, lut kmix ksknánaqs iʔ sk̓ʷək̓ʷiy̓ml̓t laʔkín̓ mɬ čn̓ʔasəsíl̓. When the next generation of people will come, there won’t be only single children born, there will also be twins. (PS)

bent čk̓n̓k̓an̓

bent nose čk̓r̓p̓aqs

bother someone čk̓sikstm̓st / k̓sikstmn̓t

be cut in the middle čkt̓liw̓s

• iʔ sƛ̓aʔčínm̓ way̓ čyaˤʔ čkt̓liw̓s. The deer are all cut open. (PS)
• tx̌qiw̓səs axáʔ iʔ čkt̓liw̓s iʔ čkɬuʔxʷús she opened it where it was cut open and sewn up / she opened it where it was cut open and sewn (PS)

blue elderberry bush, Sambucus cerulea c̓kʷəkʷiɬəml̓x

blue elderberry bush, Sambucus cerulea c̓kʷəkʷiɬp

blue elderberry berries, Sambucus cerulea. B’s etym: c̓akʷt a type of sour taste / blue elderberry berries / elderberries c̓kʷikʷ

be holding something / hold something čkʷiskʷst

• wikɬtp čkʷiskʷsts You’ll see she’s holding it (PS)
• way̓ əɬ t̓ə čkʷiskʷəsts iʔ k̓ənp̓qinkstn̓ He was holding the ring (PS)

be ghosted čkw̓kwik

• lut stim̓ kn̓ t̓ə čkəwkəwik x̌əl̓ stim̓ I have never been ghosted by anything (PS)

become skinny čkw̓twil̓x

borrow čkʷuɬn̓

• lut t̓ə čx̌aq̓əsts iʔ čxʷəlxʷilts, km̓ iʔ sčkʷuɬəns iʔ sqlaw̓ And he didn’t pay his debts, or the money he borrowed. (PS) ckʷuɬnt borrow something
• sčkʷuɬənts He borrowed it (Cv)

borrow something čkʷuɬn̓t

borrow something / borrow something CUSTOMARY čkʷuɬst

• áɬiʔ ɬa čxʷl̓xʷal̓t uɬ talíʔ čkʷuɬstm̓ iʔ t sqlaw̓. Because when he was alive he borrowed a lot of money. (PS)

bushy tail čkʷw̓pups

be tied, bound, be in jail člak̓

• kn̓ člak̓ I am in jail (Cv)

be locked, locked člaklíʔ

• yəyáˤt čəlklaklí They’re all locked (PS)

bundles člk̓iw̓s

bush čɬaq

beaten čɬəc̓ac̓

breathe, breathing čɬəxʷɬəxʷn̓čut

• pútiʔ čɬəxʷɬəxʷn̓čut He’s still breathing (Cv)

become visible, visible čɬəʔiq̓ʷ

• way̓ ixíʔ kčíqnaʔsəl̓x yaʔx̌íʔ čɬəʔiq̓ʷ iʔ sƛ̓aʔčínm̓ They dug until the deer came in sight (PS)

bring something back, go get something, fetch something čƛ̓aʔn̓tím̓, čƛ̓aʔán̓t

beat somebody, defeat somebody čƛ̓xʷupst

• myaɬ kʷuʔ əɬaʔ čƛ̓xʷupsts Too much he gets the best of me (PS)
• lut t̓ə čƛ̓xʷupstmn̓ I never got the best of you (PS)

bother čmaʔmíst

be married čmr̓rim̓

• t̓iʔ laʔɬ anwí miʔ kʷu čmrim̓. You and I will get married. (PS)
• ixíʔ ksx̌l̓pínaʔəl̓x ixíʔ uɬ áɬiʔ čmrim̓. Then in the morning, then they got married. (PS)
• axáʔ n̓c̓i̓čn̓ l̓ sxʔitx kiʔ əčmrim̓. This wolf married the first one. (PS)

become tight, get tight c̓naˤp

• c̓náˤp. It got tight. (Cv)

become heavy, get heavy čn̓áˤstwílx

beach, shore, shoreline čnitkʷ / k̓m̓čnitkʷ

be mid-strapped, tied over the back, bound over the back čn̓lk̓ikn̓

be sobbing čn̓ɬik̓ɬik̓tám̓

be of different ages čn̓maʔsíw̓s

bring things in čn̓pəpil̓xst

balloons, inflated things, blown up things čn̓púxʷpuxʷ

balloons, inflated things, bladders čn̓pw̓piw̓

be bright, be shining čn̓p̓ʔaxʷ

• čkc̓ik̓s, čn̓p̓ʔaxʷ. It’s lit up, it’s bright. (PS)

back eddy, in protected area, in sheltered area čn̓q̓ʷuy̓

bay čn̓qʷʔip

• nqʷəqʷəʔipm̓ geog / geog. a small bay north of tk̓maqsm [lit. having a little bay.] (OkB)

be saddling a horse čnt̓k̓ʷkiʔsqáx̌aʔm̓

• n̓t̓aʔ čm̓ aláʔ čənt̓ək̓ʷkiʔsqáx̌aʔməlx, mi n̓kčnikn̓əlx They will be saddling their horses, I will overtake them (PS)

bald head, bald headed čn̓t̓l̓qʷaˤw̓sqn̓

be stubborn čn̓t̓y̓t̓yínaʔ

• kʷ ɬa čn̓t̓y̓t̓y̓ínaʔ. You are being stubborn. (Cv)

be puzzled about something, be amazed at something čn̓waʔlíl̓smn̓t

• čn̓waʔlíl̓sm̓sts axáʔ iʔ sxʔitx. The oldest one kept getting puzzled at it. (PS)

believe somebody, believe something čnw̓n̓xʷínaʔm̓st

• lut swit t̓ə čnwnxʷínaʔmsts Nobody believes in it (Cv)
• way̓ yuʔyʔáˤwt aspuʔús, way̓ wnixʷ čnwnxʷínaʔmstmn̓ Strong are your thoughts, I really can believe you (PS)

be mixed with, joined in, enrolled čn̓xiʔ

• kʷu čn̓xiʔ. We are mixed with them., We have joined in. (Cv)

be gathered in, convened, arrived in čn̓y̓aˤʔ

• way̓ čənyaʕ̓l̓x, uɬ ik̓láʔ ilmíxʷm̓ They all came in, at the chief’s (PS)

bring something inside (actual/habitual) čn̓ʔuɬxʷst

• t aspíkst kiʔ čn̓ʔuɬxʷstm̓. You got in here by means of your glove. (PS)

be killed čpəpul̓st

be turned inside-out čp̓rq̓us

• way̓ əčp̓ərq̓us It’s inside out. (Ok)

be shining čp̓ʔaxʷ

• axáʔ kʷəkʷr̓iʔt iʔ k̓n̓p̓qin̓kstn̓s, ixíʔ t̓xʷ axáʔ čp̓ʔaxʷ. This ring of hers is gold, thus it this shines. (PS)
• uɬ nak̓ʷm̓ iʔ təl̓ skəkáˤkaʔ úɬiʔ əčp̓əʔaxʷ The shining comes from the birds (PS)
• axáʔ iʔ qpqintn̓s put čʔx̌iɬ t sqlaw̓ čp̓əʔaxʷ Her hair shines just like money (gold) / Her hair shines just like gold (PS)

be running čqačlx

• t̓iʔ n̓tikɬ mɬ x̌iƛ̓m̓, mɬ t̓iʔ way̓ ny̓aˤy̓p čqaqčl̓x, t̓iʔ n̓y̓aˤy̓p sƛ̓ax̌ts. She gets to the bottom and then up the hill, and she’s always a-trotting, always fast. (PS)

be trotting around, be running around, be busy čqəčqičl̓x

• t̓iʔ k̓ʷul̓l̓ uɬ lut sq̓sápiʔs uɬ ƛ̓x̌ap, uɬ way̓ čxʷy̓lwis uɬ čʔičkn̓, way̓ čqəčqičl̓x. He was born, and it wasn’t long and he grew up, and was running around, playing, and running all over. (PS)

be running čqičlx

• ɬiq̓ʷt ɬa čqičl̓x. it's apparent when it's running. / it's evident when it is running. (PS)

be sick, get sick, feeling sick, suffering pain or illnes čq̓il̓t

be awake čqiɬəɬt

• čqiɬəɬtəl̓x. They stayed awake., They are awake., They are staying awake. (Cv)

be awake, awake čqiɬqɬt

• way̓ iɬíʔ ƛ̓əlmist, ilíʔ t̓k̓ʷənčut, staʔ k̓ʷaʔ ilíʔ čqiɬqəɬt There he sat still, he lay there, he stayed there awake (PS)

be laying on the back, lay on back, lay belly up čqin̓k

• kn̓ sčqin̓k. I lay on my back. (PS)

be together čq̓ɬiw̓s

be close, be in a relationship čq̓ɬw̓sčut

be drunk čqʷaˤw̓

• kn̓ sčqʷaˤw̓ I was drunk (Cv)

blue horse čqʷaˤyqn̓

become fat čq̓ʷʔuč

bring something down hill čsəx̌ʷtusn̓t

be out of breath c̓spísk̓it

• kn̓ c̓spísk̓it iʔ t sʔay̓x̌ʷt. I have no more breath from fatigue. (PS)

be out of money, be broke. compound / broke, out of money / broke, out of money. compound c̓spsqlaw̓

• c̓spsqlaw̓. He was flat broke, out of money. (PS)
• ixíʔ nixʷ x̌aq̓s, ixíʔ uɬ c̓əspsqlaw̓. That too he paid, and he ran out of money. (PS)
• lut t̓ə kst̓ikəl̓, uɬ axáʔ c̓əspsqlaw̓ He didn’t have any food, and his money was all gone (PS)

be lazy čst̓ymix

• kn̓ čəst̓ymix I am lazy (Cv)

bushy, brushy čt̓akʷ

baby coming čtəčk̓ʷul̓l̓

bother skin čtk̓síc̓aʔm̓st

be laying in the middle čt̓k̓ʷiw̓s

• čun̓tsn̓, "ilíʔ kt̓k̓ʷiw̓sn̓txʷ." I told you, "You put it there." (PS)

bar graph / graph (bar graph) čtq̓áy̓alqʷ

braid čtq̓əčq̓əčpínaʔ

bushes čt̓qʷt̓aqʷ

both sides čtxəmníw̓s

bracken fern, Pteridium aquilinum čuqčuqmáɬp

bark at somebody čwahn̓tím̓

• kʷuʔ čwahn̓tím̓ iʔ t kəkw̓wápaʔ. The dogs bark at us., The dogs are barking at us., We are barked at by the dogs. (PS)

burn c̓wak

• čm̓ kn̓ c̓wak. I might burn., I might get burned. (Cv)

bore a small hole as in a potato c̓waq

burn (plural) c̓w̓c̓wak

• kʷu c̓w̓c̓wak. We get/got burned., We burn/burned ourselves. (Cv)

be hidden čwikʷm̓

• ixíʔ l̓ aʔ čwikʷm̓ ixíʔ čk̓ɬk̓ʷƛ̓al̓qsm̓ iʔ sk̓ɬq̓y̓n̓čut. Then he took out the picture he had hidden under his clothes. (PS)

be proud of something čwísiʔst / wísiʔn̓t

burn one’s hand c̓w̓kikst

burn one’s foot c̓w̓kxan̓

• kn̓ c̓əwkxan̓ I burn my foot (Cv)

burn something up čwl̓stim̓ / wlan̓t

bearded face, hairy face čw̓pus

be there / be there, it was laying there čw̓tan̓

be burning / fire čw̓xʷap

be empty, empty, space čx̌aq

be asked čx̌litm̓

• isəxʷk̓ʷúl̓m̓, isəxʷənt̓áqʷm̓ wim̓ čx̌litm̓ My worker, my plate licker, I coaxed him for nothing (PS)
• íwaʔ čx̌litm̓ uɬ lut, q̓ix̌əx̌m̓s iʔ sčk̓ʷul̓s. Event though he was called and no, he didn’t want to leave his work., Though he was called for, it was for nothing, he stayed dedicated to his work. (PS)

belong c̓x̌l̓sáˤc̓əc̓

buzz čx̌mn̓čaˤt

be snoring čx̌ʷaq̓ʷl̓qsm̓

be clean čxʷək̓ʷxʷak̓ʷt

bubbling, foaming čx̌ʷusəs

bubbles in liquid čx̌ʷusəskʷ

bring someone or something čxʷuy̓st

• xʷuywy̓, čxʷuystp Go, bring him here (PS)
• t in̓čáʔ kiʔ čkʷin̓, itlíʔ úɬiʔ čxʷuy̓stn̓. It was I who took her and who brought her. (PS)
• uɬ ixíʔ n̓t̓k̓ʷíkiʔs, lapríts, way̓ čxʷuysts He saddled it, put the bridle on, he brought it in (PS)

be a lot of water, the water is high, inundation čxʷʔitkʷm̓

be steaming čxʷʔul̓

• čn̓pəpil̓xtm̓əl̓x iʔ ksčʔiɬn̓səl̓x, čxʷʔul̓. She brought in their food, it was streaming. (PS)
• way̓ čxʷʔul̓ iʔ ksčʔiɬənsəlx Their food was steaming (PS)

be together čyaˤmíl̓x

• kʷu čy̓aˤmíl̓x. We will be together. (PS)
• mət ilíʔ čyaʕ̓mílx iʔ ksənpulxtn̓səlx They’re all together there in one camping place (PS)
• ilíʔ kʷu čy̓aˤmílx l̓ sn̓pul̓xtn̓tət. There we gathered at our campground. (Cv)

be in need of something čyaˤpčín̓

• way̓ kʷ ylmixʷm̓, uɬ pnaʔ l̓ stim̓ kʷ čyaʕpčín̓ Dear boss, maybe there is something you want (PS)

be in need čyaˤʔt

be standing upright, a tree / tree čyip, čɣip

become low čyxʷəxʷmil̓x

below hill čy̓xʷml̓xus

bring something out čʔáčqaʔst

• ixíʔ čʔáčqaʔsts iʔ sqlaw̓s uɬ ixíʔ c̓əkxits iʔ t ksqlaw̓s axáʔ iʔ tkaʔkaʔɬís. He took out his money and counted what would be the money for the three of them., He brought out his money and he counted what would be the money for the three of them. (PS)

be standing čʔakswíx

• čʔakswíx níkxnáʔ qʷam̓qʷm̓t iʔ sn̓kɬc̓aʔsqáx̌aʔ. There stood a beautiful horse. (PS)

blossom, bloom c̓ʔak̓ʷm̓

be eating čʔaɬʔíɬn̓

• uɬ čtkɬaʔməlx čʔəɬʔiɬnəlx They eat separately (PS)

be tired čʔaxʷ

• kʷ čʔaxʷ. You will get tired. (Cv)

be playing (more than one) čʔičəčkn̓

• way̓ uɬ t̓i kmix p čʔičəčkn̓ All you do is play (PS)

be playing čʔičkn̓

• uɬ way̓ čxʷylwis, uɬ čʔičkn̓, way̓ čqčqičəlx He was running around, playing, running all over (PS)

be eating čʔiɬn̓

• uɬ aɬíʔ way̓ yaʔx̌íʔ l̓ siɬkʷkʷáˤst čʔiɬən̓ He had last eaten in the morning (PS)

be eating something čʔiɬst

• t̓iʔ kʷ sčn̓həhil̓sm̓ uɬ yəyaˤt čʔiɬstm̓. Your feelings are being respect and we are eating everything. (PS)

be last, last, to come last čʔiw̓t, c̓iw̓t

• ixíʔ uɬ yaʔ čʔiw̓t And that was the last one. (PS)
• uɬ ixíʔ yaʔ čʔiw̓t That was the last (PS)
• uɬ ixíʔ yaʔ čʔiw̓t iʔ nink̓mn̓ That is the last knife (PS)
• t̓iʔ ilíʔ čʔiw̓təl̓x. They are coming right behind. (PS)

be hot (a person), become warm, get warm, feverish, have a fever čʔix

• t̓iʔ kʷmiɬ kiʔ čiʔíx iʔ skʷal̓t, uɬ áɬiʔ ʔaˤmáp iʔ smik̓ʷt uɬ axáʔ iʔ sxʷuyn̓t. At once it got warm from the sun, and the snow and this ice melted. (PS)

bring, deliver, carry to čʔukʷ

bring/deliver/carry something to somebody čʔukʷɬt

• way̓ kʷuʔ čʔukʷɬtxʷ Bring it to me (PS)

bring something here, deliver here, carry to here čʔukʷm̓

bring something here, deliver something here, carry some to here čʔukʷn̓t

• məɬ čʔukʷɬmn̓ iʔ ksčʔiɬnəmp I’ll bring you what you’re going to eat (PS)

bringing something, delivering something, carrying something čʔukʷst

• nak̓ʷm̓ čniɬč əɬaʔ ksčq̓ay̓ uɬ čʔukʷsts It’s he that writes them and brings them (PS)

be gathered here čʔul̓lw̓s

• lut iʔ ksčʔúllusč We won’t be mixed up (Cv)

be naming a place, be identifying a place, be calling out a place čʔúm̓laʔxʷn̓t

• čʔúm̓laʔxʷs iʔ tl̓ taw̓n̓. He named the town from where he came. (PS)

berries hanging, attached rounds əčkáˤčáˤčús

bring something back for somebody, return something to someone əɬčkičxɬt

• ixíʔ sʔáčqaʔs uɬ sxʷuys, way̓ əɬčkičxɬtm̓ He went out and started off, and he came back with it for her/him. (PS)

be coming back əɬčxʔal̓

• way̓ qiɬtx, way̓ əɬčxʔal̓ yaʔ ylmixʷəmtət Wake up, our boss will soon be back (PS)

bring back here əɬčʔukʷ

bother talk somebody again əɬmaʔčín̓

bother somebody again əɬmʔikst

bring something back in əɬn̓ʔuɬxʷst

• ɬənʔuɬxʷstn̓ I bring it back in (Cv)

bring someone / something back to life əɬxʷl̓l̓stim̓

be hungry again əɬʔilxʷt

• way̓ kʷu əɬʔilxʷt We are really getting hungry again (PS)

be done, finished, finally, at the end, now then, time went by, time will go by huy̓

• uɬ way̓ kn̓ huy̓ t sʔayx̌ʷt I am done from being tired (PS)
• huy̓ uɬ n̓k̓ʷspintk. Then one year passed., Then it was one year. (PS)
• huy̓ uɬ k̓ɬk̓laxʷ. Finally he got out of sight. (PS)
• huy̓ uɬ txƛ̓apəl̓x. Finally he got them all fixed up. (PS)
• huy̓ k̓ɬnt̓w̓stipəl̓x k̓l̓ tk̓m̓kn̓iɬxʷ, way̓ čn̓pəpilx. Then they were standing right at the door, outside, then they came in. (PS)
• way̓ uɬ huy̓ iʔ t sʔayx̌ʷt, k̓m̓ t̓i t̓ə čxʷstútyaʔ He’s played out with fatigue, he’s just walking (PS)
• way̓ uɬ n̓yʕ̓ip lut t̓ n̓t̓ək̓ʷk̓ʷəspuʔús, huy̓ ƛ̓lal̓, n̓yʕ̓ip ƛ̓lal̓ He did not come to, he’s dead, still dead / He never came to, he’s dead, still dead (PS)

body cover, outer cover =íc̓aʔ

• Čn̓mtíc̓aʔ man’s name
• kpəlk̓ʷíc̓aʔ Wrap something (Cv)
• qʷəspíc̓aʔ Buffalo (Cv)

back, crust, top layer, ridge (affix) =ik, =ikn̓

back, crust, top layer, ridge =ikn̓

• səmx̌ikn̓ Grizzly bear

back of the foot, sole of the foot =ikn̓xn̓

base, bottom, door, opening =ip

be able to find something kakíčiʔn̓t

• n̓ín̓w̓iʔ swit kaʔkíčiʔs uɬ ixíʔ kɬnax̌ʷnəx̌ʷs If anybody finds her, he can have her for a wife / If anybody finds her he can have her for a wife (PS)

be here kaláʔm̓

be here with somebody kaláʔmn̓t

• kaláʔmst continually be here with somebody
• uɬ aláʔ n̓ín̓w̓iʔ kaláʔməntsən̓ uɬ lut t̓ ikswíklaʔxʷm̓ iʔ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ And if I keep staying here with you I’ll never get to see the world, other countries (PS)
• kn̓ k̓ʷl̓n̓čutn̓, way̓ n̓y̓aˤy̓p c̓x̌iɬ kaláʔm̓stmn̓, čtxət̓stumn̓ uɬ lut kʷuʔ aksčwíkm̓. am God, and it’s like I am always here with you, I’ll take care of you, but you won’t see me. (PS)

babysit k̓am̓tíl̓t

babysit someone for somebody k̓am̓tíl̓tɬt

• kʷu k̓̓am̓tíl̓tɬtxʷ isqʷəsqʷaʔsíaʔ. You babysit my children for me.

Babysit ! k̓am̓tm̓til̓tx !

• kn̓ sčkʔəməmtiltx I was baby sitting (Cv)

bad k̓ast

be gone / finished, gone, quiet, depleted, exhausted k̓aw̓

• n̓yʕ̓ip k̓aw̓ He is still gone (PS)
• t̓iʔ k̓aw̓ ixíʔ laklíʔ. That key is gone. (PS)
• k̓aw̓ iʔ čitxʷs, way̓ k̓aw̓ iʔ slax̌ts Gone is his house, and gone is his friend/partner. (PS)
• way̓ kɬqil̓t, way̓ k̓aw̓ iʔ tw̓twit She got upstairs, the boys are gone (PS)
• uɬ axáʔ iʔ sxnusəlx axáʔ iʔ tətwit, k̓aw̓, nak̓ʷm̓ mət t̓ə ʔáčqaʔ Then they missed the boy, he’s gone, he must have slipped out (PS)
• sk̓ʷut iʔ kskʔaws Half of them will be gone (PS)

be quiet, be silent, without speech k̓aw̓čn̓

• t̓iʔ k̓aw̓čnx ! Be quiet! (PS)

become fall k̓ay̓ílx

baler, bundler káˤčíkn̓tn̓

be on a good track, figure something out kčahxnmín̓t

• kčahxnmís. S/he was on the right track. (Cv)

bump into walls, bump into trees, bump into poles kc̓aq̓əq̓ál̓qʷ

beat somebody up, punch someone in the head kčaʔqín̓

bump into trees kc̓əq̓c̓aq̓əq̓ál̓qʷ

beard tongue, Penstemon truticosus kčəqʷčqʷikst

bundling scythe, peg, spoke, hand mower, cradle scythe kc̓lal̓qʷ

burn one’s leg kc̓w̓kaqstxn̓

• kn̓ kc̓əwkaqstxn̓ I burn myself in the upper leg (Cv)

burn one’s eye kc̓w̓kus

• kc̓w̓kusn̓ I burned my eye. (Cv)

become slow k̓ək̓aliaʔtwíl̓x

become slow k̓ək̓aliʔtwíl̓x

become soft kəkəptwilx

become soft kəkəptwil̓x

bring something for somebody, bring something of somebody’s kičxɬt

• axáʔ iʔ asčn̓q̓m̓sčín̓, way̓ axáʔ čkičxɬtsn̓. This is what you’ve been wishing for, I got it here for you (PS)

be there with someone kilíʔmn̓t

become old k̓iwl̓xwíl̓x

bark k̓iʔlílxʷ

badlands k̓íʔtlaʔxʷ

bury over the top klíq̓naʔm̓

bury something over the top klíq̓naʔn̓t

• uɬ ixíʔ klíq̓naʔsəlx They hilled the ground (PS)
• ilíʔ n̓laˤw̓úlaʔxʷn̓ uɬ klíq̓naʔn̓ iʔ t smik̓ʷt. I stuck him there, and I buried him with snow. (PS)

bury something kliq̓n̓t

be in a far place kl̓kʷut

• áɬiʔ ik̓líʔ kʷ kl̓kʷut uɬ lut čtxəƛ̓ínaʔmn̓tsn̓ nixl̓mn̓tsn̓. Because you are too far, and I don’t make out every word you say, I don’t hear you. (PS)

be in a place little ways away kl̓l̓kʷut

• xʷuystməlx ik̓líʔ iʔ k̓əl̓ kləlkʷut, lut səlkʷuts, ilíʔ l̓ tk̓əmkn̓iɬxʷ ilíʔ čwix, k̓ʷək̓ʷyúmaʔ iʔ čitxʷ She took them a little ways, not too far, outside there was a building, a small house (PS)

better man, a better man k̓l̓sql̓tmixʷ

• kn̓ k̓əlsqəltmixʷ I am a better man (Cv)
• kn̓k̓əlsqəltmixʷ I am a better man (Cv)

by hand kl̓xútyaʔ

• tkl̓xútyaʔ by hand, improvised by hand (Cv)

be overtaken by darkness k̓lxʷnuxʷ

• way̓ kʷ k̓əlxʷnuxʷ, way̓ t̓i x̌ast kʷ əɬ pulx You are traveling late (it’s getting dark on you), it’s best you (stop and) camp (PS)
• lut t̓əxʷ sk̓əlxʷnuxʷsəlx, way̓ k̓əɬk̓ʷƛ̓apəlx, way̓ t̓i čʔx̌iɬ t tawn̓ iʔ sčwiksəlx They hadn’t quite traveled a whole day when they came in sight of it, it’s like a town what they saw (PS)

be close relatives kɬaʔmíw̓s

be close to each other, get close to each other kɬaʔmnwíxʷ

build fence k̓ɬáˤlam̓

bingo, play bingo kɬaˤp̓k̓ám̓

be under a cover k̓ɬčaw̓

buckskin colored horse, the color of a deer shedding off kɬčax̌lxʷ

be in the shade k̓ɬc̓il̓

• kn̓ k̓əɬc̓il̓ I am in the shade (Cv)
• kn̓ k̓əɬc̓il̓m̓ist I go in the shade. (Ok)

be on top of the water, metaphorical expression meaning to succeed, to make it out of trouble kɬčqəqitkʷ

• ixíʔ uɬ axáʔ iʔ tw̓tw̓it uɬ áɬiʔ kɬčqəqitkʷəl̓x. And then these boys got out of trouble. (PS)
• lut t̓ə čkɬčəqqitkʷəlx They never came to the top of the water (Cv)

bring something back kɬčxʷuy̓st

beat somebody on the head kɬəc̓qinm̓

• way̓ tətw̓it kʷu n̓qʷnmin̓t, way̓ lut nax̌m̓ɬ kʷuʔ akskɬəc̓qínm̓, way̓ čm̓ kʷuʔ n̓t̓kʷusn̓txʷ Little boy pity me, don’t whip me on the head, you might blind me (PS)

blink kɬəɬpsaˤm̓

blink, blink an eye kɬəpɬəpsam̓

be disgusted with oneself kɬəp̓mn̓čut

• way̓ kn̓ kɬəp̓mn̓čut, way̓ k̓ɬʔaw̓čníʔstmn̓ isn̓ʔam̓ʔímaʔt. Certainly, I did myself wrong, I killed by mistake my grand-children. (PS)
• way̓ kʷuʔ x̌ʷilsts in̓kwáp tl̓ pul̓stn̓, way̓ ixíʔ uɬ sič kn̓ kɬəp̓mn̓čut. My̓ horse left me because I beat him, and now I am disgusted with myself (PS)

be disgusted with oneself kɬəp̓m̓sčut

• n̓t̓aʔ, way̓ way̓ kn̓ kɬəp̓m̓sčut, way̓ uɬ t̓iʔ isn̓xʷətxʷtíl̓s uɬ n̓k̓stmin̓ Gee, I am disgusted with myself, and it’s all from my bad temper that I am in trouble (PS)
• way̓ miyáɬm̓ anwíʔ kʷ kɬəp̓m̓sčut You have done something awful (PS)

be near or close; relative kɬəʔam̓

• kn̓ kɬəʔam̓ laʔ l̓ Tarás I live close to Theresa (Cv)
• an̓kɬəʔám̓ your relative

bottom- on the bottom / on the bottom / under / under / on the bottom k̓ɬixʷút

brown horse kɬk̓aƛ̓lxʷ

brown horse kɬk̓aƛ̓lxʷ, kɬk̓aƛ̓əlxʷ

border k̓ɬk̓ams

be out of sight. C2 REDUPLICATION / be out of sight k̓ɬk̓il·xʷt

• way̓ uɬ stəkʷʔutsəlx uɬ k̓əɬk̓il·xʷtəlx, čk̓əɬk̓əlxʷmúlaʔxʷ And then they walked away and they got out of sight, they went to a secret place (PS)

be out of sight, disappear / go out of sight k̓ɬk̓laxʷ

be out of sight, disappear k̓ɬk̓laxʷ, k̓ɬk̓əlaxʷ, k̓əɬk̓laxʷ

• aláʔ čk̓ɬk̓laxʷ. This place is out of sight. (PS)
• mət qʷásqiʔ ixíʔ mi čk̓əɬk̓laxʷ mi čʔayx̌ʷt Maybe as soon as Blue Jay gets out of sight he’ll get tired (PS)
• nak̓ʷáʔ čm̓ atláʔ kʷ k̓əɬk̓laxʷ məɬ kʷ taʔxʷsčk̓ʷúl̓ It won’t be that as soon as you get out of sight you’ll get a job / It won’t be that as soon as you get out of sight you’ll get a job (PS)
• put ksčxʷuy̓ úɬiʔ k̓əɬk̓laxʷ It’s quite a ways before they get out of sight (PS)

back of the head / back of head k̓ɬk̓mapqn̓

back of the head k̓ɬk̓mapqn̓, k̓əɬk̓mapqn̓

bracelet k̓ɬkn̓p̓čnikstn̓

bracelet k̓ɬk̓np̓čnistn̓

be cut off k̓ɬk̓tap

be jealous of k̓ɬkʷisəstmn̓t

be envious of somebody k̓ɬkʷisstmn̓t

• ixíʔ k̓ɬkʷisəstm̓səl̓x l̓ sísn̓čaʔsəl̓x. Then they got envious of their little brother. (PS)
• n̓t̓aʔ uɬ lut sləmlimtsəlx təl̓ xʷəlxʷtstiməlx t əɬsísənčaʔsəlx, uɬ k̓əɬkʷisəstm̓səlx They didn’t even get pleased that their little brother saved their lives, they envied him (PS)

be rolling around k̓ɬk̓ʷlk̓lwis

• kn̓ čk̓əɬk̓ʷəlk̓əlwis I was rolling around (Cv)

be tied k̓ɬlak̓

• axáʔ kʷuʔ xʷic̓xts t aʔ čk̓ɬlak̓. This one gave to me something that was tied up. (PS)

bank dirt around the house / bank dirt around the house. (Ok) k̓ɬliq̓ɬxʷm̓

break off k̓ɬlq̓ʷap

be able to warm something kɬɬnmláˤsiʔn̓t

• kɬəɬn̓mláˤsiʔs. He’s going to warm it again. (Cv)

be jealous of somebody k̓ɬƛ̓aʔstím̓

• čm̓ t̓iʔ kʷuʔ čk̓ɬƛ̓aʔstíxʷ, kʷ k̓ɬƛ̓aʔƛ̓aʔmúɬ uɬ áɬiʔ tl̓ asƛ̓əx̌ƛ̓x̌áp. You’ll be jealous of me, you will be jealous hearted, because of your old age. (PS)

break open / break off k̓ɬmaˤʔt

breechclout kɬn̓ɬəɬqʷípaʔst

balloon kɬnpuxʷpúxʷɬc̓aʔ

be written on the door k̓ɬnq̓y̓ip

• čk̓ɬn̓q̓y̓ip written on the door (Cv)

be somebody’s companion kɬntkʷilst

• ixíʔ kɬn̓tkʷil̓̓sts axáʔ isn̓ʔam̓ʔímaʔt. They are going to be companions to these grandchildren of mine. (PS)

be disgusted kɬp̓ap̓

• way̓ kn̓ kɬəp̓ap̓ əɬ ikɬəɬxʷúy̓ I am discouraged to go (back) (PS)

be wary of k̓ɬpaʔsn̓tím̓ / k̓ɬpaʔsan̓t / k̓ɬpaʔsám̓

be disgusted with oneself kɬp̓mnčut

be disgusted with oneself kɬp̓msčut

Buckskin horse kɬp̓uməlxʷ

brown horse kɬp̓umlxʷ

brown horse kɬp̓umlxʷ, kɬp̓uməlxʷ

build air castles k̓ɬq̓ámaʔ

• kʷuʔ čk̓ɬq̓ámaʔ k̓l̓ Činíʔ. We are building air castles about Jeanie. (Cv)

be in the way / be in the way. (okb) see ɬətiɬn̓ k̓ɬq̓aʔɬtíɬn̓

be snagged / be snagged, hooked / hooked / be snagged / hooked k̓ɬq̓it̓ət̓

brood, sit on eggs kɬql̓x̌kn̓il̓t

brood, sit on eggs kɬq̓l̓x̌kn̓il̓t, kɬəq̓əl̓x̌kn̓il̓t

be wishing something k̓ɬq̓mam̓

• pnaʔ kʷ čk̓əɬq̓mam̓ Maybe you are wishing for something. Maybe you are wishing for something (PS)

big chin k̓ɬsl̓xʷmípaʔst

be hit on the back of the head k̓ɬsp̓p̓ap̓qn̓

be hit on the back of the head k̓ɬsp̓p̓ap̓qn̓k̓ɬsəp̓əp̓apqn̓

be hit on the forehead kɬsp̓p̓ilsxn̓

be hit on the cheek k̓ɬsp̓p̓us

be hit on the cheek k̓ɬsp̓p̓usk̓ɬsəp̓əp̓us

be laying k̓ɬt̓aq

• ilíʔ čk̓ɬt̓aq axáʔ iʔ qʷəčqʷačqn̓s. The hats are/were stacked there. (PS)

broken in two k̓ɬtlap

• k̓ɬtl̓ap broken in two, torn in two (Cv)

be worried k̓ɬtqap

• kn̓ k̓əɬtqap I am worried something will happen to me (Cv)

be sewn kɬuʔxʷús

• way̓ čkɬuʔxʷús iʔ t syílwiʔ iʔ t sx̌əx̌c̓iʔ It was sewn up with a sprig, a stick (PS)
• tx̌qiw̓səs axáʔ iʔ čkt̓liw̓s iʔ čkɬuʔxʷús she opened it where it was cut open and sewn up / she opened it where it was cut open and sewn (PS)

be prepared k̓ɬwiʔnaʔsčút

• kn̓ əɬwynaʔsčút I am prepared (Cv)
• ixíʔ kʷu c̓əx̌ʷxits, way̓ kn̓ k̓əɬwiʔnaʔsčút That’s what he told me, I am all prepared (PS)

build fire on k̓ɬw̓ran̓t

build fire under k̓ɬwran̓t / k̓ɬwr̓n̓tim̓ / k̓ɬwram̓

be done preparing k̓ɬwy̓naʔsčút

be all in a row kɬxƛ̓milx

• čkɬxƛ̓milx be all in a row (PS)

break off k̓ɬx̌ʷc̓ap

breechclout flaps k̓ɬxʷipl̓sts / k̓ɬxʷipl̓s

base k̓ɬy̓xutm̓

be near or close; relative / near kɬʔam̓

beg somebody / coax somebody / beg somebody. apparent compound k̓ɬʔxʷʔxʷkʷukstn̓t

• úɬiʔ čun̓ lut, uɬ itlíʔ kʷu əɬk̓əɬʔəxʷʔəxʷkʷuksts t̓i kʷu kskʷɬəntuɬts And I told him no, and still he’s coaxing me to lend it to him (PS)
• way̓ uɬ čk̓itəlxməntm̓, uɬ iwá k̓əɬʔəxʷʔəxʷkʷukstm̓ ksənxʷstítkʷaʔx She came a little closer, a-begging him to walk in the water (PS)
• ixíʔ k̓ɬʔaxʷʔaxʷkʷúksts sm̓x̌ikn̓. Then he started coaxing Grizzly. (PS)
• uɬ itlíʔ kʷu əɬk̓əɬʔəxʷʔəxʷkʷuksts t̓i kʷu kskʷɬəntuɬts He’s still coaxing me to lend it to him (PS)

bring / take things / take, grab (more than one) km̓an̓t

butter kmiƛ̓mn̓

beside k̓mɬniwts

be snowed under kmqʷqʷínaʔ

• kməqʷqʷínaʔl̓x They are snowed under (Cv)
• mət kʷu kməqʷqʷínaʔl̓x, way̓ t̓i kʷu ksxʷəsxʷusəlxaʔx We might get caught in the snow, we better hurry (PS)

be alone / on one's own km̓xax

be all alone / be alone knánaqs

• lut aksknánaqs ! Don’t stay alone! (Cv)

Blind kn̓əm̓qin̓

• kn̓ knm̓qin̓. I go blind, (PS)
• čknm̓qin̓ blind (Cv)

box (something rectangular) knəxnax

bra k̓n̓k̓n̓p̓simxʷtn̓

brace k̓n̓k̓n̓xnam̓

blind knm̓pqin̓

blind knmqin̓

be helped knnxix

• čniɬts kn̓n̓xix. S/he receives help. (OkB)
• knn̓xixəlx They receive help (OkB)

back of the foot, sole =kn̓xn̓, =ikn̓xn̓

Brilliant (place name) Kpiƛ̓l̓s

branch(es of trees) kpllikst

beak k̓pmin̓s

brown branches kp̓m̓p̓um̓l̓qʷ

big ears kp̓sƛ̓ʔínaʔ

big eyes / big berries kp̓sƛ̓ʔus

Brown blanket kp̓umc̓aʔ

brown blanket kp̓úmc̓aʔ

brown fur kp̓úm̓c̓aʔ

brown tail kp̓um̓ps

brown muzzle kp̓um̓qs

blow out a light kpuxʷsn̓t

be looking ksčaˤc̓m̓

• way̓ čk̓ək̓níyaʔmstmn̓, kmix iksčʕ̓ác̓m̓ iʔ sk̓əɬq̓əy̓nčut I’m listening to you, I’m only looking at these pictures (Cv)

bad. PLURAL / bad k̓sk̓ast

• kʷu k̓əsk̓ast. We are no good. (PS)

bad twigs, sticks k̓sk̓salqʷ

• axáʔ iʔ syiríwaxn̓ way̓ uɬ lut, sk̓əsk̓sal̓qʷs. The snowshoes no, they’re not, they're of bad sticks. (PS)

bad clothing, outfits k̓slsčut

• sk̓səlsčutsəlx Their outfits are ugly (PS)
• áɬíʔ qʷásqiʔ mt sx̌ʷəptaxn̓x uɬ way̓ čk̓sl̓sčut. Because Blue Jay maybe has weak arms, and what he made is no good. (PS)

be deceived by something ksl̓úsaʔmn̓t

big fire / large round thing ksl̓xʷʔus

be rude k̓sɬčaw̓t

be naughty/bad k̓smn̓čut

be hit on the chest ksp̓ax̌ʷčk

be hit on the chest ksp̓ax̌ʷčkksəp̓əp̓ax̌ʷčk

be hit on the shoulder ksp̓əp̓sax̌n̓ksəp̓əp̓sax̌n̓

be hit on the shoulder ksp̓p̓sax̌n̓

be hit in the groin / Hit in the groin / Hit in the groin. (CV) ksp̓qniɬ

burp ksq̓ʷaʔq̓ʷíʔm̓taʔx

be used to, have practice at ksqʷʔam̓

• axáʔm̓ iʔ splal̓ yaʔ ksqʷʔam̓. These young folks are used to it. (PS)

bad looking, ugly. compound k̓ssaˤc̓c̓, k̓əssʔáˤc̓əc̓, k̓əsəsʔáˤc̓əc̓

bad looking, ugly k̓ssʔaˤc̓c̓

bother someone, someone’s bother. uncertain form / bother someone, someone’s bother k̓stminm̓

• lut iksk̓əstmínm̓ He wouldn’t bother me (PS)

blame somebody k̓stmin̓t

• mət sn̓xʷtxʷtilsx axáʔ iʔ tətwit, ixíʔ uɬ k̓əstmis iʔ kəwaps The little boy must have had a quick temper, he blamed his horse (PS)

become bad / get worse k̓stwil̓x

be able to get acquainted with ksúxʷiʔn̓t

• lut xʷus t̓ə ksúxʷiʔsəl̓x iʔ t xaʔxʔítsəl̓x They won’t get acquainted with their elders in a hurry (PS)

be at the limit ksxiy̓

• way̓ uɬ kn̓ ksxiy̓ iʔ t sʔayx̌ʷt I am plum to the end with tiredness (PS)

be able, capable person, smart person ksy̓syus

• way̓ čmy̓stis čniɬts əɬaʔ ksisyús kiʔ kʷu xʷl̓xʷal̓t She know it’s for him who is smart that we got saved (PS)

bad to eat, bad food, indigestible food k̓sʔiɬn̓

bonus, addtion ktaxʷ

• ixíʔ nixʷ in̓ktáxʷ. That’s also what I added in. (Cv)

burst kt̓íliʔs

be suspicious ktim̓m̓

buy clothes ktíw̓c̓aʔn̓t

• kɬx̌aq̓mn̓ ksqlaw̓ mi ktíwc̓aʔsəlx I need to pay money for his clothes / We’ll need to pay money for his clothes (PS)

break off a piece ktm̓kam̓

blanket ktpínaʔtn̓

• ktpínaʔtn̓s. It's her/his blanket. (Cv)

brown eyes ktp̓m̓p̓um̓s

• haʔ kʷ ktp̓m̓p̓um̓s ? Do you have brown eyes?
• kn̓ ktp̓m̓p̓um̓s Yes, I have brown eyes

blue eyes ktqʷy̓qʷaˤy̓s

black eyes ktq̓ʷy̓q̓ʷaˤy̓s

be kicking something ktr̓qíc̓aʔst

• axáʔ iʔ čkʷn̓xtwixʷm̓stsəl̓x uɬ ixíʔ čktr̓qícaʔstsəl̓x, iʔ t knaqs čkčahəhám̓. This they grab from one another and that’s what they are kicking, each of them taking turns. (PS)
• lut t̓ə sčʔəčkn̓ikstm̓p, əɬ čktər̓qíc̓aʔstp You’re not playing with it, you’re kicking it (PS)

buy clothes for oneself ktw̓c̓aʔn̓čút

• pktm̓xʷíc̓aʔ, uɬ ixíʔ p ktəwc̓aʔnčút You will wear your clothes out, and then you can buy more clothes (PS)

bid good bye to someone kutpáy̓n̓t

• way̓ t̓i kutpáysəlx, taqsəlx, suxʷxʷəlx They said good-bye, they waved, they’re gone (PS)

bite / bite, chomp k̓ʷaʔám̓

bite it k̓ʷaʔán̓t

bed bug k̓ʷaʔk̓ʷaʔíɬc̓aʔ

bite something k̓ʷaʔn̓tím̓

become strong k̓ʷəčk̓ʷəčtwil̓x

bright, sunshiny kʷəkʷlal̓

• k̓aʔkín̓ ʔaˤc̓m̓ uɬ way̓ t̓i ik̓líʔ kʷəkʷlal̓ t̓iʔ c̓x̌iɬ. Where he looks and well right from there it’s just like sunny. (PS)

become fewer k̓ʷək̓ʷnaʔtwílaʔx

become small k̓ʷək̓ʷyumaʔtwíl̓x

be easily ghosted by something unusual, always have a sense of foreboding k̓ʷəsk̓ʷəsk̓aʔmúɬ

become long kwəsxnwil̓x

be gone, all gone, all quiet (plural) k̓wk̓aw̓

• k̓w̓k̓aw̓. They were gone. (Cv)
• n̓ín̓w̓iʔ put n̓k̓ʷəspintk kʷu ksk̓əwk̓aws It will be exactly one year that we will be gone (PS)

be fixed up, fix oneself up, train oneself, develop oneself k̓ʷl̓sčut

be surpised, surprised k̓ʷɬax

boil water, come to a boil k̓ʷƛ̓pus

be holding hands kʷn̓kʷin̓kst

• ixíʔ kʷn̓kʷin̓ksəs iʔ ƛ̓əx̌əx̌ƛ̓x̌aps, way̓ ixíʔ sxʷists. Then he shook hands with his parents, and then he started walking. (PS)
• nax̌əmɬ aɬíʔ wəypaym̓, uɬ čkʷənkʷinksts axáʔ iʔ tkɬmilxʷ Then he played white man, and he was holding hands with the woman (PS)

build a fire on something kwr̓ínaʔn̓t

be lucky, do good, have good kʷukʷsčút

• kʷu kʷukʷsčút kʷu čn̓qʷnan̓. We are sure lucky to be pitied. (PS)

be born, turn into, become k̓ʷul̓l̓

build a house k̓ʷul̓ɬxʷ

• ixíʔ miʔ k̓ʷul̓ɬxʷm̓. Then s/he will build a house. (PS)

build a canoe, make a canoe, make a vehicle., work on a vehicle, do mechanical work, work on a car k̓ʷul̓wlm̓

boot / boots k̓ʷul̓xn̓ / k̓ʷl̓k̓ʷul̓xn̓

be able to store something kʷumín̓t

bite k̓ʷʔinm̓

be all smiles kʷʔus

breed k̓x̌ilm̓

barrel, bushel, round garbage can, tub ky̓lwíc̓aʔ

big thighs, thick files kyl̓yul̓qstxn̓

babysit kʔam̓tíl̓t, k̓am̓tíl̓t

• k̓am̓tíl̓tx ! Babysit !
• k̓am̓tíl̓tn̓t ! Babysit her/him!

be saddle weary kʔay̓x̌ʷtíw̓s

• kn̓ kʔay̓x̌ʷtíw̓s. I am saddle weary. (PS)

be tired kʔay̓x̌ʷtn̓

• uɬ anwí kʷ əɬaʔ ksčƛ̓axʷ, anwí kʷ əɬaʔ kɬkʔayxʷtn̓ It's you that killed them, you’re the one that worked hard. (PS) unclear construction

by her/his side l̓ ən̓k̓m̓ɬəniw̓ts

bridle laprít

• xʷuyx ƛ̓əʔan̓t iʔ sxʔimɬx̌ast iʔ sn̓kɬc̓aʔsqáx̌aʔ, uɬ axáʔ yaʔ n̓t̓ək̓ʷkiʔsqáx̌aʔtn̓, uɬ iʔ laprít, uɬ ixíʔ iʔ sxʔimɬx̌ast Go fetch the very best horse, and a saddle, and a bridle, all the very bes (PS)

bottle, jar laputáy̓

• čk̓ɬk̓ʷƛ̓al̓qsm̓sts iʔ laputáy̓, k̓ʷək̓ʷyúmaʔ iʔ laputáy̓. She pulled out of her clothes a bottle, a small bottle. (PS)

be friends with someone, be partners with someone l̓ax̌tmn̓t

• anwíʔ pútiʔ čxʷl̓xʷal̓t uɬ lax̌tmn̓txʷ iʔ sx̌ʷil̓mn̓. When you were still alive you were partners with the Devil (PS)

bee stinger laʔmín̓

button laˤw̓mín̓, laˤʔmín̓

break off, break in the center ləq̓ʷlq̓ʷiw̓s

• q̓ʷəlq̓ʷiw̓s His knife breaks in two (Cv)
• way̓ t̓i čxʷuy̓ iʔ sčnik̓əs uɬ ixíʔ nixʷ lq̓ʷəlq̓ʷiw̓s He kept cutting and that (knife) broke too (PS)

be glad for something, be thankful for something lim̓tmn̓t

• ixíʔ lim̓tmn̓ts kʷ ɬə yəxʷmn̓čut. Then she’ll be pleased/happy that you came down. (PS)
• ixíʔ lim̓tmn̓tm̓əl̓x axáʔ iʔ t ml̓qnups. Then these golden eagles are made happy. (PS)
• nikxnaʔ əɬ limtm̓səlx axáʔ iʔ t stmaˤlt, way̓ limtm̓səlx Goodness the cows were tickled, they were happy (PS)
• itlíʔ nixʷ taʔxʷsqʷəsqʷsíʔ, way̓ nixʷ ixíʔ ək̓ʷlim̓tm̓səl̓x. She had another baby, and again they were tickled to death. (PS)
• nikxnaʔ əɬ limtm̓səlx iʔ sqʷsiʔsəlx, uɬ way̓ sqəltmixʷ Goodness they were tickled (to see) their youngest son, and already he’s a man / Goodness they were tickled (to see) their youngest son, he’s already a man (PS)

bury liq̓m̓

• put wy̓səntəltəlkʷíɬc̓aʔn̓, ikslíq̓məlx kiʔ kʷu n̓kčníkiʔs axáʔ inkʷəl̓mút I just had got done gutting them, I was going to bury them when my brother-in-law overtook me (PS)

bury somethin liq̓n̓t

• n̓ín̓w̓iʔ kʷu ʔal̓usíkstm̓ mi liq̓əntm̓, kʷnixtm̓ iʔ t kɬənt̓ək̓ʷmins We will get up a collection and we’ll bury him; we’ll get him a coffin (PS)
• wy̓sx̌čəmstísəlx way̓ liq̓əsəlx When they got him ready they buried him (PS)
• way̓ t swit n̓ín̓w̓iʔ mi liq̓əs k̓əɬčiqm̓ Whoever will bury him, dig the grave (PS)
• nínwiʔ kliq̓n̓tsn̓, mɬ lut aksksc̓áɬəɬt. Then I’ll bury you, and you won’t have to freeze to death. (PS)

bread, biscuits lkalát, l̓kalát

box, case, trunk, money box, cash box lkasát, lkasát

• yaʔ ylmixʷm̓ k̓ahk̓ʷqis axáʔ yaʔ l̓kasát The king opened the box (PS)
• ixíʔ l̓ l̓kasát kiʔ l̓ ən̓y̓xʷut laklíʔ. The key is there inside the trunk., Inside the trunk there is the key. (PS)

baler, bundler lk̓iw̓stn̓

be kept away lkʷəkʷilx

break off, pry off lq̓ʷam̓

• kn̓ l̓q̓ʷam̓. / kn̓ lq̓ʷam̓. I broke it off., I pried it off., I chunked it off. (Cv)

bell lwliwlx

bell lwliwlx, lulíwl̓x

be friends l̓x̌tiw̓s

• kʷu ləx̌tiw̓s kʷaʔ kʷu suxʷnwíxʷ, kʷu x̌astm̓. We are partners, we are acquaintances, we have done good. (PS)
• uɬ sčʔkinx, taʔlíʔ kʷu l̓əx̌tiw̓s, úɬiʔ kʷu aksx̌ʷílm̓ What’s the matter, we are real partners, and you’re going to throw me away? (PS)

be friends l̓x̌tiw̓sm̓

• ksl̓x̌tiw̓sms will be friends
  • way̓ čuntsən̓ lut k̓im̓ kʷu ksl̓əx̌tiw̓səms I told you, there is no way that we can be friends (PS)

be close relatives, be closely related ɬaʔmíw̓s

• kʷu kɬaʔmíw̓s. We’re close relatives., We've got close together. (Cv)

be rested, have your full breath / rested, to rest, catch ones breath ɬaʔxʷísk̓it

• way̓ mt kʷ əɬaʔxʷísk̓it I suppose you are rested now (PS)
• way̓ ilíʔ mut ʔay̓xáxaʔ, əɬaʔxʷísk̓it He sat there for a while, until he got rested (PS)
• ʔay̓xáxaʔ kn̓ əɬaʔxʷísk̓it, ixíʔ kiʔ ʔanwín̓ iksq̓míl̓tn̓ In a while I got rested, that’s when I felt hungry (I felt it, I was going to starve) (PS)
• xiʔmíx kʷ əɬaʔxʷísk̓it Whenever you get rested (PS)

bruised, mashed, smashed, contusion ɬaˤč

be hit on the back of the head ɬəc̓əc̓apqn̓

• kn̓ ɬəc̓əc̓apqn̓ I get hit on the head (Cv)

beat w/ object ɬəc̓n̓tim̓ / ɬəčan̓t / ɬəc̓am̓

bucket, cauldron, kettle / bucket, washtub ɬəkap

border, boundary line / border / mark on ground ɬəp̓úlaʔxʷtn̓

• nak̓ʷáʔ kɬəɬp̓úlaʔxʷtn̓ Apparently there was no border (Cv)

be laying down ɬəq̓ʷut

bounce ɬət̓ɬat̓áp

be left behind / be left behind. with c2 reduplication / be left behind. with c2 reduplication. (ok) ɬəw̓w̓in̓

• čm̓ kn̓ kɬʔatətxnúm̓t, way̓ t̓iʔ uɬ kn̓ ɬəw̓w̓in̓. I might fall asleep, and I'̓ll just be left behind. (Cv)

breathe ɬəxʷn̓čut

be perceptible / it will appear / showing ɬəʔiq̓ʷ

• kn̓ ɬəʔiq̓ʷ I come in sight (Cv)

bead, rosary ɬik̓ʷ

blackbird ƛ̓əkƛ̓áˤk̓ək̓

blackbird ƛ̓ək̓ƛ̓áˤk̓ək̓

Bring up a child ƛ̓əx̌pmstwiɬn̓

become fast ƛ̓əx̌twil̓x

be still ƛ̓ílmist

be still ƛ̓lmist

• way̓ ilíʔ ƛ̓əlmist, ilíʔ t̓k̓ʷənčut, staʔ k̓ʷaʔ ilíʔ čqiɬqəɬt He sat there still, he lay there, he was there awake / There he sat still, he lay there, he was there awake (PS)

be late ƛ̓mipm̓

be late for something / miss something (too late) ƛ̓mipn̓t

• ƛ̓mipəntxʷ You are late (Cv)

be late for something ƛ̓mipst

• way̓ xʷsxʷusəlx, way̓ čkʔəmtiw̓sx, way̓ čm̓ ƛ̓mipstxʷ y̓ aɬəɬqáqčaʔ Hurry, get on the horse, or you’ll be too late (to help) your brothers (PS)
• čm̓ t̓iʔ kʷ ml̓mil̓lx miʔ ƛ̓mipstm̓. If you fool around, it’ll be too late., If you fool around it will be missed (too late). (PS)
• nax̌əmɬ axáʔ iʔ t tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ kʷu əɬ xʷuy̓, uɬ way̓ t̓i ƛ̓mipstm̓ If we go by ground we’ll be late (PS)
• nƛ̓mpčin̓ bə latə. way̓ kʷ čkičx, way̓ kʷ n̓ƛ̓əmpčin̓ l̓ sm̓ayʔxtwíxʷaʔx iʔ skəkáˤkaʔ You got here too late for the meetings with the birds (PS)

be too old ƛ̓x̌ƛ̓x̌putm̓

• ƛ̓əx̌ƛ̓əx̌putm̓ He’s too old (PS)

bring up a child ƛ̓x̌pmstwiɬn̓

bring up a child ƛ̓x̌pmstwiɬn̓, ƛ̓əx̌pmstwiɬn̓

be frightened to death ƛ̓xʷaxʷ

• kʷu ƛ̓xʷaxʷ We are frightened to death., We died accidentally.

butcher animals ƛ̓xʷsqáx̌aʔm̓

beat somebody in a contest ƛ̓xʷupm̓

beat somebody ƛ̓xʷupn̓t

• ƛ̓xʷupəntm̓ axáʔ iʔ t sx̌ʷilmn̓ The devil won her over (PS)
• nínwiʔ lut ƛ̓xʷupəntm̓ way̓ t̓i kʷu ƛ̓xʷən̓tim̓ If we don’t beat her she’ll kill us (PS)
• kʷu ƛ̓xʷupn̓txʷ l̓ ʔaslúsm̓ l̓ sk̓ʷan̓ɬq. You got the best of me twice in the garden. (PS)
• ʔax̌əlspíntk kʷuʔ ƛ̓xʷupəntxʷ Every year you get the best of me (PS)
• way̓ way̓ nixʷ ixíʔ kʷuʔ ƛ̓xʷups isl̓áx̌t My partner beat me again (PS)
• way̓ taʔlíʔ kn̓ tkčxils, way̓ kʷuʔ ƛ̓xʷupəntxʷ I am hurting very much, you win (PS)

bother someone with words. (harass?) / bother somebody with words maʔčínmn̓t

• way̓ kʷu čmaʔčínəms sn̓k̓l̓ip Coyote is bothering us. (PS) this form is grammatically singular. unambiguously plural. see kʷu cmaʔcínməntəm / Coyote bothers us (PS)

bother somebody with words maʔčnmíst

• xʷuyx, lut nixʷ itlíʔ aksmaʔčənmíst Go, don’t bother people with your talk any more (PS)

bother a person with words maʔčnmɬtiɬn̓

bother a person with words maʔčnmɬtíɬn̓

• lut aksmaʔčnmɬtíɬn̓. Don’t bother people with your talk! (Cv)

bother maʔíkstmn̓t

bother a person by doing something maʔkstmɬtíɬn̓

Bother somebody. (OkB) see ɬətiɬn̓ / pester / learn by bothering / Bother somebody / pester / learn by bothering maʔkstm̓ɬtíɬn̓

bother a person by doing something maʔkstmɬtíɬn̓, maʔkstmɬtíɬən̓

be bothered with somebody maʔmaʔmín̓t

• nixʷ ilíʔ tixʷkʷukstməlx sn̓k̓l̓ip, smaʔmaʔmíntməlx Coyote told them the same, he was bothered by them (PS)

bothersome / bothersome nuisance / bothersome, nuisance maʔmáʔt

break maʕm̓

break. e.g. a cup maʕm̓, maʕʔm̓

broken maʕt

break something of somebody’s maˤwɬt

• way̓ əɬmáˤwɬts axáʔ iʔ kɬuʔxʷúɬts iʔ sƛ̓aʔčínm̓, aɬíʔ ixíʔ iʔ kɬuʔxʷúsəs iʔ sƛ̓aʔčínm̓ He broke up the stitches on the deer, because he had stitched up the deer (PS)

break rope or string maˤwm̓

break something maˤwn̓t

• maˤws iʔ sčqʷəlqʷilts She broke her word (Cv)
• maˤwn̓ I broke it (Cv)

broken maˤwt

• čm̓ ixíʔ tl̓lutət uɬ maˤw̓t iʔ nin̓k̓mn̓, uɬ itlíʔ inčáʔ kn̓ kčahəhám̓. Should that not work and the knife break, then I will go next. (PS)
• úɬiʔ ʔiw̓t kəkc̓ilxqən̓, uɬ maˤwt axáʔ iʔ k̓əɬnyrk̓ʷiptn̓, way̓ kiʔ k̓ip̓əp̓, way̓ kɬčaw̓t kiʔ ʔačəčqaʔíʔst kəkc̓ilxqən̓ Then Wood Tick got behind, and the hoop broke, that’s when it got pinched, Wood Tick had quite a time before it got out (PS)

break something of somebody’s máˤwxixmn̓t

• mʔáˤwxixmn̓ I broke someone else’s object (Cv)

blackcap berries mčakʷ

blackcap berry bush məčkʷl̓iɬəml̓x

be snowed in mik̓ʷt

• mik̓ʷk̓ʷtəlx They’re snowed in (Cv)

bait / bait, bait a trap / bait, bait a trap. for animals mílaʔ

bait somebody mílaʔn̓t

• mílaʔnts She’ll start baiting you (PS)

ball / sphere mil̓l̓q̓ʷ

be slow milmlt

• čaʔkʷ nínwiʔ kʷ n̓t̓ək̓ʷkiʔsqáx̌aʔm̓ mɬ kʷ mil̓ml̓t. If you had to put the saddle on you would be slow. (PS)

become shorter mist̓ət̓q̓tw̓íl̓x

best house misx̌əsíɬxʷ

be sure miyst

• lut t̓ə miysts iʔ sk̓ʷiƛ̓tm̓s əɬaʔ ksčq̓ay̓əlx He wasn’t sure his brothers had written that (PS)
• axáʔ iʔ sxʔitx uɬ miy̓sts sy̓syus iʔ sql̓tmixʷs. The oldest one is sure that the smartest one is her husband. (PS)
• way̓ miysts kəlkʷakʷ iʔ təl̓ siwɬkʷ He was sure she’s out of the water (PS)

bleeding / bleed ml̓al̓

BB’s, bullets. (Ok) / BB’s, bullets mlmilk̓ʷ

blood mɬk̓íyaʔ

blood pudding. uncertain form. (Cv) mm̓tk̓íyaʔ m̓m̓ətk̓íyaʔ

balsam fir / balsam tree mriɬp

balsam tree mriɬp, məriɬp

blunt edged mtmatkʷt

blunt edged mtmatkʷt, mətmatkʷt

boughs mxʷiɬp

• axáʔ iʔ ʔastkʷ iʔ mxʷiɬp Cedar boughs (PS)

better, more. in compounds / - better more myɬ

• uɬ anwí kʷ ikɬmyɬx̌mínk I’m going to love you better / I’m going to like you more (PS)
• iʔ naqs miɬx̌ást kiʔ tl̓ lut. One is better than none. (Cv)
• mət way̓ yəʕ̓ʷpyaw̓t, way̓ myɬssysyus təl̓ inčá He must really be powerful, he’s smarter than I am (PS)
• uɬ axáʔ smyɬtətwit kʷənnus This outsdanding boy caught me (PS)

become aware / Seer, forecaster of future mypnumt

• ixíʔ yaʔ t sn̓p̓ʔaxʷ uɬ ixíʔ yaʔ t sy̓mn̓čaˤt yaʔ čmipnúm̓t way̓ sqilxʷ. When they light up and when they make noise, she finds out that there are people. (PS)

better, more. in compounds mys

• way̓ myskʷums aɬíʔ n̓məsmiw̓s aɬíʔ mət iʔ čitxʷ She really hid it in four thicknesses of the house (PS)
• way̓ ixíʔ nax̌əmɬ mysənx̌ilməntm̓ He was more scared (PS)
• ksmysxʷətmíxaʔx He wants more (Cv)
• uɬ ixíʔ kʷ k̓ʷul̓ ʔapənkspíntk aksmysk̓ʷk̓ʷíyməlt You will be ten years younger (PS)

be preoccupied, worried, bothered nac̓ntíls

• mət stim̓ kʷ nac̓əntíls úɬiʔ kʷuʔ aksxʷístaʔx Maybe something is bothering you that you are going away from us (PS)

be filled up nanáˤnqčín̓

• way̓ taʔlíʔ kʷu nanáˤnqčín̓ Plenty we get filled up (PS)
• haʔ way̓ p nanáˤnqčín̓ l̓ sčʔiɬn̓m̓p̣ ? Are you satisfied with your food? (PS)

be robbed naq̓ʷq̓ʷ

• kn̓ čnaq̓ʷəq̓ʷ. I was robbed. (PS)

but, however. see nx̌mɬ nax̌mɬ

but nax̌m̓ɬ

but, however nax̌mɬ, náx̌əmɬ

• čn̓lqiw̓sm̓əl̓x uɬ aɬíʔ nax̌m̓ɬ n̓síčlaʔxʷ, lut put t̓ ksn̓pl̓liw̓s. They weeded, and since it’s new ground, there are hardly any weeds. (PS)
• uɬ way̓ yrik̓ʷəxnm̓ uɬ lut nax̌əmɬ kɬənʔiyxn̓ He’s making snow shoes but he doesn’t have any lace (PS)
• uɬ naqs iʔ kʷ iksčúnm̓ nax̌əmɬ way̓ n̓ín̓w̓iʔ x̌lap kʷ km̓am̓ t mus sq̓lips But one thing I’m going to tell you; tomorrow you will take four handkerchiefs (PS)

be satisfied náˤnqíls

• kn̓ náˤnqíls I am satisfied (Cv)
• lut isənáˤnqíls I’m not satisfied (Cv)

blow the nose naˤsm̓

• náˤsm̓ He blew his nose. (Ok)

back is tired náˤyíkn̓

• kn̓ n̓áˤyíkn̓ My back is tired (Cv)

be facing a direction n̓čahəhús

• axáʔ k̓liʔ n̓čahəhúsəs əɬ ʔáčqaʔ iʔ təl̓ čitxʷ, ixíʔ uɬ t̓i tanm̓súlaʔxʷ uɬ xʷist Wherever he was facing when he went out of the house, there wasn’t even a trail, he went (PS)

be facing a direction nčahhús

Bonnington Falls n̓c̓akuʔɬawíʔɬxʷ

break something fragile nčaˤm̓pn̓t

• n̓čáˤm̓pən̓ I broke them (Cv)

bathtub / bath, pool n̓čaˤwl̓xtn̓

bathtub n̓čaˤwl̓xtn̓ / n̓čaˤl̓xtn̓

become cold water n̓c̓əɬtkʷwil̓x

buttercup. Ranunculus spp / buttercup nčqčqus

be in a flat wooded area. Uncertain form nčqútmist

Bald head n̓čqʷáˤw̓sqən̓

bald head nčqʷaˤw̓sqn̓

bald head n̓čqʷaˤw̓sqn̓

be out of food nc̓spčin̓

• kn̓ n̓c̓əspčin̓ I run out of meat, food / I run out of meat (Cv)

brush teeth n̓c̓w̓c̓íwis

brush teeth n̓c̓w̓c̓íwisx

baptize nc̓xʷilsxn̓

• sčənc̓xʷilsxn̓ They pour water on her (baptize her) (Cv)

black out nc̓yc̓uys

• kn̓ n̓c̓yc̓uys I blacked out. (Ok)

bin- each bin nəqsíc̓aʔ

be cut nik̓k̓

• ixíʔ x̌ʷic̓n̓txʷ, sp̓úlaʔxʷn̓txʷ, mɬ t̓iʔ yaʔ ʔx̌iʔ nik̓ək̓. Then you cut it, hit it on the ground, and it’s just cut. (PS)

blow something away niw̓n̓t

• way̓ iʔ t xƛ̓ut miys sn̓t̓əpt̓paqsəs lut iʔ t sniw̓t ksniw̓əntm̓ He put rocks on the corners so the wind won’t blow it away / He puts the rocks on the corners so the wind won’t blow it away (PS)

be able to hear something níxl̓miʔn̓t

• ixíʔ iʔ qʷil̓m̓ x̌min̓ks iʔ ksníxl̓miʔs uɬ yəyaˤt n̓kʷakʷíɬtn̓ iʔ əčmistin̓. He wanted to hear those medicine songs, and all the other songs I know. (Cv)

basement nixʷtúlaʔx

basement / underground nixʷtúlaʔxʷ

be angry about something nk̓aʔsíls

baby bottle n̓káˤmaʔtn̓

be able to overtake somebody nkčníkiʔn̓t

• way̓ n̓ki··lkiʔs čʔx̌iɬ iʔ sxʷuytn̓s, uɬ naws sn̓t̓aq̓əms iʔ t čənləʕ̓ʷutm̓, ixíʔ n̓kčníkiʔs He chased him on his tracks, and once he crossed a big valley, there he overtook him (PS)
• put n̓kčníkiʔs iʔ sƛ̓aʔčínm̓, ƛ̓xʷəntis He just overtakes the deer, and he slaughters them (PS)

bowl n̓kəkáˤp

be able to chase someone nkílkiʔn̓t

• uɬ lut nixʷ t̓ə ksənkilkiʔs iʔ sk̓ʷiƛ̓tm̓s km̓ ksənkčníkiʔs And he couldn’t follow his brothers or catch up with them (PS)
• way̓ n̓kílkiʔs čʔx̌iɬ iʔ sxʷuytn̓s He chased him on his tracks (PS)

Beaton / Head of the Lake (OKIB) N̓k̓maplqs

be poisoned nkn̓nčin̓

• n̓kn̓n̓čin̓ He got poised. (Ok)

bad roads nk̓saqs

• sič təl̓ inčitxʷ kʷu sčxʷuyx, aɬíʔ ta·ɬt kiʔ n̓k̓saqs iʔ xəʔwiɬ aɬíʔ sčk̓ʷul̓msəlx We just come from my house, the roads are sure bad, because they’re fixing them (Cv)

badness, sin nk̓stan̓

• lut ixíʔ t̓ə nk̓əstan̓ iʔ sɬiqʷ əɬ iksʔíɬnm̓ It’s not a sin for me to eat meat (OkB)

bad comes to somebody nk̓stminm̓

• way̓ t̓i iksənk̓əstmínm̓, way̓ t̓i kn̓ ksƛ̓ləlmíxaʔx I am getting bad, I am going to die (PS)

be late nkʷaʔčnúxʷ

• way̓ čm̓ taʔlíʔ kʷu əɬ n̓kʷaʔčnúxʷ We’ll probably be too late (PS)
• n̓kʷaʔčnúxʷ. He comes in at night., night comes upon (Cv)
• kn̓ sk̓in̓t ɬ iksn̓kʷaʔčnúxʷ km̓ ɬ iksn̓slíp. I was afraid that I’d be late or that I’d get lost. (PS)

be cranky nk̓ʷaʔk̓ʷʔíls

brood nk̓ʷaʔlsnčút

• axáʔ n̓k̓ʷaʔl̓sn̓čút axáʔ iʔ sxʔitx iʔ st̓m̓kʔil̓t. The oldest daughter started eating her feelings. (PS)

be named after somebody nkʷistxt

• čn̓kʷistxtm̓. We’re named after them., We are naming her/him after her/him. (Cv)

be brother-in-law with someone nkʷlmtiw̓s

• axáʔ hɬ qʷásqiʔ laʔɬ n̓c̓iʔčn̓, n̓kʷl̓m̓tiw̓səl̓x. The Blue Jay group with Wolf, they are brothers-in-law. (PS)

brother-in-law. wife’s brother’s wife or wife’s sister’s husband / brother-in-law nkʷlmut

• axáʔ qʷásqiʔ laʔɬ n̓kʷl̓muts n̓c̓iʔčn̓, ixíʔ iksčaptíkʷlm̓. Blue Jay and his brother-in-law Wolf, that’s the story I’m going to tell. (PS)

be a fighting opponent of nk̓ʷɬtiyáqʷtmn̓t

be lonesome for nk̓wpilsm̓

• kʷuʔ asnk̓w̓píl̓sm̓. You are gettinng lonesome for me. (PS)

be lonesome for someone nk̓wpilsmn̓t

• mət way̓ nixʷ kʷu n̓k̓əwpilsəmsəlx, way̓ mət kʷu čtk̓əlk̓əlstísəlx I think also they are lonesome for me, I guess they are waiting for me (PS)
• n̓k̓əwpilsmn̓ axáʔ inƛ̓x̌əx̌ƛ̓x̌áp I am lonesome for my folks (PS)

be lonesome for a child / be lonesome for a country nk̓wplsil̓tm̓

• uɬ axáʔ ylmixʷm̓ iʔ naʔɬ tkɬmilxʷ way̓ n̓yʕ̓ip čkƛ̓aʔƛ̓aʔúsəmsts, aɬíʔ n̓k̓əwpəlsiltməlx And the king with his wife have been looking, they have been lonesome for their children (PS)

be lonesome for a country / homesick, be lonesome for a country nk̓wplsúlaʔxʷ

• ʔasəlspíntk way̓ təl̓ əɬwin̓ isənqsílxʷ, intm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ, way̓ kn̓ k̓əwpəlsúlaʔxʷ. It’s two years since I left my folks and my country, I am lonesome for my country (PS)

be lonely for place n̓k̓w̓pl̓súlaʔxʷ

be working for something nk̓ʷul̓st

• čn̓k̓ʷul̓stp aláʔ iʔ sčaláʔm̓p. You guys are working for your board and room., You guys are working so you can be here.. (PS)

be lonesome nk̓wwpils

be lonesome nk̓wwpils, nk̓wwpils

• sčʔx̌ilx uɬ čm̓ n̓k̓əwəwpils That’s why they might get very lonesome (PS)

be afoot; hand plow nkxmútyaʔ

break off, come apart. uncertain form / break off, come apart nlaʔq̓ʷsíw̓s

bandange nlək̓síltnm̓

bandange nlk̓siltnm̓

Bandange n̓lk̓sil̓tnm̓

bandage nlk̓siltnm̓, nlək̓siltnm̓

be fit, come true nlʕ̓ʷus

• lut t̓ə čənləʕ̓ʷus iʔ c̓əx̌ʷxitn̓ What I promised him didn’t come true
• ixíʔ p ksx̌l̓pínaʔ, ixíʔ nínwiʔ əɬčn̓laˤw̓ús l̓ sxlakək, miʔ ixíʔ aláʔ p əɬčy̓aˤʔ. When daylight comes on you, when the turning fits again, you will gather here again. (PS)

bottom of water nɬaʔmíp

bottom of water n̓ɬaʔmíp

bowl n̓ɬəkčin̓

be stuck in snow n̓ɬəpáˤk n̓ɬəpáˤq

be stuck in snow n̓ɬəpáˤk, n̓ɬəpáˤq

boil something n̓ɬəxʷpusm̓

• kn̓ n̓ɬəxʷpusm̓ I boiled it (Cv)

boil something n̓ɬəxʷpusn̓t

• n̓ɬəxʷpusəs He boils it (in a container) (Cv)

be perceptible; show one’s genitals. idiom n̓ɬəʔiq̓ʷ

• kn̓ n̓ɬəʔiq̓ʷ I show my genitals (Cv)

be stuck in snow nɬpaˤk

boil something nɬxʷpusm̓

boil something nɬxʷpusn̓t

be perceptible; show one’s genitals nɬʔiq̓ʷ

be late nƛ̓mpčin̓

be dying nƛ̓xʷtils

• uɬ k̓m̓ yaʔ čxʷəlxʷalt way̓ uɬ nixʷ n̓ƛ̓əxʷtilsəlx And those still alive also are dying (PS)
• way̓ n̓ƛ̓əxʷtilsəlx ixíʔ iʔ t sq̓milttn̓ They’re dying of starvation (PS)

bend over nmahqínm̓

birds chirping nmaʔmaʔčín̓

blunted point nmtmtkʷaqs

blunt pointed nmtmtkʷaqs, nmətmətkʷaqs

basket / container for water n̓mulmn̓

Bucking horse n̓panw̓sčút

baking powder n̓páw̓laʔxʷ

bleached npaʕíw̓s

beetles np̓əw̓p̓aw̓ík̓n̓

blow up (a balloon) npiw̓

break one’s neck npl̓kʷus

bent over n̓pn̓pniw̓s

boil npusm̓

boil n̓pusm̓

be boiled n̓pust

be satisfied nputls

blow/snort n̓púxʷɬc̓aʔm̓

black beetle. n- prefix unclear. (Ok) / black beetle np̓wp̓aʔwíkn̓

be curious nq̓aq̓aʔíls

be curious n̓q̓aʔíl̓sm̓

bother somebody nq̓aʔíl̓sn̓t

• čm̓ n̓q̓aʔíl̓sn̓txʷ ask̓ʷíƛ̓tm̓, way̓ miyáɬ kʷ k̓ʷək̓ʷyúmaʔ. Maybe you would give worries to your siblings, since you are too small. (PS)
• lut, way̓ k̓ʷaʔ p sxʷuyx, čm̓ kʷu n̓q̓əʔilsəntp No, (I’ll wait for) you to go, you might bother me (Cv)

be in the center nq̓aʔíw̓s

• aɬíʔ t̓i nəqsiɬxʷəlx, uɬ t̓i naqs yaʔ nyxʷut lut t̓ə čənʔáˤlíw̓s, kmix iʔ swr̓isəlp̓ la n̓q̓aʔq̓ʔíw̓s kiʔ čwar̓ They live in one room, it’s just one room, it’s not partitioned, there’s only the fireplace in between them (PS)
• čktiqʷl̓qʷstsəl̓x axáʔ iʔ l̓ n̓q̓aʔq̓ʔíw̓s mɬ ixíʔ kl̓k̓al̓qʷsəl̓x iʔ t tinx. They make it shine in the center, and then they wrap it with sinew. (PS)

be in the middle n̓q̓aʔmíw̓sm̓

bag nqəminmn̓

bank n̓qlaw̓tn̓

board a canoe nqltíɬc̓aʔ

board a canoe nqltíɬc̓aʔ, nqəltíɬc̓a

be crazy nqʷaʕqʷaʕqn̓

be crazy nqʷáʕqʷaʕqn̓

black back n̓q̓ʷaˤy̓kn̓

blue bird n̓qʷáˤy̓míl̓s

Beg nqʷənqʷnaʔmíst

• nqʷn̓qʷn̓amístmn̓t beg somebody
• ixíʔ n̓qʷn̓qʷnaʔmístm̓s axáʔ iʔ tətw̓it, “way̓ kʷuʔ n̓qʷnmin̓t, kʷuʔ ɬəw̓nikstmn̓t.” Then she started begging this boy, “Have pity on me, let me go.” (PS)
• way̓ uɬ n̓yʕ̓ip čənqʷən̓qʷn̓amístməntm̓, “way̓ kʷuʔ čʔukʷɬtxʷ.” She kept a begging, “Bring it to me.” (PS)

belly full n̓q̓ʷic̓n̓k

be full nq̓ʷic̓t

• n̓t̓aʔ uɬ n̓q̓ʷic̓təlx iʔ splal̓ It was a full house with young folks (PS)
• ixíʔ n̓q̓ʷic̓t axáʔ l̓ sy̓lm̓xʷiɬxʷ l̓ sn̓q̓ʷy̓mn̓čutn̓. Then the boss’ house, the dance hall, was full. (PS)

beg nqʷn̓qʷn̓amíst

beg n̓qʷn̓qʷnaʔmíst

become deep n̓qʷstwil̓x

Blue Creek N̓qʷy̓qʷy̓aˤtkʷ

be spanked, hit on the bottom n̓səp̓apl̓qs

be lost / A person gets lost / lost n̓sl̓ip

• haʔ kʷ sčn̓sl̓ipx ?, haʔ kʷ səčn̓sl̓ipx ? Are you lost? (PS)
• way̓ kʷ k̓lxʷnuxʷ, way̓ t̓iʔ x̌ast kʷ əɬ pul̓x, čm̓ kʷ n̓sl̓ip You are late, it’s best you camp, or you might get lost (PS)

Big wages. (Cv) See síl̓xʷaʔ= n̓sl̓xʷaʔáqsm̓

bug nsn̓xan̓íkn̓

be spanked, hit on the bottom nsp̓aplqs

be hit on the hip nsp̓əp̓aqstxn̓,n̓səp̓əp̓aqstxn̓

be hit on the top of head n̓sp̓əp̓aw̓sqn̓nsəp̓əp̓aw̓sqn̓

be hit on the ear n̓sp̓əp̓ínaʔn̓səp̓əp̓ínaʔ

be hit on the teeth n̓sp̓əp̓iysn̓səp̓əp̓iys

be hit on the elbow n̓sp̓əp̓lqsikstn̓səp̓əp̓əl̓qsikst

be hit on the side n̓sp̓əp̓ɬniw̓tn̓səp̓əp̓ɬniw̓t

be hit on the eye n̓sp̓əp̓usnsəp̓əp̓us

be spanked, hit on the bottom n̓sp̓p̓aplqsnsəp̓əp̓apəl̓qs

be hit on the hip nsp̓p̓aqstxn̓

be hit on the top of the head nsp̓p̓aw̓sqn̓

be hit on the back nsp̓p̓ikn̓

be hit on the ear nsp̓p̓ínaʔ

be hit on the teeth nsp̓p̓iys

be hit on the side nsp̓p̓ɬniw̓t

be hit on the eye nsp̓p̓us

be hit on the nose nsp̓w̓skn̓aqs

be hit on the nose n̓sp̓w̓skn̓aqssəp̓əp̓uʔskn̓áqs

bail a canoe nsw̓iwlm̓

bail a canoe n̓sw̓iwlm̓

bumps on back n̓t̓əpt̓əpikn̓

block / stop up n̓təqpusɬtm̓

Bear tongue, or shrubby penstemon / Beard tongue, or shrubby penstemon nt̓ət̓əqt̓qikn̓xn̓

bring to bottom / get to bottom with n̓tikɬxst

bladder n̓tkiʔmn̓

bring down hill n̓tkɬxlilx

be pregnant nt̓k̓ʷil̓tm̓

be pregnant nt̓k̓ʷil̓tm̓, nt̓k̓ʷil̓tm̓

blind somebody nt̓kʷusn̓t

• way̓ čm̓ kʷu n̓t̓kʷusəntxʷ You might blind me (PS)

break off ntlnčut

• n̓tlənčut It broke off (Cv)

break one’s own neck / break one’s neck ntlpus

• n̓təlpus He broke his neck (Cv)

bald head / bald head. with pharyngeal intrusion nt̓l̓qʷaˤw̓sqn̓

• snt̓əl̓qʷaʕw̓sqn̓ He’s bald headed (OkB)

bald n̓t̓l̓qʷaˤw̓sqn̓

break one’s neck off ntlus

break one's neck off ntlusn̓t

• iksn̓t̓lúsm̓. I’m going to break his neck off. (Cv)

break an egg nt̓qʷipn̓t

break an egg nt̓qʷipn̓t, n̓t̓qʷipən̓t

beard-tongue, or shrubby penstemon nt̓t̓qt̓qikn̓xn̓

beard-tongue, or shrubby penstemon. Penstemon fruticosus. B’s etym: a bunch of little scattered grass piled under foot nt̓t̓qt̓qikn̓xn̓, nt̓ət̓əqt̓qikn̓xn̓

be stubborn nt̓t̓yix

be stubborn nt̓t̓yix, n̓t̓it̓yíx

be brothers and sisters ntxʷsíliʔs

be brothers and sisters ntxʷsíliʔs, ntxʷusílʔis

become related by marriage ntxʷsnwixʷ

believe nun̓xʷínaʔ

beliefs nun̓xʷínaʔtn̓

bag / container nutnmín̓

be puzzled about something nwaʔlílsmn̓t

• n̓waʔlílsmn̓ I got puzzled (Cv)
• uɬ aɬíʔ way̓ n̓waʔlílsəms axáʔ iʔ pəptwínaxʷ The old lady got puzzled (PS)
• uɬ way̓ n̓waʔlílsməntməlx axáʔ iʔ t stawn̓ iʔ t swyápix The towns people got puzzled (PS)

back up nwiwpm̓

• kn̓ n̓wiwpm̓ I backed up / I backed (Cv)
• kʷ čn̓wiw̓pm̓. You backed up towards here. (Cv)
• uɬ axáʔ iʔ siwɬkʷ čənwiwpm̓ The water backed up (PS)

back up, go backwards n̓wiw̓pm̓

burn one’s tongue. compound / burn one’s tongue nwlpɬtixʷčk

burn one’s tongue. compound nwlpɬtixʷčk, nwulpɬtíxʷčk

Believe nwnnxʷínaʔ

• way̓ ixíʔ uɬ sič nwnxʷínaʔ, n̓súxʷnaʔ Finally she believed, she understood (PS)

believe nwnxʷínaʔ

believe nw̓n̓xʷínaʔ

believe somebody nwnxʷínaʔmn̓t

• way̓ čm̓ nwnxʷínaʔmənts, lut ksəlk̓əmstums iʔ x̌əl̓ laklís She’ll believe you, she won’t force you about her key (PS)
• uɬ aɬíʔ way̓ nwnxʷínaʔmsəlx axáʔ əɬsísənčaʔsəlx And they started believing their little brother (PS)

belief, faith nwnxʷínaʔtn̓

Burn one’s tongue nwulpɬtíxʷčk

binder n̓x̌ap̓mín̓

be with, in the midst nxaʔyáwaʔ

• way̓ uɬ ixíʔ t̓i ilíʔ kn̓ čənxaʔyáwaʔ I was right there with them (PS)
• kn̓ čənxaʔyáwaʔ I was right there (Cv)

Bridge nx̌əliw̓s

• ƛ̓aʔƛ̓ʔúsəms úɬiʔ l̓ ənk̓əmɬniwts yaʔ n̓x̌liw̓s ik̓líʔ kiʔ tətwit kʔəmtiw̓s kʔəmtalqʷ He looked around and by his side in the middle of the bridge there was a boy sitting on the rail (PS)
• skɬxʷists iʔ t ənx̌liw̓s He walked on the bridge (PS)

baseball cap n̓xəxt̓w̓sús

be afraid of something nx̌ilmst

• ƛ̓lal̓ yaʔ čənx̌iləmstxʷ, anylmíxʷm̓ XXX ?
• čn̓x̌ilm̓stsəl̓̓x. They are scared of him. (Cv)
• uɬ ixíʔm̓ anwí antm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ, uɬ lut čənx̌iləmstxʷ That’s your country, and you’re not afraid / That's your country, and you’re not afraid (PS)
• yəyáˤt swit čənx̌iləmsts axáʔ l̓ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ ixíʔ n̓ʔəɬnaʔsqílxʷtn̓ Everybody on this earth is scared of this man-eater (PS)

be afraid nx̌iɬ

• kn̓ n̓x̌iɬ. I got scared. (PS)
• uɬ n̓ín̓w̓iʔ kʷ n̓x̌iɬ, t̓əxʷ kʷ tkʷənkʷnim̓ If you get scared, just hold on (PS)

become scared nx̌lawlx

• t̓iʔ wim̓ uɬ n̓x̌l̓awl̓x iʔ sx̌ʷil̓mn̓. The Devil got scared.

be afraid n̓x̌l̓x̌ilm̓

be afraid. PLURAL SUBJECT nx̌lx̌iɬ

• n̓x̌əɬx̌iɬəlx They got scared (Cv)
• n̓x̌ɬx̌iɬəlx way̓ əɬtqʷayl̓x, n̓ppəlxiw̓səlx k̓əl̓ sn̓qsilxʷəlx They got scared and went back down, they went back into their herd (PS)

be scared of the elements nx̌lx̌lsnuxʷ

• lut, way̓ čuntsən̓ isənx̌əl̓xəl̓snúxʷ iʔ siwɬkʷ No, I told you I’m dead scared of the water (PS)
• lut t̓ inx̌mínk iʔ siwɬkʷ, isənx̌əl̓x̌əl̓snúxʷ I don’t like the water, I’m dead scared of it (PS)

be scared of n̓x̌l̓x̌l̓snuxʷ

break even n̓xƛ̓pusn̓t

bug. (OkB) [lit. ? low back.] nxn̓xan̓íkn̓

back of the house nxrip

be satisfied nx̌stlsmist

• ixíʔ mɬ kmix kn̓ n̓x̌stl̓smist. And only then I will be satisfied. (PS)

broken rib nx̌ʷc̓ap

broken rib nx̌ʷc̓ap nəx̌ʷc̓ap

broken rib nx̌ʷc̓ap, nəx̌ʷc̓ap

be lonesome for something, wish for something nxʷm̓aɬqʷltm̓

• isčn̓xʷm̓áɬq̓ʷɬtm̓. I get lonesome for it., I wish I had it. (Cv)

bad temper nxʷtxʷtils

• uɬ aɬíʔ mət sn̓xʷtxʷtilsx axáʔ iʔ tətwit The little boy must have had a quick temper (PS)
• way̓ kn̓ kɬp̓əmsčut, way̓ uɬ t̓i isənxʷtxʷtíls uɬ n̓k̓əstmin̓ I am disgusted with myself, it’s all from my bad temper that I am in trouble (PS)

be clean. semantics unclear nxʷuk̓ʷw̓s

• níkxnaʔ t̓i n̓xʷuk̓ʷw̓s, lut t̓ə ksənpəlliw̓s Goodness there are no weeds, nothing grows there (PS)

beer nx̌ʷuskʷ

• uč k̓im̓ iʔ kʷ kɬənx̌ʷuskʷ ? Do you have any beer left? (Cv)

be at the limit nxy̓aplqs

• kn̓ xəʔyapəlqs I am about to go to the bathroom. (Cv) uncertain form

be at the limit with somebody, resent somebody nxy̓ilsmn̓t

• kʷuʔ n̓xiʔíl̓̓smn̓tm̓. They’re getting mad at us., They are getting tired of us. (Cv)
• n̓xiʔílsməntxʷ You made them feel bad. (Ok) e.g. by not saying something appropriate
• way̓ mət kʷu n̓xy̓ilsməntm̓ Maybe they are getting tired of us (PS)

be in a crowd nxy̓mist

• kn̓ n̓xiʔmíst I joined the crowd (Cv)

be crowded nyat̓

be gathered together in nyaʕ̓

• n̓ín̓w̓iʔ n̓ya···ʕ̓l̓x l̓ čitxʷ They’ll gather in a house (PS)

body becomes thick n̓yul̓qnwil̓x

bottom (of water) n̓yxʷmitkʷ

below nyxʷtin̓k

• ta nixʷtín̓k iʔ t stk̓masq̓t miʔ kʷu čxʷuy̓. We will go below the sky. (PS)

be in the water / Fall in the water nyxʷtitkʷ

• ʔa, stim̓ iʔ ksčwiks k̓l̓̓ ən̓y̓xʷtitkʷ. Ah, what would he see down in the water? (PS)
• yəyáˤt əl̓ siwɬkʷ, iʔ k̓aʔ nyxʷtitkʷ yaʔ čtyix… All those in the water, those that run in the water…

bannock baked in dirt nʔačqʷúlaʔxʷ

bake in the ground n̓ʔačqʷúlaʔxʷ

bake in the ground / Bake bread nʔačqʷúlaʔxʷm̓

bake in the ground n̓ʔačʔačqʷúlaʔxʷ

be amongst, stand amongst nʔakswxiw̓s

be amongst nʔakswxíw̓s

• n̓ʔakswxíw̓s He was right in with them (Cv)

bring food to n̓ʔakʷčín̓t

bus nʔaʔúkʷmn̓

bus, wheelbarrow / truck n̓ʔaʔúkʷmn̓

be partitioned nʔáˤlíw̓s

• aɬíʔ t̓i nəqsiɬxʷəlx, uɬ t̓i naqs yaʔ nyxʷut lut t̓ə čənʔáˤlíw̓s They lived in one house, and it’s just one inside, it’s not partitioned (PS)

buy something nʔiysn̓t

• n̓ʔisən̓ I buy it (Cv)

buy something for somebody nʔiysxt

• n̓ʔiysxtn̓ I bought it for him (Cv)

be in trouble nʕipnčút

• n̓yʕ̓əpənčut lutstxʷ You refuse him for good (permanently) / Permanently you refuse him (PS)
• n̓t̓aʔ nak̓ʷm̓ ixíʔ uɬ sn̓yʕ̓əpnčutx Then he just passed out (Cv)

between convex surfaces nʕʷlʕʷlqnmnwixʷ

Baptiste Tonasket / Baptiste Tonasket Pačís Tw̓nasq̓t

butterfly pal̓wíčyaʔ / pl̓pal̓wíčyaʔ

bright white payq

become bright, shiney/bright / get shiney p̓aʔáxʷ

burweed, bedstraw p̓c̓ap̓q̓w̓íčyaʔ

bitter cherry bush, Prunus emarginata pəkɬən̓iɬəml̓x

bitter cherry bush, Prunus emarginata pəkɬən̓iɬp

baby birds / chicks / chick pəpáˤspəs

birch-bark basket / birch bark basket p̓ínaʔ

beans pin̓s

big (plural) / big, large / big, large. PLURAL REFERENCE p̓ísƛ̓aʔt

• iʔ p̓ísƛ̓aʔt yaʔ n̓p̓up̓aʔwíkn̓ They are big shots., The are big stink bugs. (Cv)

big feet p̓ísƛ̓aʔxn̓

blister piw̓kst

burn one’s skin p̓ix̌əx̌

bright land, bright place p̓íxʷlaʔxʷ

bright p̓ixʷp̓əxʷt

bobcat pk̓am̓

become thick pɬəɬtwilx

banana pnánaʔ

bald eagle pql̓qin̓

big breasts p̓sƛ̓aʔsímxʷ

become big p̓sƛ̓aʔtwíl̓x

big hands p̓sƛ̓ʔikst

big buildings p̓sƛ̓ʔiɬxʷ

ball. (Ok) / ball p̓úklaʔ

ball p̓úkʷlaʔ

brown, buckskin colored, smoked / brown p̓um̓

• ktp̓m̓p̓um̓s brown eyes
  • haʔ kʷ ktp̓m̓p̓um̓s ? Do you have brown eyes?
  • kn̓ ktp̓m̓p̓um̓s Yes, I have brown eyes

brown sugar / brown sugar p̓um̓ t̓axt

be enough put

breast feed qaʔmíl̓tm̓

breast feed qaʔmíl̓tx

braid qc̓am̓

braid hair / braid hair q̓c̓an̓t an̓qəpqín̓tn̓

braid hair / braid hair q̓c̓an̓t iʔ qəpqin̓tn̓

braid something qc̓n̓tim̓

• qəc̓əntixʷ You braid it (Cv)

be in cohoots/be in same perdicament qəpn̓tixʷ

be awake qiɬɬt

• t̓iʔ way̓ kʷu qiɬəɬt áɬiʔ kʷu čxʷuy̓, áɬiʔ k̓ʷnaʔ kʷu ʔiw̓t. When we woke up we came, because otherwise we would get behind. (PS)
• way̓ čxʷuy̓ sx̌lap, uɬ qiɬəɬtəlx, uɬ t̓əqʷčinəlx Came morning, and they woke up, and started hollering / Morning came and they woke up, and started hollering / Morning came, and they woke up, and started hollering (PS)

be stingy of something or somebody q̓ix̌x̌mn̓t

• way̓ iwá q̓ix̌əx̌məntsən̓, pnaʔ itíʔ kʷ kstaʔtím̓aʔ kʷ ƛ̓lal̓, uɬ lut sx̌asts, taʔlíʔ kʷu paʔpaʔsínk, aɬíʔ kʷ sksnəqsəltílaʔtət I hate to see you go, if you go to strange places (and) you die, that won’t be good, we would feel too sorry, because you are our only son (PS)
• way̓ taʔlíʔ q̓ix̌əx̌məntsən̓, čm̓ way̓ kn̓ k̓əwpils kʷu əɬwintxʷ Well, if that’s how you feel, very much I’m going to miss you, I will be lonesome when you leave me (PS)
• lut haʔ q̓ix̌əx̌məntxʷ iʔ antkɬmílxʷ? Aren’t you get stingy of your wife, don’t you miss her? / Don’t you get stingy of your wife? (PS)
• íwaʔ čx̌litm̓ uɬ lut, q̓ix̌əx̌m̓s iʔ sčk̓ʷul̓s. Event though he was called and no, he didn’t want to leave his work., Though he was called for, it was for nothing, he stayed dedicated to his work. (PS)

become a man ql̓tm̓xʷil̓x

be laying about qmqamt

• kʷ qm̓qam̓t. You are standing around., You are at rest., You are calm. (PS)
• kn̓ qəmqa··mt I sit around (Cv)

be in a predicament qpam̓

• kʷ isqpám̓ I’m in the same predicament you are. (Cv)

be in the same predicament as somebody qpn̓tim̓

• kʷuʔ qəpn̓tixʷ. You’re in the same predicament as me. (Cv)

be laying about qqmn̓íwaʔt

• qəqmənʔíwaʔt They were all lying down (Cv)
• n̓t̓aʔ way̓ qəqmənʔíwaʔt iʔ sƛ̓aʔčínm̓ There are deer laying all over / Laying all over are deer (PS)

beautiful / excellent qʷam̓qʷm̓t

Blue Jay, blue jay qʷásqiʔ

• axáʔ hɬ qʷásqiʔ laʔɬ n̓c̓iʔčn̓, n̓kʷl̓m̓tiw̓səl̓x. The Blue Jay group with Wolf, they are brothers-in-law. (PS)
• x̌minks axáʔ iʔ st̓əmkəʔilts axáʔ iʔ qaʔɬilmíxʷm̓, qʷásqiʔ Blue Jay like his daughter, the chief’s daughter / Blue Jay likes his daughter, the chief’s daughter (PS)
• Sqʷəsqiʔáˤtkʷ place name- small creek emanating from a spring southwest of the mouth of Little Jim Creek and flows into it. [lit. bluejay water.]

broken in qʷaʔmús

• lut t̓ə čənqʷaʔmús They’re not broken in. e.g. horses to lead (Cv)

burp q̓ʷaʔq̓ʷíʔm̓t

backbite somebody / backbite somebody. (IMPERATIVE?) qʷaʔqʷʔalmíx

• kʷu ksqʷaʔqʷʔalmíxaʔx. We’ll have a meeting., Let’s backbite him. (Cv)

belch, burp q̓ʷaʔq̓ʷʔímt

burp up q̓ʷaʔq̓ʷʔím̓t

belch, burp q̓ʷaʔq̓ʷʔímt q̓ʷaʔq̓ʷiʔímt

• kn̓ q̓ʷaʔq̓ʷʔímt I burp. (Ok)

belch, burp q̓ʷaʔq̓ʷʔímt, q̓ʷaʔq̓ʷiʔímt

• kn̓ q̓ʷaʔq̓ʷʔímt I burp. (Ok)

become blue jay qʷáˤsəsqiʔ

Blue jay. (OkB) northern pronunciation qʷáʕsqiʔ

blue jay (stellars jay) / blue jay, Blue Jay qʷáˤsqiʔ

blue qʷaˤy̓

black q̓ʷaˤy̓

black q̓ʷaˤy̓, q̓ʷaʕy̓

• l̓ sk̓sasq̓t iʔ sn̓k̓ʷul̓čnm̓, ixíʔ q̓ʷaˤy̓. It was stormy weather, that was black. (PS)

blue qʷaˤy̓, qʷaʕy̓, qʷaˤy̓

• axáʔ iʔ naqs qʷaˤy̓, uɬ axáʔ iʔ naqs kʷr̓ilxʷ. This one is blue, and this one is yellow. (PS)

black coat (fur, surface) q̓ʷaˤylxʷ

• ixíʔ čkʷis iʔ q̓ʷaˤy̓lxʷ iʔ sq̓lips. Then s/he took the black handkerchief. (PS)

Barbeque meat q̓ʷəlam̓

• ixíʔ sčqʔíɬc̓aʔm̓səl̓x, t̓xʷ q̓ʷlam̓əl̓x axáʔ iʔ sql̓ql̓tmixʷ. These men then started drying meat, roasting it. (PS)

birch qʷəqʷɬin̓

bag qʷəqʷʔípaʔ

Buffalo qʷəspíc̓aʔ

black person, black face. with pharyngeal intrusion q̓ʷəyáˤs

• way̓ knanəqs q̓ʷəyáˤs, k̓im̓ l̓ čitxʷs The Black Face was all alone, it was just him at his house (PS)
• ixíʔ čun̓tm̓ t sx̌ʷil̓mn̓ axáʔ iʔ q̓ʷy̓aˤs, “way̓ lax̌t, way̓ kʷu ksx̌ʷl̓stwíxʷaʔx.” Then the Devil said to this Black man, “Well, partner, we are going to quit one another.” (PS)
• axáʔ iʔ q̓ʷy̓áˤs sil̓xʷaʔl̓qʷwílx, q̓ʷučt. The black man got big, fat (PS)

buffalo qʷisp

bed matting, bedding, cover qʷiylp

barbeque, roast meat / barbaque meat q̓ʷlam̓

barbeque fish q̓ʷlisl̓, q̓ʷlislm̓, q̓ʷəlislm̓

barbeque fish / barbaque fish q̓ʷlislm̓

barbaque meat q̓ʷl̓q̓ʷlam̓

barbaque fish q̓ʷl̓q̓ʷlislm̓

be pitied / pitied qʷn̓an̓

• kʷu kʷukʷsčut kʷu sn̓qʷnan̓. We are sure lucky to be pitied. (PS)

become green qʷn̓ɬtwil̓x

black q̓ʷq̓ʷaˤy̓

• q̓ʷəq̓ʷáˤy̓ iʔ stmaˤlt A black buffalo cow (PS)

buffalo, buffalo robe qʷspíc̓aʔ, qʷəspíc̓aʔ

• čxʷəpxʷipəplaʔxʷs iʔ q̓ʷy̓q̓ʷáˤy̓ iʔ síp̓iʔs, aʔ čxʷikʷ, ixíʔ uɬ čusəl̓x qʷspíc̓aʔ. They had spread on the ground black hides, tanned hides, what they call buffalo robes. (PS)
• sčustsəlx q̓ʷəyq̓ʷáˤy̓ st̓maˤlt, uɬ ixíʔ qʷəspíc̓aʔ iʔ ʔumsəlx They call them Black Cows, or Buffalo / They call them Black Cows, or they call them Buffalo (PS)

become fat q̓ʷučtwílx

black / black. PLURAL q̓ʷyq̓ʷaˤy̓

• čxʷəpxʷipəplaʔxʷs iʔ q̓ʷy̓q̓ʷáˤy̓ iʔ síp̓iʔs, aʔ čxʷikʷ, ixíʔ uɬ čusəl̓x qʷspíc̓aʔ. They had spread on the ground black hides, tanned hides, what they call buffalo robes. (PS)

blackened fingers q̓ʷy̓q̓ʷaˤy̓kst

become rich qʷy̓ulaʔxʷwíl̓x

black person, black face q̓ʷʕyaˤs

be wishful q̓xʷaxʷ

• way̓ q̓xʷaxʷ Well, he began to flirt (PS)
• kn̓ q̓xʷaxʷ I start flirting. am very desirous (Cv)

be wishing for something q̓xʷxʷmix

• nikxnaʔ uɬ axáʔ iʔ splal̓ aɬíʔ sčq̓əxʷxʷmixəlx iʔ k̓əl̓ st̓aʔk̓míx, uɬ aɬíʔ swiʔnúmtx Goodness, the young fellows were wishing for the girl, because she’s good looking (PS)

book, letter, paper; in compounds -q̓y̓min̓

• c̓áˤc̓q̓y̓mínm̓. He was reading books. (PS)

be allotted on the Reservation, enroll as tribal member / be alloted on the Reservation, enroll as a tribal member q̓y̓úlaʔxʷm̓

• q̓əy̓úlaʔxʷm̓ He is allotted, enrolled (Cv)

bookworm saáˤʕ̓c̓ m̓áʕmlaʔ

bat (ball bat) sap̓mín̓

bat / a bat sap̓yáx̌n̓

brother in law (of opposite sex) / sister-in-law / ̓ brother-in-law, sister-in-law / sibling(s)-in-law of opposite sex / brother-in-law / brother-in-law, sister-in-law. probably further analyzable / sister-in-law (of opposite sex) saʔstám̓

• c̓kin̓ asaʔstám̓ ? What is your brother/sister-in-law like?
• isaʔstám̓ čwikʷčn̓. My brother/sister-in-law is gossipy.
• way̓ uyáʔ, k̓w̓pmin̓t asaʔstám̓ Listen, leave your brother-in-law alone (PS)
• t̓iʔ kyw̓usm̓s iʔ saʔstám̓s. She’s always watching her brother-in-law. (PS)

body dries off saʔt̓íc̓aʔ

• uɬ ilíʔ n̓ín̓w̓iʔ k̓ʷaʔ sksaʔt̓íc̓aʔx I’ll leave it there until he dries off (PS)

become dry / become dry, it dried (Ok) saʔt̓il̓x

become dry saʔt̓íl̓x

book sáˤáˤc̓

book list sáˤáˤc̓ q̓əy̓min̓

book cover sáˤáˤc̓ txnínaʔtn̓

be noisy saˤy̓

be in a hurry saˤy̓m̓stx

• kn̓ swʕimstx I am in a hurry (Cv)

bumper cars sc̓aq̓mnw̓íxʷ iʔp̓uyxn̓

book / document with text sčaʔúm̓

buffalo skull sc̓áˤmyaʔqn̓

bathing. in compounds -sčáˤwlx

• kʷ ʔaw̓sčáˤwl̓̓x. You go bathing. (Cv)
• kʷ wy̓sčaˤwlx miʔ xʷic̓xtmn̓ t aksn̓ɬəq̓ʷútn̓. When you finish bathing, I’ll give you a bed. (PS)

Bulls sčəɬčuɬm̓

bone. in compounds -sc̓im̓

• sc̓ámyaʔqn̓ skull (OkB)
• sc̓c̓mil̓t doll. Okanagan form. (Ok)
• sc̓im̓c̓m̓ spleen / ̓ spleen (OkB)
• sc̓mqin̓ brain, brains (Cv)
• xʷaʔɬc̓ám̓ geog. sixmile creek. cf.√xʷʔ 1, √c̓m 1 / place name. sixmile creek. compound. [lit. many bones.] (OkB)

bone sc̓im̓

bone sc̓im̓, sc̓im̓

• n̓paʕʔíw̓s iʔ sc̓imsəlx Their bones are bleached. (PS) (OkB)

brother in law, man’s sister’s husband / brother-in-law, man’s sister’s husband / brother(s)-in-law (for male) sc̓ixt

be daydreaming sčk̓ɬqm̓míxaʔx

• kʷ sčk̓ɬq̓míxaʔx. You are gonna build air castles. (Cv)

be trying one’s best sčkswitmíst

• wim̓ sčkswitmíst kswksqílxʷaʔx, uɬ áɬiʔ tx̌w̓x̌w̓us He’s trying his best to see, because his eyes are dry (PS)
• sčkswitmístxəl̓x k̓l̓sxʷuy̓tn̓s iʔ sƛ̓aʔčínm̓ They’re doing their best to get to where the deer (go) (PS)

be open in the middle / It’s split open in the middle. It’s wide open. (of a trail cut through snow.) sčkt̓liw̓s

borrowed gun sčkʷəɬnin̓k

bow (and arrow) sčkʷin̓k

Bow (weapon) sčkʷin̓k, čkʷin̓k

bow (and arrow) sčkʷin̓kʷ

be hard to get sčkʷmsčut

• lut isčaʔkʷəmsčút I’m not hard to get (Cv)
• nak̓ʷáʔ kn̓ st̓iymx, nak̓ʷáʔ kn̓ sčəkʷəmsčútaʔx It isn’t that I am lazy, it isn’t that I am trying to be hard to get (PS)

be hard to get sčkʷm̓sčut

birth / a birth, beginning, inception, coming into existence sčk̓ʷul̓l̓

• tl̓ sčk̓ʷul̓l̓s iʔ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ, lut iʔ t sqilxʷ km̓ t stim̓ kʷuʔ t̓a čkʷn̓nusts. Since the world was made, there is no person or thing could catch me. (PS)

be working sčk̓ʷul̓x

• kn̓ səčk̓ʷul̓x iʔ la y̓lmixʷm̓. I have been working for the chief. (PS)
• kʷu səčk̓ʷul̓x naʔɬ inčáʔ. You and I are working. (OkB)
• kn̓ sčk̓ʷúl̓aʔx. I just work here. (PS)
• uɬ ixíʔ nixʷ haʔ sčk̓ʷul̓x atáʔ iʔ t əčʔx̌iɬ? And is he working like this one too? / Is he working too like this one? (Cv)

bulls sčɬčuɬm̓

• stxir̓r̓pts axáʔ iʔ sčɬčuɬm̓ iʔ sm̓sm̓spin̓tk. The bulls ran up the hill, the four-year-olds. (PS)

bushes, go off by themselves sčɬəkmix, səčɬəkmix

bushes sčɬkmix

be going to school sčm̓aʔm̓áyaʔx

• kn̓ səčmamáyaʔx úɬiʔ x̌min̓ks iksčaptíkʷl̓xtm̓. I was teaching him, and then he wanted me to tell him stories. (PS)
• aláʔ iʔ sxʔitx aláʔ səčmamáyaʔx úɬaʔ čx̌əstwilx. The oldest one is going to school here when he feels better.. (Cv)

brain, brains sc̓mqin̓

brains / brain / brain, brains sc̓m̓qin̓

be married sčmrims

• ixíʔ sčmrim̓s. Then he got married. (PS)
• ixíʔ kʷu sčmrim̓s. Then she is marrying me., Then we are getting married. (PS)

be washing dishes sčnc̓iwx

be singing sčnkʷnčánaʔx

• kn̓ sčənkʷənčánaʔx I am singing (Cv)

be licking plates sčnt̓aqʷx

• kʷaʔ səčn̓t̓aqʷx. Well, s/he’s licking plates! (PS)

be in the midst of sčnxiy̓s

• way̓ k̓m̓ sn̓k̓lip lut aláʔ sčənxiʔs Only Coyote is not there with them (PS)

be drunk sčqʷaˤwx

• áʔ kmix sčqʷaˤw̓x / səčqʷaˤw̓x. Oh, he’s just drunk. (Cv)

be picking berries sčq̓ʷliw̓x, səčq̓ʷliw̓x

bastard sčsl̓ikst

be flying sčt̓uxʷtx

• nak̓ʷm̓ səst̓uxʷtx axáʔ yaʔ n̓kʔəmtiw̓stn̓s His horse is flying (PS)

be playing tricks on somebody sčtxxƛ̓minm̓

• sčtxəxƛ̓minməlx He was playing tricks on them (Cv)

bull sčuɬm̓

Bull Buffalo / Bull Buffalo sčuɬm̓ qʷisp

Bigfoot, Sasquatch sc̓wanáytm̓

Bigfoot sc̓wanáytmx

be singing a war song sčwawnx

• mu··t sčwawnxs He was sitting there singing a war song (PS)

be telling the truth sčwnixʷxʷ

• way̓ wnixʷ, way̓ sčwnixʷəxʷ iɬkíkxaʔ That’s true, my older sister is telling the truth (PS)

be on the edge of death / be on the edge of death. He’s on the edge of death sčxaʔlísk̓itx

be the first to talk. compound sčxaʔtɬqʷlqʷílt

• iʔ sx̌ʷil̓mn̓ iʔ sčxaʔtɬqʷl̓qʷíl̓tx. The devil is the one that is/was talking first. (PS)

be ahead sčxaʔtmíx

• atáʔ n̓c̓iʔčn̓ sčxaʔtmíx, k̓ɬq̓əx̌n̓tis iʔ slx̌lax̌ts. Here wolf is way ahead, he cuts the trail for his friends. (PS)

brother(s)-in-law (for male) sc̓xc̓ixt

be mistaken sčxik̓k̓x

• mət way̓ kʷu sčxik̓k̓əx Maybe we are mistaken (PS)

be going sčxʷuyx

• k̓aʔkín̓ kʷ səčxʷuy̓x ? Where are you going? (PS)

bargain, agreement / arrange with each other sc̓x̌ʷxtwixʷ

• way̓ ixíʔ sc̓əx̌ʷxtwixʷtət, haʔ čənɬək̓ʷək̓ʷtmistxʷ? That's the bargain we made, do you remember? (PS)

be in need of something sčyaʕpčínx

• lut p t̓ə sčyaʕpčínx, yayáˤt stim̓ x̌minkn̓tp uɬ xʷic̓ɬmn̓ You’re not hard up, anything you want I give to you (PS)

be cornered sčymmsčutx

• way̓ uɬ aɬíʔ kn̓ sčyməmsčútx, way̓ axáʔ iʔ t n̓x̌aʔx̌ʔítkʷ kʷu kspulsts I am cornered, the sea monster is going to kill me (PS)
• kn̓ sčym̓əmsčutx I am cornered (Cv)

be playing sčʔíčknaʔx

• sčʔíčəčkn̓aʔxəlx km̓ yaʔ čtxiʔtíʔstəlx, uɬ stim̓ They’re playing, or running around, or what (PS)

be hungry / be hungry, he’s very hungry sčʔilxʷtx

• áɬiʔ sqilxʷ sčʔilxʷtx kaʔ čʔay̓x̌ʷt. / áɬiʔ sqilxʷ səčʔilxʷtx kaʔ čʔay̓x̌ʷt. Therefore people get hungry when they get tired. (PS)

be last sčʔiwtx

be denying səčɬinm̓tx

• kn̓ səčɬinm̓tx I am denying it (Cv)

bake in the ground səčn̓ʔačqʷúlaʔxʷəxʷ

be sick səčq̓iltx

• kn̓ səčq̓iltx I was sick (OkB)

barbaque fish səčq̓ʷlislxəl̓x

barbaque meat səčq̓ʷlmixəl̓x

be hit on the head / get hit on the head with a stick səp̓əp̓apqn̓

be hit on the face səp̓əp̓w̓sus

buckskin-covered-tipi səp̓iʔíɬxʷ

• lutm̓ t səp̓iʔíɬxʷəl̓x They don’t have buckskin tipis (PS)

baseball / tennis ball səp̓ɬp̓úkʷlaʔ

be hit on the belly səp̓w̓sin̓ksəp̓uʔsín̓k

buckskin clothes səp̓yal̓qs

babysitter səxʷk̓am̓tíl̓tm̓

band manager/administrator səxʷk̓ʷul̓m̓ k̓l̓ yáˤyáˤt

banker səxʷk̓ʷul̓m̓ l̓ sn̓qlaw̓tn̓

butcher səxʷpl̓sqáx̌aʔm̓

blacksmith / blacksmith, metalsmith səxʷtaʔɬw̓lw̓lím̓

• ik̓líʔ kiʔ səxʷtaʔɬw̓lw̓lím̓ iʔ čitxʷs. The blacksmith’s house is over there., Over there is the blacksmith’s house. (PS)

blanket sic̓m̓

be puzzled / be puzzled, he’s puzzled sil̓

• way̓ t̓iʔ kɬkʷliw̓təl̓x way̓ t̓iʔ sil̓l̓x axáʔ likúk laʔɬ lipúl̓ They put them down there, and the rooster and the hen were puzzled (PS)

big sílxʷaʔ

big / big. singular reference síl̓xʷaʔ

• ixíʔ t̓iʔ n̓k̓ʷak̓ʷíniʔs iʔ síl̓xʷaʔ iʔ q̓ʷučt iʔ sƛ̓aʔčínm̓. Then he just picked out the biggest, fattest deer. (PS)
• kn̓ síl̓xʷaʔ kn̓ y̓lmixʷm̓. I am a big chief. (PS)
• wiks iʔ siw̓ɬkʷ, síl̓xʷaʔ iʔ siw̓ɬkʷ, siw̓ɬkʷ uɬ nis, siw̓ɬkʷ uɬ nis He saw the water, big water, water as far as you can see, water as far as you can see (PS)
• iʔ síl̓xʷaʔ, swit áɬiʔ n̓ʔəɬnaʔsqílxʷtn̓, síl̓xʷaʔ spʔus. It’s the big, that who because it’s a people-eater/monster, it’s a big heart. (PS)

big as prefix síl̓xʷaʔ=

being bad, it’s bad, it’s awful / being bad sk̓asts

• way̓ lut, iʔ sk̓asts No, that’s bad (Cv)

bale skáˤčíkn̓

brush, branch skəkwiɬp

Broadleafed plantain skəw̓ark̓xníkst

be afraid. PROGRESSIVE. uncertain form sk̓intx

• kn̓ sk̓intx I will be afraid (Cv)

being pinched sk̓ip̓p̓x

• sčʔx̌ilx uɬ áˤpnáʔ wikn̓txʷ iʔ kəkc̓ilxkn̓ uɬ t̓i pəpi··l̓, uɬ aɬíʔ sk̓ip̓əp̓x, ixíʔ ilíʔ, ilíʔ ʔx̌ilm̓ That’s why nowadays if you see a woodtick it’s so flat, because it got pinched, that’s how it happened (PS)

bottom skixʷútm̓

being cold sk̓iy̓t

• lutiʔ t sk̓iy̓ts He still wasn’t too cold (he’d yet to be cold)

below skiʔxʷútm̓s

brush, branch. (Ok) skkwiɬp

Bury sklíq̓naʔm̓

Bury sklíq̓nʔam̓

be late sk̓lxʷínaʔ

be not reaching sk̓ɬtwnlsmistx

• sk̓əɬtwnəlsmistx He thinks it’s too much trouble (PS)

bridge of nose sk̓mw̓saqs

bridge of nose sk̓mw̓saqs, sk̓muʔsáqs

bear meat skm̓xíɬc̓aʔ

bear / personal name. man’s name / black, brown bear / p.n. man’s name skm̓xist

black, brown bear skmxist, skm̓xist

• uɬ axáʔ p kmusxn̓, ixíʔ uɬ sn̓k̓l̓ip, həɬsəmx̌ikn̓, həɬskəmxist, uɬ iʔ sƛ̓aʔčínm̓, yəyáˤt t̓əxʷ ixíʔ l̓ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ And you that stand on fours, coyotes, grizzlies, black bears, and deer, all these on the earth (PS)

Butcher a fish skn̓kn̓am̓

broadleafed plantain. Plantago major. B’s etym: frog leaves skw̓ark̓xníkst, skəw̓ark̓xníkst

build a fire. semantics unclear / build a fire sk̓ʷul̓ɬxʷm̓

be puzzled / ̓ be puzzled sl̓al̓

• way̓ kʷu sl̓al̓ We are puzzled (PS)

be spun around. He’s spun around. as when drinking / be spun around slap

be glad slimtx

• n̓ín̓w̓iʔ kn̓xitm̓t aɬíʔ kʷu slimtx We’ll help you because we are grateful (PS)

Bear grass sl̓k̓íst̓iyaʔ

bear grass slk̓íst̓yaʔ

bear grass. B’s etym: tie-up (weave) grass. Xerophyllum tenax slk̓íst̓yaʔ, səlk̓íst̓iyaʔ

be in a place alittle ways away sllkʷut

• put iʔ ksləlkʷuts iʔ təl̓ yaʕčín̓ put kʷ n̓stils way̓ t̓ixəlx Just a little ways from the water line, just where you think she’ll get out of the water (PS)

be puzzled sl̓lwis

• səl̓lwis He’s puzzled (PS)

be friends sl̓x̌tiw̓sms

• ʔasíl̓ sʔistk kʷu təl̓ sl̓əx̌tiw̓səms It’s been two winters since we became partners (PS)

be friends sl̓x̌tiw̓sx

• áɬiʔ mt kʷu slx̌tiw̓sx uɬ way̓ kʷu kstaʔmínaʔ, uɬ way̓ t̓i̓ x̌ast kʷu ɬə k̓ʷan̓ɬqm̓. Since we are partners, and the snow is all gone, we might just as well put in a garden. (PS)

big person, fat, stout person / big person, fat, stout person. See síl̓xʷaʔ= sl̓xʷaʔál̓qʷ

big mouth sl̓xʷaʔáw̓sqn̓

be proud / think yourself something big sl̓xʷaʔsčút

brave, big hearted sl̓xʷaʔspʔús

be brave, be big hearted sl̓xʷaʔspʔusm̓sčút

become big sl̓xʷaʔtwíl̓x

big place. See síl̓xʷaʔ= slxʷaʔúlaʔxʷ

• mət axáʔ čn̓qʷʔúlaʔxʷ, sl̓xʷaʔúlaʔxʷ There’s a hollow place, it’s a big place (PS)
• kɬʔiq̓ʷəl̓x yaʔ t čɬak, lut sl̓xʷʔúlaʔxʷs iʔ čɬak They came in sight of a swamp, it isn’t a very big swamp (PS)

big place sl̓xʷaʔúlaʔxʷ

big / Fat, stout big person, fat, stout person (OkB) / Fat, stout big person, fat, stout person (OkB) See síl̓xʷaʔ= sl̓xʷʔal̓qʷ

• n̓t̓aʔ uɬ axáʔ iʔ q̓ʷy̓aˤs sl̓xʷaʔəlqʷwíl̓x, q̓ʷučt Gee, but the Black Man got big, fat (PS)

big mouth sl̓xʷʔápuʔsqn̓

big nose sl̓xʷʔaqs

big head sl̓xʷʔáyaʔqn̓

big belly sl̓xʷʔin̓k

big butt sl̓xʷʔip

big rock sl̓xʷʔisxn̓

billion sl̓xʷʔsxʷipkst

big land sl̓xʷʔúlaxʷ

blue harebell. Campanula rotundifolia [lit. fool-hen’s necklace.] sɬək̓ʷaɬq̓ʷlts sxʷəxʷl̓am̓

Blue harebell / Blue harebell. (OkB) sɬək̓ʷaɬq̓ʷl̓ts sxʷəxʷl̓am̓

bedroom sɬəq̓ilx

• xʷic̓ɬtm̓ l̓ sɬəq̓ilx iʔ q̓aʔxan̓s She gave him bedroom slippers (PS)

be in mourning, widowed. Cv) / widow sɬəwilm̓t

breath / breathe / exhale sɬəxʷn̓čut

• sɬəx̌ʷn̓čuts His breath (Cv)

be perceptible sɬiq̓ʷts

blue harebell sɬk̓ʷaɬq̓ʷlts sxʷəxʷl̓am̓

blue harebell. Campanula rotundifolia. [lit. fool hen’s necklace.] sɬk̓ʷaɬq̓ʷlts sxʷxʷl̓am̓ sɬk̓ʷaɬq̓ʷəlts sxʷəxʷəl̓am̓

blue harebell. Campanula rotundifolia. [lit. fool hen’s necklace.] (OkB) sɬk̓ʷaɬq̓ʷlts sxʷxʷl̓am̓, sɬk̓ʷaɬq̓ʷəlts sxʷəxʷəl̓am̓

bedroom sɬq̓il̓x

be in mourning, widowed sɬwilm̓t

beak sƛ̓k̓ʷpaqs

• x̌áˤx̌áˤʔ sƛ̓k̓ʷpaqsts larkspur. Delphinium nuttallianum. [lit. crow’s beak.] (OkB)

be sure of something smiys

• t̓xʷ kʷ čm̓um̓sl̓x, lutm̓ ksmiy̓s. Just have a little hope, it’s not for sure. (PS)
• lut t̓ə smiys It isn’t for sure (PS)

balsamroot plant smkʷaʔxníɬp

be snowing / Snow falling. (OkB) (Ok) smqʷaqʷ

Balsamroot smúkʷaʔxn̓, smukʷaʔxníɬp

Balsamroot smúkʷaʔxníɬp

book store / library sn̓áˤáˤc̓mn̓

balance scale snaˤsts ksúxʷmaʔtn̓

be brothers sn̓čaʔíw̓s

be brothers sn̓čaʔíw̓ssn̓čaʔíw̓s

bathroom, washroom sn̓čaˤl̓xtn̓

bathroom / washroom sn̓čaˤl̓xtn̓ / sn̓čaˤwl̓xtn̓

bathroom, bathtub snčaˤwlxtn̓

• ksn̓čáˤwl̓xtn̓. There is a bath there (PS)
• way̓ kɬxƛ̓apəlx, ilíʔ ksənʔáčqaʔtn̓, ksənčáˤwl̓xtn̓, uɬ ksənɬq̓ʷutn̓əlx they have everything, there they have an outhouse, they have a bath tub, and they have beds / they have everything, there they have an outhouse, they have a bathtub, and they have beds (PS)

bathroom, bathrub sn̓čaˤwl̓xtn̓

bicycle rack snčəqníwaʔtn̓

brothers / younger brothers sn̓čʔiw̓s

back snk̓mikn̓

• k̓ asn̓k̓míkn̓ Tarás. Theresa is behind you., Theresa is at your back. (Cv)

built road. (Ok) snk̓ʷal̓qsm̓

built road sn̓k̓ʷal̓qsm̓

Bannock snkʷal̓ús

• ixíʔ wy̓sx̌ʷaq̓ʷs mɬ k̓ʷl̓ɬlkalátm̓, km̓ k̓ʷul̓m̓ t sn̓kʷl̓us Then he finishes grinding it, and he makes biscuits, or he’ll make bannocks. (PS)

bench snkʷlkʷliwtxn̓

bannock snkʷl̓us

bannock sn̓kʷl̓us

bed partner(s) sn̓k̓ʷɬlq̓ʷlut

bed partner sn̓k̓ʷɬɬəq̓ʷlut

• ksn̓k̓ʷɬɬəq̓ʷlut He has a bed partner (PS)
• uɬ axáʔ iʔ t k̓ík̓aʔt iʔ tkɬmilxʷ uɬ ixíʔ ksn̓̓k̓ʷɬəq̓ʷluts The next woman, she’ll be his sleeping partner (PS)
• ixíʔ sič čkičx iʔ k̓l̓ sn̓k̓ʷɬɬəq̓ʷluts Then he got to his bed partner. (PS)

bed partners sn̓k̓ʷɬɬəq̓ʷɬəq̓ʷlut

• way̓ ksn̓k̓ʷɬɬəq̓ʷɬəq̓ʷlutəl̓x, t smam̓ʔím̓ They each have a bed partner, women (PS)

bed partner sn̓k̓ʷɬɬq̓ʷlut

birth place sn̓kʷul̓l̓tn̓

ball of rendered fat sn̓laq̓ʷ

bed sn̓ɬəq̓ʷutn̓

• way̓ t̓xʷ kʷ iksmáyaʔɬtm̓ iʔ aksn̓ɬəq̓ʷutn̓ I’m going to show you where you’re going to sleep (PS)
• way̓ kɬxƛ̓apəl̓x, ilíʔ ksn̓ʔáčqaʔtn̓, ksn̓čaˤwl̓xtn̓ uɬ ksn̓ɬəq̓ʷutn̓əl̓x They have everything, they have an outhouse, they have a bath tub, and they have a bed (PS)

bed sn̓ɬəq̓ʷútn̓

bed sn̓ɬq̓ʷutn̓

be dipping fluids, go for water snmulx

• sn̓mulx, ixíʔ úɬiʔ čksl̓íplaʔ She went for water, and that’s when she disappeared (PS)

bakery sn̓p̓iʔqčn̓čútn̓

bung hole sn̓p̓uʔtn̓

bakery, vessel for cooking snp̓y̓qčn̓čutn̓

bakery sn̓p̓y̓qčn̓čutn̓

be worried about snq̓aʔílsx

• sn̓q̓aʔílsxəlx They’re worried about it (Cv)

bank, money box snqlaw̓tn̓

• ixíʔ sxʷuy̓s iʔ k̓l̓ sn̓qlaw̓tn̓ yaʔ y̓lmixʷm̓. Then the chief went to the bank. (PS)
• sn̓qlaw̓tn̓s His bank (piggy bank, money purse) (PS)
• ixíʔ čkʷis iʔ sn̓qlaw̓tn̓, iʔ sn̓qlaw̓tn̓s axáʔ yaʔ ylmixʷm̓, way̓ ixíʔ c̓əkxitm̓, uɬ áɬiʔ nax̌m̓ɬ lut t̓a čmistín̓ k̓ʷinx iʔ sqlaw̓, ixíʔ xʷic̓ɬtm̓. So he got the money box, this chief’s money box, and he counted it for them, but I don’t know how much money, and he gave it to them. (PS)

bank sn̓qlaw̓tn̓

be replacement husband snq̓ʷic̓tnm̓

• ƛ̓lal̓ yaʔ čənx̌iləmstxʷ, anylmíxʷm̓, way̓ uɬ ixíʔ asənq̓ʷíčtn̓m̓ The one you’re afraid of, your boss, is dead, and you’ll take his place (as a husband) (PS)

bail a canoe snsw̓iwlmsnsəw̓iwlm̓

blacksmith shop / forge sn̓taʔɬululím̓tn̓

blacksmith shop sntaʔɬwlwlímtn̓

blacksmith’s shop, forge sn̓taʔɬw̓lw̓lím̓tn̓

blacksmith’s, forge. compound sntaʔɬwlwlímtn̓, sn̓taʔɬulwlímtn̓

Bossburg, WA Sn̓tqəɬxwil̓tn̓

barn sn̓t̓w̓stsqáx̌aʔtn̓

boiled eggs sn̓wlaʔstíp

bird’s nest, nest, egg place sn̓ʔaʔúsaʔtn̓

book store, library, school library sn̓ʔaˤʔáˤc̓mn̓

be hit on the head sp̓ap̓qn̓

be hit on the nose sp̓aqs

be hit on the arm sp̓əp̓ax̌n̓

• səp̓əp̓ax̌n̓ He was hit on the arm (OkB)

be hit on the elbow sp̓əp̓l̓qsikst

be hit on the knee sp̓əp̓qin̓xn̓

be hit on the face sp̓əp̓w̓sus

be hit on the leg with something sp̓əp̓xan̓

been hit on the forehead with someone sp̓ilsxn̓

bitterroot sp̓iƛ̓m̓

• ksp̓ip̓ƛ̓m̓ place name. Lynx Creek lookout / geog. Lynx Creek lookout. [lit. place with bitterroot.] (Cv)

baseball game, ball game sp̓úkʷlaʔm̓

be hit on the belly sp̓w̓sin̓k

berry, berries, fruit sp̓y̓qaɬq

• iʔ skm̓xist c̓iɬsts iʔ sp̓y̓qaɬq. A bear eats berries.
• áɬiʔ kɬwl̓wl̓qin̓ iʔ t sp̓y̓qaɬq. She had canned fruit. (PS)
• yəyáˤt iʔ sp̓iʔqáɬq ksx̌an̓ tl̓ in̓čá, yəyáˤt ixíʔ iksčt̓ák̓ʷ axáʔ l̓ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ All the fruits beside me, all these I endow the earth with. (Cv) Berry, chief of the fruits speaking

bastard toadflax, Comandra umbellata, B’s eym: breast fruit sqam̓ɬq

breasts / woman’s breasts, breasts sqaʔqʔím̓

bog orchid, Habenaria dilatata. [lit. a bunch of little Indians.] sqəql̓qílaʔxʷ

bird’s wattle, stomach sq̓ic̓qn̓

beaver, money, currency, coin sqlaw̓

• ixíʔ xʷic̓xtsn̓ yəyáˤt isqláw̓. This I give you all my money. (PS)
• uɬ ixíʔ nixəlmn̓ tx̌aq̓əplaʔntxʷ swit kaʔkíčəs, uɬ ixíʔ ksƛ̓xʷúpaʔx iʔ t sqlaw̓ I heard that you’d pay a reward to whoever finds her, that he’d get money (PS)
• mi p taʔxʷsčk̓ʷúl̓, məɬ way̓ p ƛ̓xʷup iʔ t sqlaw̓ You will get jobs, and then you will get some money (PS)
• ixíʔ c̓əkxits iʔ t ksqlaw̓s axáʔ iʔ tkaʔkaʔɬís. Then was counting what would be the money for the three of them. (PS)
• way̓ n̓pkʷɬƛ̓áqnaʔm̓ iʔ t sqlaw̓s He put his money in his pocket (PS)
• ixíʔ čw̓tn̓tis iʔ sqlaw̓s, way̓ ixíʔ kʷəkʷr̓it. Then he put down his money, well it was gold. (PS)
• way̓ nixʷ t k̓ʷək̓ʷyínaʔ iʔ t sqlaw̓ xʷic̓əxtxʷ Give him a little money too / Also give him a little money (PS)
• əčk̓ʷul̓stxʷ iʔ sqlaw̓. You earn the money. (PS)
• lut ksxʷaʔtílsəmp l̓ sqlaw̓ You don’t have too much money / I don’t give you too much money. (PS) unclear form (PS)

being sickly sq̓l̓tlwis

• isq̓l̓tnwís. I am sickly. (Cv)

bait a line for fish sq̓t̓ɬílaʔm̓

be wild, be crazy sqʷəqʷáˤw̓qʷw̓t

• way̓ t̓i kʷ n̓qmilsm̓, lut t̓ isqʷəqʷáˤwqʷút, lut t̓ iksqʷawmsčút Put your mind at ease, I’m not wild, I won’t do anything crazy (PS)

boy children, sons, little child sqʷəsqʷsiʔ

• way̓ n̓ɬm̓ilsən̓t iʔ sqʷsqʷsiʔtət Pity our boy’s feelings (PS)
• mət n̓ín̓w̓iʔ kʷ k̓ʷl̓il̓t, čm̓ tətwit iʔ ksqʷsqʷsiʔs axáʔ iʔ tkɬmilxʷ I suppose you will have a baby, the son of this woman will be a boy (PS)

barbequed, roasted meat sq̓ʷlam̓

barbequed fish, roasted fish sq̓ʷlisl̓

be able to sq̓ʷɬčin̓

• asq̓ʷəq̓ʷɬčínm̓ you pull something out in ceremony

bee, wasp, yellowjacket sqʷuʔɬ

black sq̓ʷyq̓ʷaˤy̓

• ixíʔ itlíʔ sqičl̓xs axáʔ iʔ sq̓ʷy̓q̓ʷaˤy̓ iʔ st̓maˤl̓t. Then the Buffalo Cow continued to run., Then the Buffalo Cow was running from there. (PS)

boat, dugout canoe staɬm̓

blacksmith staʔɬw̓lw̓lím̓

be doing like, s/he went like that, doing so staʔx̌ílx

be lazy st̓im̓m̓x

• kn̓ čəst̓immx I am lazy (Cv)

be something to someone, be something that matters stim̓tn̓

ball stk̓ək̓xʷum̓

• lut t̓ə stk̓ək̓xʷum̓ It’s not a baseball (PS)
• čk̓ʷul̓ t stk̓ək̓xʷum̓səl̓x yaʔ ɬa čʔačkn̓íkstm̓səl̓x. They made a baseball out of it, play with it. (PS)

black twinberry branch stkm̓km̓xstikst

black twinberries [lit. black bear’s berries] stkm̓km̓xstus

black twinberry fruit, lonicera involucrata. [lit. black bear’s fruit.] stkm̓xstaɬq

Black twinberry stkm̓xstiɬəml̓x

backpack, knap sack st̓k̓ʷikn̓

beef, cow meat st̓ml̓táˤɬc̓aʔ

bat, little brown bat, myotis lucifugus, big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus st̓n̓t̓an̓wáyaʔ

braid stq̓əc̓pínaʔ

Blackfeet people stq̓ʷaˤy̓xnx

big toe stum̓xn̓

beaver stun̓x

both sides stxəmniw̓s

belly fin stxʷəxʷp̓il̓stn̓

be lazy, tired of something st̓y̓mix

• nák̓ʷaʔ kn̓ st̓imx, nák̓ʷaʔ kn̓ sčəkʷəmsčútaʔx It isn’t that I am lazy, it isn’t that I was trying to be hard to get (PS)
• st̓ymix ɬa čmut l̓ čitxʷ. S/he was tired of sitting at home. (PS)

bunch grass stʔiy̓

be acquainted with one another, know each other, recognize each other suxʷnwixʷ

• kʷu ləx̌tiw̓s kʷaʔ kʷu suxʷnwíxʷ. We are partners, we are acquaintances. (PS)

because, in fact, no wonder swit áɬiʔ, áɬiʔ swit

burning, scorching swlam̓

be right, be telling the truth sw̓nixʷəxʷ

• kway̓, sw̓nixʷəxʷ. Yes, s/he’s telling the truth. (PS)

beard, whiskers, hairy lips/mouth / whiskers sw̓pčin̓

baby pheasants sw̓sw̓aˤs

be handsome (plural) swy̓wy̓num̓tx

• kmusəms iʔ sn̓ʔəmʔímaʔt, iʔ st̓aʔt̓aʔk̓míx, swiʔwiʔnúmtx Four granddaughters, young maidens, handsome (PS)

be well sx̌ast

• lut isx̌ást I wasn’t well (Cv)

big male bear, male black bear sx̌əpx̌ípaʔ

brodiae, fool’s onion sxəxilym̓

be the oldest sxəxʔítaʔx

• way̓ anwí kʷ sxəxʔítaʔx, uɬ anwí mi kʷ čxʔit You are the oldest, you will be the first one (PS)
• way̓ t̓əxʷ anwí kʷ sxəxʔítaʔx, anwí kʷ pəx̌pax̌t, ʔkin̓ y̓ anx̌mínk? You are the oldest, you are smart, which do you like? (PS)
• qʷən̓čin̓ anwí kʷ sxəxʔítaʔx, way̓ anwí n̓k̓ʷaʔk̓ʷíntxʷ stim̓ y̓ akɬx̌mínk It’s a pity that you are the oldest, you pick out what you want (PS)
• way̓ anwí kʷ sxəxʔítaʔx, way̓ anwí k̓əɬpaʔx̌əntíxʷ You are the oldest, you do the thinking (PS)

berry drying, dry food, dry berries sx̌w̓il̓tnm̓

bucks shedding their horns, whitetail buck, male white tailed deer sx̌ʷl̓ixkn̓

be pleased with sxʷm̓minm̓

bubble up, foam sx̌ʷust

bull snake sx̌ʷyups

biggest, very biggest sxʔim̓ɬsíl̓xʷaʔ

• uɬ axáʔ aláʔ miʔ kʷumn̓tsn̓, l̓ sxʔim̓ɬsílxʷaʔ l̓ sƛ̓aʔčínm̓ I will put you here, inside the biggest of the deer (PS)
• way̓, iʔ sxʔimɬsíl̓xʷaʔ iʔ xaʔtús iʔ sƛ̓aʔčínm̓, ixíʔ pul̓sts The biggest, the leader of the deer, that’s what he had killed (PS)

be noisy, make a fuss, make noise sy̓mn̓čaˤt

• ixíʔ yaʔ t sy̓mn̓čaˤt yaʔ čmipnúm̓t way̓ sqilxʷ. From the noise she finds out that there are people (PS)
• k̓ɬn̓k̓ahk̓ʷípn̓txʷ uɬ čm̓ sy̓mn̓čaˤt iʔ skəkáˤkaʔ. When you open the door the birds will make noise. (PS)

be smart syw̓pyáˤw̓tx

• way̓ mət syəʕ̓ʷpyawtx. Hə must bə smart. (PS)
• way̓ mət syəʕ̓ʷpyawtx He must be smart (PS)

be sitting down, one’s sitting down hard, falling on one's butt sʔamútəts

• ixíʔ uɬ sʔamutəts sn̓k̓l̓ip. And then Coyote sat down hard. (PS)

book, document with pictures/graphics sʔaˤʔáˤc̓

bush, brush t̓akʷ

barely, a little t̓aw̓níxʷ

be married, have spouses, get spouses taʔxʷsčmr̓mrím̓

bottom feed / dredge t̓áˤm̓laʔxʷm̓

bumble bee təptəpqin̓

build dams təqtqipn̓t

become short t̓ət̓q̓twil̓x

boy tətw̓it

burst, explode, bang (sound), pop t̓iqʷt

buy a house tiw̓ɬxʷ

• tiw̓ɬxʷ. S/he bought a house. (Cv)

buy, deal for something tiw̓m̓

become different t̓ixʷəxʷlm̓

• way̓ t̓i lut čxƛ̓púlaʔxʷs ixíʔ t̓əxʷ t̓ixʷxʷlm̓, mi ksxƛ̓púlaʔxʷs mət čənpaʔqčín̓ Just before daylight things commence to get different, then it gets daylight, the first light comes (PS)
• t̓ixʷəxʷlm̓, k̓ʷul̓ t yasukrí He turned different, he turned into Jesus Christ (PS)

be lazy t̓iyám̓

before long, it was not long t̓iʔ lútiʔ

both people tk̓asílm̓

being two people, be both people tk̓asl̓míst

be hurting, suffer tkəčxil̓s

• talíʔ kn̓ tkəčxil̓s, way̓ kʷuʔ ƛ̓xʷupn̓txʷ. Very much I am hurting, you beat me. (PS)

become a woman tkəɬmlxʷwil̓x

be waiting for someone, expect someone tk̓l̓k̓ln̓tim̓

• n̓ín̓w̓iʔ x̌lap tk̓əlk̓lən̓tim̓ way̓ kɬəɬčkíčxaʔx Tomorrow morning we’ll look for her to come back (PS)

be waiting for someone, expect someone tk̓l̓k̓l̓stim̓

• čtk̓əlk̓əlstums They expect you (Cv)
• kʷuʔ n̓k̓w̓pil̓sm̓səl̓x, way̓ mat kʷuʔ čtk̓l̓k̓l̓stisəl̓x. They are lonesome for me, I guess they are waiting for me. (PS)

branch tkl̓xmikstn̓

be late (in the day) tk̓lxʷínaʔ

• kʷu tk̓lxʷínaʔ. Evening overtook us., We are late., We are running late. (Cv)

be led tkn̓kn̓íplaʔ

big berries tkp̓əsƛ̓ʔus

be falling around, go falling around t̓k̓ʷək̓ʷlwis

• t̓iʔ t̓k̓ʷək̓ʷlwis úɬiʔ k̓ɬk̓laxʷ. He was falling around and then he got out of sight. (PS)

bussle (regalia) t̓k̓ʷiptn̓

bite the neck tk̓ʷiʔíl̓psn̓t

be on a horse, ride horse (plural) tkʷl̓liw̓s

be sitting with somebody tkʷl̓liw̓tmn̓t

• aláʔ tkʷliw̓tmn̓tst anwíʔ uɬ lut stim̓ t̓ ksmy̓pnun̓tm̓. If we stay here with you, we won’t learn anything. (PS)
• tkʷl̓liw̓tmntsn̓. I’m sitting by you / I sit next to you (Cv)

be holding hands, take one another’s hands, hold hands tkʷn̓ksnwaxʷ

• ilíʔ čtkʷn̓ksnwaxʷəl̓̓x, way̓paym̓əl̓x. They’re holding hands, they’re acting as white people. (PS)
• axáʔ iʔ stʔaw̓tíl̓ts ixíʔ yaʔ t̓a čtkʷn̓ksnwaxʷ axáʔ iʔ k̓l̓ kʷəkʷr̓iʔt iʔ tkɬmilxʷ. Their youngest son is the one who is holding hands with the Golden Woman. (PS)
• axáʔ in̓čáʔ kmix kn̓ mut, kn̓ sčqin̓k, kn̓ sl̓qpaʔsn̓čút miʔ ɬa čtkʷín̓plaʔstn̓ ɬa čpəx̌ʷm̓stin̓. All I do is sit around, lay on my back, pull my whiskers with tweezers, and for me to take the lead and pass them around. (PS)

blonde hair tkʷriʔqn̓

bite face, bite cheek tk̓ʷuʔúsn̓t

between 50 and 80 tl̓50 uɬ k̓l80

break something in two tliw̓sn̓t

• tliw̓sn̓. I broke it in two. (Cv)

be worthless / runt, left out, weakling tl̓tutm̓

• axáʔ iʔ syiríwaxn̓ way̓ uɬ lut, sk̓əsk̓sal̓qʷs, uɬ sič tl̓tutm̓. The snow shoes were bad, they're bad sticks, they weren’t much. (PS)

be relatives, be related tmiw̓s

• kʷu tmiw̓s. We are relatives., We are related. (Cv)
• tmiw̓səl̓x. They’re relatives to each other., They are related. (Cv)

break in pieces tm̓kam̓

brown hair, brunette tp̓um̓qn̓

bicycle tqalw̓tínaʔ

black fur tq̓ʷáˤyc̓aʔ

black hair tq̓ʷaˤyqn̓

black hair tq̓ʷaˤy̓qn̓

blue round object tqʷaˤy̓s

bang! t̓qʷəqʷiqʷ

barbeque stick / Barbequeing stick tq̓ʷlmin̓

be poorly dressed tqʷn̓qʷn̓íc̓aʔ

• tqʷən̓qʷn̓íc̓aʔl̓x They’re poorly dressed (PS)

black garden currants tq̓ʷq̓ʷyq̓ʷaʕy̓s

black garden currants. B’s etym: many little black ones tq̓ʷq̓ʷyq̓ʷaʕy̓s, tq̓ʷq̓ʷiq̓ʷáʕy̓s

black berries tq̓ʷy̓q̓ʷaˤy̓s

bored / be tired of doing nothing, bored with doing nothing t̓saq̓ʷ

• way̓ kn̓ t̓əsaqʷ aláʔ kn̓ əɬaʔ čmut I am tired of sitting around here (PS)
• mət áˤyt t t̓saq̓ʷ He must be tired from doing nothing (PS)
• way̓ kn̓ t̓saq̓ʷ aláʔ əɬaʔ čkaláʔmstmn̓ I am tired of staying here with you (PS)

boring t̓sq̓ʷmin̓

barely/hardly t̓stim̓s

boy ttwit

boy ttwit, tətwit, tətw̓it

• ixíʔ spaʔpaʔsín̓ks axáʔ iʔ tətw̓it, iʔ stʔiw̓tx. Then this boy started to feel sad, the youngest one. (PS)
• way̓ ixíʔ wtxitm̓ t ksqlaw̓s, t̓i mət kʷəkʷər̓kʷr̓isxn̓, níkxnaʔ limt axáʔ iʔ tətw̓it He gave him some money, maybe pennies, gee, the boy was tickled (PS)
• uɬ aɬíʔ swiʔnúmtx axáʔ iʔ tətw̓it He’s a handsome boy (PS)
• k̓am̓tíw̓aʔs iʔ tətwit. mat yaˤw̓pyaˤw̓t axáʔ iʔ tətwit. The boy is riding/astraddle. This boy must be really powerful. (PS)
• čmay̓ n̓q̓l̓tusəs, n̓ƛ̓l̓lmis axáʔ iʔ tətw̓it. The boy might get sick, he might die. (PS)
• yəyáˤt swit, čaʔkʷ iwá tətwit, km̓ pəptwínaxʷ, km̓ xixwtm̓, yəyáˤt swit Everybody, boys, old ladies, little girls, everybody (PS)
• kn̓ ksəxʷk̓ʷul̓m̓ iʔ t tətwit I have a boy worker. (PS)
• áɬiʔ swit əčpsáˤyaʔ iʔ tətw̓it. A little boy has no sense. / Because anyone who’s a little boy is foolish. (PS)

beatable t̓ul̓

• nák̓ʷaʔ t̓u··l̓ ixíʔ iʔ kʷəkʷr̓it iʔ tkɬmilxʷ iʔ t sysyusč She’s not beatable the Golden Woman because she’s smart (PS)

bowling t̓wist c̓aq̓ám̓

buy twmist

buy something twmistmn̓t

• čakʷ ɬə tw̓mistmn̓txʷ. You should sell it. (Cv)

break a rope or string t̓w̓qam̓,t̓əw̓qam̓

boys twtwit

• kɬəɬsqʷsiʔ, kmusəms, yəyáˤt tuʔtwít He has sons, four of them, all boys (PS)

be taken with something / be taken with something. cf. tx̌wpmant tx̌aw̓čnmn̓t

• tx̌aw̓čənməntməlx They got stuck on them. [lit. their lips will go dry.] (PS)

bright tx̌laˤsq̓t

brush/branches txl̓xl̓kmikstn̓

be all of txƛ̓ap

• txƛ̓apəlx Every one of them (Cv)
• “haʔ way̓ p txƛ̓ap ?” “way̓, kʷu txƛ̓ap.” “Is it all of you?” “Yes, is is all of us.”
• way̓ uɬ itlíʔ k̓əl̓ knaqs, huy̓ uɬ txƛ̓ap iʔ kmusəms And then to the next, until he got all four (PS)
• way̓ n̓xƛ̓ikstn̓tm̓ yəyáˤt, uɬ txƛ̓apəlx He gave one to each of them, every one of them (PS)
• n̓ín̓w̓iʔ n̓yaʕ̓l̓x l̓ čitxʷ, txƛ̓ap When they are gathered in the house, everybody (PS)

be lucky tx̌ssmikst

• kʷu tx̌səsmikst uɬ t̓iʔ l̓ nəqslup kʷu ilíʔ. If we are lucky we will be there in one place. (PS)

bitter tx̌tax̌t

be living txʷl̓xʷl̓tminm̓

be taken with something tx̌wpman̓t

• tx̌əwpman̓ I’m stuck on it (Cv)
• tx̌əwpmantxʷ You’re stuck on it. (Cv) unclear analysis cf. tx̌aw̓cnmnt

be lazy. He/she is lazy t̓y̓t̓y̓m̓uɬ

burn up uláp

bark wahám̓

bark. of dogs wahám̓, wham̓, wuhám̓

bark, holler at somebody wahntím̓

• uɬ n̓ín̓w̓iʔ čm̓ ixíʔ wahəntsís iʔ t kkəwʔápaʔ Then the dogs will bark at you (PS)

bark holler wahwáhm̓

• way̓ t̓əqʷčin̓, wahwáhm̓ n̓c̓ičən̓ Wolf hollered, was proclaiming (PS)

be done / be done way̓st (way̓skʷ)

backbite somebody wikʷčnmn̓t

• čkim̓sts iʔ saʔstám̓s, wikʷčnm̓s. She hates her brother-in-law, she backbites him. (PS)

be valuable wilqn̓

brag wisnm̓

• kn̓ wisn̓m̓ I brag. (Cv) unclear construction

brag about somebody wisn̓t

• čm̓ wisn̓tm̓əl̓x. They’ll brag on them. (Cv)

be ready wiʔnúmt

• kn̓ wiʔnúmt I am ready (Cv)
• way̓ kʷu wiʔnúmt We are all ready (PS)
• way̓ ʔəɬʔiɬnəlx, əɬáˤpməlx, way̓ ixíʔ wiʔnúmtəlx They ate, they drank, they were all ready (PS)

be saddled up. compound wiʔsnt̓k̓ʷkiʔsqáx̌aʔtn̓

• ʔayxáxaʔ čyaʕpstís, way̓ čwiʔsənt̓ək̓ʷkiʔsqáx̌aʔtn̓ In a little while he got everything, they’re all saddled up (PS)

be able to see wkəkiʔst

burn, scorch wlam̓

burn, scorch wlam̓, wulám̓

berry. analysis uncertain =wm̓ 2 =iw̓m̓

berry. analysis uncertain =wm̓ 2, =iw̓m̓

beard W̓pčin̓

build a fire / make a fire wr̓am̓

build a fire wr̓am̓, wur̓ám̓

be proud of wsnčut

bark (dog) / bark (of a dog) wuhám̓

burn wxʷap

burn up w̓xʷap

Bright colored x̌alləxʷ

bright colored body x̌allxʷ

bright colored body x̌allxʷx̌alləxʷ

bear root (ligusticum canbyi) / Canby’s lovage, ginseng x̌asx̌s

be fooled xat̓l̓smíst

Bow of a boat xaʔtúsuɬ

bow of boat xaʔtúswɬ

bow of boat xaʔtuswɬ, xaʔtúsuɬ

become difficult xc̓twil̓x

bugleweed xənastátkʷa

Beautiful (object) x̌əssʔáˤc̓əc̓

bugleweed x̌inx̌n̓

bugleweed. Lycopus uniflorus x̌inx̌n̓ x̌inx̌n̓

bugleweed. Lycopus uniflorus x̌inx̌n̓, x̌inx̌n̓

be spinning. RESULTIVE xl·akk

• xl·akək It’s spinning. (Ok)
• iʔ qičəč ixíʔ sxlakək. The wheel is spinning.
• uɬ n̓yʕ̓ip yəyáˤt n̓xənsiɬxʷtn̓ uɬ xl·akək There are windows all around (PS)
• way̓ in̓x̌mínk ikɬčítxʷ kmix n̓x̌əlsáˤɬc̓aʔtn̓, məɬ xl·akək I want my house to be all glass, and round (PS)
• iʔ síl̓xʷaʔ iʔ siw̓ɬkʷ, kʷaʔ iʔ siw̓ɬkʷ uɬ xlakək axáʔ l̓ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ. The big water, the water that goes all around this earth. (PS)

be spinning xl·akk, xll̓akək

board something x̌lstim̓

• ixíʔ čx̌l̓stisəl̓x, mɬ kɬx̌l̓stisəl̓x. Then they board these up, and they board them on top. (PS)

basket to cook in xƛ̓čin̓ xəƛ̓čin̓

basket to cook in xƛ̓čin̓, xəƛ̓čin̓

be of age. compound xƛ̓pspintk

• way̓ kʷ xƛ̓əpspintk, kʷ k̓əɬpx̌čut You are of age, you can figure out what to do (PS)

be of age xƛ̓spintk

be spurred, pricked xmam̓

• kn̓ xmam̓ Pointed objects stick me (Cv)

blocks (play blocks) xn̓xanákaʔ

beautiful. compound. of objects x̌ssaˤc̓c̓, x̌əssʔáˤc̓əc̓

beautiful (not a person) x̌sx̌sʔáˤc̓əc̓

big antlers xʷaxʷík̓ʷɬxn̓

be reprimanded xʷay̓t

• kʷ xʷay̓t. You’ll get it., You got it. (Cv)

boney / lots of bones xʷaʔɬsc̓ím̓

be a lot of snow xʷaʔsmik̓ʷtm̓

become many xʷaʔtwílx

• xʷaʔtwílx iʔ sqilxʷ The people multiplied

become many xʷaʔtwíl̓x

blue grouse xʷaʔxʷaʔyúɬ

break something. as a stick / break something x̌ʷc̓am̓

broken. as a stick, or limb as from heavy snow / broken x̌ʷc̓ap

break a front leg x̌ʷc̓iksn̓t

break something x̌ʷc̓n̓tim̓

• x̌ʷc̓əntin̓ I broke it. e.g. a branch (Cv)
• ixíʔ x̌ʷic̓n̓txʷ, sp̓úlaʔxʷn̓txʷ, mɬ t̓iʔ yaʔx̌íʔ nik̓ək. You cut it, hit it on the ground, and it’s just cut. (PS)

break one’s arm x̌ʷc̓pikst

• kn̓ x̌ʷc̓pikst I broke my arm (Cv)

Broken leg x̌ʷc̓xan̓

break legs x̌ʷəc̓x̌ʷic̓xn̓

brittle, weak x̌ʷəx̌ʷiƛ̓x̌ʷƛ̓t

break something of somebody’s x̌ʷiƛ̓ɬt

• x̌ʷiƛ̓əɬts He broke theirs (Cv)

break something / break something. PLURAL OBJECTS x̌ʷiƛ̓n̓t

• x̌ʷiƛ̓ən̓ I break them (Cv)

brittle, weak x̌ʷiƛ̓t / x̌ʷiƛ̓x̌ʷƛ̓t

become alive xʷl̓xʷl̓twil̓x

be pleased with xʷm̓minm̓

• áɬiʔ isxʷm̓minm̓əl̓x mt sw̓switəl̓x. I’m tickled to look at them, whoever they are (Cv)

be satisfied xʷm̓qnčut

• way̓ čkʷis iʔ laklís, uɬ aɬíʔ kʷums, uɬ xʷəmqənčut She took the key, she put it away, and she forgot about it (PS)
• xʷəmqənčut She forgot about it (Cv)

be in a hurry xʷrrapp

• way̓ xʷərrapəp asl̓áx̌t Your friend is in a hurry (OkB)
• xʷərrapəp He’s in a hurry. (Ok)

be able to walk xʷstiʔst

• lut ksxʷəstiʔsts It couldn’t even move (Cv)

be ungrateful to somebody xʷttmin̓t

• xʷəttmintxʷ You’re ungrateful to him (Cv)

become weak x̌ʷuptw̓íl̓x

bubble/foam x̌ʷusmíʔst

be anxious xʷússkaʔ

• way̓ t̓i əɬ čkáˤ··c̓əsts, níkxnaʔ way̓ xʷúsəskaʔ He kept looking, gee he was anxious (PS)

be very sick xy̓aqs

• áɬiʔ aláʔ in̓čáʔ kn̓ ɬə xy̓aqs ispʔús kʷuʔ əɬkičɬts čaʔkʷ ixíʔ uɬ kʷuʔ ny̓aˤy̓pm̓sts. me, when i was sick, if it got to my heart, it would have finished me / when i was sick, if it had got to my heart, it would have finished me / when i was sick, if it had got to my heart, it would have finished me. (Cv)
• xəy̓aqs She was very sick (Cv)

be at the limit xy̓msčut

be at the limit xy̓msčut, xiʔmsčút

• way̓ kn̓ x̌ʷptwilx uɬ ixíʔ kn̓ sčxʔimsčútx I can’t do anything any more, I am right to the limit (PS)
• way̓ kn̓ sxiy̓msčút uɬ kn̓ čkičx I was done in when I got back (PS)
• way̓ uɬ xiy̓msčut He came to the end (PS)

basketball / basketball yám̓x̌ʷaʔ p̓úkʷlaʔ

be strong yawpyáʕʷt

be strong yawpyáˤwt

• way̓ mət yəʕ̓ʷpyawtəlx They must be very powerful (PS)
• way̓ mət yəʕ̓ʷpyaw̓t axáʔ iʔ tətwit This little boy must be really powerful (PS)

be selfish yaʔkʷmínm̓

beach yáˤčín̓

beach ball yáˤčin̓ɬp̓úkʷlaʔ

be backward about something yaʕ̓mín̓t

be in need of something yaˤpčín̓

• lut kn̓ t̓ə ksyaʕpčín̓ I don’t have any troubles (PS)

be in need of something yaʕpčínmn̓t

• uč kʷaʔ yaʕpčínməntxʷ ixíʔ yaʔ n̓ʔəɬnaʔsqílxʷtn̓ sumíxs Do you ever get hard up for the man-eater’s spirit? (PS)
• yaʕpčínməntsən̓ I need you (Cv)

become in need of something yaʕpčnnún̓t

• yaʕpčnúntm̓ They get hard up (PS)

bottom/base (of cliff, tree, boulder) yəxʷtips

belt yiq̓íp

be hit by something that moves fast ylap

• kn̓ ylap iʔ t čq̓ilən̓ I got hit with an arrow / I got hit by an arrow (Cv)

become chief ylmxʷilx

• uɬ ilmxʷílx qʷásqiʔ Blue Jay became boss (PS)

be cornered, fear ymmsčut

• way̓ kn̓ yməmsčut, way̓ kn̓ áˤčəčqənmənwíxʷ iʔ k̓a n̓x̌aʔx̌ʔítkʷ I am cornered, I am fighting head to head with the sea monster (PS)
• t̓iʔ p sy̓m̓sčut iʔ ksxʷəsxʷusl̓xm̓p. You guys do your best, hurry., You are helpless to hurry. (PS)
• ʔiməm̓sčút He’s concerned (Cv)
• kn̓ ʔiməm̓sčút I fear it (Cv)

belt yq̓ip

belt yq̓ip yiq̓íp

belt yq̓ip, yiq̓íp

bend something yrk̓ʷam̓

bend something yrk̓ʷam̓, yirk̓ʷám̓

below / Down below yxʷut

• way̓ čk̓əɬnixəl̓ tla yxʷut He heard something from below (PS)

badger yx̌ʷyx̌ʷutxn̓

badger yx̌ʷyx̌ʷutxn̓, yix̌ʷyx̌ʷutxn̓

begin to gather yʔaʕ̓

• lútiʔ skipúlaʔxʷs uɬ yʔaʕ̓ iʔ sqilxʷ Before it got dark, the people started to gather (PS)
• yʔa··ʕ̓ʔ uɬ way̓ taʔlíʔ q̓sápiʔ iʔ sqaqsəsts ixíʔ uɬ čʔx̌iɬ ƛ̓lap iʔ sčyaʕpmíx They gathered and it’s long after dark that they quit coming in (PS)

believe ʔ

be able to, be allowed to -ʔ 4 -iʔ

• t̓iʔ n̓k̓ʷak̓ʷíniʔs He picked it out (PS)
• paʔpíniʔs He folded it
• ʔawtípiʔsəlx They followed him (PS)
• čəčqín̓kmiʔst, She'̓s lying on her back. (OkB)
• n̓k̓ʷaʔk̓ʷíniʔs He was able to pick it out (PS)
• tkʷəskʷəsčútmiʔs He was able to play tricks on them. (Cv)
• l̓ kskʷúmiʔs. It is where she put it away. (PS)
• mypnúiʔs He was able to find out
• ʔəʔúkʷiʔs He took them (PS)
• ksc̓əwqíw̓siʔs He’s cutting the cards (Cv)
• uɬ aɬíʔ nixʷ kswíkiʔsəlx I want them to see it (PS)
• lut kswíkiʔs She won’t be able to see it (PS)
• ksənmaʔípiʔs He’ll tell on them
• ksmiypnúysəlx They want to know how (Cv)
• ksníxəlmiʔs He wanted to be able to hear it / He’ll be able to hear (Cv)
• lut x̌minks kskpúlxmiʔs He didn’t like to camp by him (PS)
• lut ksənq̓əltúsiʔs He won’t get sick over it
• kɬəɬn̓mláˤsiʔs. He’s going to warm it again. (Cv)
• lut ksənk̓ástmiʔs, lut ksənq̓əltúsiʔs He won’t get to feeling bad, he won’t get sick over it (PS)
• uɬ aɬíʔ lut xʔkinm̓ mi kn̓ ʔáčəčqəʔiʔ There isn’t any way for me to get out (PS)
• ʔaw̓aw̓tíw̓siʔs He sneaked up (Cv)

be able to, be allowed to -ʔ 4, -iʔ

• t̓iʔ n̓k̓ʷak̓ʷíniʔs He picked it out (PS)
• paʔpíniʔs He folded it
• ʔawtípiʔsəlx They followed him (PS)
• čəčqín̓kmiʔst, She'̓s lying on her back. (OkB)
• n̓k̓ʷaʔk̓ʷíniʔs He was able to pick it out (PS)
• tkʷəskʷəsčútmiʔs He was able to play tricks on them. (Cv)
• l̓ kskʷúmiʔs. It is where she put it away. (PS)
• mypnúiʔs He was able to find out
• ʔəʔúkʷiʔs He took them (PS)
• ksc̓əwqíw̓siʔs He’s cutting the cards (Cv)
• uɬ aɬíʔ nixʷ kswíkiʔsəlx I want them to see it (PS)
• lut kswíkiʔs She won’t be able to see it (PS)
• ksənmaʔípiʔs He’ll tell on them
• ksmiypnúysəlx They want to know how (Cv)
• ksníxəlmiʔs He wanted to be able to hear it / He’ll be able to hear (Cv)
• lut x̌minks kskpúlxmiʔs He didn’t like to camp by him (PS)
• lut ksənq̓əltúsiʔs He won’t get sick over it
• kɬəɬn̓mláˤsiʔs. He’s going to warm it again. (Cv)
• lut ksənk̓ástmiʔs, lut ksənq̓əltúsiʔs He won’t get to feeling bad, he won’t get sick over it (PS)
• uɬ aɬíʔ lut xʔkinm̓ mi kn̓ ʔáčəčqəʔiʔ There isn’t any way for me to get out (PS)
• ʔaw̓aw̓tíw̓siʔs He sneaked up (Cv)

bugs and spiders / bugs and spiders ʔakʷʔakʷtílx naʔɬ tupl̓

both sides / twice ʔaslúsm̓

• kʷuʔ ƛ̓xʷupn̓txʷ ʔaslúsm̓. You got the best of me twice. Two times you defeated me., You beat me twice. (PS)

backbone ʔasx̌m̓, asx̌m̓, ʔasx̌m̓

be watchful of something ʔaw̓aw̓čín̓t

• ʔaw̓aw̓čín̓ I sat watching and ready to hit (Cv)

Broom ʔax̌ʷlp

broom ʔax̌ʷlp, ax̌ʷlp

brush ʔax̌ʷmn̓

brush ʔax̌ʷmn̓, aʔx̌ʷmn̓, ʔax̌ʷmn̓

be loser ʔáˤlpnčút

• uɬ t̓a wnixʷ kiʔ kn̓ kstaʔmínaʔ, way̓ kn̓ áˤlpənčút Sure enough I had a hard time to pull through winter, I was the loser all the way / I sure had a hard time to pull through winter, I was the loser all the way (PS)

binder ʔáˤx̌ʷmín̓

• ʔáˤx̌ʷmín̓ l̓ sq̓ʷiɬt A binder for packing.

bull trout, Salvelinus malma ʔáˤy̓čkst

be hungry / hungry ʔilxʷt

• way̓ nax̌əmɬ ʔilxʷt He’s very hungry (PS)
• axáʔ iskxnílt mət way̓ nixʷ ʔilxʷt, ʔayx̌ʷt My child follower must really also be tired, exhausted (PS)

behind ʔiw̓t

• úɬiʔ ʔiw̓t kəkc̓ilxqən̓ Woodtick got behind (PS)

be there. cf. kɬ- 1 ʔks- ʔaks-

• aksʔax̌lwís. You will wander around. (OkB)

be gathered. WITH C2 REDUPLICATION, RESULTIVE / be gathered ʔúllus

be there / It lay there ʔután̓

• ʔután̓ l̓ xƛ̓ut He got on a rock (Cv)

baby / infant, baby / baby. DIMINUTIVE ʔuʔx̌tílaʔt

• way̓ t̓əxʷ iwá km̓ sknəqsəltílaʔtət, uɬ qʷən̓čin̓ ʔuʔəx̌tílaʔt He’s the only child we got left, and it’s a pity he’s just a baby (PS)

baby blanket / baby blanket ʔuʔx̌ʷtílaʔt sic̓m̓