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way̓ ixíʔ čaˤčn̓tíxʷ iʔ səčhuy̓x iʔ t sk̓iwl̓x, lut k̓im̓ n̓k̓ʷul̓mn̓ l̓ stim̓, uɬ áɬiʔ sk̓iwl̓x. So then go harness the one finished by old age, the one that’s not good for anything from being old. (PS)
k̓m̓ axáʔ iʔ sx̌ʷilmn̓ way̓ iwá kčəhəčəhəmstís axáʔ iʔ sʕ̓ʷx̌ʷip But the Devil tries to work the roots (PS)
way̓ lut, lut k̓im̓ kʷu t̓ slax̌t. Well no, we’re no longer partners. (PS)
way̓ n̓xƛ̓ikstn̓tm̓ yəyáˤt, uɬ txƛ̓apəlx, k̓m̓ naqs iʔ čq̓ilən̓, sxʔimɬt̓ət̓áʔq̓ət He gave one to each of them all, every one of them, except there is one arrow left, the shortest one (PS)
way̓ k̓im̓ nəqsiʔst uɬ nínwiʔ xʷic̓ɬtn̓ sn̓k̓l̓ip. Now there’s one arrow left, and I will give it to Coyote. (PS)

each one knanáqsm̓

each one knanáqsmíʔst

estimate (my estimate) kn̓nstils

eight people ktim̓tm̓ɬ

eight teepees ktm̓ɬtal̓qn̓

eight rows ktm̓ɬtal̓qʷ

eight bundles ktm̓ɬtíc̓aʔ

eight houses, eight dwellings, eight buildings ktm̓ɬtiɬxʷ

eight round things ktm̓ɬtus

eel, lamprey kutwn̓

even, especially k̓ʷam̓

enslave someone kʷan̓qsn̓t

early morning, get up in the morning kʷaˤčt

early in the morning, get up in the morning kʷaˤčtm̓

nínwiʔ axáʔ iʔ p ksnəqsilxʷ p skʷáˤčtaʔx naʔɬ smam̓ʔím̓. All of you that are related will get up early with the women. (PS)

early riser k̓ʷəčtaˤmn̓

eyebrows k̓ʷm̓k̓ʷum̓s

eyebrow k̓ʷum̓

eyebrow(s) k̓ʷum̓s

earth, land =laʔxʷ

=áˤlaʔxʷ earth, land (with pharyngeal)
- sx̌l̓páˤlaʔxʷ early in the morning, early morning, dawn, daybreak (Cv)
ɬúkʷlaʔxʷ dirt, dust, soil (PS)
- iʔ k̓ɬy̓xʷut iʔ t ɬúkʷlaʔxʷ, iʔ saˤw̓x̌ʷíp They are the things under the dirt, the roots. (PS)
xiƛ̓laʔxʷ Level country / level ground (Cv)
xʷúk̓ʷlaʔxʷ It’s clean soil / clean soil / Deserted / clean soil. cf.√xʷk̓ʷ (Cv)
- xʷúk̓ʷlaʔxʷ, nax̌əmɬ t̓i áˤx̌laʔxʷsəlx, uɬ way̓ pkʷúlaʔxʷməlx it’s clean soil, so they just harrowed it, and they sowed the wheat / it’s clean soil, they just harrowed it, and they sowed the wheat (PS)

elbow =lqsikst

escape, flee ɬəx̌ʷap

extinguished, fire is out ƛ̓aw̓t

early fawn ƛ̓əkʷƛ̓akʷt

elders ƛ̓əx̌əx̌ƛ̓x̌ap

way̓ miyáɬ kʷ k̓ʷək̓ʷyúmaʔ, way̓ k̓im̓ kʷ smutx, kʷuʔ askʔamútm̓ iʔ kʷuʔ an̓ƛ̓əx̌əx̌ƛ̓x̌áp. You are too small, you stay home, stay with us elders. (PS)
mat kʷ nixl̓ iʔ tl̓ an̓ƛ̓əx̌əx̌ƛ̓x̌áp. Maybe you heard from your folks? (PS)
in̓čáʔ iʔ kʷuʔ čkʷul̓sts iʔ t an̓ƛ̓əx̌əx̌ƛ̓x̌ap. Your parents sent me here. (PS)
txət̓n̓tikʷ iʔ kʷuʔ anƛ̓əx̌əx̌ƛ̓x̌ap, kʷuʔ k̓amútmn̓txʷ. Take care of us your Elders, stay with us. (PS)
nínwiʔ xsnusəl̓x iʔ t ƛ̓əx̌əx̌ƛ̓x̌aps. Then her/his parents will miss her/him. (PS)
axáʔ iʔ ƛ̓əx̌əx̌ƛ̓x̌ap lut t̓a čc̓in̓təl̓x. The elders didn’t say anything. (PS)

extinguish a fire, firefight ƛ̓w̓am̓

kn̓ ƛ̓wam̓ I firefight (Cv)

evidently, apparently, indeed (an exclamation) / indeed nak̓ʷm̓

ixíʔ nak̓ʷm̓ n̓ʔəɬnaʔsqílxʷtn̓ ixíʔ n̓x̌aʔx̌ʔítkʷ That’s indeed a people-eater, that sea monster. (PS)
way̓ nák̓ʷm̓ nk̓áwlaʔxʷsts iʔ sƛ̓aʔčínm̓. So apparently s/he killed all the deer. (PS)
xʷʔi··t nák̓ʷm̓ iʔ sqilxʷ iʔ sčkm̓ax̌əns Very many people he has kidnapped (PS)

each color, one color naqs c̓aknílxʷ

end of story n̓c̓ay̓l̓xʷápl̓qs

elbow somebody n̓čaʔl̓qsíkstmn̓t

way̓ k̓l̓ ksxƛ̓púlaʔxʷs, ixíʔ n̓čaʔl̓qsíkstmn̓tm̓, áɬiʔ ɬəq̓lil̓xəl̓x iʔ naʔɬ ɬəsísn̓čaʔs, n̓čaʔl̓qsíkstmn̓tm̓ iʔ t ɬəsísn̓čaʔs. So towards when it was getting to be daylight all over, then he elbowed him, because he and his little brother had gone to bed together, his little brother elbowed him. (PS)

ear ache n̓c̓aʔrínaʔ

end the mourning for the spouse’s death n̓c̓lixkʷʔm̓

empty, out of, all gone, drained n̓c̓sap

extract tooth, pull a tooth n̓c̓w̓qiy̓sm̓

enema n̓c̓xʷin̓tn̓

end a story n̓c̓y̓xʷaˤpl̓qsm̓

kaxáʔ iʔ kn̓ n̓c̓ay̓xʷáˤpl̓qsm̓. And it’s now that I end my story. (PS)

elbows n̓k̓m̓k̓ml̓ksikst

elbow n̓k̓ml̓ksikst

eyes dry n̓kr̓us

kn̓ čənkr̓us My eyes are drying up (Cv)

eyes n̓k̓ʷəƛ̓k̓ʷƛ̓ustn̓

eat with somebody, be someone's dining companion n̓k̓ʷɬʔiɬnmn̓t

lut kʷ t̓ iksn̓púl̓xm̓, way̓ ixíʔ n̓k̓ʷɬʔiɬnmn̓tsn̓. I’m not going to camp with you, well, I’ll just eat with you. (PS)

eye n̓k̓ʷƛ̓ustn̓

n̓k̓ʷəƛ̓k̓ʷƛ̓ustn̓ eyes

eat in one meal n̓k̓ʷʔiɬn̓tm̓

enter into (an opening), go in / enter into an opening, go into n̓lipx̌ʷm̓

eyesight n̓̓ƛ̓aʔƛ̓aʔústn̓

ixíʔ əɬkʷin̓txʷ iʔ an̓ƛ̓aʔƛ̓ʔústn̓. Then you got back your eyesight. (PS)

endowed with, have without choice -nm̓t, -num̓t

k̓ɬqɬəɬtnum̓t S/he’s been awakened. (PS)
my̓pnum̓t become aware, seer, forecaster of future (OkB)
- 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)
x̌ən̓numt Get hurt (OkB)

end of time n̓p̓əƛ̓mus

enter, go in / enter, go inside (more than 1) n̓pəpil̓x

envelope n̓pn̓pn̓aqs

empty n̓puʔ

expensive (plural) n̓sl̓sl̓xʷʔaqsm̓

expensive, of high value, valuable, pricey, important, precious n̓sl̓xʷʔáqs

yəyáˤtn̓sl̓xʷaʔáqsm̓, iʔ kɬq̓aʔxán̓səl̓x, kɬqʷačqn̓ n̓sl̓xʷaʔáqsm̓ They’re all expensive, their shoes, their hats, all expensive (PS)

estimate something, think about something, consider something nstil̓smn̓t

eight solids, eight sides n̓tm̓ɬəniw̓t

eight layers n̓tm̓ɬmiw̓s

eight eggs n̓tm̓ɬtip

eat a noon meal n̓tx̌ʷəx̌ʷqinm̓

endowed with, have without choice -num̓t

English language nw̓yápiʔxčn̓

elders, ancestors n̓xaʔaʔčín̓

elder, ancestor, in front, front n̓xaʔčín̓

enter, join in, register for, sit in on n̓xiʔ

enter, join in, register for, sit in on, take part in n̓xiʔm̓

each has n̓xƛ̓us

čn̓xƛ̓usəl̓x. Each of them has it. (Cv)

enjoy something, enjoy hearing something n̓x̌sínaʔmn̓t

n̓x̌aʔsínaʔm̓s S/he enjoyed it. (Cv)

enjoy listening to something, enjoy hearing something n̓x̌sínaʔn̓t

t̓iʔ k̓l̓ skəkáˤkaʔ iʔ sčn̓x̌aʔsínaʔsəl̓x. They were listening to the birds.

end of the story n̓xy̓xay̓ápl̓qs

uɬ áɬiʔ t̓xʷ čaptíkʷɬ ixíʔ uɬ čun̓əl̓x, “way̓ kn̓ waʔsxnúxʷ, way̓ kn̓ xy̓xay̓ápl̓qs, čaʔkʷ čus iʔ n̓xaʔm̓xčín̓.” And since it’s a traditional story, I tell them, “The sun is coming high on me, I am going to end, as they say in the Wenatchee-Columbian language.” (PS)

eat off people n̓ʔaɬn̓čín̓

kʷu čn̓ʔaɬn̓čín̓. We eat with them. (Cv)
way̓ miyáɬ kʷu ɬa čn̓ʔaɬn̓̓čín̓. We have sponged too much. (PS)

eating utensils n̓ʔaɬʔíɬn̓tn̓

enter, go in, enter a house n̓ʔuɬxʷ

huy̓ k̓ɬn̓k̓ahk̓ʷípɬtm̓, way̓ n̓ʔuɬxʷ. The door was opened for him, so he went in. (PS)
kʷ txiʔxán̓ kʷ n̓ʔuɬxʷ You jump right in., You put your feet in and go inside. (Cv)
n̓ʔuɬxʷəxʷ ! Enter!
kʷaʔ n̓ʔuɬxʷəxʷ Well, get in! (PS)

equal shares, fair shares papút iʔ ksxʷic̓əc̓xs

even number papút sc̓ak

ever, how long, when? compound / time, when pn̓kin̓

uɬ čm̓ pn̓kin̓ miʔ kʷu əɬmamáyaʔm̓. It will be some time before we go back to school. (PS)

end, downright, to end, come to an end, at the end p̓uƛ̓m̓

p̓uƛ̓m̓ psáˤyaʔ. S/he’s downright no good. (Cv)

excited q̓iyám̓

excellent food qʷam̓qʷm̓qs

tqʷamqʷəmqs That was delicious food / That was delicious (PS)
ksqʷamqʷəmqsəmp You’re having good things to eat (Cv)

early sockeye salmon, dried salmon, dried fish sc̓win̓

education coordinator, education counselor səxʷknxɬtiɬn̓ k̓l̓ aʔ čn̓q̓y̓mil̓s

especially sičm̓

early morning siɬkʷəkʷáˤst

nínwiʔ x̌lap iʔ ɬəkʷəkʷaˤst miʔ kn̓ əɬčkičx. Early tomorrow morning I will come back. (PS)

ex-daughter-in-law, ex-son-in-law / spouse of deceased son or daughter. diminutive sk̓ək̓ʔílaʔt

evening, being evening, dark evening sk̓laxʷ

yaʕpəlx k̓əl̓ sk̓laxʷ, yaʕpəlx k̓əl̓ sílxʷaʔ tawn̓ They got somewhere towards evening, they got to a big town (PS)
t̓iʔ lútiʔ sk̓laʔxʷs, lútiʔ sky̓púlaʔxʷs uɬ y̓aˤʔ iʔ sqilxʷ. before it got late, before it got dark, the people started to gather / it wasn't evening yet, it was not yet twilight, and the people started to gather. (PS)
lut t̓ qɬnus ksxʷists l̓ sk̓laxʷ. S/he wouldn’t be able to walk in the evening., S/he wouldn’t be able to walk the whole day. (PS)

eye matter, eye goop, eye boogers skməc̓maˤc̓s

east sk̓ʷəƛ̓ptan̓

eyebrow sk̓ʷm̓k̓ʷum̓s

earrings sn̓aˤčaˤčínaʔ

elk ears snək̓ɬt̓n̓t̓ínaʔ

elk sník̓ɬc̓aʔ

egg shell sn̓k̓lm̓xʷmip

exact copy sn̓q̓y̓us

echo sp̓iw̓čn̓

eighth stim̓ɬs

eyes stk̓ʷƛ̓k̓ʷƛ̓ustn̓

uɬ áɬiʔ ixíʔ stkʷəƛ̓kʷƛ̓ustn̓s uɬ t̓n̓t̓ínaʔs axáʔ iʔ kəkw̓wápaʔ. So then these dogs are her eyes and her ears. (PS)

eye stk̓ʷƛ̓ustn̓

ixíʔ sksʔitxs, way̓ íwaʔ miʔ ktqínaʔs iʔ stkʷƛ̓ustn̓s. Then he got sleepy, well, he even tried to keep one eye closed. (PS)

excellent food stqʷam̓qʷm̓qs

Euro-horse, European breed of horse swy̓psqáx̌aʔ

early in the morning, early morning, dawn, daybreak sx̌l̓páˤlaʔxʷ

east sx̌l̓ptan̓

exhibit, movie, show, spectacle, event, spectator event sy̓ay̓áx̌aʔ

eddy, churning water t̓əpwitkʷm̓

engelmann spruce and white spruce, picea engelmannii and p. glauca. b’s etym: t̓əst̓aʕst hard. cf. t̓ʕs / engelmann spruce, white spruce t̓əst̓siɬp

eight tim̓ɬ

ear t̓ínaʔ

t̓n̓t̓ínaʔ ears

easy t̓iy̓t̓y̓m̓

t̓y̓t̓iym̓ l̓ sc̓kaks. It will be easy to count., It's easy to count. (PS)
uɬ t̓iy̓t̓y̓m̓ anwíʔ ɬ akskʷúm̓čn̓. And it’s easy for you to put away your share. (PS)
t̓y̓t̓íym̓ ɬ akstáxʷɬqm̓. It’s easy for you to take your crop., Your harvest will be easy. (PS)
way̓ nínwiʔ t̓y̓t̓iym̓ ɬə ksk̓ɬpaʔx̌n̓tím̓. Well then it’ll be easy to figure it out., So later it will be easy for us to think of. (PS)

emphatic particle t̓iʔ

čniɬts t̓iʔ l̓ ksk̓laxʷ uɬ way̓ wy̓stis iʔ kɬčq̓iln̓s iʔ ksyiríwaxn̓s. In one day already s/he had finished his/her arrows, her/his snow shoes. (PS)
km̓ kʷu tx̌səsmikst uɬ t̓i l̓ nəqslup kʷu ilíʔ If we are lucky we will be (all) in one place (PS)
way̓ t̓i kmix k̓im̓ t̓i čxʷists All he does is walk / All he can do is walk (PS)
way̓ axáʔ qʷásqiʔ t̓i la nyxʷut, uɬ ixíʔ k̓áˤwqənmístm̓s iʔ tkɬmilxʷs ksliʕ̓ʷɬtm̓ axáʔ iʔ syríwaxəns So now Blue Jay from inside coaxed his wife to put on him his snow shoes. (PS)
way̓ t̓i iksənk̓əstmínm̓, way̓ t̓i kn̓ ksƛ̓ləlmíxaʔx I am getting bad, I am going to die (PS)
way̓ t̓i ixíxiʔ uɬ čt̓əʔak̓ʷ axáʔ iʔ kʷəkʷr̓it iʔ tkɬmilxʷ In a little while the Golden Woman came to the top (PS)
way̓ t̓i ixíʔ k̓m̓ sxiʔmíx axáʔ iʔ čq̓ilən̓ This is the only arrow left (PS)
way̓ xʷic̓əxts iʔ sqʷsiʔs t ksqlaw̓s, ixíʔ mət k̓ʷək̓ʷyínaʔ piqsxn̓ t̓i ksənx̌stəlsmístaʔx He gave his son some money, maybe a little silver just to satisfy him / He gave his son some money, a little silver just to satisfy him (PS)

eyebrow tk̓ʷum̓stn̓

earth people, people come to life t̓l̓sqilxʷ

kn̓ t̓əlsqilxʷ I resurrect (Cv)

ears t̓n̓t̓ínaʔ

eyes get used it tqʷaʔmúsn̓t

tqʷaʔmúsn̓txʷ. Your eyes get used to it., Your eyes got used to it. (PS)

eat a lot of something txʷʔaqsm̓st

easy t̓yt̓iym̓

easy t̓y̓t̓iym̓t

earth, land, substance =úlaʔxʷ

eye, face, neck, fire, back, around, lead, first, riverbank, figure =us

end, finish wy̓way̓

way̓ kʷu wy̓way̓ x̌l̓ ʔaˤpnáʔ. Well we are done for now. (Cv)
wiʔwáy̓l̓x syaˤʔ The celebration is finished. (Ok)

elder / ancestor xaaʔxʔít

elder / ancestor / ancestors; man’s grandmother / ancestors / man’s grandmother / elder / ancestor xaʔxʔít

way̓ čxʷn̓tisəl̓x iʔ t xaʔxʔíts. Her elders made over her. (PS)
way̓ taʔxʷsqʷsqʷsíʔ axáʔ iʔ tkɬmilxʷ, níkxnaʔ axáʔ əɬ limtəlx axáʔ iʔ xaʔxʔíts The woman got a child, goodness, her elders were happy (PS)
kʷ in̓xaʔxʔít. You are my Elder., You are my ancestor.
lut xʷus t̓ ksúxʷiʔsəl̓x iʔ t xaʔxʔítsəl̓x. They won’t get acquainted with their Elders/ancestors in a hurry., Their grandparents won’t get to know them in a hurry. (PS)

even/level / level, even xiƛ̓

evel, even xiƛ̓ l̓

early morning x̌lpáˤlaʔxʷ

x̌əlpáˤlaʔxʷ It’s daylight (Cv)

enemy xmin̓

enemy xmin̓, xmin̓

empty area x̌qúlaʔxʷ

čx̌qúlaʔxʷ. There’s lots of room., There is space. (PS)

enjoy / enjoy something x̌stmin̓t

way̓ ixíʔ x̌stmis iʔ skʷʔal̓s. So then s/he really liked how s/he was getting warm. (PS)
p ƛ̓aʔƛ̓aʔúsm̓ laʔkín̓ miʔ x̌stmin̓tp iʔ ksčk̓ʷul̓m̓p. You will look for a place where you will be satisfied to work. (PS)

eraser xʷk̓ʷmin̓

everywhere / everywhere yaˤt k̓aʔkín̓

everywhere / everywhere yaˤt taʔkín̓

every day / every day yáˤyáˤt sx̌l̓x̌aˤl̓t

everybody yəyáˤt

everybody yəyáˤtswit

nínwiʔ txəƛ̓ap iʔ sqilxʷ, yəyáˤt swit. Later the people will come, everybody (PS)
áɬiʔ yəyáˤt swit čnx̌ilm̓sts axáʔ l̓ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ ixíʔ n̓ʔaɬnaʔsqílxʷtn̓ Everybody on this earth is scared of this man-eater (PS)

earthquake ymyumlx

yim̓yúm̓lx iʔ tmxʷúlaʔxʷ Earthquake (OkB)

even though, to no avail ywa

every day ʔax̌lásq̓t

every year / every year. compound ʔax̌lspíntk

ʔax̌əlspíntk kʷu ƛ̓xʷupəntxʷ Every year you get the best of me (PS)

every year ʔax̌l̓spín̓tk

eggs / egg / egg. possibly further segmentable ʔaʔúsaʔ

iʔ sn̓c̓aʔxʷíɬc̓aʔ, iʔ ʔutmíl̓, km̓ iʔ ʔaʔúsaʔ. It is hot cakes, oat meal, or eggs. (PS)

explore, look at repeatedly, review ʔáˤʔaˤc̓n̓t

eat ʔiɬn̓

ʔi··ɬən̓ qʷásqiʔ Blue Jay ate (PS)
way̓ kɬčsl̓xitm̓s uɬ kʷ ʔiɬn̓. So s/he sets the table for you, and you eat. (PS)
aláʔ miʔ čəqn̓tixʷ miʔ kʷ ʔiɬn̓. Set it here so you can eat. (Cv)
way̓ uɬ kčwilsəlx, way̓ sʔiɬənsəlx, ʔi·ɬnəlx, uɬ wiʔwiʔčínəlx They gave them something to eat, they ate, they ate and got done eating (PS)

eat breakfast ʔiɬn̓ iʔ ɬkʷəkʷáˤst sʔiɬn̓

ʔiɬn̓t an̓ɬkʷəkʷáˤst sʔiɬn̓ Eat your breakfast!
l̓ k̓ʷinx kiʔ kʷ c̓iɬn̓ l̓ ɬəkʷəkʷaˤst ? What time do you eat breakfast?
l̓ tim̓ɬ kiʔ kn̓ c̓iɬn̓ l̓ ɬəkʷəkʷaˤst. I eat breakfast at eight.

eat supper, eat dinner ʔiɬn̓ iʔ sk̓laxʷ sʔiɬn̓

ʔiɬn̓t ask̓láxʷ sʔiɬn̓ eat your dinner, eat your supper

eat. PLURAL ʔɬʔiɬn̓

way̓ ʔəɬʔi·ɬnəlx, wiʔwiʔčínəlx They ate, they got done eating (PS)
way̓ ʔəɬʔiɬnəlx, əɬáˤpməlx, way̓ ixíʔ wiʔnúmtəlx They ate, they drank, they were all ready (PS)
xʷuywy̓ ʔəɬʔiɬənwy̓ Go eat (Cv)

edible ʔɬʔɬnutm̓

edible ʔɬʔpnutm̓

Eleven ʔupnkstɬnáqs

Every day ʔx̌lasq̓ət