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It's what you purchased. aksčtíw̓

It is what you will show. aksk̓ʷn̓sxíx.

interesting -amn̓

in the construction -amn̓, -amn̓

• x̌əx̌əstmamn̓ interesting (Cv)
  • kʷ sx̌əx̌stmámnaʔx. You're gonna be funny., You want to be funny. (Cv)

inchoative purposive / inchoative purposive. ALWAYS IN CONSTRUCTION WITH ks- unrealized -aʔx

• uɬ anwíʔ kʷ ksčxaʔtmíxaʔx. And you want to come first. (PS)
• way̓ kskxənmíxaʔx kspíx̌aʔx. So s/he's gonna follow them hunting.
• kskʷáˤčtaʔxəl̓x. They will get up early. (PS)
• kʷu ksɬaʔxʷsk̓ítaʔx. Let’s take a little rest., We're going to rest., We're going to catch our breath. (Cv)
• ksmiʔsxʷətmíxaʔx He wants more / I want more (Cv)
• kʷu ksmipínaʔx. We're gonna want to find out. (Cv)
• kn̓ ksɬáˤpaʔx I’m going to drink (Cv)

improvised arrow, spear c̓aq̓l̓nútyaʔ

if, should čaʔkʷ, čakʷ

• uč čakʷ aláʔ kʷu pul̓̓x ? Maybe we could sleep here? (PS)
• čakʷ čkəxstis. He should be going along with them. (PS)
• haʔ way̓ p sxƛ̓apx iʔ p sqilxʷ aláʔ, km̓ iʔ p y̓l̓y̓lmixʷm̓, km̓ axáʔ iʔ p isnəqsílxʷ aláʔ, čakʷ iwáʔ tətw̓it km̓ íwaʔ ƛ̓əx̌ƛ̓x̌ap, km̓ íwaʔ pəptw̓ínaxʷ km̓ íwaʔ xixw̓tm̓, yəyaˤt swit ? Are all you people here, you kings, or you my people, boys and old men, old women, and little girls, everybody? (PS)
• čaʔkʷ íwaʔ lut st̓paˤm̓ uɬ itíʔ čkxan̓. Even if he doesn’t shoot, just so he goes along. (PS)

it's hailing. c̓əc̓ɬənusn̓tm̓

it was hanging there / hanging (one thing) čkɬaxʷp

insufficient, not enough, fall short čk̓ɬtw̓inm̓

it's sunny čkʷəkʷl̓al̓

it’s striped / striped čɬip̓

it's snowing čm̓qʷaqʷ

imitate voice, do a voice impression, repeat after someone čn̓čaw̓číst, n̓čaw̓čín̓t, n̓čaw̓čínm̓

it has corners, it has points čn̓ƛ̓m̓ƛ̓imqs

in both sides, on both side čn̓xmniw̓s

insult somebody c̓skstmaɬq

It’s laying close to shore čt̓əqčnitkʷ

• ixíʔ wikɬtsəl̓x iʔ stətm̓tim̓s ilíʔ l̓ yaˤčín̓ st̓əqčnitkʷ. Then they saw her clothes close to the shore laying there. (PS)
• áɬiʔ iʔ stm̓tim̓s ilíʔ əɬaʔm̓čnítkʷ, əčt̓əqčnitkʷ axáʔ l̓ siw̓ɬkʷ la čtyap, ilíʔ st̓əqčnitkʷ iʔ stətm̓tim̓s. Her clothes were there close to the shore, there was a bundle on the shore where the water runs, there was a bundle of her clothes (PS)

I pull it out of the hair. c̓w̓qáyaʔqn̓.

instruct someone about land c̓x̌ʷúlaʔxʷxt

indefinite interrogative form čʔx̌iʔ

• čʔx̌iʔ taʔkín̓ iʔ ksq̓sápiʔs iʔ ksčaláʔm̓p ɬə x̌stmin̓tp iʔ sčk̓ʷul̓m̓p ? How long are you going to stay if you like your jobs? (PS)

it has a dropper, there is a dropper əkɬc̓əc̓xʷmin̓

interrogative particle, question marker haʔ

• uɬ haʔ sc̓kinx haʔ ? And what’s the matter?, And is there something the matter? (PS)
• haʔ p aláʔ p čy̓aˤʔ ? Are you all gathered here? (PS)
• uč ixíʔ axáʔ iʔ kɬmut an̓tkɬmílxʷ ? Don’t you miss your wife? (PS)
• haʔ k̓im̓ kʷ ksq̓lips? Do you have another handkerchief?, Do you have a handkerchief left? (PS)
• uɬ haʔ kstim̓? And what is it for?, And does it have a purpose? (PS)

I’m going to open it., I'm going to tear it open. iksk̓ɬn̓t̓lípm̓.

information, request =iɬn̓

• kʷ kʷl̓stiɬn̓ yaʔ sx̌l̓tsqilxʷ. You send them an invitation. (PS)

It's about time iʔ l̓ spn̓kins.

It is the least used. iʔ lut iʔ misk̓ʷúl̓mn̓t.

It's a numbers race. iʔ sc̓ak iʔ sq̓ʷəq̓ʷúƛ̓aʔxnx.

It's a place-value mat. iʔ sc̓ak l̓ aʔ čn̓kɬlíl̓iʔs.

It is counting time., It is counting the clock. iʔ sc̓əkɬx̌iyáɬnxʷ

It is a sorting rule. iʔ sn̓kaʔɬíw̓sm̓ iʔ nak̓ʷúl̓mn̓s.

It is insect larva. iʔ ʔakʷʔakʷtílx iʔ m̓áˤmlaʔs.

I look at someone.. k̓aˤc̓n̓

identify correctly one’s name, straighten out one’s name kčaˤčáˤm̓ɬtím̓

• kʷuʔ kčaˤčáˤm̓ɬtís. She straightened out my name. (Cv)

it gets late, it is late, evening k̓laxʷ

• xʷustx, uɬ aɬíʔ way̓ k̓laxʷ. Hurry̓, it’s alrəady̓ latə. (PS)
• k̓laxʷ iʔ c̓x̌ʷasq̓ts evening of the date/appointment (PS)
• way̓ k̓laxʷ wy̓sn̓c̓iw̓m̓ əɬčkičx axáʔ iʔ tətw̓it. So in the evening when he finished washing dishes this little boy came back. (PS)
• way̓ k̓laxʷ, n̓kʷəkʷʔač. So it's evening, night. (PS)
• huy̓ k̓laxʷ n̓p̓ƛ̓mus iʔ sx̌l̓x̌aˤl̓t. When evening comes the day is ended., In the evening the day ends. (PS)
• ʔáˤpnáʔ k̓laxʷ this evening (PS)
• xʷustx, uɬ aɬíʔ way̓ k̓laxʷ Hurry, it’s already late (PS)

insert something in the eye klaˤw̓úsn̓t

• klaˤw̓úsn̓. I stick it in the eye. (Cv)

It was cut off., The head was cut off. k̓ɬk̓t̓ap

ice skates, roller skates kɬqʷáˤxníkn̓tn̓

it's marked, it’s recorded / marked, recorded k̓ɬq̓y̓ay̓

itchy skin kɬsw̓pilxʷ

It goes the way one wants it. k̓ɬxiʔúsəst

I'm gonna cough. kn̓ ksn̓ɬáˤm̓ptaʔx

intransitive subject pronoun, 1st sg. I kn̓, kn̓

• way̓ kn̓ wasxnúxʷ, way̓ kn̓ xy̓xay̓ápl̓qs. So the sun is coming high on me, so I am going to end the story. (PS)
• uɬ way̓ kn̓ n̓stil̓s mat kʷ səxʔkinx. And so I thought maybe something happened to you. (PS)
• way̓ t̓i kn̓ čkʷənkʷənksənčut I just grabbed my own hands (PS)
• kn̓ sčk̓ʷúl̓aʔx. I just work here. (PS)

infect, be contagious / infect, be contagious. MIDDLE knilm̓

• kniln̓t give someone a disease, infect / give someone a disease
• kʷ iksknílm̓ t sʔáˤhaʔ. I’ll give you a cold.
• kniləntsən̓ t sáˤhaʔ I gave you a cold. (Ok)

it is evening, there is dark, the day is over ksk̓laxʷ

• way̓ k̓l̓ ksk̓laxʷ uɬ t̓uxʷt iʔ kwaps. So towards evening their horse flew. (PS)

its weight ksnaˤsts

island. geog Kettle Falls Island, or Hayes Island. former (pithouse) village site and sometime fishing site / geog. now inundated island in the middle of the Columbia between sntk̓iwlxtns wápupxn and snʔixʷínaʔ. [lit. island.] / island ksun̓kʷ

island ksunkʷ 2

It will be daylight. ksxƛ̓púlaʔxʷs.

• way̓ naʔɬ ksxƛ̓púlaʔxʷs. Well it got to be broad daylight. (PS)
• way̓ t̓i k̓əl̓ ksx̌lap, way̓ k̓əl̓ ksxƛ̓púlaʔxʷs, ixíʔ n̓čaʔlqsíkstməntm̓ At daylight, when it’s daylight all over, that’s when he elbowed him (to wake him up) / At daylight, when it’s daylight all over, he elbowed him (PS)

It's gonna be twice. ksʔasíl̓s.

interjection, yes, well kway̓

• staʔ, kway̓, čn̓kəčnikn̓tm̓ iʔ t n̓kʷl̓muts, t qʷáˤsqiʔ. Well, he was being overtaken by his brother-in-law Blue Jay. (PS)
• way̓ nstils n̓c̓ičən̓, “kway̓, swnixʷəxʷ.” Wolf thought, “Yes, he’s telling the truth.” (PS)
• kway̓ čmistíxʷ lut kʷuʔ t̓a čk̓ɬk̓lxʷusm̓stxʷ kʷu tl̓ sk̓ʷul̓s. You know that you haven’t let us out of your sight since we were born. (PS)
• n̓stil̓s, “kway̓, miyáɬ kn̓ ʔay̓x̌ʷt.” S/he thought, “Well, I am just too tired.” (PS)

interjection, apparently kʷaʔ

• kʷaʔ ilíʔ kʷu čtkʷƛ̓qn̓čut. Well there we made a narrow escape. (PS)
• way̓ kʷu ɬa k̓ɬʔay̓sáqsm̓, ʔaˤc̓n̓t, kʷaʔ patáq uɬ ʔaˤpnáʔ səsp̓qin̓. So we will change grub, look, we’ve had potatoes, now let’s have wheat. (PS)
• čun̓tm̓, “kʷaʔ n̓ʔuɬxʷəxʷ.” He told him, “Go on in.” (PS)
• lut t̓a ksn̓pl̓liw̓s aɬíʔ kʷaʔ n̓k̓ʷsc̓aʔáqʷm̓ iʔ aʔ čn̓lqiw̓stsəl̓̓x. There aren't any weeks because all summer long they pulled weeds. (PS)
• km̓aʔ ʔux̌ʔux̌tílaʔt ikɬkƛ̓aʔnčútn̓, kʷaʔ kn̓ sílxʷaʔ kn̓ ylmixʷm̓ It’s not babies who should come after me, why, I am a big chief (PS)
• way̓ kʷaʔ kxn̓tsin̓. So then I’ll follow you. (PS)
• maʔ ilíʔxəx kʷaʔ axáʔ iswy̓sʔáˤc̓m̓ iʔ q̓y̓min̓. Wait a minute until I’m done looking at the letter. (PS)

it gets warm, it's warm kʷaʔál̓

interjection, just like k̓ʷaʔm̓

It's a little silver. k̓ʷək̓ʷy̓ínaʔ piqsxn̓.

I released it., I freed it., I untied it. k̓ʷixʷn̓

I lent somebody something. kʷɬn̓xixmn̓.

interjection with negative meaning k̓ʷnaʔ

it was singed, we singed it k̓ʷsn̓tim̓

• k̓ʷsn̓tixʷ. You singe/singed it. (Cv)

in, on, for, with, to, at time or location l̓

in one place, on one place l̓ nəqslup

• ilíʔ l̓ nəqslup. S/he stayed at one place. (OkB)

in the morning l̓ sɬəkʷəkʷaˤsts

in the afternoon l̓ sn̓yak̓ʷqín̓s

inside (point) laʔáy̓w̓s

It will be a few., It won't be a lot. lut ksxʷʔits

It's a number mystery. lut t̓a čmay̓ iʔ sc̓kak.

interjection mal̓tm̓

• kʷ kstkɬmilxʷ mi kʷu ɬəɬčq̓ʷiɬtm̓stxʷ? maltm̓ t isysyús kiʔ kaʔkíčəntsən̓ You are the woman and you want to carry me? It is I who found you because I am smart (PS)

I told you something. may̓ɬtsín̓.

interjection maʔ

ironwood məc̓mc̓iɬp

It is so it will weigh the same. miʔ c̓x̌iɬ iʔ t ksnaˤsts.

instrumental, tool -mn̓, -mn̓, -mn̓

• ƛ̓əqʷƛ̓qʷumn̓ thorns (Cv)
• nc̓iw̓mn̓ dish pan, wash rag, wash basin, sink (OkB)
• n̓t̓uxʷtmn̓ airplane (Cv)
• sn̓k̓ʷul̓mn̓ workplace, office, jobsite (PS)
• Sn̓yal̓mn̓ Montana [literally: place of the last stand.] (Cv)
  • way̓ təl̓ sn̓yal̓mn̓, itlíʔ kn̓ sqilxʷ From Montana, I am an Indian from there / I am an Indian from Montana (PS)
  • nixl̓s sn̓k̓l̓ip knaqs iʔ st̓aʔk̓míx sn̓yal̓mnx ilíʔ kiʔ čksl̓íplaʔ. Coyote heard that a maiden from Montana had disappeared. (PS)
• sx̌ʷil̓mn̓ devil / hell, devil (Cv)
  • ʔáˤc̓n̓t anwíʔ pútiʔ čxʷl̓xʷal̓t uɬ l̓ax̌tmn̓txʷ iʔ sx̌ʷilmn̓. Look at yourself, when you were alive and were partners with the Devil. (PS)
  • uɬ axáʔ iʔ sx̌ʷilmn̓ kmix axáʔ iʔ sk̓ʷanɬqs, uɬ way̓ lut, lut ʔəɬəɬnutm̓ iʔ siyúpsč iʔ patáq And this Devil only has these crops, and the tails of the potatoes are not edible. (PS)
  • uɬ axáʔ wsn̓čut iʔ sx̌ʷil̓mn̓ qʷam̓qʷm̓t iʔ staʔxʷɬčítxʷs. And then the devil is bragging how excellent the house he got is. (PS)
• ʔax̌ʷmn̓ brush (OkB)

important person, honored person my̓sqilxʷ

• axáʔ smy̓sqilxʷ axáʔ iʔ tkɬmilxʷ. This an important person this woman. (PS)
• uɬ axáʔ kɬy̓lmixʷm̓əl̓x ixíʔ l̓ tawn̓, síl̓xʷaʔ y̓lmixʷm̓s, smy̓sqilxʷ. And now they have a chief in that town, a big chief, he’s an important person. (PS)
• way̓ mat smy̓sqilxʷ iʔ ƛ̓əx̌əx̌ƛ̓x̌aps. Well their parents must be important people. (PS)
• smisqílxʷ axáʔ iʔ tkɬmilxʷ This woman was an important person.
• axáʔ kɬylmixʷm̓əl̓x ixíʔ l̓ tawn̓, sílxʷaʔ y̓lmíxʷm̓s, smy̓sqilxʷ. They have a chief in that town, a big chief, he’s important. (PS)
• sc̓kinx axáʔ ? kn̓ smy̓sqilxʷ uɬ way̓ axáʔ sxʔim̓ɬt̓ət̓áq̓t c̓q̓iln̓ kʷuʔ ɬə xʷic̓ɬts. What’s the matter here, I am an important person, and they gave me the shortest arrow? (PS)

identify the ground for somebody, show a place to somebody my̓úlaʔxʷɬt

• miy̓úlaʔxʷɬtm̓əl̓x iʔ ksy̓x̌ísaʔx. S/he pointed for them where to drive the deer. (PS)
• my̓úlaʔxʷɬtsn̓. I indicate to the ground to you., I make the land know to you. (Cv)

impatient mʔaˤʔ

indeed not nak̓ʷáʔ

• áɬiʔ nak̓ʷáʔ kɬlatáp. Because they don’t even have a table. (PS)
• pničíʔ nak̓ʷáʔ kɬn̓ʔakʷtáqs km̓ kɬt̓əxʷtlwís. At that time they didn’t have cars or airplanes. (PS)
• nak̓ʷáʔ kʷ smaʔmínm̓, anwíʔ aspʔús. We didn’t send you away, it was your wish. (PS)

Inchelium N̓čaʔlíwm̓

install something that stands in the ground. as pole / install something that stands in the ground n̓c̓lúlaʔxʷm̓

if and when, in a while, later nínwiʔ

• iʔ mypnuntm̓ iʔ ksčk̓ʷul̓tət, uɬ ixíʔ nínwiʔ kʷu qʷaʔqʷaʔmn̓čút, uɬ ixíʔ xʷuy̓ nax̌m̓ɬ tx̌iw̓twílx put ʔaˤpnáʔ sx̌l̓x̌aˤl̓t iʔ kʷu tkʷʔut, uɬ ixíʔ sx̌l̓x̌aˤl̓t miʔ kʷu əɬčy̓aˤp. We’ll find out what our work will be, and then we’ll practice, and then come next year just the same day we walked away, that same day we’ll come back. (PS)
• axáʔ iʔ t isəxʷk̓ʷul̓m̓ nínwiʔ čk̓ʷul̓ɬəm̓s. This worker of mine will take care of them. (PS)
• lut kʷu t̓ čus, nínwiʔ čkʷɬən̓xixm̓stxʷ. S/he didn’t tell me, You can lend it out to someone. (PS)
• nínwiʔ kʷ ikskn̓xítm̓. Later I am going to give you help. (PS)
• put way̓ nínwiʔ čaʔkʷ íwaʔ ɬə kt̓aq̓xnm̓ uɬ lut t̓ ksk̓ɬkičxs. Even if she just stretched later, she can’t reach it. (PS)

I'll see you again later. nínwiʔs əɬwikn̓tsn̓.

irritable (plural), irritated (plural), crabby (plural) n̓k̓əsk̓aʔsíl̓s

inexpensive, cheap, low cost, low value n̓k̓ʷək̓ʷy̓maqs

insert something in the ground n̓laˤw̓úlaʔxʷn̓t

• ilíʔ n̓laˤw̓úlaʔxʷn̓ uɬ klíq̓naʔn̓ iʔ t smik̓ʷt. I stuck him there, and I buried him with snow. (PS)

in-laws n̓ɬəx̌m̓tan̓

I was looking for you., I looked for you., I asked after you. n̓ƛ̓aʔsíw̓sn̓tsn̓.

interpreter n̓my̓čin̓

interpret, translate, relay a message n̓my̓činm̓

• kʷ n̓my̓činm̓ You deliver the message., You translate., You interpret. (Cv)

interpret someone, translate something n̓my̓čin̓t

irrigate, to water n̓pisw̓sm̓

insert in the center, median, middle, one is put right in the center n̓q̓aʔq̓ʔíw̓s

indian language, indigenous language, speak native language, to speak indigenous language n̓qilxʷčn̓

• čakʷ čus iʔ n̓qilxʷčn̓ way̓ uɬ st̓aʔk̓míx. One should say in Indian she was a young maiden. (PS)
• uɬ n̓kʷaníxtn̓ iʔ t n̓qilxʷčn̓ qʷilm̓, n̓qlm̓x̌qin̓tn̓. And I sang for him, Indian language medicine songs, love songs. (Cv)
• k̓ʷək̓ʷy̓ínaʔ čmistín̓ iʔ ən̓qilxʷčn̓. I know the Indian/Indigenous language a little. (Cv)

insane, crazy, stupid n̓qʷw̓qʷaˤw̓qn̓

interrupt somebody n̓saˤy̓čn̓t

• čn̓saˤy̓čstmn̓. I interrupt you (Cv)
• t̓iʔ kmix ixíʔ kn̓ čm̓ay̓xtwíxʷaʔx, úɬiʔ kʷuʔ n̓saˤy̓čn̓txʷ. We are only telling stories to one another, and now you interrupt us. (PS)

interjection, gee, golly, oh my, gee-whiz n̓t̓aʔ

in a while nuw̓s

information, knowledge =n̓wiɬn̓

• kʷu čpx̌ʷam̓ iʔ ksmipn̓wíɬn̓tət. We diversify what we learn., We learn different things., We distribute what we will learn. (PS)
• uɬ axáʔ iʔ stʔiw̓txtət iʔ ɬəsísn̓čaʔtət čm̓ ixíʔ ɬa ksmispəx̌páx̌t, iʔ ksčmipn̓wíɬn̓s. And it's this youngest of us, our little brother, that is the smartest, who has learned more. (PS)

imitate somebody ny̓xʷəxʷmin̓t

• ny̓xʷəxʷmin̓ I copy cat him.
• n̓yxʷəxʷmis iʔ slax̌ts. S/he tried to do what her partner did. (PS)

Indian paint fungus p̓aqʷstn̓

• x̌áʕx̌aˤʔ əɬaʔ ksp̓aqʷstn̓ puffball. Lycoperdon spp. Calvatia gigantea (OkB)

in those days, back then, at that time pn̓ičíʔ

introduced to somebody qʷaʔmnwíxʷ

introduce somebody to somebody qʷaʔmnwíxʷst

• áɬiʔ qʷaʔmnwíxʷstm̓əl̓x iʔ t st̓m̓kʔil̓ts, čun̓tm̓, “axáʔ ixíʔ in̓místm̓, ixíʔ yaʔ y̓lmixʷm̓.” His daughter introduced them, she said, “This one there is my father, he’s the boss.” (PS)
• kʷuʔ qʷaʔmnwíxʷstxʷ. You introduce me., You introduce us. (Cv)

in a pile, piled, heaped sčaˤs

It's been cut lengthwise., It’s split open in the middle., It’s wide open. (of a trail cut through snow.) sčk̓t̓liw̓s

information sčmiyáps

interpreter, translator səxʷn̓my̓čin̓

interpreter, translator səxʷn̓my̓činm̓

It’s bad., It’s awful. sk̓asts

• way̓ lut, iʔ sk̓asts. Well no, that’s bad. (Cv)

I am eating chicken. skəkáˤkaʔ aʔ c̓iɬstn̓.

Idaho Skičw̓

Indian hellebore, Beratrum viride skliq̓mn̓

in front (of someone) sk̓ɬk̓mil̓s

idea sk̓ɬpaʔx̌

It is hatching. skt̓ít̓qʷsaʔx

• ml̓qnups yaʔ sqʷəsqʷaʔsíaʔs sič mat skt̓ít̓qʷsaʔx. Golden eagle babies just hatched. (PS)

Indian potatoes, spring beauty, Indian potato, mayflower skʷn̓kʷinm̓

it becomes fall, cold comes sk̓ʔay̓

issue, problem, business smaʔ

important chief, honorable chief smiɬy̓lmíxʷm̓

• kn̓ smy̓ɬy̓lmixʷm̓ uɬ sc̓x̌ilx isx̌sl̓sčút, iʔ sxʔim̓ɬx̌ást iʔ kɬk̓ʷul̓mn̓səl̓x. I am an important king, and that’s the reason for my very best clothes, the very best things they’re going to use. (PS)

important person smisqílxʷ

Inchelium people, subgroup of sx̌ʷy̓ʔiɬpx on west side of Columbia between Rogers Bar and Kettle Falls sn̓čaʔliwm̓x

Inchelium people, subgroup of sx̌ʷy̓ʔiɬpx on west side of Columbia between Rogers Bar and Kettle Falls sn̓čaʔlíʔx

inside snixʷtíɬc̓aʔ

ice cream shop sn̓sul̓sqʔím̓tn̓

Indian summer sn̓suʔúx

It started shining. sp̓ʔaxʷs

• ixíʔ iʔ sp̓ʔaxʷs uɬ kɬp̓aʔxʷítkʷ. Then she started shining and shone all over the water. (PS)
• x̌i··ƛ̓m̓, kɬqil̓t, n̓t̓aʔ iʔ sp̓əʔaxʷs iʔ k̓ɬənk̓mip, uɬ kəlkʷakʷ He went up the hill, got to the top, goodness, there’s a shining door there, it’s far / He went up the hill, got to the top, gee there’s a shining door. and it’s far (PS)
• put c̓x̌iɬ iʔ t x̌iyáɬnxʷ, iʔ tl̓ x̌iyáɬnxʷ iʔ sp̓ʔaxʷs. It’s just like the sun, from the sun shining. (PS)

It is its pattern core. sqamíns.

• l̓ skpapútmn̓s k̓ɬyirn̓tíkʷ iʔ l̓ sqamín̓s circle the pattern core

Indian boat, Indigenous watercraft or vehicle sqəlxʷiwɬ

Indian reservation sqəlxʷúlaʔxʷ

It is high water marks., It started flooding. st̓ik̓ts

It is your data management and probability. stim̓ aʔ čmistíxʷ uɬ ksəxʔkínaʔx

indigestion stk̓sil̓s

Indian dance, jump dance, winter dance str̓qam̓

ice cream sul̓t sqʔim̓

itch swap

it's lightening, lightning sww̓íkiʔstm̓

invitation, call for company / invite people, call for people sx̌l̓tsqilxʷ

• kʷ kʷl̓stiɬn̓ yaʔ sx̌l̓tsqilxʷ. You send them an invitation. (PS)

ice, glacier sxʷuy̓n̓t

• qmis iʔ sxʷuyn̓t uɬ k̓a n̓k̓m̓qniɬxʷ. S/he stacked the ice blocks up to the ceiling. (PS)
• čiʔíx iʔ skʷal̓t uɬ áɬiʔ ʔaˤmáp iʔ smik̓ʷt uɬ axáʔ iʔ sxʷuyn̓t, It got warm from the sun, and the snow and the ice here melted. (PS)

in trouble, in need, needful syaˤpčín̓

it's nothing, nothing, not a joking matter, be quite something tan̓mús

• lut x̌l̓ tan̓m̓ús kʷ isn̓qʷnmínm̓, ixíʔ kʷ isk̓áˤwmístm̓. It isn’t for nothing that I pitied you, I am going to hire you. (PS)
• uɬ min̓á haʔ tanm̓ús, way̓ t̓i x̌ast əɬ k̓əɬx̌ʷilstm̓. And maybe it’s not for nothing, it’s better that we do away with him. min̓á tanm̓us kiʔ qʷásqiʔ. It isn’t for nothing that he’s Blue Jay (PS)
• way̓ t̓əxʷ mət tanm̓ús ilíʔ sn̓ʔučxn̓ Maybe he’s going to follow for nothing (PS)
• way̓ mɬ ixíʔ tan̓mús asx̌ʷáq̓ʷl̓̓qsm̓, way̓ čm̓ mɬ ixíʔ čiʔstm̓s. Well maybe if you pretend to snore, and she’ll leave you alone. (PS)
• min̓áʔ tanm̓ús axáʔ iʔ tətwit This boy is quite something. (PS)
• uɬ mináʔ tan̓mús uɬ way̓ t̓iʔ naʔɬ anwíʔ miʔ kʷu čmrim̓. And maybe it’s not for nothing, I'll get married with you. (PS)
• nak̓ʷáʔ tl̓ tan̓mús kiʔ n̓ʔaɬnaʔsqílxʷtn̓. It’s not a joke that she is a man-eater. (PS)
• way̓ t̓i tanm̓ús itíʔ kʷu kstəkʷʔútaʔx iʔ t spilm̓ For nothing we will go in the open country (PS)

I licked it., I lick it. t̓aqʷn̓.

instrumental -tayn̓

• ksʔay̓x̌ʷtáyn̓. He gave out., He is exhausted. (PS)
  • kn̓ ksʔay̓x̌ʷtáyn̓ I am tired., I've given out., I'm exhausted. (PS)

iron clothes, press clothes, press t̓ic̓m̓

I hardly try. t̓iʔ kn̓ taʔx̌ílm̓.

in no time t̓iʔ lut

• way̓ t̓iʔ lut uɬ ƛ̓lal̓ axáʔ q̓ʷy̓aˤs. It was no time, and this Black Face died. (PS)
• t̓iʔ lut əčkm̓iksxts. He doesn’t have a particular way of doing it for them. (PS)
• uɬ t̓iʔ lut uɬ ʔay̓x̌ʷt. And it was no time at all and s/he got tired. (PS)
• t̓iʔ lut sksčxʷuy̓s axáʔ n̓c̓ičn̓, way̓ k̓ɬnixl̓. Wolf didn’t go very far, and he heard something., Wolf hadn’t gone very far, and he heard something. (PS)
• čm̓ t̓iʔ lut mɬ kʷ x̌ʷlíɬc̓aʔ nínwiʔ iʔ t sx̌ʷupts. It might not be long and you will throw him away if later he’s weak. (PS)

insult somebody tqʷl̓qʷl̓tínaʔ

• ixíʔ sklm̓xqinm̓s, n̓kʷnim̓s, ixíʔ tqʷl̓qʷl̓tínaʔs n̓x̌aʔx̌ʔítkʷ. He started to sing a love song, he sang, he started to insult the sea monster. (PS)
• uɬ n̓k̓sínaʔmn̓tm̓ sn̓k̓l̓ip, áɬiʔ čtqʷl̓qʷl̓tínaʔs. Coyote didn’t like what he was saying, he was insulting him. (PS)

in a row, come unraveled trar

insert something, tuck something in txəmn̓tim̓

• txəmn̓tixʷ. You tucked them in it., You inserted it in it. (Cv)

indeed / such as, conditional affirmative expression, apparently t̓xʷ

• kʷl̓liw̓t yaʔ nk̓ʷčwixtn̓ t̓xʷ axáʔ tawn̓, síl̓xʷaʔ tawn̓. One tribe of people lived there, it’s a town, a big town. (PS)

indeed t̓xʷm̓

indeed not way̓áʔ

intransitive imperative pl -wi

ignited, It started to burn / ignited wlap

iron wlwlim̓

iron wlwlim̓, wululím̓

in the construction yr=íwa=xn snow shoe =wxn̓, =íwaxn̓

• iʔ syiríwaxn̓s. They are her/his snow shoes. (PS)
• t̓iʔ ilíʔ čyiríwaxn̓. S/he still had snow shoes on. (PS)

intransitive imperative plural -wy̓,-wy̓, -wi

• xʷuywi, ƛ̓əʔánti Go, get him (PS)
• ilíʔ ƛ̓lápwi, p iksíwm̓. You guys, stop, I want to ask you something.
• xəƛ̓mənčútwi t̓wístwi All of you stand in line (PS)

interjection. cf. wyʔ wyaʔ

interjection. listen wyʔ, wyaʔ, uyáʔ

• taw̓yáʔ. It’s not true. (Cv)
• way̓ uyáʔ, k̓əɬpx̌ax iʔ la kstəxʷčənčut Listen, think about getting something to eat (PS)
• way̓ uyáʔ, n̓qʷən̓min̓t iʔ sqʷsitət Listen, have pity on our son (PS)
• way̓ uyáʔ k̓əwpmin̓t asaʔstám̓ Listen, leave alone your brother-in-law (PS)

in construction with ʔkin as follows x-

• ksxʔkistm̓ ? How are we going to do it?
• kʷu ksxʔkínaʔx ? What are we going to do? (PS)
• uɬ xʔkinm̓ ? And what became of it?, And what happened? (PS)
• lut xʔkinm̓. There isn’t any way for it. (PS)
• kʷ xʔkinm̓ ? What can you do?, What is up with you?
• lut kʷ xʔkinm̓. You can’t do anything about it. (PS)
• kn̓ əxʔkinm̓ ? What can I do? (PS)
• kn̓ əxʔknm̓sčut ? What can I do to myself? (PS)

important / important. Supreme being x̌aʔx̌áʔ

• n̓t̓aʔ, way̓, way̓ x̌aʔx̌áʔ. Oh my, s/he’s really important. (PS)
• uɬ áɬiʔ x̌aʔx̌áʔ, sy̓syus l̓ spix̌m̓. And so s/he’s great, smart at hunting. (PS)

it's cool x̌áˤx̌áˤt

invite x̌əltsqilxʷ

Invite to a feast, to a potlatch x̌əl̓tsqilxʷ, sx̌əltsqilxʷ

• x̌əl̓tsqilxʷ t ksnk̓ʷɬpix̌əms Invite on a hunting trip / Invite on a hunting trip. (OkB) [lit. invite somebody to be one’s hunting partner.] (OkB)

interesting x̌əx̌əstmamn̓

• kʷ sx̌əx̌stmámnaʔx. You're gonna be funny., You want to be funny. (Cv)

it’s very interesting / funny x̌əx̌stmamn̓

• iʔ x̌əx̌stmamn̓ pus. It is the funny cat.

interjection xʷm̓

• xʷm̓ t̓i sk̓əɬq̓əy̓nčut As pretty as a picture (PS)
• xʷm̓ lut itlíʔ t̓ə syum̓míst t n̓c̓ičən̓ Like wolf didn’t make a move (PS)

It’s grown worthless / grow weak x̌ʷptwilx

• kn̓ səčhuy̓x iʔ t sk̓iwl̓x uɬ áɬiʔ way̓ kn̓ x̌ʷəptwilx uɬ ixíʔ kn̓ sčxʔim̓sčútx. I am finished with old age, I can’t do anything any more, I am right to the limit. (PS)

It’s clean soil / clean soil / Deserted / clean soil. cf.√xʷk̓ʷ xʷúk̓ʷlaʔxʷ

• 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)

It foams x̌ʷusəs

in a hurry xʷust

Indian rhubarb, Indian celery x̌ʷx̌ʷtiɬp

Indian rhubarb, Indian celery x̌ʷx̌ʷtiɬp, x̌ʷux̌ʷtíɬp

intransitive imperative sg. only in the following form -xx, -xəx

• ilíʔxəx. Just a minute., Stay there., Wait a minute., Hold on a moment. (PS)

interrupt x̌ʔnčin̓

• x̌əʔnčsit We interrupt you. (Cv) uncertain form

ilmíxʷəm chief ylmixʷm̓

• n̓sw̓čnmistmn̓tm̓ t n̓c̓ičn̓ axáʔ yaʔ y̓lmixʷm̓ l̓ st̓m̓kʔil̓ts. Wolf proposed to the chief for his daughter. (PS)

in a while, a short while. cf. yxxʔ yxíxiʔ

in a while, a short while yxíxiʔ,ixíxiʔ

• way̓ t̓i ixíxiʔ čt̓əʔak̓ʷ axáʔ iʔ tkɬmilxʷ In a little while the woman came out (PS)
• ʔixíxiʔ təl̓ ɬəɬsax̌ʷts n̓tikɬč, ixíʔ uɬ way̓ k̓əɬʔanwís way̓ əɬq̓ilx axáʔ iʔ pəptwínaxʷ A while after she goes below, he’ll hear the old lady has gone to bed (PS)

IN EXPRESSIONS OF TIME, PERHAPS PAST MEANING -ʔ 3, -iʔ

• l̓ aʔ čxʔítiʔ at first, the first time (PS)
• taʔkín̓ iʔ ksq̓sápiʔs ? How long will it be? (PS)
• t̓iʔ lútiʔ sk̓laʔxʷs. Before it got late., It was just before evening set in. (PS)
• pútiʔ ksxʷuyn̓t. There’s still ice. (PS)
• pútiʔ k̓ím̓laʔxʷ. It’s still dark. (PS)
• q̓sápiʔ long time; long time ago / He was there a long time (PS)
• uɬ lut sq̓sápiʔs And it wasn’t long ago., And it wasn't a long time. (PS)

insect, to crawl ʔakʷtíl̓x

insects / bugs / bug / insect / bug / insect ʔakʷʔakʷtílx

in a sitting position ʔam̓tútyaʔ

ice saw / ice saw. English ʔáysaʔ

• ixíʔ sʔalk̓ʷsíʔstm̓s axáʔ iʔ ʔáy̓saʔ, čm̓ t sqilxʷ čus n̓nik̓mn̓ l̓ sxʷuyn̓t. Then he started sharpening the ice saw, one could call it in Indian saw for ice. (PS)

identify oneself ʔmnčut

• ʔəmənčutəlx They identified themselves (PS)

infant ʔuʔx̌ʷtílaʔt

inchoative -ʔx -aʔx

• čn̓pəpíl̓xaʔx They’re fixing to go in on the rolls, to be enrolled as tribal members
• ksmysxʷtmmíxaʔx He wants more and more (Cv)
• kʷuʔ aksxʷístaʔx. You are leaving us. (PS)
• kʷu ksn̓c̓spúlaʔxʷaʔx. We are all going to die. (Cv)
• way̓ kn̓ ksn̓ilíʔtnaʔx. So I’m going to find a place to stay., So I'm going to get a home. (PS)
• kn̓ kshəháʕ̓ʷmístaʔx I am going to take a break (Cv)
• uɬ way̓ kn̓ ksksqʷílpaʔx And I have got to have something under me. (PS)
• ksmay̓n̓čútaʔxəl̓x. They are going to tell about themselves. (PS)
• way̓ ksyaˤmíxaʔx. So they’re gathering together. (PS)
• p sk̓ək̓níyaʔx. You guys are going to listen. (PS)
• kn̓ ksq̓ʷəymənčútaʔx I am going to the dance (Cv)
• kn̓ ksxʷúyaʔx iʔ k̓l̓ ksyaʕmíxaʔx. I am going to the gathering. (PS)
• p iksčyaˤmíxaʔx I want you all to gather.

inchoative -ʔx, -aʔx

• čn̓pəpíl̓xaʔx They’re fixing to go in on the rolls, to be enrolled as tribal members
• ksmysxʷtmmíxaʔx He wants more and more (Cv)
• kʷuʔ aksxʷístaʔx. You are leaving us. (PS)
• kʷu ksn̓c̓spúlaʔxʷaʔx. We are all going to die. (Cv)
• way̓ kn̓ ksn̓ilíʔtnaʔx. So I’m going to find a place to stay., So I'm going to get a home. (PS)
• kn̓ kshəháʕ̓ʷmístaʔx I am going to take a break (Cv)
• uɬ way̓ kn̓ ksksqʷílpaʔx And I have got to have something under me. (PS)
• ksmay̓n̓čútaʔxəl̓x. They are going to tell about themselves. (PS)
• way̓ ksyaˤmíxaʔx. So they’re gathering together. (PS)
• p sk̓ək̓níyaʔx. You guys are going to listen. (PS)
• kn̓ ksq̓ʷəymənčútaʔx I am going to the dance (Cv)
• kn̓ ksxʷúyaʔx iʔ k̓l̓ ksyaʕmíxaʔx. I am going to the gathering. (PS)
• kswáy̓aʔx. He’s going to end it. (Cv)
• p iksčyaˤmíxaʔx I want you all to gather.