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qʷačqn̓ hat

• k̓ʷƛ̓qin̓txʷ iʔ t qʷačqn̓s uɬ anwíʔ miʔ kʷ əɬqʷačqn̓. Take off her cap, and put it on your head. (PS)
• ilíʔ čk̓ɬt̓aq axáʔ iʔ qʷəčqʷačqn̓s. The hats are/were stacked there. (PS)

qʷačqnm̓ put a hat on

• uɬ čniɬč iʔ qʷačqnm̓, uɬ k̓a n̓ɬaʔmínk əɬq̓ilx, ixíʔ uɬ məlx̌aʔsx̌ʷáq̓ʷəlqsm̓ He put her cap on, and he lay down next to the wall, and pretended to snore (PS)

qʷačqnmn̓t put a hat on somebody

• ixíʔ čniɬts əɬqʷačqnm̓s. Then he put the hat back on himself. (PS)

qʷačqn̓t put a hat on somebody

• mɬ itlíʔ txʷuy̓mn̓txʷ iʔ knaqs, ixíʔ nixʷ k̓ʷəƛ̓qin̓txʷ iʔ tkɬmilxʷ, mɬ aɬqáqčaʔ ixíʔ əɬqʷačqn̓txʷ. And then you go to the next, take also that cap off the woman, and put it on your oldest brother. (PS)

qʷačqʷəčt warm weather

qʷaɬ dust particles, dust

qʷam̓qʷm̓qs excellent food

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

qʷam̓qʷm̓t beautiful, excellent

qʷánaʔt little pitiful one

qʷaqʷəqʷníl̓p unidentified plant (OkB)

qʷay̓ common, often, abundant, rich, typical

• ixíʔ ɬəɬx̌iƛ̓əms axáʔ l̓ n̓wapáqs, lut qʷay̓ itíʔ t̓ə čxʷuy̓ He went back up the hill in the road where all kinds of things grow, it’s not often that people travel here (PS)
• lut qʷay̓ kʷuʔ t̓a čkičs iʔ sqilxʷ. It isn’t often that people get to me. (PS)
• lut qʷay̓ not often
• lut sqʷay̓s. It isn’t often. (Cv)
• lut kn̓ qʷay̓ I’m not rich. (Cv)

qʷay̓qʷy̓t common, many, riches, wealth

qʷaʔám̓ accustomed / to get used to, to train, to get used to

qʷaʔčínaʔ warm weather

• uč əɬ isčxʷəlxʷált km̓ k̓əɬtwin̓, mi kʷu ksqʷaʔčínaʔ I might never make it until the warm weather. (PS) [lit. I might be alive or fall short, and then we’ll have warm weather.]

qʷaʔíl̓s have enough

• qʷaʔíl̓səl̓x. They’ve got enough., They have enough. (Cv)

qʷaʔl̓stwíxʷ argue

qʷaʔɬmn̓čút snow dust

• qʷaʔɬmn̓čút iʔ tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ. The snow floated around the earth., The ground was dusty. (PS)

qʷaʔmíkst practice, be in practice, have practice

• axáʔm̓ sčx̌sikstm̓səl̓x yaʔ ksqʷaʔmíkst. Those who know how to fix them took pains. (PS)
• uɬ axáʔ yaʔ ksqʷaʔmíkst, ta k̓ʷənxasq̓ət wʔyusxn̓ km̓ iʔ sčk̓ʷəl̓sčq̓ilən̓ Those who are used to it, it takes them several days to finish shoe work or arrow work (PS)

qʷaʔmíkstmn̓t get practice at something, train by hand at something

• ksqʷaʔmíkstməntm̓ iʔ sčm̓im̓yaʔnčútət, iʔ sčk̓ʷul̓tət We’re going to get used to what we’re learning, to our work (PS)

qʷaʔmín̓t get used to something

qʷaʔmnwíxʷ introduced to somebody

qʷaʔmnwíxʷst introduce somebody to somebody

• 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)

qʷaʔmús broken in

• lut t̓a čn̓qʷaʔmús. It's not broken in., It hasn't become accustomed. (Cv)

qʷaʔqʷaʔmn̓čút to practice

qʷaʔqʷʔál̓ speak, talk (more than one)

• kʷu qʷaʔqʷʔál̓ uɬ t̓xʷ miʔ ʔasíl̓ x̌əx̌iyáɬnxʷ. We talked until two o’clock. (Cv)

qʷaʔqʷʔalmínm̓ discuss

qʷaʔqʷʔalmíx backbite somebody. (IMPERATIVE?)

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

qʷáˤl̓x̌iʔ gills

qʷaˤn̓čút slide, to slide

qʷaˤqʷáˤt ornery

qʷáˤsəsqiʔ become blue jay

qʷáˤsqiʔ Stellar's jay, blue jay

qʷaˤw̓, qʷaˤʔ drunk

• qʷaˤw̓qʷáˤw̓ drunk, crazy, silly (plural)

qʷáˤwmist do something silly

• kʷ čpəpsáˤyaʔ čm̓ kƛ̓aʔíplaʔntxʷəlx, pnaʔ kʷ qʷáˤwmíst. You have got no sense, you might cause them problems, you might do something silly (PS)

qʷaˤw̓m̓sčút do something crazy, be a drunk

• way̓ t̓i kʷ n̓qmilsm̓, lut t̓ isqʷəqʷáˤwqʷút Put your mind at ease, I’m not wild (PS)

qʷaˤw̓qʷáˤw̓ drunk, crazy, silly (plural)

qʷaˤwqʷáˤw̓ / qʷaˤʔqʷáˤʔ drunk (plural)

qʷaˤy̓ blue (Cv)

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

qʷaˤy̓ iʔ skʷil̓s purple

qʷaˤy̓sílxʷ greenbacks, money

• lut t̓a kɬqʷaˤy̓sílxʷ. S/he doesn’t have any greenbacks (paper money).. (PS)

qʷaˤʔ, qʷaˤw̓ get drunk, be silly, crazy, drunk

qʷaˤʔp slip

qʷaˤʔqʷáˤʔ, qʷaˤw̓qʷáˤw̓ crazy, drunk, silly (plural) (OkB)

qʷəčqʷačqn̓ hats

• ilíʔ iʔ qʷəčqʷačqn̓ ʔisk̓ʷlm̓s. There he tossed the hats. (PS)

qʷəqʷáˤʔqʷaˤʔt, qʷəqʷáˤw̓qʷaˤw̓ ornery children

qʷəqʷil̓qʷl̓t waste time. unclear form / waste time

• lut aksqʷəqʷil̓qʷl̓tm̓ ! Don’t waste time! (PS)

qʷəqʷípaʔ little pouch / little pouch, little bag (Cv)

qʷəqʷliʔt black pine, jack pine, lodgepole pine

qʷəqʷɬin̓ alder, birch / birch / place name- area north of yaˤčín̓, [lit. birch.] / ̓ alder, birch. betula occidentalis (Cv)

qʷəqʷʔípaʔ bag, twine bag, purse

qʷəspíc̓aʔ buffalo, buffalo robe / buffalo, buffalo robe, buffalo hide (Cv)

• 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)
• sčustsəl̓x q̓ʷy̓q̓ʷaˤy̓ st̓maˤl̓t uɬ ixíʔ qʷəspíc̓aʔ iʔ ʔum̓səl̓x. They call them black cows or Buffalo. (PS)

qʷəsqʷəsmuɬ caterpillars

qʷətqʷətlisxn̓ rocks for cooking (Cv)

qʷil̓čn̓ fir needles, fir boughs (OkB)

• t̓xʷ way̓ iʔ skpl̓liksts iʔ stkl̓kl̓xmikstn̓, ixíʔ uɬ sčustsəl̓x iʔ qʷilčə n. Those which sprout from the limbs, these they call palm boughs. (PS)

qʷilm̓ cheat, sing medicine song, sing spiritual song / cheat, spiritual song (OkB)

• in̓čáʔ kn̓ kʷuʔ čus isqʷsíʔ uɬ n̓kʷanístn̓ iʔ t ən̓qilxʷčn̓ qʷilm̓, n̓qlm̓xʷqin̓tn̓. My son told me and I sang, Indian medicine songs and love songs. (Cv)
• iʔ qʷil̓m̓ x̌minks iʔ ksníxl̓miʔs uɬ yəyaˤt n̓kʷakʷíɬtn̓ iʔ əčmistín̓. He wanted to hear medicine songs and all the other songs I know. (Cv)

qʷiln̓t cheat somebody

• qʷiln̓tsn̓. I cheated you. (Cv)

qʷil̓qn̓ porcupine

qʷiĺqʷíl̓siʔ unidentified plant (Lerman, 1952-54) (OkB)

qʷim̓m̓ startled, scared, spooked (OkB)

• kn̓ sqʷim̓m̓x. I got scared., I was startled. (PS)

qʷin̓ green (Cv)

qʷisp buffalo

qʷiyl̓p bed matting, bedding, bed cover

qʷiyl̓pm̓ make a bed

• sčqʷiy̓l̓pm̓s sn̓k̓l̓ip. Coyote made a bed. (Cv)

qʷiyl̓ps drape over the neck

• kɬqʷiylpsm̓ He draped (a scarf) over his neck (OkB)

qʷl̓aˤl̓ ̓ gall bladder

qʷlmin̓ ashes (OkB)

qʷl̓qʷil̓ talk, speak

qʷl̓qʷilm̓ cheat (plural or repeated)

qʷl̓qʷil̓st speak to someone, talk to somebody

• qʷl̓qʷil̓stn̓. I talked to her/him. (Cv)
• qʷl̓qʷil̓stsəl̓x. They talked to her/him. (Cv)
• xʷuyx, lut aksəntq̓aʔlsínaʔm̓ sn̓k̓l̓ip, way̓ n̓ín̓w̓iʔ t inčá qʷəlqʷilstn̓ Go on, don’t pay any attention to Coyote, I will talk to him (PS)
• way̓ ixíʔ qʷəlqʷilstmn̓ That’s what I’m telling you (PS)
• way̓ kʷuʔ k̓əɬq̓əy̓ɬtixʷ axáʔ iʔ qʷəlqʷilstmn̓, lut aksənɬíptm̓ Put down in writing what I’m telling you, don’t forget it (PS)
• ixíʔ lut anwíʔ isn̓t̓y̓ínaʔsčút l̓ kʷuʔ qʷl̓qʷil̓stxʷ. Then I didn’t dispute your word when you talked to me. (PS)
• k̓ɬkičx iʔ k̓l̓ kɬtx̌ʷiw̓s, kʷmiɬ kiʔ qʷl̓qʷil̓stm̓ t sn̓k̓ʷək̓ʷiy̓ml̓t. He got half way, and suddenly a little child spoke to him. (PS)
• áɬiʔ sčutx kʷuʔ x̌min̓ks pin̓tk kʷuʔ wiks mɬ t sqilxʷ qʷl̓qʷil̓stn̓. Therefore he was saying he likes that whenever he sees me I talk to him in Indian. (Cv)
• way̓ ixíʔ kʷuʔ kʷukstxʷ əɬ qʷəlqʷilstmn̓ I’m thankful that I got to talk to you (Cv)

qʷl̓̓qʷil̓t speak, talk, say something, make a speech (OkB)

qʷl̓qʷlm̓niɬp sage brush, sage

qʷl̓qʷl̓tist able to speak, able to talk

qʷl̓qʷl̓tuɬ talkative, likes to talk, like to speak

qʷl̓̓qʷl̓tuɬt tell somebody something, inform somebody about something

• uɬ yəyáˤt stim̓ ta čk̓aʔɬáʔ nixʷ kʷuʔ qʷəlqʷəltuɬts After that he told me a lot of things (OkB)

qʷl̓stwixʷ argue, talk to one another, debate

• t̓xʷ kʷaʔ čsax̌ʷtx, kʷu sqʷəlqʷəlstwixʷx, t̓əxʷ mi kʷu n̓suxʷnaʔmənwíxʷ All right, come down, lets talk, so we may understand one another. (PS)

qʷɬniɬp alder (Cv)

qʷm̓iw̓t a long time

qʷm̓qʷim̓ prance

• iʔ kw̓w̓apsəl̓x qʷm̓qʷim̓, kɬʔəx̌lx̌lw̓silxʷ. Their horses prance, they are well matched. (PS)

qʷn̓an̓ be pitied, pitied

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

qʷn̓čin̓ pity, pitiful

• way̓ sn̓k̓l̓ip, axáʔ qʷən̓čin̓ kʷ sʔiwtx, way̓ t̓i ixíʔ k̓m̓ sxiʔmíx axáʔ iʔ čq̓ilən̓, way̓ ixíʔ axáʔ kʷintxʷ, ixíʔ akɬčq̓ilən̓, uɬ ixíʔ akskʷíst, sn̓k̓l̓ip Well, Coyote, it’s a pity you got behind, this is the only arrow left, take it, this will be your arrow, and this will be your name, Coyote (PS)
• way̓ t̓əxʷ kʷu qʷən̓činməntxʷ uɬ aɬíʔ kn̓ stʔiwtx, uɬ putiʔ kn̓ k̓ʷək̓ʷyúmaʔ, kn̓ spsáˤyaʔ It’s a pity that I am the youngest one, and I am too small, I got no sense / Pity me that I am the youngest one, and still too small, I got no sense (PS)
• áɬiʔ qʷn̓čin̓, talíʔ x̌min̓kn̓ isn̓ʔam̓ʔímaʔt, uɬ áɬiʔ asqʷəsqʷasíaʔ uɬ áɬiʔ way̓ əɬxʷuy̓stxʷəl̓x. It’s a pity thing to say, I like my grandchildren very much, but they are your children and now you will take them. (PS)
• huhuy̓, qʷn̓čin̓ anwíʔ kʷ sxəxʔítaʔx, way̓ anwíʔ n̓k̓ʷak̓ʷín̓txʷ stim̓ iʔ akɬx̌mín̓k. Okay, it’s a pity that you are the oldest, you pick out what you want (PS)
• áɬiʔ qʷn̓čin̓ kn̓ səčk̓ʷul̓x, uɬ way̓ kʷ iksƛ̓aʔɬtím̓ iʔ an̓x̌mín̓k. Therefore it’s a pity I am working, or I’d go after anything you want. (PS)
• áɬiʔ way̓ qʷn̓čin̓ kn̓ səčhuy̓x iʔ t sk̓iwl̓x, uɬ áɬiʔ way̓ kn̓ x̌ʷəptwil̓x uɬ ixíʔ kn̓ səčxʔim̓sčútx. Therefore it’s a pity I am so finished with old age, I can’t do anything any more, I am right to the limit. (PS)

qʷn̓činmn̓t complain with/to somebody

• kʷuʔ qʷən̓činməntxʷ You complain with me (PS)

qʷn̓činm̓st pity somebody, speak with pity on someone

• way̓ ƛ̓lal̓, čqʷənčinəmstxʷ He’s dead, pity him (PS)
• staʔ kʷuʔ čqʷn̓činm̓stxʷ. I am pitiful., You just call me pitiful., You have pity on me. (PS)

qʷn̓čnmist pitiful, talk pitifully

• čus iʔ tkɬmilxʷs, “way̓ kʷ sqʷn̓čnmistx." He told his wife, “You talk pitifully.” (PS)

qʷn̓ikstmn̓t treat somebody pitifully, treat someone with pity

• čqʷn̓ikstm̓p. You mistreat him. (PS)

qʷn̓ikstm̓st do something pitiful to somebody

• sqʷəqʷn̓ikstm̓stsəl̓x. They’re doing something pitiful to them. (Cv)
• íwaʔ tx̌n̓čnmistmn̓tm̓ iʔ t kwaps, “way̓ kʷuʔ čqʷn̓ikstm̓stxʷ.” His horse tried to interrupt/verbally warn him, “You are doing me pitifully.” (PS)
• way̓ uyáʔ, čqʷn̓ikstm̓stxʷ ixíʔ ankəwáp Listen, you’re mistreating your horse (PS)

qʷn̓kstmist do something pitiful

• way̓ t̓i ilíʔ uɬ qʷən̓kstmis axáʔ n̓c̓ičən̓, ƛ̓m̓ xaʔtús Then Wolf did something pitiful, he that used to be boss (PS)

qʷn̓ɬtwil̓x become green

qʷn̓m̓sčut have a hard time, suffer, be pitiful

• p qʷnm̓sčut. You guys are having a bad time. (PS)

qʷn̓n̓qʷan̓t be pitiful, pitiful, poor, person of low class (plural)

qʷn̓qʷan̓t pitiful, be pitiful, poor, person of low class (OkB)

• qʷn̓n̓qʷan̓t be pitiful, pitiful, poor, person of low class (plural)

qʷn̓qʷnm̓sčut have a hard time, suffer, be pitiful

• kn̓ sqʷn̓əmsčutx I am suffering / I was pitiful / I was pitiful as I tried it (Cv)
• qʷn̓qʷnm̓sčut. They’re having a hard time., They are suffering. (Cv)
• miyáɬ čm̓ kʷ qʷn̓qʷnm̓sčut. Too much and you will be pitiful. (PS)
• kn̓ sqʷnm̓sčutx. I am pitiful. (Cv)

qʷn̓qʷnus sorry face, pitiful face

qʷn̓sčut do something pitiful

• way̓ uɬ ilíʔ kn̓ qʷənsčut ilíʔ la nyxʷut, nak̓ʷáʔ inkc̓ax̌ʷ That’s when I did that pitiful thing inside there, I didn’t do it on purpose (PS)

qʷn̓tan̓ one’s suffering, ones pitfulness

• lut t̓a čmistím̓ l̓ stim̓ sy̓syus, pnaʔ čmay̓ ixíʔ akɬqʷn̓qʷn̓tán̓. We don’t know in what things s/he is smart, maybe you’ll suffer from it. (PS)

qʷn̓ʔiw̓t faint, pass out

qʷsn̓čut hiss

qʷt̓íx̌ʷaʔ louse, lice

qʷuɬ dust, powder

• qʷuɬ, qʷuɬ, qʷuɬ, iʔ syiríwaxn̓s. Their snowshoes go dust, dust, dust. (PS)

qʷum̓t goof

• kn̓ qʷumt I goofed (Cv)

qʷúpsaʔ great great grandparent(s), great great grandchild(ren) / great-great-great-grandmother, great-great-great-grandchild (Cv)

qʷx̌ʷəx̌ʷminmn̓t lust for someone

qʷy̓iɬxʷm̓ make a shelter, cover a house

• sqʷy̓iɬxʷm̓s. S/he makes a shelter with boughs. (Cv)

qʷy̓iɬxʷm̓st cover a house, make a shelter

• ixíʔ mɬ ɬa čqʷy̓iɬxʷm̓stsəl̓x. And that’s how they cover their houses. (PS)

qʷy̓ínaʔ cover a surface

• tqʷyínaʔn̓txʷ. You covered it with something. (Cv)

qʷy̓úlaʔxʷ abundant on the land, prosperous, person of high class, wealthy person, rich, wealthy (OkB)

• áɬiʔ q̓sápiʔ iʔ sqilxʷ ixíʔ iʔ xʔitsəl̓x, iʔ qʷy̓úlaʔxʷəl̓x. Long ago that’s who comes first for the people, the rich ones. (PS)
• kn̓ qʷəyúlaʔxʷ I am rich (Cv)

qʷy̓ulaʔxʷwíl̓x become rich, become wealthy, become abundant, become prosperous

qʷʔač warm weather, get warm (OkB)

qʷʔaˤp slides, slid