stab

From s- + tab(a), from Proto-Salish *s-tam ("what?"; "something"), from *s- + *tam (“thing; what”)


c̓ayə

Callorhinus ursinus
Callorhinus ursinus#Translingual


qʷuʔ

Cognate with Klallam qʷuʔ, Comox qayɛʔ, Halkomelem qó꞉, and Thompson qʷuʔ.


t̕aqa

salal, Gaultheria shallon, a plant with edible blue berries and young leaves which are sweet and efficient appetite suppressants


ƛ̕əxʷayʔ

ƛʼəxʷayʔ (canonical)
ƛʼxʷáyʔ (alternative)


yuʔqʷ

old salmon that has spawned and is soon to die


həduʔ

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha#Translingual


ʔəšás

Cognate with Saanich ʔəšes (“sea lion”) and Klallam ʔəšás (“sea lion”).


sʔəɬəd

xʷiʔ gʷəsulək̓ʷəds əlgʷəʔ tiʔəʔ sʔəɬəds ʔal kʷi ʔasq̓ʷəl


ʔásxʷ

Cognate with Saanich ʔesxʷ (“seal”) and Klallam ʔásxʷ (“fur seal”), Squamish asxw (“seal”).


c̓əbəlqid

c̓əb (“to pick; to clear”) + al + qid (“head”), in reference to a story about mink ending up bald-headed


sc̓ax̌əč

/st͡sʼˈɑχət͡ʃ/

Blend of c̓əxʷ (“worn out”) + -ač (“head hair”)


sʔəɬədalʔtxʷ

head

sʔəɬədalʔtxʷ


tul̕čaʔkw sʔəɬəd

tul̕čaʔkw (“from the water”) + sʔəɬəd (“food”)


waq̓waq̓

Possibly onomatopoeia from a frog croaking. Compare Klallam wəq̕ə́q̕.


ʔaciɬtalbixʷ

Native American; any indigenous person of the Americas (as opposed to pastəd)


kayə

From Proto-Salish *kayaʔ (“grandmother”).


scapaʔ

grandfather, or a brother or male cousin of one's grandparent


k̓ʷat̕ad

From Proto-Salish *k'ʷat'an. Compare Klallam k'ʷát'ən (“rat”), Saanich k'ʷet'ən (“mouse”), and Thompson k'ʷetn'íʔ (“mouse”).


sbəq̓ʷaʔ

From Proto-Salish *sməq'ʷaʔ. Compare Lillooet šmə́q'ʷaʔ.


kəlapx̌ʷəlč

/kəlˈɑpˌχʷəlt͡ʃ/


q̓il̕bid

q̓il(i) (“to ride”) + -bid (“thing for”)


ƛ̕aƛ̕ac̓apəd

head

ƛ̕aƛ̕ac̓apəd

/t͡ɬʼɑ.t͡ɬʼɑ.t͡sʼɑ.pəd/


st̕əx̌ʷšəd

/ˈstʼəχʷ.ʃəd/


qaw̓qs

kaw̓qs (alternative)
qʷaq̓ʷ (alternative)
sqʷaqʷ (alternative)


č̓ǝƛ̕əʔ

/ˈt͡ʃʼə.t͡ɬʼəʔ/


dᶻulǝq̓

dᶻulaq̓ (alternative)
dᶻulək̓ (alternative)
dᶻulak̓ (alternative)


tul̕čaʔkw

tul̓čad (“where from”) + -kʷ (“water related suffix”)


bədaʔ

ʔuʔux̌ʷcəb ti dbədaʔ


dxʷləšucid

ʔəsx̌aƛ̕txʷ čəd kʷi gʷədsčəwatil ʔə ti dxʷləšucid.

tulud ti pastəducid dxʷʔal ti dxʷləšucid

gʷəl dᶻaʔk̓ʷuhəxʷ gʷələtulyitəb ʔə kʷi dxʷləšucid ʔacʔaciɬtalbixʷ

1994, Dawn Bates, Thom Hess, Vi Hilbert, Lushootseed Dictionary, page 230:

[…] so that finally some day all Lushootseed speaking Indians may some day be able to read and study their language.


pastəd

tul̕ʔahəxʷ gʷəl tuhaydubəxʷ ʔə kʷi dxʷsƛ̕alb kʷi gʷəsulək̓ʷəds əlgʷəʔ tiʔəʔ gʷəɬ pastəd sʔəɬəd

From there (it was that) the Clallam learned to eat of the white man's food.


sʔax̌ʷuʔ

From s- (nominalizing prefix) + ʔax̌ʷuʔ ("clamming").

butter clam (Saxidomus giganteus), or clams in general


ʔax̌ʷuʔ

ɬuʔax̌ʷuʔ čəd


siʔab

From s- (nominalizing prefix) + ʔiʔab ("wealth").


ʔiʔab

endearing term of address for a young boy


bəšč̓ad

/bəʃt͡ʃʼˈɑd/


swatixʷtəd

čad swatixʷtəd tiʔəʔ dəxʷʔatubs

Which country is it that they have been taken to?


sx̌əy̓us

xʷiʔ gʷəsx̌əy̓us gʷəʔatub ʔal tiʔiɬ


x̌əcabid

ʔayiti kʷədiʔ x̌əcabid ʔə kʷədiʔ xʷiʔ gʷəsukʷədxʷs tə skʷəbšəd gʷəɬ sqigʷəc, ʔəsx̌ib

An animal hide was placed there for someone who was not a hunter who could not get the hide of deer.

unidentified garment made from animal hide


sʔacgʷəs

middle of the body, waistline; small of the back


ʔacigʷəd

ʔac- (“center”) + -igʷəd (“inside the body”)


xʷʔəcusačiʔ

xʷ- + ʔac- (“center”) + -us (“face”) + -ačiʔ (“hand”)


xʷʔəcušəd

xʷ- + ʔac- (“center”) + -us (“face”) + -šəd (“foot”)


adsixʷʔaciɬtalbixʷ

ad- (“your”) + sixʷ- + ʔaciɬtalbixʷ (“people”)


ʔaciɬtalbixʷaladxʷ

ʔaciɬtalbixʷ (“people”) + -aladxʷ (“year”)


ʔacʔaciɬtalbixʷ

Reduplicative pluralization of ʔaciɬtalbixʷ


ʔaciɬtalbixʷaləqəp

ʔaciɬtalbixʷ (“person; human”) + -aləqəp (“odor”)


ʔadᶻaləqəp

xʷiʔ ləʔadᶻaləqəp ʔu dxʷʔal dəgʷi


ʔahaykʷ

huy čəxʷ ʔahaykʷ


ʔalš

ləli ʔu ʔə ts adʔalš tsi ʔucutcut

Is that your sister speaking? (when addressed to a male)


ʔalalš

ʔəbil̕əxʷ diɬ kʷši dʔalalš kʷi ʔupədᶻatuɬ

Perhaps it is my brothers who are duck hunting. (spoken by a female)


ʔaɬcut

ƛ̕adəxʷəsʔaɬcut


stul̕ʔaɬx̌əd

s- + tul̕- (“from”) + ʔaɬx̌ad (“downstream”)


səxʷʔax̌ʷuʔəb

head

səxʷʔax̌ʷuʔəb

səxʷ- (“device for”) + ʔax̌ʷuʔ (“clamming”) + -əb


xʷʔax̌ʷaʔəd

the large clam basket left on the beach into which all those clamming empty their xʷʔiʔx̌ʷaʔəd


xʷʔiʔx̌ʷaʔəd

head

xʷʔiʔx̌ʷaʔəd

Diminutive reduplication of ʔax̌ʷuʔ + -əd

the small clam basket each person clamming carries with them, which they periodically empty into the xʷʔax̌ʷaʔəd


ʔəʔutx̌s

A loanword from a Southern Wakashan language, presumed to be Makah

Nootka-style canoe, also called a Chinook or family canoe.


ʔəččɬ

bulb growing in clusters underground, presumed to be Fritillaria lanceolata


sʔəgʷač

s- + ʔəgʷ (“to follow (from Proto-Salish *ʔaw)”) + -ač (“hair on top or back of head”)

affix

to follow (from Proto-Salish <i class="Latn mention" lang="sal-pro">*ʔaw</i>)


ʔəkʷyiqʷ

great-great-grandparent or great-great-grandchild (four generations removed from self, whether ascending or descending)


ʔəliqs

ʔəliqs tsi xʷiʔ ləhaʔɬ sqigʷəc


ʔəɬtxʷ

bək̓ʷ ʔəsqʷib tiʔəʔ sʔəɬtubs

Everything they fed her had been prepared


ʔəɬdiluɬbid

ck̓ʷaqid ʔuʔəɬdiluɬbitubuɬ

He always (comes and wants to) eat off us.


ʔəɬbid

ƛ̕uʔəɬbid ʔə tiʔiɬ cədiɬ ƛ̕əsuʔəɬəds əlgʷəʔ ƛ̕ux̌əɬ ti gʷəsʔax̌ʷuʔ x̌əɬ ti c̓ubc̓ub

That which they used to eat was sort of like clams, sort of like barnacles that they would use for food.


ʔəɬədalʔtxʷ

ʔəɬəd (“eat”) + -alʔtxʷ (“house, room in a house”)


ʔəpus

aunt; female sibling of either parent when that parent is living


dxʷʔət̕əb č̓ƛ̕aʔ

head

dxʷʔət̕əb č̓ƛ̕aʔ


ʔəyahus

a supernatural power that would shoot someone with small worms that would eat them, the only power that could not be obtained according to Coast Salish mythology.


siʔsiʔab

hay čəd kʷədadəxʷ tiʔəʔ dsgʷahahəxʷ čəda ʔilid dxʷʔal gʷədəxʷəsx̌altubs ʔal tiʔəʔ siʔsiʔab

Then I sang a song of my own so that it could be recorded by these noble people.


ʔibac

grandchild, grandniece, grandnephew (consanguineal relative of secondary descending generation)


cixʷʔibac

grandchild's spouse, grandchild-in-law (affine relative of second descending generation)


ʔiʔibəštxʷ

Diminutive reduplication of ʔibəš + -txʷ

ʔux̌txʷəxʷ ti sqʷəbayʔ dxʷsalbixʷ čəxʷa ʔiʔibəštxʷ


səxʷʔigʷəɬ

səxʷ- (“device for”) + ʔigʷəɬ (“climbing a tree”)


lədᶻək̓ʷ səxʷʔigʷəɬ

head

lədᶻək̓ʷ səxʷʔigʷəɬ

lə- + dᶻək̓ʷ (“travel, wander”) + səxʷʔigʷəɬ


ʔik̓ʷaɬdəlb

ʔik̓ʷ (“wipe”) + -aɬdəl (“parts of the mouth”) + -b


ʔik̓ʷusəd

ʔik̓ʷ (“wipe”) + -us (“face, head, upper part”) + -əd


sʔilas

a small silver trout species caught by native peoples on Lake Washington


ʔilid

ləʔilid tiʔəʔ dxʷləšucid ʔə kʷi haʔɬ gʷəyayusbidəs təɬ

They can speak Lushootseed well if they work at it.

sing something, repeat something, interpret something


kay̓kay̓

skayʔkay (alternative)
kaykay (alternative)


ʔilax̌ad

ʔilax̌ad tiʔəʔ swatixʷtəd

huy k̓ʷɬaxʷ tiʔiɬ stuligʷəd tul̕ʔal tiʔəʔ xʷʔilax̌ad ʔə tiʔiɬ č̓ətx̌

Then the blood poured out from Kingfisher's sides.


sʔilax̌ad

hired hand, employee, someone who works under someone's direction


sʔilaligʷəd

whole side; one side as opposed to the other


ʔiʔəllaqb

Diminutive reduplication of ʔili + laq + -b

the second singer; one who answers the song of another


ʔilqs

point of a pencil; end of a rope or tape


c̓ədᶻaqʷ

Colaptes auratus
Colaptes auratus#Translingual


čəgʷas

From Proto-Salish *kaw (“relative through marriage, typically through a female's side of the family”).


kiaʔ

From Proto-Salish *kayaʔ (“grandmother”).


č̓ic̓qs

From Proto-Salish *k̓əc̓ (“mosquito, gnat, bug”) + -qs (“nose, point”).


č̓əl

ripped through (historically used typically to a fish that has escaped a hook by having it rip through its mouth)


capaʔ

root word & vocative form of scapaʔ (“grandfather; brother or male cousin of grandparent”)


sqʷiʔəqʷ

From Proto-Salish *sqʷəy (“groundhog; marmot; whistler”).


ʔilitub

ƛ̕al̕ ʔu gʷəʔilitub ʔu ʔə kʷi sɬadəyʔ tiʔəʔ tubšadad

Would women also sing the warior's category of power?


ʔiləɬəxʷ

yaw̓ čəxʷ ʔu ɬuqaha ɬuʔiləɬəxʷ sqəlalitut ʔə kʷi adsuʔəƛ̕ʔəƛ̕txʷyid kʷi tudᶻilitubuɬ

Sure you will have many who will sing the power song from among those for whom you brought food that scorned us.


ləʔiʔilil

lə- + diminutive reduplication of ʔili + -il.


ʔistab

tiʔəʔ ʔistab, ʔistab

ɬuʔistab


ʔisʔistab

Pluralizing reduplication of ʔistəʔ + -b.

hay, x̌ʷul̕ ʔuʔisʔistab


səsaʔalitut

hikʷ čəd ʔusəsaʔalitut tuɬax̌


ʔiubid

ʔuʔiubid haw̓əʔ til̕ tiʔəʔ bads

He is crying because his father is out of sight.


ʔixʷəd

age mate, peer, one of the same generation


sʔiɬʔiʔixʷəd

head

sʔiɬʔiʔixʷəd


ʔix̌dub

ʔuʔix̌ədub dᶻəɬ tə ƛ̕əlayʔ


ʔix̌ʷid

ʔa kʷədiʔ x̌ʷul̕ ƛ̕ələʔix̌ʷid

There were (parts) she would simply throw away.

ʔix̌ʷic ʔə tiʔiɬ t̕abiɬəd


ʔix̌ʷdxʷ

ʔuʔix̌ʷədxʷ čəd tiʔiɬ

xʷuʔələʔ čəd ʔuʔix̌ʷədxʷ til̕ tiʔiɬ


ʔix̌ʷič

gʷəl huy, ʔix̌ʷičtəbəxʷ tiʔəʔ qʷiqʷqʷistay̓bixʷ ʔə tiʔəʔ diɬiɬ tiʔəʔ ƛ̕əsuc̓uqʷəbs ƛ̕əsuʔay̓gʷasabacəb ʔə tiʔiɬ st̕uʔq̓ʷ

And then they threw (down) on these dwarves these particular quills (from) the feathers they have exchanged on their bodies (from their molting).

to throw down (as if to cover something)


sʔubədiʔ

ʔal ʔalʔal tiʔəʔ bədaʔs dxʷsxʷiʔxʷiʔigʷs, dxʷsxʷiʔ ʔə kʷədiʔ stab, sʔubədiʔ

His son, one who uses hunting equipment, a hunter, was at home, a hunter of the type who hunts in the forests (as opposed to those who hunt along the shore and out on the salt water).


ʔudaw̓

dəgʷaš tiʔəʔ ʔudaw̓s, tiʔəʔ dukʷdukʷs, təbɬs

She put her tallow, her red clay, her ochre in (her pack)


ʔugʷusaɬ

ʔalc̓uʔugʷusaɬ

ʔal sbuusəɬdat tə dsuʔugʷusaɬ tə qqaǰətəb

ʔuʔugʷusaɬbic čəxʷ

teach a child; advise new dancer behind the curtain


ʔugʷusaɬalʔtxʷ

ʔugʷusaɬ (“to teach”) + -alʔtxʷ (“house”)


ʔugʷucidid

tiʔiɬ ʔuʔugʷucidid tiʔiɬ wiw̓su ʔə tiʔiɬ sx̌al


sʔuladxʷ

(Northern Lushootseed) general term for salmon & sea-going trout, or fish in general


ʔulal

Typha latifolia
Typha latifolia#Translingual


sʔulič

bulrush mat; mat for making walls; the mats which are used to line the inside of walls or as the walls of temporary (summer encampment) shelters; mattresses


suləč̓

mat of cedar bark or cattail upon which bowls of food were set for eating


ʔuləx̌əd

huy ʔuləx̌ədəxʷ

ƛ̕uʔux̌ʷ čəd čəda ƛ̕uʔuləx̌əd tiʔəʔ č̓itulbixʷ ʔal tiʔəʔ diʔəʔ sbadil

I go & gather this grass at the mountain

obtain something from nature, gather something, preserve something, salvage something (transitive form of ʔuləx̌)


ʔuləx̌yid

gather something from nature for someone


sʔuləx̌

ʔuləx̌əxʷ əlgʷəʔ ʔə tiʔəʔ čədiɬ sdukʷdukʷ ʔəspukʷpukʷəb tiʔiɬ ciɬ ʔucucutəb sʔuləx̌

They gathered these strange things that were in piles which were called dentalium.


səxʷʔuləx̌agʷəl

container for property or items gathered


ʔulud

ʔuʔulud tiʔəʔ bədaʔs, biʔbədaʔs

She sang a lullaby to her offspring, her little baby

ʔuʔuludəxʷ tiʔəʔ bədaʔs

(transitive form of ʔulu) sing a lullaby to someone


ʔulubəlus

ten squares in a net; ten stitches in knitting


ʔululuʔb

reduplication of ʔulub for the purpose of counting people


dxʷʔulus

persistent person, a steady worker; a willing worker


ʔupups

ʔəslalab čəd ʔə ti ʔupups


sʔušəbabdxʷ

ʔušəbabdxʷ čəd

dibəɬ sʔušəbabdxʷ ʔal ti swatixʷtəd

the poor dear, poor fellow; poor, unfortunate, humble or beloved person


sʔut̕ub

s- nominalization of ʔut̕ (“stretch”) + -əb


ʔuʔt̕əbikʷ

ʔu- + ʔut̕ (“stretch”) + -əb + -ikʷ (“shirt”)

a "stretch shirt" (e.g. a T-shirt, especially a form-fitting one)


stuləkʷ

stab kʷi adsʔəsšudxʷ ʔal ti stuləkʷ.


stutələkʷ

lil ʔiɬmiʔman̓ ti stutuləkʷ dxʷʔal ti stuləkʷ.

tuɬaɬlil čəɬ č̓it ʔal tiʔiɬ miʔman̓ stutuləkʷ ʔə tiʔəʔ stuləgʷabš.

We used to live near that little river of the Stillaguamish people


stuʔtələkʷ

lil ʔiɬmiʔman̓ ti stuʔtələkʷ dxʷʔal ti stuləkʷ.

tuɬaɬlil čəɬ č̓it ʔal tiʔiɬ miʔman̓ stuʔtələkʷ ʔə tiʔəʔ stuləgʷabš.


stuləgʷabšucid

From stuləgʷabš (“Stillaguamish”) + -ucid (“language”)

suffix

the Stillaguamish dialect of Lushootseed, the Stillaguamish language


dxʷbaʔwiɬ

dxʷbawiɬ (alternative)
xʷbaʔwiɬ (alternative)

ʔəsʔəx̌id kʷi sxʷbaʔwiɬ ʔə tiʔiɬ adq̓il̕bid

dəč̓axʷ taɬ xʷbaʔwiɬ ʔə tiʔiɬ dq̓il̕bid


dəxʷtulalikʷ

dəxʷ- (“place where”) + tulalikʷ (“read”)


babaʔ

cuttəb čəd, babaʔ ɬədəxʷc̓agʷusəbəd


x̌payʔac

Thuja plicata
Thuja plicata#Translingual


kʷagʷičəd

/kʷɑɡʷit͡ʃəd/


yuʔyuʔbəč

From yuʔ (“small, little”) + yuʔbəč (“Chinook salmon”). Literally, “little Chinook salmon”, so named because butterflies emerge around the same time as the Chinook salmon.


bəqəlšuɬ

→ English: Muckleshoot

Muckleshoot; (citizen of) the Muckleshoot Tribe


bəqəlšuɬucid

yəcəbtubš ʔal bəqəlšuɬucid.

1994, Dawn Bates, Thom Hess, Vi Hilbert, Lushootseed Dictionary, page 38:

Muckleshoot dialect, Muckleshoot language


q̓ʷaʔəb

ʔa tiʔiɬ q̓ʷaʔəb ʔəstux̌ʷtux̌ʷ


biac

See also the lexical suffix -ałc̓iʔ


šuk̓ʷ

x̌išuk̓ʷ

ʔəšuk̓ʷil

šuk̓ʷild

šuk̓ʷilqsəd

šuk̓ʷus

šušk̓ʷild

šuʔšuk̓ʷ


sqʷəbayʔ

Cognate with Klallam sqʷəmə́y' (“dog”), Squamish sḵwemáy̓ (“dog”), Halkomelem sqwemá:y (“dog”).


gʷídəq

→ English: geoduck