i

The fifteenth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, pronounced as a non-low front unrounded vowel.


stab

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

stab əw̓ə tiʔiɬ.

(interrogative) what thing?, by what means?


b

The third letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, pronounced as a voiced bilabial stop.


c

The fifth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


d

The ninth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, pronounced as a voiced alveolar stop.


g

The twelfth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


h

The fourteenth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, pronounced as a voiceless glottal fricative.


k

The seventeenth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, pronounced as a voiceless velar stop.


q

The thirty-first letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


-a

and (attached only to čəd, čəxʷ, čəɬ & čələp)


ə

The eleventh letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


ʔ

The first letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


-t

variation of transitive suffix "-d" when used before other suffixes.


s-

s- + ʔəɬəd (“eat”) → sʔəɬəd (“food”)


a

The second letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, pronounced as an open back unrounded vowel.


ɬ

The twenty-third letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


huy

then, next; for; because (sentential adverb; used especially to introduce sentences in long narratives, often in combination with other sentential adverbs)


č

The seventh letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


š

The thirty-sixth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


ɬixʷ

Cognate with Saanich ɬíxʷ (“three”), Klallam ɬíxʷ (“three”).

ʔəsšudxʷ čəd ti ɬixʷ ʔalʔalʔal ʔal tudiʔ.


-d

denotes an action performed on someone or something else (transitive suffix; allows for a direct complement patient, creating a patient-oriented verb)


-a-

intrinsic derivational suffix or meaningless lexical linking element


cid

second-person singular
second-person singular


-b

Suffix involved in formation of agent-oriented intransitive verb stems


baad

Theorized to be a borrowing from English many

baad ʔu tiʔiɬ tuʔalʔal ʔə kʷi duqʷəčabs

Oh, many were the lands of the Nookachamps.

baad ʔu sʔəɬəd ʔə ti luƛ̕luƛ̕ tiʔəʔ ʔuhuyutubəxʷ xʷiʔ ʔə tə pastəd

Oh, many were the foods of the old people that the white man has made to be no more.


-ali

sʔəɬəd (“food”) → sʔəɬədali (“dining room”)

Indicating a place where something is kept, usually a room.


huyu

From Proto-Salish *huy (“to cease, finish”).

prepare something; get ready for something; prepare for


c̓ayə

Callorhinus ursinus
Callorhinus ursinus#Translingual


qʷuʔ

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


tu-

inflectional prefix applied to any lexical category functioning as predicate or complement to indicate past tense


ǰ

The sixteenth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


t̕aqa

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


yuʔqʷ

old salmon that has spawned and is soon to die


həduʔ

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha#Translingual


ʔu

aw, oh; hey; OK. An exclamation of pleasure, disgust or introductory hesitation.


ʔu

(interrogative predicate particle) denoting a question


ʔəšás

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


ʔi

diɬ sxʷiʔxʷiʔs əlgʷəʔ ʔi tiʔiɬ qʷsyuʔ


ʔi

tuɬčisəb čəɬ ʔə tiʔəʔ stubš ʔi tsiʔiɬ čəgʷas ʔi tiʔiɬ bədbədaʔs

A man and his wife and their children came to us.


ʔi

ʔi. ʔa ti dsʔax̌ʷuʔ

ʔi. siʔab ʔə tə ʔabyic ʔə tə talə


ʔi

ʔəsq̓ʷəl ʔi tiʔəʔ cədiɬ tul̕čaʔkʷ sup̓qs

It was cooked including hair seal from the sea


tə

the; a (noncontrastive or neutral adjectival demonstrative)


ʔa

hagʷxʷ tiʔiɬ sʔa ʔə tiʔiɬ sbiaw

ʔa ti dsʔax̌ʷu

bək̓ʷ čələp ɬəliɬʔatxʷ

You folks will have all (that) with you.


ʔəɬəd

ɬuʔəɬəd čəd ʔə tiʔəʔ sʔuladxʷ


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.


ʔitut

ʔitutəxʷ

ʔəsʔitut


ʔaciɬtalbixʷ

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


sduhubš

→ Makah: dahu·bšatx̌

→ Twana: sədəhubəš

→ English: Snohomish

From stubš (“man”). The exact meaning of the indigenous autonym sduhubš is debated even among the Snohomish today, but the usual interpretation is that of "man" in the plural, i.e. "men" or "many men".

Snohomish, relating to the people, their language, and the river, city, and county of the same name in Washington, United States.


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/


kʷədad

(transitive) to pick up something, to have something, grab something or someone, take something


ʔuluɬ

head

ʔuluɬ (transitive ʔuluɬaac, transitive ʔuluɬtub)

ʔuluɬaac (transitive)
ʔuluɬtub (transitive)

bələʔuluɬ

to move or change residence (especially in seasonal manner due to hunting, fishing and the like)


q̓il̕bid

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


ƛ̕aƛ̕ac̓apəd

head

ƛ̕aƛ̕ac̓apəd

/t͡ɬʼɑ.t͡ɬʼɑ.t͡sʼɑ.pəd/


luƛ̕

luƛ̕ čəxʷ x̌ʷul̕ab ʔə ti dscapaʔ.


q̓ilagʷil

to get into a canoe or other vehicle (e.g. car, horse)


saliʔ

From Proto-Salish *ʔəsali.
Cognate with Twana ʔəsali, Cowlitz sáliʔ

saliʔ ti dq̓il̕q̓il̕bid


ʔibəš

ləʔibəš čəd

to walk or travel over land by any means


st̕əx̌ʷšəd

/ˈstʼəχʷ.ʃəd/


ʔu-

verb prefix indicating a completed action (verbal inflectional prefix of perfective aspect)


č̓ǝƛ̕əʔ

/ˈt͡ʃʼə.t͡ɬʼəʔ/


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.


dᶻidᶻəlal̓ič

Diminutive reduplication of dᶻal + al̓ič (“to reverse the side of; to turn or go around”)

the original Coast Salish settlements surrounding the Elliott Bay area, now the City of Seattle; sometimes used to refer to Seattle's Pioneer Square.


ɬu-

bək̓ʷ čələp ɬəliɬʔatxʷ

(verb prefix) denotes an anticipated or possible future event


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.


pastəducid

pastəd (“white person”) + ucid (“language”)

ʔay̓gʷwas ti pastəducid dxʷʔal dxʷləšúcid.


sʔax̌ʷuʔ

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

butter clam (Saxidomus giganteus), or clams in general


ʔax̌ʷuʔ

ɬuʔax̌ʷuʔ čəd


dəgʷi

you (emphatic second-person singular pronoun)


siʔab

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


ʔiʔab

endearing term of address for a young boy


əlgʷə

they, them, their, theirs (optional third-person plural predicate particle)


tiʔəʔ

this (proximal adjectival or proximal pronominal demonstrative)


bəšč̓ad

/bəʃt͡ʃʼˈɑd/


čad

From earlier Lushootseed čan, from Proto-Salish *kan (“to do; do what? do something; (be) where, how?”).

der

čad kʷi x̌ʷubt


swatixʷtəd

čad swatixʷtəd tiʔəʔ dəxʷʔatubs

Which country is it that they have been taken to?


bək̓ʷ

bək̓ʷ čələp ɬəliɬʔatxʷ


čələp

bək̓ʷ čələp ɬəliɬʔatxʷ

second-person plural
second-person plural

you (second-person plural predicate particle)


liɬ-

bək̓ʷ čələp ɬəliɬʔatxʷ

by what route; located where; by what means.


gʷ-

if, maybe, might (inflectional subjunctive prefix expressing doubt or events contrary to fact)


ʔal

tupigʷədəxʷ ʔal tiʔiɬ


ʔal

ʔal ʔalʔal ʔu kʷi adsč̓istxʷ

on, along, through, in, at, when, among, of, for, from, as (be located at or by some specific point in time or space, location with reference to something named.)


sx̌əy̓us

xʷiʔ gʷəsx̌əy̓us gʷəʔatub ʔal tiʔiɬ


bə-

bəʔaʔitəb sixʷ

additional, another (of nouns)

inflectional additive prefix appearing on any lexical category functioning as predicate or complement


sixʷ

bəʔaʔitəb sixʷ

as usual, over again (modal particle, usually in predicate, though occasionally in complement. Sometimes connotes annoyance or exaspiration with recurrence)


ʔayiti

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.


kʷədiʔ

that way over there (remote adverbial demonstrative)


x̌əcabid

unidentified garment made from animal hide


ʔə

about, as, in, of, by, on, into, onto, over, when, while (particle linking phrases of various semantic roles to a predicate or other clause constituent)


sɬik̓ʷabac

s- + ɬik̓ʷ (“to hook something”) + -abac (“body”)

affix

huy gʷəl ʔaʔiləxʷ kʷi sɬik̓ʷabac ʔə tiʔəʔ sbiaw


-abac

in reference to the body (lexical suffix)


ʔahəxʷ

ʔa (“to be there”) + -həxʷ (“now; at the moment”)

to be there now (as opposed to a previous state)


-həxʷ

now; at the particular moment (in contrast to a previous state; variant of -axʷ)


-axʷ

you (second-person singular clitic used in a type of subordinate clause)

now, at the particular moment (aspectual clitic contrasting a state or action with a former condition)


-dxʷ

transitive suffix expressing lack of full control on the part of an agent, creating patient-oriented verbs


əlgʷəʔ

they, them, their, theirs (optional third-person plural predicate particle)


dxʷsƛ̕alb

the Klallam peoples or a member of those peoples


ʔaha

tuk̓ʷəɬ ʔaha tiʔiɬ cədiɬ sʔuləx̌


ʔaʔs

ʔaciɬ ʔaʔs əlgʷəʔ


ʔaʔsil

dəsx̌aƛ̕ kʷi gʷədsəsʔaʔsil dxʷʔal kʷi t̕at̕gwət


ʔəsʔaʔsildxʷ

čəda ʔəsʔaʔsildxʷ dxʷal dəgʷi


ʔab

ʔabcutəxʷ dxʷʔal kʷi gʷəscaq̓atəbs

It extended itself so they could spear it.


ʔabad

təsəsʔabadəbs


ʔabyid

ʔuʔabyicid čəd ʔə tə talə

to give to someone; to present someone with


ʔabyitəb

ʔabyitəb ʔə kʷədiʔ stab suc̓uqʷutəbs tul̕ʔal tiʔəʔ cədiɬ stab sʔuladxʷ

He was given something from a salmon to suck on.


ʔabyib

ƛ̕ub x̌ʷul̕ čələp ʔuʔabyib

It is best that you folks just give [it to them]


ʔabyiti

xʷiʔ gʷəsʔabyiti gʷəsqalikʷ


ʔabačiʔb

ʔab (“to reach”) + -ačiʔ (“hand; forearm”) + -b

to reach with one's hand; to extend one's hand


ʔabaqəd

ƛ̕ub čəd ɬuʔabaqcid


ʔabgʷas

tasʔabgʷas

They had gone back and forth (made several trips)

to give oneself to the same task repetitively


ʔabʔabgʷas

ɬuləʔabʔabgʷasəd

He will make several trips (taking this game home)


ʔabsšadəb

ʔab (“to reach”) + -šad (“leg; foot”) + -əb


ʔabʔabšədəb

to extend one's legs out in front ('high-stepping,' in a manner similar to herons)


ʔabucdid

ʔab (“to reach”) + -uc + -d + -i- + -d
Possibly from ʔab (“to reach”) + -ucid (“mouth, eat”)

ʔabucdid čəd


ʔac-

denotes the center, typically of something round or enveloping (always bound to a lexical suffix)


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”)


ʔacəc

ʔacəc uʔxʷ ʔu


adsixʷʔaciɬtalbixʷ

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


ʔaciɬtalbixʷaladxʷ

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


ʔacʔaciɬtalbixʷ

Reduplicative pluralization of ʔaciɬtalbixʷ


ʔaciɬtalbixʷaləqəp

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


ʔačəda

exclamation of mild surprise, often in response to something interpreted as unfortunate


ʔadəkʷ

each and every one of you (second-person plural pronoun)


ʔadᶻaləqəp

xʷiʔ ləʔadᶻaləqəp ʔu dxʷʔal dəgʷi


ʔadᶻq-

lexical prefix referring to the action of meeting


ʔadᶻqdxʷ

ʔuʔadᶻqdxʷ čəd ti John


ʔaʔədᶻəqbid

From diminutive reduplication of ʔadᶻq- + -bi- + -d.

ʔəxʷsʔaʔədᶻəqbidəb čəd tsi sk̓ʷuy ʔal stqačiʔ

to meet (diminutive or familiar transitive form)


ʔagəq

ʔuʔagəqəxʷ tsiʔəʔ x̌ʷuʔx̌ʷəyʔ


ʔahaykʷ

huy čəxʷ ʔahaykʷ


ɬuʔal

čəda ɬuʔal tə ʔa

will be positioned (future-tense form of ʔal)


tuʔal

tuʔal dadatu


ʔald

ʔald x̌ək̓ʷəd

to put something somewhere (transitive verb form of ʔal)


ʔalil

ʔalil tiʔəʔ x̌aləƛ̕iqadis

come the time when; get to the place where


dxʷʔal

ʔux̌ʷ čəd dxʷʔal skuwəl


liɬʔal

ləq̓il čəd liɬʔal ti lilud


tul̕ʔal

tul̕ʔal čəd dᶻidᶻəlal̓ič

ʔiɬluƛ̕ čəd tul̕ʔal ʔəca


absʔalʔal

absʔalʔaləxʷ ʔə tiʔəʔ x̌aw̓s


ʔəladᶻiʔɬ

ʔaladᶻ (“care for”) + -iʔɬ (“baby; child”)


ʔalbiw̓əb

ʔəxʷsʔalbiw̓əb čəd ʔə tə adsgʷaʔ


ʔalbixʷ

gʷəʔalbixʷ čəɬ tiʔiɬ


ʔalq̓ʷ

ʔalq̓ʷ tiʔəʔ adsəsgʷədil

away from the center, away from the fire, toward the wall, at the periphery; located at the back of an assembly hall.


ʔalq̓ʷəd

to place something away from the center; to take something away from the fire


ʔalq̓ʷcut

to move away from something; to go to the back and sit down.


ʔalq̓ʷbid

dʔalq̓ʷbid

located away from the center in relation to someone or something; located behind something


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)


ʔaɬ

ʔaɬ tə dsətəlawil


ʔaɬcut

ƛ̕adəxʷəsʔaɬcut


ʔaɬcut

ʔaɬcut. ʔəsʔaʔs t adscapaʔ


ʔaɬačiʔb

hurry up (when doing something with the hands, such as dish washing)


dxʷʔaɬx̌ad

lədxʷʔalx̌ad čəd


ʔaɬx̌aducid

ʔaɬx̌ad (“downstream”) + -ucid (“body of water”)

ləcuʔibʔibəš ʔaɬx̌aducid ʔə tiʔəʔ dxʷqəlb

He was journeying downstream from the mouth of the Baker River


stul̕ʔaɬx̌əd

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


ʔax̌ʷuʔb

ɬuʔax̌ʷuʔb čəd


ʔax̌ʷuʔiluɬ

ɬuʔax̌ʷuʔiluɬ čəd


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


ʔax̌ʷadus

Basket Ogress, a figure in Coast Salish mythology; a giantess who catches humans, especially misbehaving children, and takes them to her lair to eat.


ʔayild

tuq̓ʷuʔəd əlgʷəʔ gʷəl ƛ̕uʔayild əlgʷəʔ


ʔay̓gʷəsalic̓ab

ʔay̓ (“change”) + -gʷəs (“pair”) + -alic̓aʔ (“clothing”) + -b


ʔay̓waʔsəd

hiwil. ʔay̓waʔsəd


ʔay̓waʔsiʔld

ʔay̓ (“change”) + -waʔs (“pair”) + -iʔl (“baby; child”) + -d

ʔay̓waʔsiʔld tiʔəʔ bədaʔs


ʔay̓waʔsalic̓aʔəb

ʔay̓ (“change”) + -waʔs (“pair”) + -alic̓aʔ (“clothing”) + -əb

ɬuʔay̓waʔsalic̓aʔəb c̓əd


ʔay̓waʔsabacəb

ʔay̓ (“change”) + -waʔs (“pair”) + -abac (“body”) + -əb

gʷəhaw̓əʔ bədiɬ tiʔəʔ tux̌ʷ ƛ̕uɬaw̓t ƛ̕usʔəƛ̕ ʔə tiʔiɬ c̓uqʷəb ʔə tə st̕uʔq̓ʷ ʔay̓waʔsabacəbəs tiʔiɬ

Indeed it was just these that are new (when) the quills of the feathers when they (the ducks) molt.


ʔəʔutx̌s

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

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


ʔəbil̕

ʔəbil̕ čəxʷ ɬušudxʷ tiʔiɬ ɬələgʷax̌ʷ

Perhaps you will see them when they travel.


ʔəbil̕

ʔəbil̕əxʷ čəd həlaʔb gʷətasx̌əɬ gʷəl xʷiʔ gʷəstudsɬčil

If I had been real sick, I wouldn't have come.

ʔəbil̕əxʷ əlgʷəʔ ƛ̕uʔəx̌id gʷəl ƛ̕uƛ̕əladiʔ əlgʷəʔ

Whenever there is anything wrong with them, they make noise.

diɬ stab adsɬilc. ʔəbil̕ qʷuʔ. ʔəbil̕ sqəbuʔ.

Give me something to drink. Either water or milk.

diɬ stab. ʔəbil̕ biac, ʔəbil̕ ɬaw̓t sʔuladxʷ

Everything was cooked like that, whether meat or fresh salmon.


ʔəca

ʔəca gʷəl sduhubš
I am Snohomish

ʔəca ti hədi


ʔəcəladiʔ

Utsalady, Washington
w:Utsalady, Washington


ʔəččɬ

bulb growing in clusters underground, presumed to be Fritillaria lanceolata


b̓

(rare) The fourth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


c̓

The sixth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


č̓

The eighth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


dᶻ

The tenth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


gʷ

The thirteenth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


kʷ

The nineteenth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


k̓

The eighteenth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


k̓ʷ

The twentieth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


ʔədab

ʔədab tiʔiɬ səshuyutəbs


sʔəgʷač

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

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


dxʷʔəhadəd

stab ti adsudxʷʔəhadəd


dxʷʔəhadədbid

ck̓ʷaqid ʔalc̓udwʷʔəhadədbid


dxʷʔəhadad

"out of control" reduplication of dxʷʔəhad


ʔəkʷyiqʷ

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


ɬuʔəkʷyiqʷiqʷəb

ɬu- + "out of control" reduplication of ʔəkʷyiqʷ + -əb


ʔəliqs

ʔəliqs tsi xʷiʔ ləhaʔɬ sqigʷəc


ʔəliqs

ʔəliqsəxʷ čəd ɬuasʔatəbəd


ʔəɬ

lətəlawil tə hupt ʔəɬ ti spiʔəlikʷ


ʔəɬtxʷ

bək̓ʷ ʔəsqʷib tiʔəʔ sʔəɬtubs

Everything they fed her had been prepared


ʔəɬdiluɬ

ʔux̌ʷcəb ʔə tiʔiɬ stubš tsiʔiɬ sɬadəyʔ dxʷʔal kʷi gʷəsʔəɬdiluɬs əlgʷəʔ

The man went after the woman to take her to lunch


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.


ʔuʔəɬadəp

ʔuʔəɬadəp čəd


ʔiɬʔəɬəd

x̌ʷul̕ ʔiɬʔəɬəd ʔə kʷədiʔ biac ʔə kʷədiʔ ʔudaw̓

x̌ʷul̕ čəxʷ ʔiɬʔəɬəd


ʔəɬədalikʷ

ʔəɬəd (“eat”) + -alikʷ (“creative activity”)


ʔəɬədalʔtxʷ

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


ʔiʔɬəd

ʔa ləcuʔiʔɬəd tsiʔəʔ


ʔiʔɬadəb

ləcuʔiʔɬadəb ʔə tiʔəʔ sq̓ʷəlaɬəd ʔə tiʔiɬ ƛ̕usq̓ʷəls

He was eating the berries as they ripened


ʔəƛ̕

ʔəƛ̕ čəxʷ ʔal kʷi dadatu


ʔəƛ̕c

ɬuʔəƛ̕cbicids tiʔiɬ sx̌əɬx̌əɬtəd

Those brothers-in-law will come after you

(transitive) come after something or someone, come for a specific purpose


ʔəƛ̕txʷ

ʔəƛ̕txʷ tə x̌payʔ

(transitive) to cause to come, bring someone or something


ʔəƛ̕txʷyid

(transitive) to bring something for someone


ʔəƛ̕a

ʔəƛ̕ahəxʷ čəxʷ ʔiʔɬəd


ʔəƛ̕acut

ʔəƛ̕acutəxʷ ʔal tiʔiɬ bədaʔs

(transitive) to bring oneself to someone


ʔəƛ̕əɬi

čɬə ʔəsx̌ix̌iʔdubutəxʷ gʷəʔəƛ̕əɬi


ʔəƛ̕ačiʔ

ʔəƛ̕ačiʔlb ʔə tə ƛ̕aɬəb


ʔəƛ̕ax̌ad

ʔuʔəy̓dubuɬ čəɬ ʔal tiʔəʔ ʔəƛ̕ax̌ad


ʔəƛ̕əladiʔ

ɬuʔəƛ̕əladiʔəs

when he comes (close enough) to be heard


dxʷʔəƛ̕usəb

dxʷ- + ʔəƛ̕ (“come”) + -us (“face”) + -əb


ʔiʔƛ̕qs

ʔiʔƛ̕qs ʔə tə sč̓ətqs


ʔəpus

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


ʔəxʷʔəq̓ʷyax̌ad

head

ʔəxʷʔəq̓ʷyax̌ad


dxʷʔəq̓ʷyax̌adyic

(transitive patient-oriented verb) open the door for me


ʔəq̓ʷucid

open something having a lid or other form of covering


ʔəs-

condition or state exists (verbal inflectional prefix of stative aspect)


dxʷʔət̕əb č̓ƛ̕aʔ

dxʷʔət̕əb č̓ƛ̕aʔ


ʔəw̓alus

village of Camano on Camano Island, Washington State


ʔəxʷ-

compound prefix consisting of ʔəs- and dxʷ-


ʔəsgʷə-

compound prefix consisting of ʔəs- and gʷ-


ʔəxʷs-

compound prefix consisting of ʔəs-dxʷ-s-


ʔəx̌id

(Northern Lushootseed) what happened (to)


x̌id

(Southern Lushootseed) what happened (to)


ʔəsʔəx̌id

what is wrong with; what is the matter with


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.


dxʷʔəyəb

clear water; a village on the South Fork of the Nooksack River


ʔəy̓dxʷ

ʔuʔəy̓dxʷ čəd


ʔəy̓dagʷəl

ʔəsʔəy̓dagʷələxʷ čəxʷ


ʔəy̓gʷas

čxʷa gʷəʔəy̓gʷasbid


ʔiʔabil

tuʔiʔabil̕əxʷ


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)


ʔuʔibəštxʷ

ʔuʔibəštub čəd ʔə ti dbad, sbiaw

I was forced to journey by my father, coyote


ʔibəššəd

ʔibəš (“travel over land”) + -šəd (“foot”)

affix

ɬuʔibəššəd čəɬ


ʔiʔibəštxʷ

Diminutive reduplication of ʔibəš + -txʷ

ʔux̌txʷəxʷ ti sqʷəbayʔ dxʷsalbixʷ čəxʷa ʔiʔibəštxʷ


ʔibibəš

tux̌ʷ čəd ʔuʔibibəš

pace back and forth, walk without achieving or having a destination


ʔidaʔa

it is unbelievable that; it is highly unlikely that


dxʷʔidawligʷəd

cick̓ʷəxʷ ʔudxʷʔidawligʷəd dxʷʔal tsiʔiɬ čəgʷass, x̌ʷuʔx̌ʷəyʔ

He was very worried about his wife, Little Diver


ʔidigʷat

xʷiʔaxʷ gʷəsčaləxʷ gʷəbəsʔidigʷatsəxʷ

ʔuʔidigʷat čəxʷ


ʔidigʷaac

xʷiʔ kʷiʔ ɬuadsʔidigʷaac tsiʔiɬ adsk̓ʷuy ɬukʷədatəbəs tiʔiɬ adbədaʔ

Don't say anything to your mother when she takes your son.


ʔigʷəɬtxʷ

take something upstairs; make someone climb a tree


səxʷʔigʷəɬ

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


lədᶻək̓ʷ səxʷʔigʷəɬ

head

lədᶻək̓ʷ səxʷʔigʷəɬ

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


ʔihəl

ʔuʔihəl čəd


ʔiʔihəlqšəd

Reduplication of ʔihəl (“to stink”) + -qs (“nose”) + -šəd (“foot”)

affix

ʔuʔiʔihəlqšəd čəxʷ


ʔihiwəbš

an unspecified people residing east of the Cascade mountains, presumably in Washington State.


ʔik̓ʷi

Likely related to ʔiq̓ʷ(i), in turn from Proto-Salish *ʔiq̓ʷ


ʔik̓ʷaɬdəlb

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


ʔik̓ʷusəd

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


ʔil

ʔiləxʷ tə sʔəɬəd

ʔiləxʷ tə stəlawil

huy ʔiləxʷ tiʔəʔ sx̌ilix̌


ʔila

ʔəsčal tiʔiɬ adəxʷʔila


sʔilas

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


ʔili

ʔiləxʷ čəxʷ


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


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


ʔilay̓staq

ʔal tiʔiɬ ʔilay̓staq ʔə tiʔiɬ


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


bəʔilid

xʷiʔaxʷ kʷi bəadsuʔilid tiʔiɬ ʔəscut


ʔuləx̌

head

ʔuləx̌ (transitive ʔuləx̌əd, transitive ʔuləx̌yid)

ʔuləx̌əd (transitive)
ʔuləx̌yid (transitive)

ɬuʔuləx̌ čəd ʔə kʷi sʔax̌ʷu

ləskʷədad čələp tiʔiɬ sʔuləx̌, səsʔuləx̌ləp

You folks take that dentalium that you have gathered.

tux̌ʷ əlgʷəʔ p̓aƛ̕aƛ̕ səsʔuləx̌s

xʷiʔ kʷi gʷat gʷəsʔuləx̌yitubuɬ

There would be no one to take responsibility for gathering things for us.

obtain (from nature); gather; take & keep what one happens upon


ʔiq̓ʷ(i)

From Proto-Salish *ʔiq̓ʷ; likely related to, if not the same as, ʔik̓ʷi.


ʔusil

xʷiʔ ləbuʔqʷ tiʔəʔ sbəq̓ʷaʔ yəx̌i xʷiʔ gʷəƛ̕suʔusils

A heron is not considered a waterfowl because it does not dive.


ʔix̌ʷ

ʔuʔix̌ʷ čəd


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)


čubə

go up from shore, go up landward; go to the eastern side of the Cascades


kʷəda

take, get, hold, grasp; carry in the hand.


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.


ʔilalikʷ

ʔilalikʷ dxʷʔal kʷi dxʷləšucid


ləʔiʔilil

lə- + diminutive reduplication of ʔili + -il


ʔiƛ̕ub

ʔəshikʷ sʔiƛ̕ub dxʷʔal tiʔəʔ səsaʔliʔ ɬudəkʷ

It is big enough for these two people; they will fit inside

put ʔiƛ̕ub dxʷʔal cədiɬ

sʔiƛ̕ub sučəbčəbaʔs əlgʷəʔ


ʔiq̓ʷidup

ʔiq̓ʷ(i) (“sweep, wipe”) + -i-dup (“ground, floor”)


ʔistəʔ

x̌ʷul̕əxʷ ʔəsʔistəʔ

ʔəsʔistəhəxʷ kʷi səhuyləp

x̌ʷul̕ ʔəsʔistəʔ

huy̓ud ɬi ʔəsʔistəʔ

ʔəsʔistəʔ kʷi tədəxʷʔuʔlabs

This is the way they recalled (their adventure).

ʔəsʔistəʔ tiʔiɬ tədəxʷsaʔil ʔə tsiʔəʔ sɬadəyʔ

This is the way it was where this woman became bad.

x̌ʷul̕ ʔəsʔistəʔ kʷədiʔ səsqʷattxʷyiti

Only (stuff) like that was laid (out) for him.

ƛ̕ub ʔəsʔistəʔ

the same, in like manner; over there; like that


bəasʔistəʔ

ƛ̕al̕ bəasʔistəʔ

ƛ̕al̕ bəasʔistəʔ ʔal dibəɬ

ƛ̕al̕ bəasʔistəʔ kʷədiʔ shuys

bəpələd tiʔəʔ ƛ̕al̕ bəasʔistəʔ

ƛ̕al̕ bəasʔistəʔ ʔə ti ʔuq̓ʷəx̌ʷəd əlgʷəʔ

It is just the same (number) as they have butchered before.

to happen again; to do so in the same manner again


dəxʷəsʔistəʔ

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dəxʷəsʔistəʔ

kʷi xʷiʔəs kʷi ɬədəxʷəsʔistəʔ


ʔistab

tiʔəʔ ʔistab, ʔistab

ɬuʔistab


ʔisʔistab

Pluralizing reduplication of ʔistəʔ + -b.

hay, x̌ʷul̕ ʔuʔisʔistab


ʔišil

ʔuʔišil ti sʔuladxʷ ʔal tiʔəʔ gʷədalgʷiɬ

ƛ̕ugʷadil gʷəl bəʔišil dxʷq̓ixʷ


ʔišɬ

ʔuʔišɬ čəd ʔə tə q̓il̕bid

miʔmad kʷi sʔišɬs əlgʷəʔ


ʔišɬš

ʔuʔišɬš čəd

ʔuhilitəb čəd ɬəʔišɬšəd

I was told to paddle it (so they could see how good I was).


ʔišɬtub

ʔuʔišɬtub tə q̓il̕bid


ʔitakʷbixʷ

Suquamish; member of the Suquamish people


ʔəxʷʔitutəb

ʔəxʷʔitutəb čəd

x̌ʷul̕əxʷ dᶻəɬ xʷiʔ gʷədsəxʷsʔitutəb


dxʷsʔitut

dᶻəgʷaʔ dxʷsʔitut


səsaʔalitut

hikʷ čəd ʔusəsaʔalitut tuɬax̌


ʔiub

ʔuʔiub čəd

ʔuʔiub čəɬ bak̓ʷ sɬax̌il


ʔiubid

ʔuʔiubid haw̓əʔ til̕ tiʔəʔ bads

He is crying because his father is out of sight.


dəxʷʔiwəd

ɬudəxʷʔiwədəxʷ əlgʷəʔ


ʔiwəɬ

ʔiwəɬ ʔudəgʷabac tiʔiɬ tudsq̓ilagʷil ʔal tiʔiɬ q̓il̕bid

However it was in the middle that I got on board the canoe.


ʔixʷəd

age mate, peer, one of the same generation


sʔiɬʔiʔixʷəd

sʔiɬʔiʔixʷəd


ʔix̌

ʔəsʔix̌ tə ƛ̕əlayʔ


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


ʔix̌ʷduptəd

ʔix̌ʷduptəd tiʔiɬ tubəčalq

He threw all over that which had been brought down (he scattered the parts of the carcass).


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)


dxʷʔiyb

Newhalem, Washington
w:Newhalem, Washington


sʔm

sʔm hmm
Pee-ew!


ʔuʔəd

tux̌ʷ čəxʷ ɬugʷəʔuʔəd čəda ɬukʷaʔəd tiʔəʔ adsƛ̕alalic̓aʔ

Only when you agree will I release your clothing


ʔuhuʔəd

agree by lending vocal support as someone is talking to you


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)


ʔudəgʷ-

(morpheme always bound to a lexical suffix) middle


ʔudəgʷabac

in the middle of a room or field; the middle of some unit of measurement


ʔudəgʷič

in the middle of a house, room, pile of things or road


ʔudəgʷiɬ

ʔal tiʔiɬ ʔudəgʷiɬ kʷi adsq̓il

liɬʔudəgʷiɬ

liɬʔudəgʷiɬ čəxʷ


ʔugʷus

give directions, show, demonstrate; teach


ʔugʷusəd

ʔugʷusc ʔə kʷi qqaǰətəb

xʷiʔ kʷi gʷatəxʷ kʷ uʔugʷusc

ʔalc̓uʔugʷustəb tiʔiɬ


ʔugʷusaɬ

ʔalc̓uʔugʷusaɬ

ʔal sbuusəɬdat tə dsuʔugʷusaɬ tə qqaǰətəb

ʔuʔugʷusaɬbic čəxʷ

teach a child; advise new dancer behind the curtain


ʔugʷucid

ɬuʔugʷucid čəxʷ


ʔugʷucidid

tiʔiɬ ʔuʔugʷucidid tiʔiɬ wiw̓su ʔə tiʔiɬ sx̌al


ʔukʷukʷ

ʔukʷukʷtxʷ tiʔəʔ staləɬs

ləhuyudəxʷ sʔukʷukʷ tiʔəʔ dukʷibəɬ
He was going along making fun of Changer.


ʔukʷukʷtxʷ

ʔukʷukʷtxʷ tiʔəʔ staləɬs


ʔukʷukʷbid

ʔukʷukʷbicid

ʔukʷukʷbic

x̌ʷul̕əxʷ təsəxʷʔiw̓adəb ʔə kʷi tugaʔ, xʷuʔələʔ tusʔukʷukʷbids kʷədiʔ təcixʷ syəyaʔyaʔs

That guy was just pretending, perhaps to make fun of his in-laws.


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


ʔuluɬaac

tuʔuluɬaacəb čəd ʔə tə dšəbad


ʔuluɬtub

(transitive form of ʔuluɬ) taken somewhere by canoe


ʔululuɬ

ƛ̕asluutəb ʔə tiʔəʔ suʔululuɬ ʔə tiʔəʔ bək̓ʷ gʷat ʔal kʷi səɬax̌ils

They are heard by everyone as they paddle about in the evening.


dxʷʔulus

persistent person, a steady worker; a willing worker


ʔupups

ʔəslalab čəd ʔə ti ʔupups


ʔup̓u

ʔup̓u (transitive ʔup̓ud, transitive ʔup̓utəb, transitive ʔup̓txʷ)

ʔup̓ud (transitive)
ʔup̓utəb (transitive)
ʔup̓txʷ (transitive)

ʔuʔup̓ čəd


ʔup̓ud

ʔuʔup̓ud tiʔiɬ ʔibac

ʔusʔup̓ud čəd

(transitive form of ʔup̓u) put someone on lap, hold someone on lap


ʔup̓utəb

ʔuʔup̓utəb ʔə tiʔiɬ scapaʔ tiʔiɬ ʔibac

The grandfather put the grandchild on his lap.


ʔup̓utəgʷəl

ʔəsʔup̓utəgʷəl haw̓əʔ tiʔiʔəʔ


ʔup̓txʷ

ʔuʔup̓txʷ čəd


ʔup̓bid

ʔəsp̓up̓bid čəd tiʔiɬ

hiwil. ʔup̓bid tiʔiɬ


ʔuq̓ʷu

ʔuq̓ʷu (transitive ʔuq̓ʷud, transitive ʔuq̓ʷucidtxʷ)

ʔuq̓ʷud (transitive)
ʔuq̓ʷucidtxʷ (transitive)


ʔuq̓ʷucid

ʔuq̓ʷucidcid čəd


ʔuq̓ʷʔuq̓ʷšədəb

ʔuq̓ʷʔuq̓ʷšədəb

distributive reduplication of ʔuq̓ʷu + -šəd + -əb


ʔušəbid

pity someone; respect someone (transitive form of ʔušəb)


sʔušəbabdxʷ

ʔušəbabdxʷ čəd

dibəɬ sʔušəbabdxʷ ʔal ti swatixʷtəd

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


ʔušəbabdxʷil

to reach or enter into difficult circumstances


ʔušəbtədabut

ləʔušəbtədabut čəd dxʷʔal dəgʷi


ʔut̕əb

to stretch something (transitive form of ʔut̕)


sʔut̕ub

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


ʔuʔt̕əbikʷ

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

affix

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


ʔux̌ʷ

head

ʔux̌ʷ (transitive ʔux̌ʷc, uncontrolled transitive ʔux̌ʷdxʷ, causative transitive ʔux̌ʷtxʷ, first-person benefactive transitive ʔux̌ʷyic, additive & causative transitive bəʔux̌ʷtxʷ)

ʔux̌ʷc (transitive)
ʔux̌ʷtxʷ (causative transitive)
ʔux̌ʷyic (benefactive first-person transitive)
& causative transitive bəʔux̌ʷtxʷ (additive)

ʔux̌ʷ čəd ɬubəq̓ʷic̓aʔ ʔə kʷi hud

I'm going (out) to pack wood on the shoulder

ʔəsx̌əc čəd gʷəʔux̌ʷəd

put ləʔəx̌id ləʔux̌ʷəs

ʔuʔux̌ʷcəb

ʔuʔux̌ʷcəb ti dbədaʔ

ʔux̌ʷcəbəxʷ


ʔux̌ʷyic

go for me (first-person benefactive form of ʔux̌ʷ)


bəʔux̌ʷtxʷ

take it again; repeat it (additive & causative form of ʔux̌ʷ)


ʔux̌ʷc

ʔux̌ʷc (first-person benefactive ʔux̌ʷcyic)

tuʔux̌ʷcəxʷ

gʷəʔux̌ʷc čəd gʷədxʷtəsəxʷ c̓əladiʔd

I'll go over there and hit him in the side of the head.

go after someone or something (transitive form of ʔux̌ʷ)


ʔux̌ʷcyic

go after it for me (first-person benefactive form of ʔux̌ʷc)


ʔux̌ʷdxʷ

xʷiʔ xʷuʔələʔ gʷədsʔux̌ʷdubut

to go (without agent control; "uncontrolled" transitive form of ʔux̌ʷ)


ʔux̌ʷtxʷ

ʔux̌ʷtxʷ (first-person benefactive ʔux̌ʷtxʷyic)

ɬuʔux̌ʷtxʷəxʷ tiʔəʔ

take someone or something (causative transitive form of ʔux̌ʷ)


ʔux̌ʷtxʷyic

take it for me (first-person benefactive form of ʔux̌ʷ)


siʔaɬ

ti šišəgʷɫ gʷəl al tiʔəʔəxʷ sgʷaʔčəɫ səxʷəsɫaɫlilčəɫ siʔaɫ dəgʷi gʷəl liiiiləxʷ dʔiišəd cəɫul’ul’ cəɫ ʔəslax̌ədxʷ ti gʷaalapu.

Far away brothers and sisters, we still remember you. Chief Seattle, now the streets are our home.


ƛ̓

The twenty-fourth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


l̓

The twenty-second letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


m̓

(rare) The twenty-sixth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


n̓

(rare) The twenty-eighth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


p̓

The thirtieth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


q̓

The thirty-second letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


q̓ʷ

The thirty-fourth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


t̓

The thirty-eighth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


w̓

The forty-first letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


y̓

The forty-sixth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


x̌ʷ

The forty-fourth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


x̌

The forty-third letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


xʷ

The forty-second letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


qʷ

The thirty-third letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.


dxʷ-

permeate, throughout, filled with, covered with [derivational prefix which indicates stems as serving to contain or to hold within]

[derivational prefix referring to matters of the mind]

toward, to [derivational prefix indicating direction]


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


stuləgʷabš

From stuləkʷ (“river”) + -abš (“people”)


stuləgʷabš

stuləgʷabš čəd.
I am Stillaguamish.


stuləgʷabšucid

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

suffix

the Stillaguamish dialect of Lushootseed, the Stillaguamish language


č̓uʔ

č̓uʔ ti dsʔuladxʷ.


dxʷbaʔwiɬ

ʔəsʔəx̌id kʷi sxʷbaʔwiɬ ʔə tiʔiɬ adq̓il̕bid

dəč̓axʷ taɬ xʷbaʔwiɬ ʔə tiʔiɬ dq̓il̕bid


baʔbtidgʷəs

baʔ (“wide”) + -b + -tid + -gʷəs (“pair”)


baʔkʷɬ

ʔubakʷɬ čəd

xʷiʔ čələp ɬəbaʔkʷɬ

xʷiʔtubš ɬi ləbakʷɬ

gʷəkʷaxʷatubuɬəd čəd cut ɬəxʷiʔələp ləbakʷɬ


bakʷɬačiʔ

baʔkʷɬ (“get hurt”) + -ačiʔ (“hand, forearm”)

ʔubakʷɬačiʔ čəd

ʔəsčal kʷi addəxʷʔubakʷɬačiʔ.


baʔs

head

baʔs (transitive baʔsəd, stative ʔəsbaʔs)


baʔsəd

baʔsəd ɬi

to anchor something (transitive form of baʔs)


ʔəsbaʔs

not moving (for instance, of a child when told to)


baʔsild

yaw̓ čəxʷ gʷəbaʔsild ʔal qʷuʔ gʷəl diɬ gʷəsaʔɬs kʷi gʷadsuǰəctxʷ tiʔəʔ č̓itulbixʷ ʔi tiʔəʔ dabs

Only if you soak it in water will it be good to use this mountain grass and this horsetail root.

to soak something (transitive form of baʔsil)


tulalikʷ

tul(u) (“interpret”) + alikʷ (“activity”)


dəxʷtulalikʷ

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


-cut

(reflexive) myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, themselves


təb(ɬ)tubixʷ

təbɬ (“ochre”) + -bixʷ (“homogenous group”)

Area where Juanita creek meets Lake Washington


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


x̌ʷiq̓ʷix̌ʷ

From x̌ʷi- (“basic color”) + q̓ʷix̌ʷ (“dark blue or green”). Neither stem occurs alone.


x̌ʷi-

prefix required of stems designating basic colors. x̌ʷi- occurs before stems with labialized initial consonants. x̌i- occurs before other stems.


x̌ʷiqʷac

From x̌ʷi- (“basic color”) + qʷac (“yellow or light green”). Neither stem occurs alone.

yellow, light green, greenish-yellow, pale


x̌išuk̓ʷ

From x̌i- (“basic color”) + šuk̓ʷ (“powder”).


šuk̓ʷ

x̌išuk̓ʷ

ʔəšuk̓ʷil

šuk̓ʷild

šuk̓ʷilqsəd

šuk̓ʷus

šušk̓ʷild

šuʔšuk̓ʷ