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English Expandedb
boy boylittle boy, little boy
a leave getting ready to leaveskate skatebat batsea sea pigeon
s Blunden Blunden Harbourcougar cougarman man
ben Strathcona Strathcona Canneryste lip lower lipste lower lower lip
razor I cut myself with a razorcut I cut myself with a razorcut cut in belly part, fish has been openedcut belly cut or slit, to lancelance belly cut or slitBlundon Blundon Harbourmen men
bixa phosphorus phosphorusbo leave to leave
x Sargeant Sargeant Passgone to have gone, left alreadyleft to have gone, left already
cgirl girlEel Eel GrassGrass Eel Grasspoint to point out the way
a brothers younger brothers or sistersa sisters younger brothers or sisters
bird bird shotbottom underneath, at the bottom ofunderneath underneath, at the bottom ofmattress mattresscanoe canoerip tide riptide tide rip
ala tide tidecross
i church churcha icicle icicle
New New Vancouver Village (on Harbledown Island)thrush thrush
aw beaver beaver
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English Expandedhardach hardachHardack Hardack
is Beaver Fort Rupert, Beaver Harbouris Fort Fort Rupert, Beaver Harbour
caxudi rip tide ripcaxudi tide tide rip
dripping drippingelephant elephant
a brother younger brother or sister, younger siblinga sibling younger brother or sister, younger siblinga sister younger brother or sister, younger sibling
string stringdrips a thing that dripsdraining draining
ce get pack water, to get waterce pack pack water
n Salt Salt Water Lagoonlagoon lagoon "water runs quickly"
ed eelMound Island Village located on the south west end. Fort Rupert people once lived there. "place that has eel grass"
ed MoundMound Island Village located on the south west end. Fort Rupert people once lived there. "place that has eel grass"
ga Robson river behind Robson Bight "split back"Thimbleberry Thimbleberry
o short short neckcelayu bailer bailer
creekvillage and creek on west side of Hardy Bay "place that has warmth"
Hardyvillage and creek on west side of Hardy Bay "place that has warmth"
villagevillage and creek on west side of Hardy Bay "place that has warmth"
hot warm, hotwarm warm, hot
da ala day it is a warm dayala warm it is a warm day
a hail hailc place place across from Nigger Creekc passage passage between Owl Island and Midsummer Island
Crabapple Wild Crabapplehot hot
c a Deerplace above Deer Bay "place where you can slide" (left side of Knight Inlet going up)
c Prominentpassage between Owl Island and Midsummer Island. Prominent Pass.
hot hot wateri thermos thermos bottle
heat to heat up
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English Expandedchurch go to churchpoint point finger to point (eg. With your finger)point to point point to point (eg. With your finger)
la index index fingerani index index finger
finger finger nailsani fingernails fingernails
toe toe nailseulachons smoke eulachonssmoked smoked eulachonseel eel nose point at your nosepoint point at your nosenose point at your nosepoint point at your nose
cep apron Indian dance aproncep dance Indian dance apron
dip to dip fish into oil/greasedip to dip foodto to dip fish into oil\grease, to dip foodapron kitchen apronkitchen kitchen apronbroken brokenCape Cape Mudge Village
w ls quartz quartzola shotgun shotgun
Thurston Thurston Bayfall late in fall "winter approaching"tide tide coming in
ola south east wind is south east and tide is going in the opposite direction
ola tide wind is south east and tide is going in the opposite directionsore soreanimal brown animalbrown animal that has brown colourtide tide going out
ala receding the tide is recedingala tide the tide is receding
sick sick expressionsacking sacking, burlap, gunny sackburlap sacking, burlap, gunny sackgunny sacking, burlap, gunny sack
u ling cod ling codd drain to drain something with water in it
cod ling cod
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English Expanded/ a
lookfaucet tap, faucettap tap, faucettap tap, faucet
Cascade Cascade Point "waterfall" (right side of Knight Inlet going up)Chuckwalla Chuckwalla River, "waterfall", Twin FallsTwin Chuckwalla River "waterfall", Twin Fallsintestines intestinescute cutecute cute little thingPine Pine Islandeggs seagull eggsseagull seagullseagull seagull
a Knight place in Knight Inlet
i Canoe Canoe PassNugent head of Nugent Sound
Schwartzenburg Village Cove, Schwartzenburg Lagoonvillage Village Cove, Schwartzenburg Lagoon
a tongs wooden tongsBrunswick Brunswick Bay Canneryget get a drink (for me)
ixina Elderberry Red Elderberryixina Red Red Elderberry
osprey fish hawk, ospreyget to get water in a cupgo to go get waterladies women, ladiesgrandchildren grandchildrenwash to wash facesink sink "place where you wash dishes"brush to brush teethteeth to brush teeth
a barnacle small barnaclespade spade, made from yew wood, for digging rootsboard wash boardsoap soapblack blackblack black
ulayu black black gun powdera charcoal charcoal
black black long objecta robin robin
ayx gloves glovesayx gloves gloves
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English Expandedusa dig to dig the edible alfalfa rootusa to to dig the edible alfalfa rootuwilas laundromat laundromat
wash washgrandchild grandchild
di tugboat tugboati tugboat tugboat
coat coatsocks socks
ala ask to ask for somethingdala bring to carry, to bringdala carry to carrydapa tow to towdapa tow to tow
jump jump aroundStorm Storm Islandsdew dewarmpit armpitsalt salt
/ paddlesalting salting the fish
d salt salt is in with something in a vessild salted anything salted
saltwater saltwaterbark red cedar barkred red cedar barkrope rope
d drag seine drag seineu drag small drag seine used to catch eulachons
ala logging loggingknows how to he knows how to pull out logspull out logs he knows how to pull out logspulling out logs he is pulling out logsrepeating rifle repeating riflerifle repeating riflepull to pull something, to pull up line (fishing)
a a jumpowl owljump jump way up
a jump jump downjump jump in the water
t jump jump (anywhere)open open your eyeteatea to want teatea he is having teacloth dish cloth
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English Expandeddish dish cloth
i pot tea poti tea tea pot
cedar yellow cedar
boom chain plug boom chain plugu eraser eraser
dudaqu meet to meet someone
anapins and needles pins and needles in handpins and needles pins and needles in leg
i troller trollertrolling trolling linetrolling trolling lineseen something that has been seentroll to trolltroll to trolltrolling trolling seasoncord (umbilical) cordnightmare nightmaresee to seesee to see, to watcheyes I see with my eyessee I see with my eyesBlackberry Wild Blackberrylook to look atseesees it sees youput to put trolling line into waterput to put trolling line into water
alicini Axe Axe Point "head can be seen"id look to take a lookid take to take a look
look look at...salmon small cohoe, salmon troutsmall small cohoe, salmon troutevening evening approachingbreast breast
a nurse to nursea nursed a baby being nurseda breast breast, nursing baby
as milk giving a baby milkevening evening
/ evening this coming eveningstala supper suppersti supper suppersti supper supper
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English Expanded/ evening this evening
blue blue wad Knight Head of Knight Inlet
Kingcome Kingcome Tribeeulachon eulachon coal coallake lake
\ swim dis Macdonald Macdonald Point
Knight point at upper end of Wahshihlas Bay "place where you run"run to run
ala run to run on rocky shorecover cover with earth
mba blue blue jeansmbak Potts Potts Lagoon on Cracroft island
cookedsomething that has been cooked after having been buried in ashes along side of the fire
isa cook to cook by burying in ashes along side of the firei baby baby bottlei baby baby bottlei bottle baby bottle
milky milky waternurse to nursebury bury, cover with earthHedge Hedge Nettle, Stinging NettleNettle Hedge Nettle, Stinging NettleStining Hedge Nettle
ala drizzle drizzlecohoe cohoe
d Chonat Chonat Point "place that has coho"tin can that is a tin cantin can that is a tin canhalf half dried, face is still fresh
stick double forked stick made from hardach for digging clamsclams to dig for clamsdig to dig for clams
/ olis digdigging I have been digging clamsback back flippersback back flippersflippers back flippersflippers it is called "back flippers"flippers it is called "back flippers"
a ratfish ratfishplover plovercockle cocklecockles cockles
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English ExpandedShushartie Shushartie Bay "place that has cockles"Shushartie Shushartie Bay "place that has cockles"Shushartie Shushartie Bay "place that has cockles"poles hemlock poles hardened on end for canoe polingman man from forestcan fish you are going to can fish
/gCascade place across from Cascade Point (left side going up)starfish starfish
a clams to gather clamsgrandparent grandparentgrandmother grandmother
ewas Millar Millar Groupisamak jelly fish jelly fish
house small play housea quartz quartza Rock Rock Bay
swan swangal first first
crochet to crochetgaff to gaffhook to crochet, to hookhook to hook
ala sale saleu kindling kindlingu kindling kindling
Race place across from Race Pointhanging lots of things hanging to drygaff to gaffnight time night time
/ night this nightbutter clam butter clamclam butter clamclams clams
a come to comeswinging swinging legs in a walking motionwalking swinging legs in a walking motioncome to come outhanging something hanging to dry
u bring bringeyes eyesshelf shelf (open shelf)morning morningmorning morningmorning morning, this morning
/ morning this morningstala breakfast breakfast
a ayu crochet crochet hook
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English Expandeda ayu gaff gaff hooka ayu hook crochet hook, gaff hook
ayu gaff hook gaff hookeyeball eyeballeyeballs eyeballsermine weasel, ermineRose Wild Rosesouth west south west windcrawl crawl like a baby on four legsgrizzly bear grizzly bear
elaga come come ong ldala kilbella Kilbella River and Bay "long river that goes in"
box storage box, boxbox boxstorage storage box
g Lady Lady Islandg ldis elk Elk Bay
Cutter Cutter Creeklong time long timeribs ribsclams little neck clamslittle neck little neck clamslittle neck clam little neck clamclam little neck clamboom chain boom chainanimal animalanimal animalBoyer Boyer Point
awi collarbone collarbone, wishboneswim to swim
a wa swimayu flippers front flippers (seal)ayu front flippers front flippers (seal)
flippers it is called "front flippers"flippers it is called "front flippers"
a long long piecese long long
sda tall tall peopleg Port Port Harveyg Steep Steep Island "long island"
udas holes holes in tail for tail stickudas tail holes in tail for tail stickudayu lead lead slugs used in muzzel loaderudayu toggle hooks toggle hooks
end to end for endsdi cross the cross piece for tail
leak to leakfollow to follow by swimming
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English Expandedswimming to follow by swimmingbeach to walk/roam around the beachroam to walk / roam around at beachwalk to walk / roam around at beach
i left left shouldercarry to pack, carry on armpack to pack/carry on armleft left side
la left left handedani left left hand
i shoulder left shoulderpack pack wood in
la packing packing woodchild childchild childchild small childchildren childrenchildren lazy children
i roe salmon roeheavy heavychild lazy childchild lazy little/small child
ani see how many fingers do you see?ani fingers how many fingers do you see?ani how many how many fingers do you see?
ana yaqus fingers how many fingers?how how many are there?Beaver Beaver CanneryHope little island near Hope IslandRhubarb Wild Rhubarb
nis chum dog salmon, chumlunch lunchlunch lunchdeer deerfrost frost on groundfrost frost steelhead steelhead
a Bull Bull Harboursti Table Table Island
left left overi it it is at...
o inside inside of something (such as a cupboard)o a i cupboard It is in the cupboardo i breadbasket it is in the breadbasketud put to put something into something
gaq Takush Takush a mouse rat, mousea rat rat, mouse
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English Expandedbears bearswalkingchief chiefchief chief
gigi teeth teeth, toothgigi tooth tooth or teeth
iwas deer deera file to file
put to put awaya file to file, to sharpen, motion of abrasiona sharpen to file, to sharpen, motion of abrasionlaga put put it away now
as grater abrasive surface on which hallebore root is grated, grateri cupboard cupboard with door, place into which things can be put
idaga file file itfile file
asa belongings belongings, containerasa container belongings container
o in things in containerGlendale Glendale Cove (right side of Knight Inlet going up)Keogh Keogh Riverput to put something awayscales scales on a fish
ala language language of the Quatsino peopleala people language of the Quatsino people
gudan horse horse u feet feetu legs both legs
face facejay Canada jay, whiskey jack
u foot foot, legu leg foot, leg
house house on pointpoint house on pointhouse old househouse houselive to live somewhere
ula trout trouti lunch bucket lunch bucket
snack evening snackhouse little househouse big/large househouse good looking househuckleberries huckleberriesred red huckleberryhuckleberries lots of huckleberrieslots lots of huckleberries
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English Expandedlots lots of huckleberriesDuncan Duncan Baydirection in the direction of
a finish to finish uppaper paperpine pinetears tears in eyes
utciwi Painters area near Painters Lodge pulp mill pulp millstop stoplizard lizard
stop stop itstop stop itlizard lizard
alis Indian Indian CoveFranklin place just below Franklin River (right side going up)
nusbi Quathiaski Quathiaski Cove "on the upper side"tears tears bring bring it here
was Drury Drury InletDrury tribe from Drury Inlet, Hope Town and McKenzie SoundHope tribe from Drury Inlet, Hope Town and McKenzie SoundMcKenzie tribe from Drury Inlet, Hope Town and McKenzie Sound
ina raven ravennis dog dog salmon, chumnis salmon dog salmon, chum
ud pour to pour intoHatchet Hatchet Point and ridge " "
ala Lull Lull Bay la Lull Lull Bay "facing up river"
Health Health LagoonGilford Gilford VillageSiwash Siwash Bay Hardy Kwatse Bay "upper side", Hardy BayKwatse Kwatse Bay "upper side", Hardy BayKingcome Kingcome Inlet Villageafternoon afternoonfinished finishedstopped finished, stopped
alaobalaobala touch
Smiths Smiths Inlet tribegoldeye goldeye
s merganser merganserred red breasted sapsucker
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English Expandedi ola relatives the way I am to my relatives
related how I am related to yourelated how we are related
k pitch pitch mstulis Boswell Boswell Inlet
return to return something which was borrowed, with interestalderwood dry alderwoodashes ashes in stove
a heavy heavyto to trypig pig
o that thatKingcome head of Kingcome Inlet
akulis Gowlland Gowlland Harbourmainland mainland tribesoyster oyster catcher
as saying that which someone is sayingscatter spread, scatter, separateseparate spread, scatter, separatespread spread, scatter, separatespread to spread on flat surfacespread to spread on flat surfacestore clothing storeclothes clothesclothing clothing storeseparate to separatehappening happeningcan can, couldcould coulddo to do
hhair hair on body
habiliq eyelashes eyelasheshacawi dolphin dolphinhada Bond Bond Soundhadana black black cod, sable fishhadana cod black codhadana sable black cod, sable fish
kitchen kitchen tabletable tabletable table, kitchen tableeat going to eatrestaurant restaurant
sd want want to eatale food to look for foodale to to look for food
iksila cook to cookas stove any cook stove "place where food is prepared"
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English Expandedhanaka permission ask for permissionhana a hunt to hunt, hunt animals
hana a / a valleyhana a / a hana a / a mountain
a pink to fish for pink salmonTransit Transit Point
a Hanatsa Hanatsa Pointboat toy boattoy toy boat
/ goats/ / shoot
goatee goatee
haqola Creaserefers to two little islands near Crease Is. The passage between these islands goes dry at low tide.
hayalaq tidegood tide for fishing esp. Halibut fishing (small tide and current not strong)
) fall I always fall into that hole,
) always I always fall into that holecoat fur coatfur fur coat
ana hair hair on armenisbe hair hair in nostrils
umas furry furryus hair hair on sides of head, sideburnsus sideburns hair on sides of head, sideburns
coat fur coatfur fur coat
ani hair hair on back of handsoak to soak
heda it it is her/him/ithedi le it it is at...
Hope Hope Town
s Protection place above Protection Point "lying on beach belly down"fix to make right, to fixrepair to repairright right, to make right, to fixgo! go!
u tide tide is going in the right directionright wind is going in the right directionreach to be able to reach something with hand
ani right right hand right right sideright right side
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English Expandedutala right right handed
i right right shoulderi shoulder right shoulder
ola back back eddyola eddy back eddy lu Shewell Shewell Island
day day before yesterdayap eat to eatap to to eat
a cliff cliff
/ ya be be careful, look-out for that cliff
/ ya look be careful, look out for that cliff
/ya cliff be careful, look out for that cliffayu knife table knifeayu table table knife
knife table knifetable table knifethat that...wefood foodfood food
i she it, she, he is ati that that is where it isi food foodi food foodi he it, she, he is at...i it it, she or he is at...ida there it is over there (pointing)
food foodfood foodpick to pick berriesto to pick (eg. Berries or fruit)
/ hill
/
/ pickuda pick pick them intouda pick pick them into
eat to eatto to eatgo go and pick thempick to and pick them
u pigeon pigeonpuffin puffin
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English Expandedh April a bluff between April Point and clam bed
eating they are eatingthey they are eatingeat to eatto to eat
i basket berry basketi berries container for berries, berry basketi berry berry basketi berry berry basketi container container for berries, berry basketi container container for berries, berry basket
pickedsomething that has been picked. Things that have been picked
somethingsomething that has been picked. Things that have been picked
come to come, to go straight to somewherego to come, to go straight to somewhereshooter good shootershooter good shootershoot to shoot at
henuma purpose main, on purposemain main, on purpose
John got I got even with Johnhumpback humpback, pink salmonpink humpback, pink salmonsalmon humpback, pink salmon
h nwadi Ahnuhati Ahnuhati River "place that has humpbacks"look many look through somethingpot potpot potpot potpot pot
sola look to look through somethinggun any gunchest chest hairhair chest hair
o armpit armpitis belly hair on bellyis hair hair on belly
this does this belong to ...?/
injury my injury will never get betterh i seal fish head, seal head
head it is called "head"it it is called "head"right right awayright right awayat we were atsame they are the same
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English Expandedsummer summermurr lesser murrspring spring "summer approaching"
hiliganu dessert dessertela fix puttering around to fix
Hope Hope Townhomo look to look at
/ lookCameleon Cameleon Harbour
kspoon wood spoonpine acorns, pine cones
adayu pen pencil, pen, writing implementadayu pencil pencil, pen, writing implement
paper writing paperpawn pawn (debt is written down)letters something written, letter, mailmail something written, letter, mailsmoothing tool for smoothing out barktool tool for smoothing out barkbark cedar barkcedar cedar barkpostman postmanmail go to the post office for mailstudent writing, student
i school schoolas coffee are you having coffee
sparrow sparrowstorekeeper storekeeper
udcila fish to work on a fishutsila handling handling fish
prepare you are going to prepare fishsleep sleepdream dreamfungi fungi
aqen Heydon Heydon Baysmoothingpicture taking a picturepicture picture
ati paper paper
awas driedinner dried fish, dried fish, main meat, no skin, dried salmon (inside fillet)
awas fish inner dried fish flesh
awas innerinner dried fish, dried fish, main meat, no skin, dried salmon (inside fillet)
awas innerinner dried fish, dried fish, main meat, no skin, dried salmon (inside fillet)
awasila dried to make inside dried fish
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English Expandedawasila to to make inside dried fish
dried it is going to be dried salmonawayu knife knifeawayu knife any knife
a crow crowfry fry panpan fry pancooking frying pan, a flat cooking vesselfrying frying pan, a flat cooking vesselfried friedfried something friedfry to fryfry to fry on fire in frying panback to back down, to come downcome to back downserve to take on tray to servetake to take on tray to serveserve to serve (something to eat)nothing nothingstove something on stovebaked anything baked
i pan roast pani roast roast pan
i tub tubscissors scissorskingfisher kingfishersandpiper sandpiper
ani ringfinger ringfingeri skin skin stretcheri packer packer (for fish)
yu oar oarrow to rowcoffeesippingskunk skunk cabbageskunk skunk cabbageCabbage Skunk CabbageSkunk skunk cabbageshake to shake something out (eg. A blanket)
e shake to shake huckleberriesola shake to shake something into somethingola to to shake something into something
ela waitress waitressscared scaredscared something to be scared oftongue tonguebought something boughtgrocery store, grocery store
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English Expandedstore store, grocery storecircle circlebuy to buyurinate urinate (men)car to go by a carsort to sort the berries from the leaves
it notch to notch somethingnet dip net
a game stick guessing gamea stick stick guessing game
chiton giant chitoncrab giant rock crab
i clothespin clothespini embrace hug, embracei hug hug, embracei cut cut with scissorsi scissors cut with scissors
Knight place in Knight Inlet "little trees on ridge"uli Current Red Flowering Currentuli Red Red Flowering Current
mat make a mat of cedar barknet net fish trapsracks racks for drying crushed berriesdrying drying rackdrying drying rackhit I was hit by a car while I was walkingwalking I was hit by a car while I was walkingsuck suck on boneinjury my injury is not better
igayu oar oarcarving totem pole, Indian carvingpole totem pole. Indian carvingtotem totem polefish to net a fishnet to net fish
net to net fish, to reach out with something and bring it closercan can openeropener can openernot
ki i boat boat that uses nets for fishingnet netnet net for fish
os oo nothing
not were it not...?not I have not beennot do you not have
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English Expandedhad we had nono we had no
udaboy keel keel of boat, magazine rifle clipi canned canned salmon i salmon canned salmoni canned canned salmon, fish box
uduboy clip keel of boat, magazine rifle clipshaved scalp shavedshave shave armpitParson Parson Bay
BowensBowens Bay (name describes the steep rock walls of a little bay in the bay)
kola gillnet gillnetmiddle middle bone in salmonbracelet bracelet, purse seine ringsrings bracelet, purse seine ringsgrouse grouselittle little island in Hanson Group "place that has porpoise"
a porpoise porpoisesmoked smoked fish
i clams dried clamsbreak to break
u break to break long object (eg. Handle or neck)kusa shave shave
shave I will shave at 3 shave he is going to shave
aqela shaved I shaved at 3 scraping scraping motionshave I will shave at 3 shave he is going to shave
kuta suspect suspectsalmon salmon clip clip magazine riflerifle clip magazine riflefold to foldbroke I broke my leg (previously)leg I broke my legbroken I have broken my legleg I have broken my legbroke I broke my legleg I broke my legbreak breakbroken my leg is brokenleg my leg is broken
kuyayu razor razor, shaverkuyayu shaver razor, shaver
o sit to sit in something such as an armchairs sitting to be in process of sitting down in canoe
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English Expandedsit sit downpeople the Fort Rupert people
asola cry cry, everybody is cryinglanguage language of the Fort Rupert peoplepeople language of the Fort Rupert people
uma planted something plantedi bedroom bedroom, bunkhousei bunkhouse bedroom, bunkhouse
lyinga push pushing
cry cry, push push someone with feetcry cry, valley valley between two mountains
tawi Loggers Loggers Bay, hollow between two mountains
/ a a ) hunting
/ a we Slingsby Slingsby Channel
smoke smokesit sit downsit to sit on branchcedar red cedarRed red cedar
s sit to sit in canoesit to sit on top of somethingstool stoolstool stoolsit sit
s sit something to sit onsittingsittinghome are you at homesitting he/she is sitting downsit to sit outside (more than one person)bandaid bandaid, glueglue bandaid, gluepull to pull out something, to tweezetweeze to pull out something, to tweezepluck we are going to pluckpluck? are you going to pluckpluck? am I going to pluckpluck we all are going to pluckpluckpluck you are going to pluckpluck he/she/it is going to pluckplucking we are plucking
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English Expandedplucking you are pluckingplucking? you are plucking. Are you plucking?plucking they are pluckingplucking are they pluckingtweezers tweezers
i lay to lay on flat surfacepluckingplucking we all are pluckinglie to lie downplucking he/she/it is pluckingankle he sprained his anklesprained he sprained his anklefaded become/became faded
a bullhead bullheadala purse purse seining
a burn to burn something slightlymsa pucker to pucker
sta bag bag with draw stringmta smoke to smoke a cigarette, to suck on a strawmta suck to smoke a cigarette, to suck on a straw
id siphon to siphon, to smokeid smoke to siphon, to smoke
i seine seine boati breadbasket breadbasket
bread bread bake to bake breadbread to bake breadQuinsam Quinsam Villagethunder thunder
i breadbowl breadbowlscatter scatter seeds aroundlungs lightweight lungslightweight lightweight lungspeel to peel orange
m dried light faced, dried herringm light light faced, dried herring
bluejay bluejaysticky sticky
idaga smoke have a smokesolderer welder, solderer
a bench chair, bencha chair chair, bench
fall fall downfell I fell down when I went for a walkwalk I fell down when I went for a walkfell I fell down while I was walkingwalking I fell down when I was walking
a hummingbird hummingbird
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English Expanded
placeplace at foot of Mount Dundas "something small sitting in front"
sitting sitting outsidecup cup
i cupboard cupboard "cup container"lever fish pitcher, levereagle eagle
i cupboard a dish cupboardi dish dish cupboard
sleet that is sleetrain there is rain with snowsnow there is rain with snowcups cupsfeast feastfeast give a feastgive give a feastsnow to snowsnow snow
ala snow snow a little bitpitch pitch fish
a pry prybarnacle barnaclebreaking breaking and enteringentering breaking and entering
awi spring board spring boardhitting to go through motion of hitting
a tribe Salmon River tribeayu stick stick for hitting
/ always I always fall into that hole
/fall I always fall into that hole
fall
thinkfell I fell in the hole in the groundhit to hit with stickhit I hit him with a stick
a i hit I hit the doga metal I hit the dog with a metal object
hit he hit mehit he hit me with a metal objectmetal he hit me with a metal objecthit he hit me with a wooden stickhit John hit me
John hit Mary hit John with a stickclub to clubsea any sea bird that dives
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English Expandedhole to put hole into somethingput to put hole into something
lla go to go
olaga get get inget you get inlong line long line gearreason the reason whygoing the reason for going
isa long line to long line (commonly for halibut)elbow elbowelbow to elbow someone on back of headNugent old cannery in Nugent Soundbay bay where the cannery wasred red on side of facered red on side of facered red hairred red on top of headfire open fire inside of house
us spreader spreader for halibut hookhold to hold palm up, little shelf to hold things up onshelf to hold palm up, little shelf to hold things up onteal tealgo to go with purposegoing
olis diga huntinga hunting
shootpicklookfar away land
a climbcamp
ala climbingwalkwalkwalk I am going for a walk at 3 paddle
akola travela wa pole
pole upput put wood in the fire
a black black bear cubudis Malcolm Malcolm Island
jig to jig on and offlalo a try to get to try to get
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English Expandedfishing trip for halibut to go on a fishing trip for halibut
lamadu sheep sheepbetter are you betterCampbell Campbell Riverinjury is your injury better now?better is your injury better now
John got even I got even with Johnlife (I) save your lifeperch perchused he used to walk I go for a walk at 3 go we used to go
apa dig to dig
placeplace where eulachons are put to rot in preparation for rendering
qa jigging jiggingcopper copper colourred copper colour, redbundled something bundledbundle to bundle somethingHatchet place above Hatchet Point "red backside sticking out"call call out for someonered red faceblush to blush
st red red on rearu red-neck red-neck
asanoy outside outsideela glancing glancing around very quickly
Hardy Hardy InletMinstrel Minstrel IslandMinstrel Minstrel Island
ayu froe froesplit split cedar
is Turner Turner Island Tribehusband husbandgo to go out
/ i canyon/ i going
cranky crankythat at that timewalk I went for a walk
elaxde walk I went for a walk at 3 our at our
i swifters swiftersu mallard mallard
put put wood in the firesa get to get something aboard
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English Expanded
samasget something into boat to get something into boat
ana red red handanaxid hand hand become redanaxid red hand became red
double cressed cormorant double-crested cormorantcopper red or copperred red or copper long objectstrength strengthpush push push push
aka skinny skinny personu change change
did that you didgo somewhere to gogo to go somewherethen thenit it hasbetter my injury is better nowinjury my injury is better nowextraordinary extraordinarythem themgo to go ingo to go insidego to go inmussel small blue musseltake inside take insideswimming going swimmingvalue valueblack black bear spurs spursbox wooden box
sa spread spread something out on boatsala spread spread something out on boat
spread something spread on floorspread something spread on beachBlind Blind Creekslapped someone show has been slapped on headslap slap on back of head
ayu plaster plastermartin martinslap slap on side of faceslap slap on top of head
i stove stoveplasterer plasterer
u Strawberry Wild Strawberry
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English Expandedfire fire underneathburned he got burned on the firefire he got burned on the fireplace place for firefire fire in house
i stove stovei stove stove
pound to poundfaint tired and fainttired tired and faintjigging jigging
a dead deadad Songhees Songhees Creekad Mier Mier Point
lead lead bullets "something that causes death"e forget to forget
forget to forgetforgetful absent minded, forgetfulbeach beachnosepointinghands I have washed my handshands I have washed my handsface I am washing my face nowcutting I am cutting it opencutting I am cutting this fish nowbreak just a few people take a halfway breakbreak the whole bunch take a halfway breakRace Race Point "stubby nose", "blunt nose"going you are goingblasting blasting powder
a dead it is deadcut that fish is cuttide the tide is halfway uptide the tide has gone out as far as it canmerganser lesser merganser, sawbillsawbill lesser merganser, sawbill
axida hungrylunch its lunch time
a inhale inhaledry to drylightning lightningunconscious unconsciousBalaklana seasonal village on the end of Balaklana Islandgreen a bunch of green coloured thingstomorrow tomorrowtomorrow tomorrow
a green green
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English Expandeds green patch of green
green green on one sidepale pail green pallor (when seasick)person person travelling alone in canoetravelling person travelling alone in canoe
stu green the colour greengreen green long objectspread to spread canoespread spread something on floorspread something spread out inside
t linoleum linoleumspread something spread on floorslapped someone who has been slapped
/ a climbclimbhigh high riggersplit to split lengthwiseclap slap, clap handsslap slap, clap handsplaster to plasterpavement pavementslap slap on faceslap slap on faceseaweed edible seaweedslap slap rear end
stent slap slap on rearfirewood firewoodbrains brainscamp to campfire fire on groundCharles Charles Creek
t Boulderriver above Boulder Point (known to locals as the Nigger River - left side of Knight Inlet going up)
slide slidehat hatelk elk
o darn expression, "ah, darn it"slap slap on hand
e baskets cedar basketse cedar baskets cedar baskets
loved something lovedForward Forward Harbour, Village Bayvillage Forward Harbour, Village Baycod red cod, red snapperred red cod, red snapperfire to go and make a firesnap snap a twig or stickslap slap
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English Expandedi butterball butterball
go to go to a place, a place to gocut this fish is cutthank you thank you for your helphands I have washed my hands
as go? do you want to golibayu card card, cards
as that is that all?that that is the only onetribe Cape Mudge and Campbell River tribetell tell a lieliar liarlies someone who tells lies all of the timetells someone who tells lies all of the time
ak calling callingala call to call
invite invite or treattreat invite or treatinvite invite to go to a potlatch
i elks elkslie to tell a liepeople all the people
a eulachon eulachon oila oil eulachon oil
mix to mix eulachon oil with...mix to mix eulachon oil with...
linayu pea-vee , pea-veelipa play play cards
roll roll up sleevesa clay clay
fold foldlanguage language of the Cape Mudge and Campbell River peoplepeople language of Cape Mudge and Campbell River peoplemiss I always missmisses someone who misses the target all of the time
is skin skin iscola sunshine sunshine shining through cloudsisdaq goose tame goose
sun sunshine, sunsun sun sunshine sunshine, sun
isila hate hatedentist dentist
lixa turn to turno Oyster Oyster Bayo Oyster Oyster Bay
sky reddish skya revolver revolver
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ala logs dump loose logs, roll a loose logpull pull a nail or tooth outpatient
id move movefalse false teethteeth false teethfalse you have false teethteeth you have false teeth
sa roll to roll aboardsealion sealionroll roll a log
is Deep Deep Harbourimas ala strong strong tide
strong strong ala tide strong tide
get to acquire, to getu take to take out of somethingud take take out of something
ghost ghostos flirt a flirt
crush have a crush on someone
Glendalebay above Glendale Cove "beach that has alders" (right side of Knight Inlet going up)
alder alderfall fall
ubana cormorant cormorantbarbecued barbecued salmonfish barbequed fishbarbecued barbecued fishbarbecued to make barbecued salmonbarbecued to make barbecued salmon
sdi tail tail, amorous rear endhalibut gear halibut gear
halibut hand line halibut hand lineclippers hair clippersline line for halibut hookhaunt haunthaunted haunted houseextreme extreme, real, veryreal real, very, extreme, reallyreally very, really, realvery real, very, extremegoodreallytoo , coffee the coffee tastes good
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up readysomething that is ready to eat, eg. Berries that are ripe, food that is cooked
root rootroots little roots
u barbecue forked, stick for holding fish, barbecue sticku stick forked, stick for holding fish, barbecue sticku stick forked stick for holding fish, barbecue stick
dish wooden dishfishing fishing for halibut with a hand-linehalibut to hand-line for halibuthand-line to hand-line for halibuthooks Indian hooksdish feast, dishfeast feast dishhalibut I have been out halibut fishingbald bald in front
e looking looking for somethingi deep deep freeze
beach rocks on beachrocks rocks on beachboulders beach with bouldersoysters oystersround round like a ballbald bald ice ice on ground
m/o i basins what is in the basins
harlequin harlequinclose close
iga double-barrel double-barrel shotguniga shotgun double-barrel shotgun
halibut halibut headhalibut halibut head
ala language language of white peopleala people language of white people
a swallow swallowa hawk hawk
Village Village Island tribea leaf leafa leaf leafa leaves leavesa leaves leaves
a hunt to hunt for seala hunt to hunt for seala seal to hunt for seal
mamisa cougar cougarboxer boxer
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mayadas how how are you related?mayadas related? how are you related?mayadas how how are you related to John?mayadas related how are you related to John?mayadas la John how how are you related to John?mayadas la John related how are you related to John?mayadas sis John how how are you related to John?mayadas sis John related how are you related to John?
coat raccoon coatraccoon raccoon, coat
mayus raccoon raccoon u born to be born
yu Matsiu Matsiu Creek "two river mouths"ola people people travelling on vesselola travelling people travelling on vessel
mink mink coat mink coatmink mink coatRaspberry Wild RaspberryHayacinthe Hayacinthe Bay
gi April little island off of April Point "rock on back"s rock rock on beach
Big Big Rockrock big rock on beachisland islandbeat beat a drumheart heart moon moon
a heart heartsouth east south eastsouth east? the wind is blowing south east?south east the wind is blowing south east
m Mittlenatch Mittlenatch Islandm Green Green Point
a caps white caps all oversockeye sockeye
was halibut white dried fishremember to rememberturn turn head
ola people people travelling on vesselola travelling people travelling on vessel
mountain mountain goatwas dried white (ie halibut) dried fish
ale luggage luggagei drum drumi drum drum
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English Expandedmoving fish movingswimming fish or anything without feet, swimmingrear rear endhit to hit on nose with fist, to punchpunch to hit on nose with fist, to punchrust rustsmiling smiling eyesmeasure to measuremeasure to measuresmile smilescales scales to weigh fishinstrument measuring instrumentmeasuring measuring instrument
i cup/vessel measuring cup/vesseli measuring measuring cup/vesseli vessel measuring cup/vessel
crave hungry for something, to crave foodhungry hungry for something, to crave foodcravingsea big sea urchingreedy greedy person (greedy for food)hook hook with barbbarb barbtwitch twitch
ani clams horse clamsani horse horse clamsni clam horse clamni horse horse clams
us kidneys kidneysunload unloadpunch punch (repeatedly)knock to knock on doorhit I was hit while I was walkingwalking I was hit while I was walkingjack winter spring salmon, jack springsalmon winter spring salmon, jack springpunch punchpunch punch (once)afterbirth afterbirth
a kiss kisso Separation Separation Head
caulk to caulk somethingseal sealseal sealharbour harbour seal
i bully bully, a teasei tease bully, a tease
minks minks
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English Expandedmountain mountain goatsvillage village on Village Island
misa smell smellnose I smell with my nosesmell I smell with my noseViner Viner Sound
a sleep to sleepa sleep to sleep
porcupine porcupinemola sawmill sawmill
ola load loader, to loadola loader loader, to load
loader loader loading he/she is loading
i take home take home containera grateful gratefulala logs bringing the logs out
truck truck driverbalsam balsamboiled boiled stuffed cod stomach, fish stomachboiled boiled stuffed cod stomach, fish stomach
musmus cow cowmusus lift lift up skirt
lift lift up skirtfood take home food from a partytake home take home food from a party
ana yaqus fingers you (are holding up) fingerstie tie
ala logs dump bundled logs into the watern/
i bucket bucketi bucket bucketi pail pail, bucket
Blunden Blunden Harbour tribenala brave not scared, braveala day day, todayala daytime daytimeala today day, today
ala Hoeya Hoeya Sound "facing down river"li aqi Plumper Plumper Bay "on south side of aqi"
brothers brothers or sisters or cousinscousins brothers or sisters or cousinssisters brothers or sisters or cousins
stala Port Port McNeill "bay facing south"nan bear grizzly bearnan grizzly grizzly bear
dawn dawndaylight decoming daylight
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English Expandedit throw to throw
naqa drink to drinklight light out at nightdaylight daylight
ala half half and halfdrink drinkdaylight becomes daylightsnow that is snow (on ground)hit hit on back of head with rock or stonehit have been hit with rock or stonehit hit on side of face with rock or stonePhillips Phillps Armmountain mountain
/ a mountainigi midnight midnight
soap soap berriesSoapberry Soapberrycook to cook on hot stones in ground
ala climbing climbing up mountainala mountain climbing up mountainala/ ala climbingala/ ala mountain
Salalberry Salalberrybrandt brandtsouth south, up riverup south, up riverclever cleverlevel level on topheight same height, same lengthlength same height, same lengthsame same height, same length
is Nimpkish Nimpkish is Nimpkish Nimpkish Tribe
shotgun single-barrel shotgunsingle-barrel single-barrel shotgunbrother sister or brother or cousinsister sister or brother or cousincousin sister or brother or cousinfriend friend
ola person person travelling on vesselola travelling person travelling on vessel
other othercousin cousin, brotherbrother brother or sister or cousin (younger or older)sister brother or sister or cousinbrandt brandt dancehome to go home
u stupid stupid
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English Expandedhit hit on hand with rock or stonehit hit on face with rock or stonehit hit on rear with rock or stonethrowright to do something right, to go straight throughstraight to do something right, to go straight throughmiddle in the middle ofstraight to be straightnoon noon
/ afternoon afternoonstala lunch lunch
mlis Kumlah Kumlah Bay "wide open water"Arrow Arrow Passage
ad Cohoe Cohoe Bayaq goose Canada goose
moon full moonnear nearclose close, not far, nearsnow snow (on ground)
nige caulk to caulk i lantern lantern
light light on pointpoint light on pointtell to tell
ninas brave bravei Nenahlmai Nenahlmai Lagoon
brave braveik idea idea, thoughtik thought idea, thought
iqa think to thinkiqa think to think
think to thinka pull to pull
sa pull to pull aboardela drawer drawerela drawer drawer
ad learned sensible person, noble person, learned person, tight-wad
ad noble sensible person, noble person, learned person, tight-wad
ad sensiblesensible person, noble person, learned person, tight-wad, wise, someone from a noble family
ad tight wadsensible person, noble person, learned person, tight-wad, wise, someone from a noble family
noqa heart heart, knowledgenoqa knowledge heart, knowledgenoqe decisions heart, thoughts, decisionsnoqe heart heart, thoughts, decisionsnoqe thoughts heart, thoughts, decisions
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English Expandedmeme is it going to be meI I am (the one who)me
ula brother older brother or sister, older siblingula brother older brother or sisterula finger older brother or sister, middle fingerula sibling older brother or sister, older siblingula sister older brother or sister, older sibling
oldest oldest in familyoldest oldest in family
ani middle finger middle fingerman old manold old manbrothers older brothers or sisters, older siblingssiblings older brothers or sisters, older siblingssisters older brothers or sisters, older siblingsmen old men
nusa stores telling storiesBlue Blue Huckleberryhuckleberry Blue Huckleberry
a Compton place on Compton Islandstory story
phigh high riverriver high rivermountain big mountain near Yuculta Rapidscotton cotton batting, gauzegauze cotton batting, gauzeMount Mount Esterokelp dead and drifting kelpkelp dried kelp for oil storage
pawela float floatreach reach, touchtouch reach, touchflounder flounder, solesole flounder, solemaple mapledarkness darkness approachingdark darkdarkness darknessmedicine someone who has used medicinedrugstore drugstoredrug drug storemedicine drug storestore drug storedip two-man dip netdip two man dip net
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English Expandeddip to fish with two-man dip netfin pectoral finfly to flymoss mosshigh river getting highriver river getting high
p is Middle Middle Pointsmall small rock which sticks out of water
/ going/ rock
a shoulder shoulder bladefog foggy, fogfoggy foggy, fogthin thin papermouth I taste with my mouthtaste I taste with my mouthpotlatch to give potlatchearache earache
u ears earsa ears big ears
as medicine are you taking medicine?medicine I take medicine
i medicine a receiver of medicinefloat floattaste to taste
a marmot marmotstagger stagger
pis murr murrisa hard hardisa tough tough
awe hardest hardestpitelela staggering staggering
feel feel (such as emotional or physical pain)feel I feel with my handshands I feel with my handsrolled rolled, burglerizedfeel feel (with fingers)search search, go through pocketsBroadleaf Broadleaf MapleMaple Broadleaf Mapleput to put a flat thing onto somethinghalibut halibut full full stomachstomach full stomachfull full stomachparsnips wild parsnipsCow Cow, ParsnipParsnip Cow Parsnip
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English ExpandedBrown Brown Bay
a hungry to be hungryhungryhungry hungry, to become hungrysoaked soaked
ala blowing sound of blowingpuxola blow to blow away
butcher butcher knifeknife butcher knifeblowing blowing into somethingblowing we are blowingfloat a floatstomach float, stomach
q/a find to findabuq pulp leftover pulp after eulachon renderingala hear to hear, to have heard
braid to splice, to braid hair, to remembermarlin to splice, to braid hair, marlin spikeremember to splice, to braid hair, to remembersplice to splice, to braid hair, marlin spike
e heard have you heard the newshook gaff hook
alayu marlin marlin spikeTurner Turner Island Village
asiq find did you find it?anas chiton chiton
e soar to soarcreator god, creator, made to soargod god, creator, made to soarsoar god, creator, made to soar
nis Granite Kanish Bay, Granite Baynis Kanish Kanish Bay, Granite Bay
apa bullseye bullseye, hit the markapa hit hit the targetapa mark bullseye, hit the mark
i spill tip over, spill, turn overi tip tip over, spill, turn overi turn tip over, spill, turn over
a game game to put sticks in bag while blindfoldedayu a get to get lotsayu a lots to get lots
passage water passage which goes dry at low tide/ oda
passageqasa walking walk, walking motion
asa sea sea otterqasa walk to walk, walking motion
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English Expandedwalktidewalking
oda passagewalking
u feet I walk with my feetu walk I walk with my feet
walkingwalk walk, go walkingwalking walk, go walkingwalk walkwalk to walkbay bay across from Race Point
am Oyster Oyster Rivershallow shallowwalking someone who is always walking
ola story to tell storypeople many people travelling togethertravelling many people travelling together
lis sand course sandprop put a prop under somethingprop a propobjects a person who always objectsperson a person who always objectsprops props to widen canoemuzzel muzzel loaders
s Dickson Dickson Islands "a little patch on the main shore"tooth tooth bite to biteBunchberry Bunchberrybreakers breakersokay yes, okay
ela many many people travelling together on a vesselela people many people travelling togetherela travelling many people travelling together on vessel
stopped I stopped in at the called-in-at-the-mountaini oil oil bottle
a hake hakeanchor anchortired tired expression
ina seagull seagull eggsq as Egg Egg Rocks
put put head over on one sidea lazy to be known to be lazy
salmonberries salmonberriessalmonberry salmonberry crunching crunching (when eating)crunching the noise of crunching
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English ExpandedGilford place on Gilford Island across from Kumlah Islandtravelling men travelling togethermen men travelling together
lazy to be lazylazy? is he/she/it lazy?lazy many known to be lazylazy he/she/it is lazydown down featherssew to sewwalking walking along to somewherelots many, lotsmany many, lotscollect gather up, collect, live common-lawgather gather up, collect, live common-lawkneecap kneecaptrip field tripexpensive they are too expensivetoo they are too expensive
ed lots lots of, plentifuled plentiful lots of, plentiful
q Glacier Glacier Bay (right side of Knight Inlet going up)get to get even withshirt shirttake to take revenge
John got I got even with JohnJohn got I got even with John
stubborn stubbornpatch to patch
id prop to prop somethinga gather to gather driftwooda driftwood to gather driftwood
driftwood driftwooddriftwood driftwoodherring herring, roeroe herring roedriftwood driftwoodchoke choke logsknows he knows how to choke logschokers he is setting chokerschaser chaserchaser chaserCranberry Bog, CranberryBog Bog Cranberry
sis pants pantsbiting bitten, to be biting somethingmany manypillow pillow
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English Expandedisina Current Stink Currentisina Elderberry elderberryisina Stink Stink Current
ala body body odourala odour body odour
a trout to fish for trout (trolling for salmon)ta rod to rod fish
know to knowawi know to know better
know to knowprop a prop to hold something open
otstuy prop a prop to hold something openo knowledge knowledge
blanket blue blanketblue blue blanket
umin Bear Bear Rivercommon greeb, common rivergreeb greeb, common diver
baylittle bay above Boulder Point (Pocket)
bent bent (pipe, twig, human)bubbling bubbling (in water)
qulus bird mythical birdqulus mythical mythical bird
bend to bendquma thumb thumb
big big toees crab crab (dungenesse)es crab crab
Loughborough Loughborough Inletudana prawns shrimp, prawnsudana shrimp shrimp, prawns
prawn shrimp, prawnshrimp sprimp, prawn
a neck neckslack it is slack waterslack slack water
u pike pike polesticks the sticks across middle of fish
awe larynx , larynxqus potatoes potatoes
potatoes potatoesa full full (container)ola boom push logs into boom
u boom a thing to push logs into a boomprop one prop stickinserting inserting the stick to prop openprop inserting the stick to prop open
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ayu stick the long stick used to put fish in its place in smoke housesky clear still sky in evening
asa twistingmotion of twisting, peeling such as to take outer bark off of cedar
yumin Little Little Bear Riveri potatoes potatoes
snail snailcut a fish has been cut open on bellyKnight bay in Knight Inletashes ashes, embersembers ashes, embersripped , something that is ripped
i tear to tearit tear tear
arm cut on armcut cut on armbreast cut on breastcut cut on breastcutblue crane, blue heroncrane crane, blue heron
ani fingers fingerstoes toesRivers place where the Rivers Inlet people were slaughtered
e halibut halibut wingsripping the action of ripping
i camp to camp for nightcry cry, cryingcrying cry, cryingcrying he/she is cryingbranches branches principally from hemlock
it cut to belly cut a fish, to open a fisht light light up a room, wink
hemlock hemlockgrey to have something that is greycut to cut open
gada cut I am going to cut open this fishcry cry babyjawbone lower jawbone of raccoon
yu flashlight flashlightBeaver Beaver Covecod rock codrock rock codalive to be alive
di Kwalate Kwalate Point "place that has salmonberry sprouts"as alive to keep something aliveas alive are you alive
alive (I) give you help. (I) keep you alive
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English Expandedhelp I give you help. I keep you alivealive keeping alive, living forend end of somethinguncle uncle
ola ground to go around on ground by cardo he was able to do it himselfuncle uncleuncle unclecome sprain, come out of jointsprain sprain, come out of jointold oldold old
awi older oldere oldest oldest in family
Knightlefthand corner of head of Knight Inlet "place where there was a slide"
cottonwood cottonwood, poplarpoplar cottonwood, poplarspread spread particles
ola dribble to dribble into containerola dribble to dribble into container
dribble to dribble merganser baby meriganserjigging jiggingpeeling peeling something offscar scarflour flour
a grey greystu grey grey
grey grey long objectayu dead dead fall
go go awaypulverize to smash, to pulverizesmash to smash, to pulverizesmash to smash, to pulverizegrinder meat grindermeat meat grinder
a divorce get a divorcelet we will let go from beachuntie untiefar far apartfar far away placesCopper Copper Bluffs "grey coloured rock"rhinocerous rhinocerous birdfar far away last last yeargo go far awayfar gone far, went far away
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/ far awayopposite the other side, the opposite shoreother the other side, the opposite shoreimplement little implement for splitting cedar barkfence fence
sscalp to scalp someonekerchief kerchiefsalmon spring salmonspring spring salmonhorsefly horseflyHarvel Nakwakto Rapids, Harvel PointNakwakto Nakwakto Rapids, Harvel PointNumas Numas Island
sapa skin to skinpicture having an x-ray picture takenshow having an x-ray picture takenchildren children ( )children lazy or haywire children
suq Gilford Gilford Bay on Gilford IslandFraser Fraser Creek, Gilford CreekGilford Fraser Creek, Gilford Creekput to put hand out
s Suquash Suquash "place where you sakwila"Vancouver Vancouver Bayboil boil meatboil boil seal or dear for feastoil oil rendered from blubberoil oil rendered from blubberseal seal oilmovie movie, showshow movie, showmovie show, movie theatershow show, movie theatermovie movie house for showshow movie house for showspear spear
yu spear fish spearspear to spear (salmon, seal)pink pinkpink pink long object
ani little little fingerlittle little toestill be still
u awl awlswears someone who swears all of the time
i vat eulachon vendering vat
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English Expandedi vat eulachon vendering vat
oil to render oilrender to render fat from blubberswear to swear (in anger)mouth mouthdaylight from daylight to darktake to take bark off of treebread fryed breadfryed fryed breadshow going to the show
stu smarting smarting eyeshand hand power
a hair hair on headi rainbow little bight above Rainbow Falls "place that has snakes"
snake snakeRest Rest Islandserpent double-headed serpent
siwayu paddle paddlesiwayu paddle paddle
/ saltu eggs herring eggs (on kelp)u herring herring eggs (on kelp)
travel travel on water/ paddle
/ akola body
\ akola travelengine engine, something that propels somethingpropels engine. Something that propels somethingengine engine
ala paddle to paddle alond rocky shoreala rocky to paddle along rocky shore
is paddlepaddle to paddlemoving moving on waterknows he knows how to top treestop he knows how to top trees
subayu axe axeaxe an axe someone has broughttopper tree toppertop he is going to top a treetop top a tree
supa chop to chopana cut cut hand
iq axe handle of an axeiq handle a handle of an axe
t/
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i canoe canoe that is used when one is working on the stake neti canoe a big canoe used while stake fishing
net stake netstake stake netstake stake netstake stake netAhclakerho head of Ahclakerho Channel
aqa club to club fishqa stake to stake net
i Deepwater Deepwater Bayqi Deep Deep Water Bay
fell a tree fell on himtree a tree fell on him
iq net stake net stakesiq stake stake net stakesiq stakes stakes for a stake netasa falling falling
falling I have been falling treesfall I know how to fall timberknow I know how to fall timberfall he knows how to fall treesknows he knows how to fall treesfalling he was falling treeshe he was falling treesfalling he is fallingfall to fall a treefall the reason why to fall a treedirty dirty, soil. Jackson BayJackson Jackson Baysoil dirty, soil, Jackson Baybelly belly part of fish
es stomach stomachus deer deer
throb throbthrobbing throbbing
a warm to warm yourself by the fire or stoveGrape Oregon GrapeOregon Oregon Grape
i cheeks fish cheeksnose soft part in nosedried dried backbone, any filleted meatfilleted dried backbone, any filleted meatsoft soft
awe softest softestCranberry High Bush CranberryHigh High Bush Cranberrydried making dried salmon, to fillet
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English Expandedfillet making dried salmon, to filletmaking making dried salmon, to fillet
a cutting cutting the fillets from the bonea fillets cutting of the fillets from the bone
ayu club fish clubaqa club to club fish
plunger plungersquirrel squirrelfasten fasten togetherphoning phoning, ring a bellring phoning, ring a bell
u telephone telephonephone to phone someone
a beating beating board on which sticks are beatencurly curly hairCommon Common Wild GooseberryGooseberry Common Wild GooseberryTomakstum Tomakstum Tomakstum Tomakstum Island "curly head"cramp cramp, muscle knot upmuscles cramp, muscles knot upbell bell in school
ala ringing sound of ringingala sound sound of ringing
ring telephone, something that can ringstick stick you keep time to the music withtelephone telephone, something that can ringhill hill
/ picklump lump on foreheadboots hard bootshard hard boots (like those used in the army)old old shoesshoes old shoesbroken broken toothberries dried berries (mainly huckle and salal)dried dried berries (mainly huckle and salal)octopus octopus board bread boardbread bread boarddoor path, road, doorpath path, road, doorroad path, road, doorladder ladder
as gall gallfallinglogging
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English Expandedscratch scratchAlfalfa Alfalfaroots wild alfalfa roots
ibayu shoes shoesibayu shoes shoes
ala flintlock flintlocktigayu slingshot a slingshot
swing swingNugent Nugent Sound "piece of land hanging out at mouth"
sti Nugent Nugent Pointsti Holmes Holmes Pointsti Nugent Nugent Point
hanging hanging insidehanging hanging on the beach
ika hone honehanging hangingteasing teasinghanging hanging outsidebait bait
tilayu needle needle for threading toggle hooktino pole to pole a canoe in running watertino running to pole a canoe in running water
/ a wa pole/ a wa river/ pole
ipa step to step, step onala footsteps the sound of footstepsala sound the sound of footsteps
s boat step on a boats step step on a boat
alis beach step on the beachalis step step on the beach
ground step on the groundstep step on the groundstep step on something that is crawling on floor
ipsta step to step in wateripstu step
s a climbing he fell down while climbing treess a fell he fell down while climbing trees
\ stone
\ throwearring earringsquirrels squirrelsHaddington Haddington Island
iwani liver liverfell he fell overboard while net fishing
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English Expandednet he fell overboard while net fishingbruise bruise (that is blue)
u bruised I have a bruised legu leg I have a bruised leg
black black eyeeye black eyeblack I have a black eyeeye I have a black eye
su Telegraph Telegraph Covei fleas fleas
small small holesmall small hole
usa cut cut with knifeusa knife cut with a knife
cut to cut o star star
black black bassroll ocean rollsmall smallbreaking ocean roll breaking on beachroll ocean roll breaking on beachdanceMount Mount Dundas
w/wa river riverwa / a wa riverwa / a wa river what are you going to do at the river?
i dog dogibidu dog small/little dog
dog big/large dogas Craycroft Craycroft Inlet
dog dog (endearing expression)alus rainbow rainbowalus Rainbow Rainbow Falls
wagiga fisher fisherkas Wakash Wakash Creek
waksxe axe double bitted axebig big, good sizedgood big, good sized
alas big bigawe bigger bigger
tide big tidesaid word, something saidlynx lynxcouch couch
wams Belize Belize Inlet
adi baybay at the end of Canoe Pass near Knight Inlet "bay that has herring"
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herring herringi herring herring
Rivers Rivers Inletap fresh fresh water
puddle puddle of water on groundWahkanah Wahkanah Bay "real river"Wahshihlas Wahshihlas Bay "place where herring spawn"
id haul to haul up somethingwawadi kelp kelpwawadi kelp kelp
puppy puppySeymour head of Seymour Inlet
a catching catching herringa herring catching herring
tide highest point of tide when it is all the way inhow how. In what manner of transport
i pipe pipeSallie Sallie Point grey grey warbler
yad Waiatt Waiatt Bay "place that has herring"dog dog (endearing expression)
i canyon canyon with water in it, raintrough, evestrough, running water
i evestrough canyon with water in it, raintrough, evestrough, running water
i raintrough canyon with water in it, raintrough, evestrough, running water
i running canyon with water in it, raintrough, evestrough, running waterhow how manycold cold (wind)cold coldcold coldcold is it cold todaytoday? is it cold today?cold it is cold todaytoday it is cold todaycold it looks fairly cold (over there)
i refrigerator refrigeratorcold cold watercold cold windcold the wind is cold
i fridge fridges Freshwater Freshwater Bay (Swanson Island)
s Swanson place on Swanson Island near Stoker Point "cold beach"sky the way the sky looks when the herring are spawning
wegalis Hyde Hyde Creek
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u ears I hear with my earsu hear I hear with my ears
maul maul made from crabappleinlet inlet
/ a goingdead dead head, something submerged
mdas Klaoitsis Klaoitsis Island "place where people are buried"deep to be deepdeep to go deepdeep deepdeep deep holesink to sink
es frog frogbrother sister or brother sister sister or brother belt beltears cold earscold cold ears
i / i canyontributary tributary
i os John how how are you related to John?
i os John related how are you related to John?dogs dogs
i dogs dogsothers otherslet let me
ala current which direction is the currentala tide which direction is the current \ tide going?
ida / ida lake I went to the lake and the mountain
ida/ mountain I went to the lake and the mountainspurs? where are your spurs?lets lets goknow what do you know how to do
a wa river what are you going to do at the river?tin what am I going to do with the tin canhurt what was he doing when he got hurt?know what does he know how to do
iksas how how are you?how how are you?how how are you mom?mom? how are you mom?
iksi John-e how how is John?
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mother how is your mother?iksis dad dad how are you dad?iksis dad how how are you dad?iksis grandparent? how is your grandparent?iksis how how is your grandparent?iksis grandparent? how are your grandparents?iksis how how are you grandparent?
how how is your mother?how how are the mothers in your family?mothers how are the mothers in your family?
- how how is John?ala current how is the tide/currentala how how is the tide/current?ala tide how is the tide \ current?
today? what is the weather like today?how how did you used to be?how how did I used to be?small small
a all alleni jobs he knows all the jobseni knows he knows all the jobs
lake when did you go to the lake?lake when are you going to the lake?mature mature treetree mature tree
ana small arms small armssmall something small in diameter
o short short necko skinny skinny neck
skinny lots of skinny people or thingssmall many things small in diameterSubtle Subtle Islandsfall fall season for drying
is preserve preserve fish at a fish campis fish preserve fish at a fish camp
fish they are working on fishbrothers sisters or brotherssisters sisters or brothers
a bad poor, feeling bada feeling poor, feeling bada poor poor, feeling bad
feeling feeling sadsad feeling sadeat
how how are you folks?, how are you people?
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halfhalf smoked whole fish (principally eulachons because they are smoked whole)
wos feel feel sorrywos sad sadwos sorry feel sorry
sad sad expressionx/
tide water \ tide is recedingreceding water / tide is recedinglow low tidetide low tide
ista tide the tide has turned to go outbackbone backbone. Middle bone (has meat on it)middle backbone, middle bone (has meat on it)back back scoter
aq bone bone breastbone breastbone
aqst blueback bluebackasa rotten rotten, spoiledasa spoiled rotten, spoiled
a fur fur sealwagas Simoom Simoom Sound
awi loon loonsnare out to snare something
abs arbutus arbutusarbutus arbutus
qst blueback bluebacka sawing to have a sawing contest
boney skinny, boneyskinny skinny, boneyKamano Kamano Bay (Harbledown Island)Kamanah Kamanah Baybox storage box storage storage boxpump pumppump to pump into a housecomb combgathering gathering (eg. Bark)bark bark (not on tree)bark bark of any kind of tree (on or off)
m bark bark of treeThompson Thompson Soundcure to cure fish by smoking, smoking process, to smoke
smoketo cures fish by smoking, smoking process, to smoke (preserve)
smokingto cures fish by smoking, smoking process, to smoke (preserve)
i smoke smoke housei smokehouse smokehouse
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English Expandedsaw sawsaw sawcarrots carrotssandhill crane sandhill cranesmoked something that has been smokedcrockery crockerycrockery to make crockerypotter potterbald baldscratch to scratchbreakers breakers (breaking on underwater rocks)saw to saw wood
ala buck buck logsbuck he knows how to buck logsknows he knows how to buck logsbucking he is bucking trees
a snare to snare
laday after tomorrow day after tomorrow
as salmon fully smoked salmon (dried and cold)
s drieddried skin part of fish refers to the fact that the fish can be kept
as fish dried fish with skinasila dried process of making dried salmonasila fish to make dried fishayu snare snareayu snare snare
snared something that has been snaredbackbone backbone nose the soft part in nosesnare to snare something, to lasso somethingnose noseshort short snorting to make snorting noisesnore to snore
ala snoring to make a snoring soundit snatch snatcham Blenkinsop Blenkinsop Bay
lose to lose somethinglost lost somethingdisappear to disappearpumping pumping watercarrots carrotsskull skullbark bark (on tree)stick to stick head up
t comb comb your hairxiba rhinocerus bird rhinocerous bird
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burning burningsit sit on ground
ala steamboat steamboat (smoke coming out of top)train traintrains trains
xubi butter ball butter balludayu dip net back eddy, dip netudayu net dip net
Lily Chocolate Lilychocolate chocolate lilly, indian tapiocaindian chocolate lilly, indian tapiocaChocolate Chocolate lilytangled tangled
i mussel big blue musselxumps head headxupxup owl owl
Allison Allison Soundusa splash to splash, to sprinkle with handusa sprinkle to splash, to sprinkle with hand
Rest Rest Islandbreak rest, coffee breakrest a rest, coffee break
ta dip to dip netnose he has a scratched nosescratched he has a scratched nosecanoe canoecanoe canoecanoe small canoeslice to slice
is Gilfordbay on Gilford Island across from Doctor Island in Knight Inlet "place where salmon are cut"
cut to cutleg he has a scratched legscratched he has a scratched legplaying playing baseballbaseball baseball (game)canoe toy canoebaseball playing baseballbaseball to play baseball
yas Protection Protection Pointa cutting cutting the salmon and getting it ready to drya dry cutting the salmon and getting it ready to drya salmon cutting the salmon and getting it ready to dry
wa ayu slicer an ulu knife, a slicer, fish slicing knifeayu knife knife (fish slicing type)ayu knife an ulu knife, a slicer, fish slicing knifeayu ulu an ulu knife, a slicer, fish slicing knife
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i slicer slicer, fish knife, dried salmon and eggss inside inside of vessel
hole hole in floorhole any hole in beachhit hit on hand hit hit on rear end - bottomhit hit on foot - leghit whack - hit on the headhit hit on lipsblubber blubberblubber blubberoctopus octopus dogfish dogfishshark shark
a crevice crevice on rocky grounda/ a a crevice
crevice crevice in earthfinish to finish off piece of wood, to make it smoothsmooth to finish off piece of wood, to make it smoothlonely lonely
id draw draw a lineHope Hope Island "point where otters are"
mdasbi Hove Hove island villageotter otterfire to set fire to something
mta burn burna step step child
child lazy childchild a child (son or daughter)child son, daughter, offspring, child ( )daughter son, daughter, offspring, child ( )offspring son, daughter, offspring, child ( )son son, daughter, offspring, child ( )child little childchild big childchild pretty child
o hole hole in groundhole in ground hole in ground
/ hole I fell in the hold in the ground/ fell I fell in the hold in the ground
/ hole I always fall into that hole
/ holemotion go through motionhit to whack the floor or to hit someone to the floorSalmon Salmon River
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English Expandedhit to hit with switchswitch to hit with switchhit he hit me with a stickhit hit. Swing a batswing hit, swing with batholes holes in beachbaseball baseball bat (game)switch switchTexada Texada Islandmixing mixing spoonspoon mixing spoonreturn to turn back, return, return something to someoneturn to turn back, return, return something to someone
aqa turn turn end for endturning turning somersaults
ela forth forth and backstruggle to strugglehit hit with belt, hit with switchstir to stirotters ottersfir fir
y/sea monster sea monster
ine badness badness, sinine sin badness, sin
bad badgather to gather clams, to rock babyrock to gather clams, to rock baby
alaqa send to send someone to do something, send someone on errandya o careful be carefulya be be careful, look-out for that cliffya look-out be careful, look out for that cliff
ala speaking to talkala talk talk, speaking
give to giveala rattle rattle
cloth a clothala sail boat with sail
sail sail for canoesail sail
yawapila sail to make a sailsailmaker a sailmakertent tentmotion something moving, motion, movingmoving something moving, motion, moving
a bad bad tasteala bad bad smell
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English ExpandedBurnett bay at the end of Burnett Bayinnards innards of salmon, animal or bird
i boat the boat you are usingyayana hurry hurry, run fastyayana run hurry, run fast
ine bad bad habitshalibut hook halibut hookspread lying on floor with legs spread
s Alert Alert Bayhurt hurthurt I got hurt not long ago
i hurt he got hurt in the woodshurt he is hurthurt he got hurt while playingplaying he got hurt while playing
u foot he has hurt his food/legu hurt he hurt his foot/legu leg he has hurt his foot/leg
alas bandage bandagealas bandage bandage
slingshot to use a slingshotayu slingshot a slingshot (whirling type)
mat make a mat out of clothmat to make something out of cloth, matknit to knit
i dance dance hallfish fish soupsoup fish soupdance dance halldancer a dancergale sudden galefast fast
da ) evening this eveningda today today
) evening this coming eveningnight this nightmorning this morningdance to dancetide high tide is coming intide high tidedance Indian dance maskmask Indian dance maskbad hopeless, real badhopeless hopeless, real badrain rain all the timerain rain rain make rainrain he knows how to make rain
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English Expandedrain sound of rainraining raining off and on, showersshowers raining off and on, showers
ala rain starting to rain, to rain a little bittoday it is raining a little bit todayraining it is raining a little bit today
ela rain rain in different placesrain rain in different places over the water
yulala coming come down riveryulala down coming down river
a wa downit it will be herehe he is...there it is there (pointing)rising water/tide is risingtide water \ tide is risingrising? is the tide rising?tide is the tide rising?
yusa eat to eat with a spoonyusa eat to eat with a spoonyusa fish fish soupyusa soup fish soupyusila eat to make something to eat with a spoonyusila eat to make something to eat with spoon
chowder chowder, something that is made to eat with a spoonyuya north north wind
that that is that that is itmaggots maggotsmother mother
s apples applesmom mommom mom, mothermother mom, mothercall to call out to someonehollering noise of holleringback sinsinew sinew in backcoyote coyoteback back door. Back of house. Behind housebehind back door, back of house, behind housesea sea cucumber
as bone bone gamegame bone gamelook to look forlook to look for somethingAhclakerho Ahclakerho Channellast last
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English Expandedsde last last timesdi grew grew just lately
late if you are lateslough slough in behind Spit in Campbell River
is spit any place in behind spitis eulachon fresh eulachon oil
is fresh fresh eulachon oilis come to come into shore, to go into woods
go to come into shore, to go into woodsjust justlate latestill stilllately he/they come latelygeneration new generationnew someone who is new in family
s someone someone who is new in familys new new
new newlast last person
e arrived just arrived on beachWakeman Wakeman Soundlately something that came lately on groundlate latenet our net will be opennet our net will be openFranklin Franklin River (right side of Knight Inlet going up)
a chart Franklin River (right side of Knight Inlet going up)a sinew sinew, tendon
tendon sinew, tendonShelter Shelter Bay
i between in between two thingsawi inside inside of somethingi shoreline shoreline
ala many many people or things togetherola many place where many people gather
place place where many people gatherhand handlater later onduck old squaw duckfoam sea foamlook take care of, look after
sila take take care of, look aftersila fast fast runner, fast horse
horse fast runner, fast horseeyebrows eyebrowsherring spawned herring eggs
nt spawned spawned herring eggsnt go to go back
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ala kind to be kind towait to wait for a whilego go around back endsouth east yes the wind is blowing south eastcold yes it is cold todaytoday yes it is cold todaystep mother step mother
a attached a person who is very attached to his/her mothermother a person who is very attached to his/her mothermother someone who resembles motherresembles someone who resembles mothermother is Kathleen your mother?step father step father
a mothers mothersmother mothermother mothermother motherMenzies Menzies Bayfastened to be fastened firmly onto somethingclose near, closenear near, closeBroad Broad Reach
o sea cucumber sea cucumberas meat meat
meat meatflesh meat, fleshmeat meat, fleshtightly tightly onveins veins
iartificial branches artificial branches which look similar to hemlockfake tree fake treespruce sprucebleeding bleeding from mouthblood bloodnew someone new in familystick stick your tongue outfirmly firmly stuck in ground
s firm something firm on groundnew something new on groundfat fatmeat big meatbleeding bleeding little little, smallsmall small, littlesmaller smaller
awi sea urchin small sea urchin
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asmall green sea urchin small green sea urchin
a small smallplay to play, playstay to stay with babysittersmall smallsmall they are too smallouch ouchmother what is the name of your mothermother what is the name of your mothermother what is the name of your mothermother what is the name of your motheraunt auntcloudy cloudycloud cloudShoal Shoal Harbourleg the other legurinate uninate (women)Deer Deer Bay (left side of Knight Inlet going up)brown bass brown basssneeze sneezesneezing lots of sneezingsneeze sneezerabbit rabbit
a under underrear both side of rear end
sdi Knight place in Knight Inletflat ground tide flats, flat groundtide flats tide flats, flat groundtide tide flats
is step father step fatherpalms palms of hand
ani palms palms ani nostrils nostrils
enisbe passage water passageis paddleis / a is body both sides of body
cheeks cheeksbigger they seem biggerHelmcken Helmcken Islandinstep top of foot, insteptop top of foot, instepback of hand back of hand
ani Rivers Rivers InletRivers Rivers Inletimportant importantserious serious weather or situation
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Inlet)is Lewis Lewis Rocksis Knight branch off of the main river leading to Knight Inlet
inside inside of mouthawe mouth inside of mouthawe greed greed for something
land landfar
/open open waterbody
akola / a akola rocky rocky shore
rocky rocky shoreground on groundground on groundbig big, largelarge big, largebig big peoplebig big or large feetlarge big or large feeton something on somethingget get iton many things are on tablefetch to get, to fetchget get, to get, to fetchwant to want
sd turn turn on the waterput to put something in the waterput to put on
studayu get you getbuy to take, to buyget to get, to open mouthget to getopen to get, to open mouthtake to take, to buyhands hands
asu mothers mothersbelongings belongingsEgg Egg Islandsand fine sand
gis Baronete Baronete Passgisbalis Boulder Boulder Point (left side of Knight Inlet going up)gisbalis good good
bird bird with good plummageawi friendly kind, friendly
kind kind, friendlyclean to clean
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English Expandedhappy happy expressiongood really goodreally really goodgood it is a little bit good today
ala today it is a little bit good todayala lip upper lip
ste upper upper lipste roof roof of mouth
pinch pinchi not not yet
wait to wait wait waitnot not to bother
before beforee are are you
not are you (not)...not before, not there
i before before, not therei before before youixdequs sharp sharp
sharpen to sharpensharp many sharp thingsfinemother my mother is well
Ahnuhati bay above Ahnuhati Point (left side of Knight Inlet going up)is sharp sharp
not not related we are not related
i ola not have not you?not would you not care for...?
as sharp sharpreal real
a real real, reallyala really real, reallyala cold it is really cold today
really it is really cold todaytoday it is really cold todayfooling fooling aroundsilly talking silly
ala talking talking sillyala real real
just justa it it doesis just just
attached person who is very attached to their fatherfather person who is very attached to their father
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English Expandedperson person who is very attached to their fatherlanguage language of the Rivers Inlet people
ala people language of Rivers Inlet peopleala chin chin
Hallebore False Halleboresuli False False Hallebore
just justDutchman Dutchman Head (place in Knight Inlet)end end of somethingchest chest Bradley Bradley Lagoon
o bay bay olis digolis/ olis dark becomes dark all of a sudden
broken broken, does not work rightpalm palm of hand
ani nostril nostrilenisbe also also
Donegal Donegal Head (on Malcolm Island)is Blind Blind Channel
Canoe Canoe Pass (goes dry at low tide)is Canoe Canoe Pass
tuwi Cormorant head end of Cormorant Islandis Quadra head end of Quadra Island
Cape Cape Cautiona forehead forehead
body body Desserter Desserter Island Group
a body whole bodyknee kneefather fathercheek cheekrear one side of rear end
sdi body one side of bodybay bay above lighthouse near Cape Mudge village
is ankle ankleHanson Pearce Island Group. Hanson Island GroupPearce Pearce Island Group. Hanson Island GroupSeymour Seymour Narrows
i inside inside of throat, inside of neckawe neck inside of throat, inside of neckawe throat inside of throat, inside of neckawe Robson Robson Bight
pierce to piercei Alert back end of Alert Bay
pack to pack on backhead headspit spit
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i shoulder one shoulderi passage passage
passage passageOkisollo Okisollo Channel "passage going through"heel heelLavers area near Lavers store
is stern stern
i Rainbowstretch of inlet above Rainbow Falls (known to locals as the Goat Ranch)
Cascadearea above Cascade Point (right side of Knight Inlet going up)
dogs dogs
mast mast on boat, mast for canoetrap salmon trap
iq standingstanding he\she is standing (inside)stand to stand on beachRaynor Raynor Pointcod grey codgrey grey cod
stala standing standingstala Cluxewe Cluxewe River
big something big lengthwisewi closed something that is closed
large many large thingsbig big armslarge many large things
ana leave to leave by vesselParsnip Water Parsnip
a Cluxewe Cluxewe Riverleave to leave by boatname nameborrow to borrowname to name one partfingers name your fingersname name your fingers
us ana yaqus name to name many parts
us ana yaqus family relatives, family, friendsfriends friends, relatives, familyrelations friends, relationsrelatives relatives, family, friendstree tree speciestree treetree
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/ a and and, with/ nephew nephew
niece niecei very very
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