suffix for house or building

  

involvement, activity, etc.

  

head (affix) c.f. sqw'ongi

  

we

  

future tense marker used with 'we'

Example: Tl'í7-lhe-lh.. 'We will need..'

  

accidentally; glimpse; not on purpose (affix)

  

face (affix) c.f. sos

  

he, she, it (3rd person)

  

future tense marker

  

I (suffix)

  

foot, feet, (affix) c.f. sxene

  

hand (affix) c.f. sales

  

Suffix meaning "you"

   

Yes

   

crab

  

house

  

put away

  

wipe, polish

  

present

  

apple

  

dish(es)

  

frying pan

  

two people

  

to work

  

from

    

from there

  

turn over

  

teeth    

two

  

gloves

  

universal preposition

  

wipe, polish (with affix)

teacher, instructor

  

while

  

people

  

sit (down/up)

  

your

  

come

  

bring

  

too 

  

I; me (emphatic)

  

cheap

  

on top of

  

alright, right, correct

  

how (why)?

  

negative, don't, no

  

nothing, zero

  

good, great

  

very big

  

big

  

happy

  

if

  

done, finished

  

thank you

  

and (sometimes 'or')

    

eating

  

eat

  

pull (on the canoe)

  

pulling (on the canoe)

  

let's

  

along

  

scrape

  

glad

  

coat

  

coffee

  

(invisible) the, a
  

hungry

  

How many people?

  

how much; how many (question word)

  

(it's) now

  

help

  

strong

  

run

  

cook

  

there

  

look, see

  

please pass

  

ashore

  

take off

  

three

  

five (wide hand)

  

five people

  

three people

  

plate

  

get(ting) ready

  

father

  

tiny

  

full

  

mush (English word for hot cereal)

  

cup

  

cow

  

my

  

(emphatic) you!

  

one 

  

put in

   

snow (on the ground)

  

child

  

nose

  

four

  

some, exist

  

that, that's

  

one person

  

hello

  

aboard; get on this vehicle

  

just

  

give

  

ten

  

ten people

  

bed

  

girl

  

fins

  

Anacortes (village on south side of Guemes Channel 'ironwood')

  

late, slow

  

weak

  

BBQ (to cook)

  

butcher

  

boil

  

shoes

  

water

  

nominalizer (prefix) makes a word into a noun (nom.)

  

hand

  

food

  

beach

  

raise; lift

  

fish

  

friend, relative (singular)

  

friends, relatives

  

feminine the, a

  

truly

  

bread

  

sockeye salmon

  

harvest, game, catch

  

knife

  

peel

  

sir, ma'am, respected one

  

really

  

cloth

  

this (feminine)

  

school

  

woman

  

soup; chowder; stew

  

deer; meat

  

name

  

butter; light oil

  

canoe

  

rock

  

grease; oil

  

butter clam

  

mouth

  

smoked-salmon

   

potato

  

very

  

word(s)

  

news

  

drink, juice

  

head

  

sun

  

slime

  

what (question word)

  

horse

  

then

  

horse clam

  

man

  

bad; no good; terrible

  

fishtail

  

grass; hay

  

window (nom. object look face activ.)

  

table 

  

car, vehicle

  

try on; taste; test

  

put on

  

home

  

six

  

six people

  

eight

  

here

  

money

  

mother

  

race

  

eight people

  

nine

  

nine people

  

race-canoe

  

this (when in the middle of a sentence, 'e' universal preposition is usually before 'tí7e')

  

try hard (especially in sports)

  

tongue

   

this

  

also

  

salt

  

touch, feel

  

oyster

  

like, want, need, love (high in value)

  

to(ward)

  

small

  

out of the water

  

put on (top of something)

  

clean, wash

  

seven people

  

seven

  

the, a

  

(accompaniment) or contemporaneous; am, are, do

  

who

  

boy

  

(I) guess

  

know

  

heavy

  

where

  

fast, soon, quick, can

  

dislike, hate, against, don't like

  

light

  

store

  

phone (hollering device)

  

Lummi

  

'bubbling water' cr. in Bellingham

  

Samish

   

glasses

  

shirt

  

go(ing)

  

King salmon; Spring salmon; Chinook salmon

  

always

  

hat