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container; people (suffix)

suffix for old

suffix for house or building

infix for plural

activity; to be doing something (suffix)

head (affix)

past tense

we

future tense marker used with 'we'

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

accidentally; glimpse; not on purpose (affix)

face (affix)

he, she, it (3rd person)

future tense

I (suffix)

foot; feet (affix)

hand (affix)

Suffix meaning "you"

Yes 

  

Crab

  

house

put away

wipe; polish

present; being here

apple

Seal 

say; do

ch'áw7i7

Bowl

apparently; reportedly

Saturday

frying pan

fry

Ant 

Douglas Fir

  

using

fishing

to fish

two people

make

to work

tool

From

from there

before; going to; almost

yesterday

after

turn over

Vine Maple

  

June

Month of the salmon berry

teeth

August

Month of the pink salmon

Summer

October

Month of the chums

September

Month of the coho

Spring

July

Month of the sockeye salmon

when; what (question word)

Winter

two

Two Men and a Deer, the name of one of Samish's small canoes.
  

Chicken 

grow

Saturday

Blue

use

find

add

gloves

ask

universal prepsition

Great Great Grandparent

   

teacher, instructor

people (plural)

while

people

Salmonberry

  

purchase; buy

sit (down/up)

play

your

come

Come gather

  

bring

Stop!

too 

Me

  

(stative)

outside

cheap

Sea Lion

cannot

inside

on top of

alright, right, correct

what (stative)

how (why)?

sleepy

negative, do not, no

No

nothing, zero

good, great

(it's) a nice day

remember

sneeze (used instead of 'bless you')

Journey

  

Rabbit 

very big

alive

big

Honoring our Medicine

  

The bow of a canoe.

  

happy

long time

if

done, finished

Goodbye

  

Thank you

  

and (sometimes 'or')

subtract; minus; throw away

eating

lost

eat

Grandchild

  

stroke

pulling (on the canoe)

let's

let's go

along

asleep; to sleep

equals

scrape

Garbage Can

  

glad

Coat

coffee

coffee

  

the; a* 

*Invisible article used when an object being described is not physically in front of you. Use the invisible "the" when an object is not currently visible. i.e. when telling a story of THE woman you met last week.

hungry

hot

Butterfly 

How many people?

how much; how many (question word)

Mouse 

count

Hungry

  

early

(it's) now

clean dishes

Flew

  

Eagle 

help

tomorrow

strong

run

invisible this

cook

kitchen

there

fix

Purple

Look; see

watch out; protect yourself; watch over

to look at 

priest; reverend

key

please pass

Shawl

We (1st person plural suffix)

ashore

heal; (get) well

Mussels

  

bored; tired

tired

  

hurry (up)

take off

Friday

fifty

three

Wednesday

five

five people

three people

thirty

Plate

get(ting) ready

ready stroke

forget

father

tiny

all; every

wait

cows

full

mush (English word for hot cereal)

Fork

minutes (borrowed word)

Cup

Duck 

Indian Tea

  

Cow 

one hundred

my

I need a little break.

(emphatic) you!

Brown

Black

Yellow

Orange

Red

Green

visit (other+building+activity)

one

put in

welcome; come in

Gray

snow (on the ground)

Child

  

nose

four people

forty

January

Month of offspring, beginnings, and children

four

some, exist

That

one person

hello

Pink

aboard; get on this vehicle

just

Suffix for color 

give

ten

ten people

twelve

thirteen

eleven 

White

May

Month of gathering seaweed and camas

March

Month of blossoming

Cat 

bed

Fall

Ball

girl

fins

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

Orca 

pay

Monday

late, slow

Spider 

noon 

Elk 

Ironwood

  

Skipper

  

High Tide

  

break

break; rest

  Eye

Juice

   

weak

today

BBQ (to cook)

butcher

dead

speak; talk

talkative

boil

Seagull

  

Dances

  

shoes

Camas  

water

Water Bottle

  

Devil's Club

  

Water Spirits

He/she/it (3rd person pronoun suffix)

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

Hand

old person (singular)

younger sibling

old people (plural)

Fruit

  

Food

  

Snake 

paddles up

afraid

Beaches

  

raise; lift

lazy

Aunt or Uncle

   

Lunch

  

cooler

  

Fish; salmon

friend, relative (singular), cousin

Family

  

December

Month of putting the paddles away

Bear 

Blue jay 

land; territory

feminine the, a

truly

soul; spirit

grandparents (plural)

Blanket

quiet

Bee 

I (1st person suffix)

Tuesday

bread

sockeye salmon

Pants

low tide

  

older sibling

   

harvest

  

older sibling

Knife

bathroom