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Fresh Water Life Wordlist

Fresh Water Life
hən̓qəmin̓əm̓English
pút boat Boat
snə́xʷəɬ canoe Canoe
sq̓ɬán bow of canoe
slém̓əθ fish club (made out of crab apple)
ɬéc̓tən fish knife (with a straight blade) Fish_Knife
paíʔk̓ʷən splint for cooking fish
ɬət̓əmən̓ herring rake
sƛ̓pél̓əqən lead line
sqʷéq̓əp shuttle cock lure
tác̓aʔ skewer for herring
k̓ʷəyə́kʷəlxən trolling line
k̓ʷú:yə́kʷ troll (verb)
mélə bait
k̓ʷá:nt̓ém̓ən porpoise harpoon
téʔəɬ harpoon head
sʔə́nəm harpoon shaft
ɬás fish with a net
ɬáɬəs (progressive) fishing with a net
q̓ísəcən make a net
q̓íq̓əsəcən (progressive) making a net
θék̓ʷə́l̓yən pull a net
qʷséy̓ən set a net
k̓ʷɬey̓ən set a net parallel to shore
k̓ʷaɬəst spread a net
hə́l̓x̌t enlarge the mesh
x̌əθənɬcyéʔáləs forty mesh (length of a gillnet)
swíw̓ə eulachon
sθíʔθə́qəy̓ little sockeye
st̓ᶿáqʷəy̓ chinook salmon
pá:kʷ chinook salmon (meaning 1 chinook, suffix for head)
ḱʷál̓əxʷ chum salmon
hú:n̓ pink salmon
qíw̓x̌ steelhead
qʷtá:yθə́n sturgeon
k̓ʷé:c̓ dog fish
sθx̌áʔs dolly varden trout
st̓ᶿə́k̓ʷ bug/worm
pk̓ʷéls / pk̓ʷé:nxʷ smoked salmon
c̓əy̓x̌ʷé:nəxʷ smoked herring
təmqəqáʔ the freshet
qə́ləx̌ fish eggs
šxʷɬé:l̓éməxʷ sea hunter/fisher
təmθə́qəy sockeye season
sənƛ̓eʔé:n older group/second run of chum
qx̌é:nxʷ big run of fish
sqim̓ək̓ʷə́lməxʷ devil fish spring
c̓əy̓xʷéls dried fish
st̓ᶿqʷay fish
šxʷə́məcəm fisher (the bird)
t̓ᶿíxʷt̓ᶿəxʷ fish hawk (osprey)
x̌ax̌ac̓aʔ pond
x̌ac̓aʔ lake Lake
təməxʷ land/earth Land/earth
stal̓əw̓ river River
statl̓əw creek or little river i.e. slough
x̌əw̓s qaʔ fresh water
ƛ̓q̓ʷáy̓ salmon milt
t̓éwəɬ shells
t̓ət̓əwəɬ little shells
cə́cəw̓ shore
ƛ̓eɬəm̓ qaʔ salt water
x̌e:t̓ᶿénəxʷ Mt. Baker (used to measure the fish run or the season, by the amount of snow
məʔsəɬ webbing for net (apocynum)
cəmxáisən the face of the sturgeon
xʷáʔaq̓ʷtən set net or gill net
téʔeɬ harpoon used for sturgeon
kʷə́məls harpoon used for salmon and seals (had a float attached)
ɬə́k̓ʷtən gaff Gaff_Hook
tiʔén largest trawl net
leʔməwəɬ smallest size trawl net
ƛ̓épəlyən dip net
šxʷxéƛ̓ / sciéq fishing weirs
héʔeɬ harpoon
mə́səɬ harpoon line (apocynum)
ɬəxʷəɬcyéʔáləs thirty mesh (depth of a gillnet)
ɬə́təmən eulachon and herring rake
k̓úyək̓ʷ hook and line fishing (name for the hook)
xə́mən medium size trawl net
tə́q̓ʷəm tail portion of the sturgeon
x̌ʷí:m rapids
kʷəxʷəθ coho salmon
ƛ̓léy̓ shovel nose canoe
pútél̓weʔs paddle
sθə́qəy̓ Sockeye Sockeye,_Salmon

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