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Nłeʔkepmxcín vocabulary

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Animals

68 words

Sqlelten

[skle-lten]

Salmon

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Re sqlelten re7 es xwexwéyt

The salmon is sacred

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ʔísweɬ

Loon

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ʔeswəc̓xə́n̓

Salamander

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cáqcəqt

Spruce grouse (fool hen)

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ʔə̣l̓ṣíkʷ

Turtle

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ʔéx̣ʷyeptn

Golden eagle

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ʔíƛ̓m tək spzúz̓uʔ

Songbird

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cóʕʷɬeʔ

Steelhead

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cuʔxéɬus

Rainbow trout

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héniʔ

Humpback salmon

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kekn̓íy

Kokanee salmon

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c̓əq̓ʷmús

Sucker fish

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Culture

47 words

Takemshooknooqua

All my relatives

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Yameet

Pray

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Tseeuush

The way it is

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ʔúmes

Naming ceremony

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ʔúmecms

Someone named me after an ancestor

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ʔesmali

Marriage

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c̓éc̓k̓ʷm̓

Torch fishing

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c̓imín

Fish weir

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cíyci tək swúxʷt

New year

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c̓y̓éh

Basket

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cíqmn

Digging stick

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ʔíq̓mn

Hide scraper, scraping tool

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Descriptive

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Toohoosh

Eyes

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ʔeskʷloʕ

Green

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ʔeskʷə́ɬ

Brown

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ʔesqʷəzqʷəzt

Blue

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ʔestk̓ʷíyk̓ʷit

Grey

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ʔespáʕpaʕt

Tan

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ʔesƛ̓éx

Funny

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ceʔcʔéxʷ

Glad, happy

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cəq̓ʷcóq̓ʷt

Attractive, pretty

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cəqcéq

Gentle

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c̓em̓

Bone

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kéyx

Hand

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Family

35 words

YaYa

Great-granny

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ʔimc

Grandchild (one)

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ʔimec

Grandchildren (more than one)

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céc

Younger sister (address form)

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cəcéʔ

Younger sister

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ʔe nsnək̓ʷnúk̓ʷeʔ

My friends, my relatives

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kíkx

Mother (address form)

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kíx

Older sister

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kz̓e

Grandmother

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kíyeʔ tək nskʷə́zeʔ

My first child

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ɬceck

Mother-in-law

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kʷísit

Newborn

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Food

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ʔúpine

I eat it

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ʔúqʷeʔs

Drink something

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ʔék̓ʷn

Fish roe, fish eggs

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ʔúy̓es

Gather, collect things

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ʔuyúʔs

Gather, harvest

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heʔúseʔ

Eggs

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c̓ált

Salt

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c̓lóx̣wə́tkwu

Hot water

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c̓ɬətkwu

Cold water

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he skwy̓ə́m tək səplil

Bannock

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c̓aʔpúseʔ

Fermented berries

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c̓ól̓c̓əl̓t

Sour

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Greetings

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Weyt-k

[wayt-k]

Hello / Greetings

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Weyt-k, pená7 kwen?

Hello, how are you?

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Kukstemc

[kook-stemp]

Thank you

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Kukstemc re7 t̓ qelmúcw

Thank you to the people

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Ayee

I am awake

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Hanla

How are you?

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Kookshchamuh

Thank you

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ʔéx kʷ n̓

Hello! How are you? Are you well?

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ʔéx weʔ ƛ̓uʔ

Goodbye, take care!

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ʔeʔúym̓

Laugh, smile

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ʔené

Alas

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hécu

Let's go!

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húm̓eɬ

Goodbye, okay

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hén̓

Where?

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Language

127 words

Nłeʔkepmxcín

[n-leh-KEP-mukh-tseen]

Nlaka'pamux language

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Nłeʔkepmxcín n̓snkye7t̓en

I am learning Nłeʔkepmxcín

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Ahuckpestena

I learned

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Atch’ha’ma

Vision Quest

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Caustem

Using

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ChaaChawoowh

To be joyful

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Choownensh

To succeed

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Choowaachoots

To develop

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Coynchoots

Our knowledge and ways

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Huckpestes

To have learned, developing wisdom

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Huztowaahh

To love one another

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K’K’ze

Grannys

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klip klip

Dark

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Nature

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Tmicw

[t-meew]

Land / Earth

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Re tmicw re7 ren stseptékwe

The land is our mother

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Stétse7

[stat-seh]

Water

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Re stétse7 re7 spíxem

The water is clean/pure

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Tmix

Earth, dirt, land, territory

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ʔeleskeʔéɬp

Hawthorn

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ʔelíleʔ

Salmonberry

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ʔímixʷ

Cascade huckleberry

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céw̓ek

Tiger lily

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cáqʷəlx

Western larch (tamarack)

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cəqʷciqʷáqʷiʔqʷ

Red willow

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cʔéɬeʔ

Mint

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ʔéyk

Kinnikinnick

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ʔesqʷə́m

Mountain

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Numbers

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péyeʔ

One

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séye

Two

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keʔɬés

Three

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mús

Four

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cíykst

Five

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ƛ̓áq̓mekst

Six

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cúɬkeʔ

Seven

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piʔúps

Eight

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təmɬpéyeʔ

Nine

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ʔúpnekst

Ten

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Place Names

5 words

Peymanoos

Place name means “large bare place”

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Pokaist

Place name means “little white stones”

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cuʔax

Mouth of the Nicola River

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c̓íypups

Thynne Mountain (where Shulus Hall is)

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ƛ̓əq̓əmcín

Lytton area, crossing place

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Nłeʔkepmxcín vocabulary

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Animals

Sqlelten

ʔísweɬ

ʔeswəc̓xə́n̓

cáqcəqt

ʔə̣l̓ṣíkʷ

ʔéx̣ʷyeptn

ʔíƛ̓m tək spzúz̓uʔ

cóʕʷɬeʔ

cuʔxéɬus

héniʔ

kekn̓íy

c̓əq̓ʷmús

Culture

Takemshooknooqua

Yameet

Tseeuush

ʔúmes

ʔúmecms

ʔesmali

c̓éc̓k̓ʷm̓

c̓imín

cíyci tək swúxʷt

c̓y̓éh

cíqmn

ʔíq̓mn

Descriptive

Toohoosh

ʔeskʷloʕ

ʔeskʷə́ɬ

ʔesqʷəzqʷəzt

ʔestk̓ʷíyk̓ʷit

ʔespáʕpaʕt

ʔesƛ̓éx

ceʔcʔéxʷ

cəq̓ʷcóq̓ʷt

cəqcéq

c̓em̓

kéyx

Family

YaYa

ʔimc

ʔimec

céc

cəcéʔ

ʔe nsnək̓ʷnúk̓ʷeʔ

kíkx

kíx

kz̓e

kíyeʔ tək nskʷə́zeʔ

ɬceck

kʷísit

Food

ʔúpine

ʔúqʷeʔs

ʔék̓ʷn

ʔúy̓es

ʔuyúʔs

heʔúseʔ

c̓ált

c̓lóx̣wə́tkwu

c̓ɬətkwu

he skwy̓ə́m tək səplil

c̓aʔpúseʔ

c̓ól̓c̓əl̓t

Greetings

Weyt-k

Kukstemc

Ayee

Hanla

Kookshchamuh

ʔéx kʷ n̓

ʔéx weʔ ƛ̓uʔ

ʔeʔúym̓