abalone
240.4.
abandon
1155
abduct
1415.2.
aboard
1197
above
1871
accompany
1156
ache, hurt
1157
achieve
1460.1.
acorn
416
across from
1042.7.
across
1769
Active Pass (Mayne & Galiano Is.)
1763
adam's apple
458
adhere
1661
adipose fin
540
admire
1158
admit, let into the house
1159
adopted child
679
advance, go forward
1159.1.
advise
1160
adze
1161
aerial duck net
809.2.
afire
1161.1.
afraid
999.8.
African, black person
687.1.
after
1560.1.
against
1429
again
1054.2.
agent
685.4.
agree with so.
1162
ahead in race
601.1.
ahead!
1072.4.
aim at so.
1163
airplane, helicopter
848.3.
airport
700.5.
air
1305.1.
alcoholic person
971.2.
alder
418.2.
alike
1545
alive
941
all (of them)
1060
allow
1163.1.
all
1687.4.
almost
1062
alone
1437
along well
1349.1.
along
1737.1.
always
1054.3.
ambitious
1000.5.
American dune grass
396.1.
American
687.2.
America
1956
among
1529.1.
Anacortes, WA
1764
ancestor, tradition, speeches
674
ancestral name
697
anchor
846.1.
anchovies
271.4.
Andrews Bay, WA (cove n.)
1766
Andrews Bay, WA (San Juan I.)
1765
anemone
243
angel
575.1.
Anglo, white person
687
angry
1459.2.
animal cub
201
animal hide
549
animal track
226
animals
1712
animal
1651
ankle
1639
Anne's
388
announce
1548
another
1725.2.
answer
1164
antler
547
ant
216
anus
492.6.
any animal
158
any bark
418.1.
any basket
829
any berry
335
any blanket
732
any canoe, any conveyance
833
any clothes
760
any cod (older brother)
268.2.
any duck, any waterfowl
284
any fire
127
any fish
271.6.
any grass
395
any hawk
275
any knife
742
any large tree
317
any monster
596.11.
any moss
403
any mushroom
405
any rock, stone
95
any root
408
any salmon
244
any seed
416.1.
any small bird
272
any song
593
any stick
410.2.
any thistle
401.1.
any trout
252
any willow, Pacific willow
332
any wood
428
any wool
823.10.
anything
1491
apart
1641.2.
appendix
517
apple tree
373.2.
apples
1494.1.
apple
458
approach
1165
approx.
611
April
126.5.
apron
766.1.
Arbutus Cove
1767
Arbutus Island (beach across)
1769
Arbutus Island
1768
arbutus, madrone
332.2.
are!
1071
area
1940
argue, have an argument
1166
argument
1166
arm band
777.1.
arms
1231
arm
1672
around
1753
aroused
999.19.
arrive
1167
arriving
1067
arrow
799
ascend
1370
ashamed
1168
ashes
752.6.
ashore
1742.1.
ash
1258.2.
ask a question, inquire
1169
ask for st.
1170
asleep
943
aspen
328
assemble
1349
assume
1445
as
1711
attached (emotionally)
951.5.
attached (physically)
951.6.
attempt
1719
attract
1460.3.
August
126.9.
aunt, uncle
624
automobile, car
848
autumn
126
awake
944
away
1725.3.
awhile
1734.1.
awl, piercer
852
axe
859.2.
babies
684
baby's
442
baby
1484
bachelor
614.1.
back eddy
157.7.
back of head
440
back of house
712
back of neck
457
backbone
543
backward
1557.3.
back
1549
bad medicine
604
bad/sorry
1325.2.
badger
184
bad
1577.1.
baggage
1485
bail a canoe
1171
bailer
847.1.
bait a line for fish
1172
bait a trap for animals
1173
bait
801
bake (bread)
1174
bald eagle
274
bald head
496
ball
1232
balsam root
394
balsam
319
Bamberton Prov. Park (beach)
1770
bandage
1175
band
778.7.
bank
700.8.
barbecue fish
1177
barbecue meat
1176
barbecued salmon
868
barbecuing stick for clams
745.1.
barbecuing stick for fish
745
bare
39
bark (a dog)
1178
bark
1519
barnacle
237
barn
700.6.
barrel band
729.1.
barrel
729
barrette
778.3.
bashful
998.1.
basin
748.1.
basket dance
587.2.
basket grass (Carex obnupta)
396.2.
basket/board
757
basket
1745.1.
bass
271.2.
bathe
1179.1.
bathing suit
765.2.
bat
190.1.
bawl out
1180
bay, inlet
141
Bay
1972
bay
306
Bazan Bay Beach
1772
Bazan Bay
1771
be a nuisance
1477
be afire
1161.1.
be ashamed
1168
be at a place
1505.2.
be between two things
1189.2.
be born
1202
be bruised (arm)
1213
be careful
1228
be cracked, ripped
1261.3.
be curious
1271
be demolished
1281.1.
be fed up
1323
be given
1358.1.
be glad (happy)
1360
be hungry
1400
be in danger, doomed
1277.1.
be in heat, going crazy
1387.1.
be in labor
1423.2.
be in the middle
1465.2.
be in the way
1744
be in water
1742.3.
be lonesome
1454
be lost, disappeared
1459.1.
be on one's way, going on
1481.2.
be pregnant
1516
be quiet, shut up
1531.6.
be safe
1560.2.
be sick
1595
be silent
1598
be stingy
1665
be stuck (in mud)
1675.1.
be suspicious of
1681.2.
be swollen
1685.1.
be thirsty
1700
be tired
1708
be trouble
1718.2.
be visible
1731
Beach
1947
beach
1924
Beacon Hill
1773
beads
1524.2.
beam
713.1.
beard, whiskers
501
bear
160
beat a drum
1181
beat so. in a contest
1182
beat so. up
1183
beating
791
beautiful, pretty, good-looking
969
Beaver Point (Saltspring I.)
1774
beaver
181
Becher Bay
1775
bed partner
688.2.
bed wetter
557.1.
Bedwell Harbour (Pender I.)
1776
bed
1460.2.
beef
170.1.
beehive
209.2.
beer
874.5.
before
989
begin doing st.
1185
begin to stop
1185.1.
beg
1184
behind in race
601.2.
behind
1437.1.
belch
1186
believe
1187
Bellingham, WA
1777
belly-button, navel
491
belly
1140
bell
1551
belongings
759
below, under, bottom
1042.10.
belt
1456.1.
bend over
1189
bend st.
1188
bend
1724
berries
1641
berry of red willow
334
berry
832
better, improve
1189.1.
between the legs
475.1.
between
1189.2.
beware! look out!
1072.10.
bewildered
1468
bicycle
848.6.
big bullhead
259.1.
big salmon going upstream
245.1.
big star fish
234.1.
big stick shoes
240.9.
big toe
483.1.
big waves
87
Bight
1860
big
1460.1.
billy
798.1.
bind, restrain
1189.3.
birch bark
422
birchbark basket
830
birch
326
bird's nest
316
bird
1508
birthmark
565
birth
1190
bit and brace
860.1.
bites
1408.1.
bite
1191
bitter cherry bark
378
bitter cherry tree
379
bitter
1016
black bear
160
black cottonwood
327
black eye
574.3.
black gooseberry
343.1.
black hawthorn, thornberry
368
blackberry vine
363
blackberry
362
blackbird
307
blackcap berry
360
blackcap bush
361
black
1020
bladder
518
blade
1585
Blakely Island, WA
1778
blankets
1502
blanket
1640
bleed
1192
blind
991
blink one's eyes
1193
blinky
1014.3.
blond, gold
1023
blood
1257.5.
bloom, blossom
1194
blossom
1194
blow (wind)
1195
blow hard and fast
1195.1.
blow with the mouth
1196
blowfly
212
blue cod
268.1.
blue grouse
301
blue jay, Steller's jay
305
blue spruce, white pine (?)
320
blueberry bush
364
blueberry
366.1.
bluebill, ring-necked duck
296.2.
blue
282
Bluff
1878
bluff
1842
bluish
1022.1.
blunt (pointed)
924
blunt edged, dull
923
board canoe, go aboard, embark
1197
board
1519
boast
1204.1.
Boat Nook (N. Pender I.)
1779
Boat Passage (Satura I.)
1780
boat
1658.1.
bobcat
199
body
1488
bog cranberry bush
353
bog cranberry
352
boil (as water)
1198
boil down (as jam)
1200
boil st. (food)
1199
boil
1220.1.
bolt
704.2.
bone in center of chest
487
bone
1208.1.
book
758
boots, waders
768.2.
bore a hole in st.
1201
born
1202
borrow st. not to return (money)
1203.1.
borrow st. to use and return
1203
boss, foreman
685.1.
bossy
999.14.
bother so.
1204
bottles
874.8.
bottle
727.1.
bottom of water
88
bottom
1138
boughs
412
Boundary Bay (mainland)
1781
bow heavy
839.1.
bow of boat
839
bow
1523.1.
boxer, fighter
602.4.
boxing
602.3.
box
1660
boy baby
609.1.
boy
610
bracelet
777
brace
860.1.
bracken fern
402.1.
bracket fungus
406
brag about sexual exploits
1204.2.
brag, boast
1204.1.
braided hair
778.12.
braided wool ankle piece
777.2.
braid
1205
brains
509
brame
396
branch
411
Brandt's cormorant
292.1.
brant
296.6.
brave
949
bread
1174
break (bone, table leg)
1208.1.
break (cup, head, glass)
1206
break (rope, string, thread)
1208
break (stick, pen, paddle)
1207
break (wood, paper)
1208.2.
break a point
1208.3.
break a rib
1144
break one's neck
1145
break one's spine
1146
break up a marriage
1208.5.
break up st.
1208.4.
breakfast
862.1.
breast
486.1.
breathe
1209
breath
1679.1.
Brentwood Bay
1782
Brentwood
1972
Brethour Island
1783
bridge of nose
446
bridge
850
bright colored
1028
bright
955
bring (here)
1210
bring along
1210.1.
bring back to life
1210.2.
bring over
1210.3.
bring st. down
1210.4.
bring st. out into the open
1210.5.
bring st. up
1210.6.
bring up (a child)
1211
bring
1549
brittle
900
broad-leaf maple
329
broad-leaved plantain
396.6.
broad
895
brooch
778.2.
brood, sit on eggs
1212
broom
750
brothel
700.14.
brother's
668
brother, sister, cousin
637
brother-in-law
662
brother/sister
645
brothers and sisters
632
brother
268.2.
brown grouse, willow grouse
302
Brown Ridge (Saturna I.)
1784
Browning
1892
brown
1025
Bruce Bight (Saturna I.)
1785
bruised
1213
brush
749
bubble up (froth)
1214
bucket
832.1.
bucking tide
157.6.
buckskin
550
buck
164
buena
384
bufflehead
296.1.
buff
1558.1.
buggy
848.2.
bug
222.3.
build a canoe
1217
build a fire
1215
build a house
1216
build
1460
bull kelp
435
bullet, shell
796.2.
bullhead
259.1.
bull
170.1.
bulrush
397
bumble-bee
209
bump into so.
1217.1.
bumping, jumping, dancing
1217.2.
bun in hair
778.10.
burdock
401.2.
burial
596.10.
buried
940.1.
burn one's skin
1143
burn one's tongue
1142
burnt
1613.1.
burn
1218
burp
1219
burst a boil
1220.1.
burst
1220
bury a corpse
1221.1.
bury
1221
bush
375.1.
busybody
688.9.
busy
947
butcher knife
744
butcher, gut (a deer)
1222.1.
butcher
1222
butter clam
240
butterball, bufflehead
296.1.
butterfly
211
butter
880
buttocks
492.2.
button box
851.2.
button of clam
546.5.
button
1518.1.
buy food
1223.1.
buy
1223
cabin
720
cage
528.1.
calf of leg
478
call for bad weather
1225.4.
call on so.
1225.3.
call out
1224
call so. down
1225
call so. to you, invite
1225.1.
call to a meeting, meal, etc.
1225.2.
call
800.3.
calm spot in water
92
calm water
145
camas
399.3.
Camosun
1786
camp
1226
can't
1226.1.
Canada goose
285.1.
Canada
1787
Canadian
687.3.
candidate
688.4.
candlefish
264
candy
874.2.
cane
781
cannery
700.10.
canoe partner
688.3.
canoe pole
838
canoe racer
600.1.
canoe race
600
canoes
1148
canoe
1715
can
750.1.
Cape Keppel (Saltspring I.)
1788
capsize
1227
captivity
1309
cap
1540.1.
card gambling game
598.1.
card wool
1227.1.
carder
823.2.
cards
1507.1.
careful
1228
Carex
396.2.
care
1687.7.
caribou
169
carrot
388
carry st. in arms
1231
carry st. on back
1230
carve
1229
car
1658.1.
cascara
332.4.
casting, fishing near shore
1231.1.
cat's cradle, string game
599
catbird
315
catch (a ball)
1232
catch (a disease)
1235
catch (a prisoner)
1233
catch (animal in trap)
1234
catch a glimpse of
1235.1.
catch sight of st.
1596
catch, harvest
801.1.
catching (fish)
1235.2.
caterpillar
218
cattail, bulrush
397
cattail
398.1.
Cattle Point, WA (San Juan I.)
1789
cat
1571.1.
caudal
533
caught in a storm
1235.3.
cave
35
cedar bailer
847.1.
cedar bark basket
831
cedar bark
418
cedar boughs
412
cedar plank trampoline
602.6.
cedar ring dance
587.1.
cedar root
409
cedar
419
cellar
722
center beam (in house)
705.3.
center pole
708
center
487
centipede
222.4.
cent
794.2.
certain
404
chair
733
challenge (to a race)
1236
change st. into st.
1237
Changer
597
Channel
1953
charcoal
136
chase away
1238
chase, pursue
1239
cheap
961
cheat
1240
check on so.
1240.1.
cheek bone
443.1.
cheeks
546.3.
cheek
1127
Chemainus
1790
cherry bark pitch
425.1.
cherry
379
chest, box, drum
727
chest
1139
chewing gum
874.1.
chew
1241
chickadee
311
chicken
570
Chief
1910
chief
685
child with no father
683.1.
child-in-law
671
children of one family
633
children
1610
child
1638.1.
chilly
65
chimney thimble
752.1.
China hats
240.7.
Chinese
687.4.
chin
1130
chipmunk
193
chisel, adze
859
chocolate lily, Indian rice
382
choke
1242
choose
1243
chop (wood)
1244
Christmas eve
575.6.
Christmas
575.7.
chum salmon
259.6.
Church
575.5.
church
700.3.
cicely
396.5.
cigar, cigarette
753.1.
cigarettes
1617
cigarette
1557.2.
cinders
752.7.
circular
1003
clam fork
861.1.
clam shell
240.12.
clams
1306.3.
clam
869.3.
class
681
clay
104
clean
1636.1.
clear land
1246
clear water
89
clever, resourceful
966.1.
climb (a hill)
1247
climb (a tree, ladder, etc.)
1248
climb down a hill
1247.1.
clock, watch
759.2.
close (a box)
1249
close one's eyes
1250
close to st.
1250.1.
close
902.3.
clothes
1742
cloth
881
cloud
56
club for head (billy club)
798.1.
club
817
clumsy
999.7.
co-mourner, parent of 664
664.1.
co-wife, sweetheart
615
Coal Island
1791
Coal Point (cove just s. of there)
1793
Coal Point (Deep Cove)
1792
Coal Point, WA (Orcas I.)
1794
Coast
686.13.
coat
1339
coax so.
1251
cockle
241
codfish
811.2.
cod
811.1.
coffee
383.1.
coffin
725
coho salmon
247
coil up
1252
cold (as water)
910.2.
cold (weather)
910
cold weather, chilly
65
cold wind (northeast)
61
cold
1253.1.
Coles Bay Reserve (Paquachin)
1795
collarbone
525
collar
772.4.
collect, gather
1254
colored
1028.1.
colors
1029
Colquitz Creek
1796
comb one's hair
1255
comb
755.1.
come home
1256.1.
come in on so.
1256.2.
come loose
1457
come off (as a button)
1257
come on in!
1071.7.
come out of woods
1257.1.
come
1383.1.
comfort so.
1257.2.
coming
152
command, order so.
1257.3.
companion
688.1.
competition
1569.1.
complain
1257.4.
complete
1330
conceal
1391
conceited
998
concerned
951.4.
cone
416
confused
1468
congeal (eg. blood)
1257.5.
Conner
1850
Constitution
1869
consumption, tuberculosis
571
consumption
385
containers
1149
container
799
contestant, candidate
688.4.
contest
1752
conveyance
833
convulsions, a fit, epilepsy
574
cook by open fire
1258.1.
cook in hot ash or steam
1258.2.
cook under hot gravel
1258.3.
cooked, done
964
cooking
737
cook
1258
cool off
1259
copper
108
copulate
1259.1.
copy
1404
Cordova Bay
1797
Cordova Spit (point s. of there)
1799
Cordova Spit
1798
cormorant
292.2.
corner (inside a house)
705.1.
corner (outside a house)
705.2.
corner
1492.2.
corpse (human)
552
corpse
1221.1.
correct
982
costume
786
cottonwood
327
cougar
197
cough
1260
counselor
685.6.
count
1261
cousin, close relative
650
cousin
653
cover up st.
1261.1.
cover, lid
728
covered
1261.2.
cover
737.1.
covetous
1000.3.
Cove
1931
cove
1793
cow, bull, ox, beef
170.1.
cow-parsnip, Indian rhubarb
383
cowardly
950
Cowichan Bay
1800
Cowichan Head
1801
Cowichan language
686.9.
Cowichan
686.8.
cow
1465.3.
coyote
175
crabapple
373
crab
1503.1.
cracked
1261.3.
crack
1492.3.
cradle basket/board
757
cradle
599
cramps
1262
cranberry
353
crane
283
crawl
1263
crayfish
224
crazy (foolish)
999
crazy (insane)
999.1.
crazy
1387.1.
cream
786.4.
Creator
597
Creek
1933
creek
1964
cricket
213
crippled
994.1.
crooked (driving, paddling)
914.1.
crooked (tree, road)
914
cross (road)
1266
cross beam
713.1.
cross oneself
1264
cross over (water)
1265
cross, crucifix
575.10.
cross-piece
841
crowd together
1267
crown of head
439
crow
281
crucifix
575.10.
crush
1269
crystal (shiny)
106
cry
1746
cub
201
cucumber
238
cultivated
344
cupboard
721
cup
1206
cure
1270
curious
1271
curlers
778.5.
curly hair
498
currant (cultivated)
344
currant bush
345
currant
345.2.
curtain
709.1.
cushion
734
cut (as wood)
1272
cut meat
1273
cut off
1275
cut right through
1275.1.
cut strips of skin
1274
Cypress Island, WA
1802
D'Arcy Island
1803
D'Arcy
1852
dance (Indian dance)
1276
dance (modern dance)
1277
dancehouse
700
dancer's belt
786.2.
dancer's comb
755.1.
dancer's costume
786
dancer's face paint
786.3.
dancer's head-dress
783
dancer's headband
784
dancer's necklace
785
dancer's pole with deer hooves
782
dancers' leg wraps
770
dancer
589
dance
1277
dancing
1217.2.
danger
1277.1.
dark colored
1028.1.
dark gray
1020.1.
dark
956
darn you!
1072.1.
daughter, offspring
635
dawn
113
day
112
dead animal
553
dead tree
424
Deadman Bay, WA (San Juan I.)
1804
dead
1471
deaf
992
debris
138.1.
decapitate
1277.2.
decay
1278
deceased parent
619
deceased
678
deceive
1279
December
126.13.
Deception Pass, WA
1805
deep (pit)
926
deep (water)
925
Deep Cove
1806
deep sea bass
271.2.
deepen
1279.1.
Deep
1792
deep
1408.3.
Deer Harbor, WA (Orcas I.)
1807
deer
1401.1.
defecate on st.
1279.2.
defend so.
1282
delay so.
1280
delouse
1281
demolished
1281.1.
den, lair
225
deny (a lie)
1285
depart
1434
descend
1282.1.
design st.
1282.2.
desire st.
1283
destroy, pulverize
1284
detach
1284.1.
deviate
1725.2.
devil's club
385.1.
devil-fish
235
devil
575.2.
dew
75
diaper
761
diarrhea
574.1.
did
1071.2.
die
1457.1.
different people
687.8.
different, strange
988
different
1029
difficult
960
dig (a pit)
1289
dig clams
1287
dig roots
1288
digger
861
digging stick, root digger
861
dike
42.1.
diligent, busy
947
dime
794.4.
dinner
862.5.
dip net, crab scoop
806
dip up (water)
1290
dirty (smeared)
931.2.
dirty (with earth)
931.1.
dirty
931
disagree
1290.1.
disappeared
1459.1.
disappear
1291
disappoint so.
1292
discard
1704
discipline from elder
1292.1.
discouraged
1459
discover st. and take it
1293
discover st.
1293.1.
Discovery Island
1808
discover
1329
discuss st.
1293.2.
discuss
1688
disease
1235
disembark
1479.2.
disgusted
997.1.
dish rag
748.5.
dish towel
748.4.
dish, plate
746.2.
dishpan, sink
748
dish
1529.2.
dislike
1384
dismantle, take apart
1294
disobedient
999.15.
disrespectful
999.10.
distribute goods
1294.1.
dive (a fish)
1295.1.
dive (a person)
1295
divide
1296
do evil work on so.
1309.2.
do or say st. wrong
1760.1.
do?
1044.2.
Dock Islands
1809
dock
1922
doctor
1711
dodge st.
1297
doe
165
dog fish
269
dog salmon
250
dogwood
333
dog
1611.3.
doing
1611.1.
dollars
794.9.
dollar
794.6.
dolly varden trout
254
dolphin
232
domestic sheep
171.1.
Domville Island
1810
done
964
doomed
1277.1.
door knob, handle
704.1.
door mat
706.2.
door
704
dorsal fin
541
doubt so.
1298
dough
1557.3.
Douglas-fir
318
Douglas
1870
down feathers
536
down!
1071.8.
downstream area
94
downstream
1364
downward
1455.5.
downy woodpecker
300
down
1723
do
1739.1.
dragon
596.2.
drag
1521
draw in mountains
32
draw st.
1299
draw
1679.1.
dream
1300
dressed
1350
dress
765
driftwood debris
138.1.
drift
1301
drill
860
drinking
1611.3.
drink
1302
dripping
103.1.
drip
1303
drive
913.2.
driving
914.1.
drop of water
103
drop st.
1304
dropoff
147
drown
1305
drowsy
942.1.
drumstick
790
drum
1181
drunk
1351
dry (in air, sun)
1305.1.
dry (with towel)
1305.2.
drying shed
718
dry
1641.1.
ducks
1402
duck
809.2.
dull
923
dumb
993
dune
396.1.
dusk
117
dust
99
dwarf wild rose bush
375.1.
dwarf
572.2.
dye
823.3.
dying
996.1.
e.g.
1571.1.
each
1399.1.
eagle
274
early morning
114.1.
earrings
779.1.
earring
779.2.
earth, land
28
earthquake
29
earth
931.1.
ear
1126
East Point (Saturna I.)
1811
East Saanich Reserve (Tsawout)
1812
East Sound, WA (Orcas I.)
1813
east wind
63.3.
Easter Sunday
575.8.
East
1914
east
1845
easy
959
eat berries from picking basket
1306.1.
eat fish heads
1306.2.
eat steamed clams
1306.3.
eating
1529.2.
eat
1306
ebb tide
157.3.
ebbing
153
echo
111
eczema
1408.2.
eddy
157.7.
edged
923
edible camas
399.3.
edible inner bark of alder
325.1.
edible inner bark of the alder
418.2.
edible part of top of fish head
546.2.
edible seaweed (Porphyra)
436
edible sprouts
410.1.
eelgrass
435.1.
eel
258
effort
1460.1.
eg.
1257.5.
eggs
1212
egg
1383.1.
eighty
21
eight
8
Elbow Point (Squally Reach)
1814
elbow
1132
elder brother/sister
641
elder sister of woman
644
elder, old person
608
elderberry
357
elder
1292.1.
eldest of a family
643
eldest sibling
642
eleven
11
Elk Lake
1815
elk
1401
elope
1306.4.
embark
1197
embarrassed, bashful, shy
998.1.
emotionally
951.5.
empty
937
encouragement
1072.8.
end a story
1307
End
1868
end
1907
enemy
689
English language
687.5.
enough
986
enter (as house)
1308
envious
1000
epilepsy
574
erection
1351.1.
escape (from captivity)
1309
escape (seek refuge)
1309.1.
Esquimalt
1816
etc.
1725.1.
eulachon or seal oil
866.3.
eulachon, candlefish
264
even so
1055.1.
evening meal
862.3.
evening
116
evergreen huckleberry
367
eve
575.6.
evil
1309.2.
exaggerate
1309.3.
exchange, trade
1310
excrement
558
excuse me
1310.1.
exert oneself in vain
1311
exist
1311.1.
expect (a person)
1312
expectorate
1636
expensive
962
explode
1313
exploits
1204.2.
extend
1673
extinguish a fire
1314
eyebrow
499
eyelashes
500
eyes
1480.1.
eye
1124
face cream
786.4.
face
1741
fact
1421
faded
1019.1.
faint, pass out
1315
fair tide
157.5.
fairy
592
falcon, osprey
277
fall (fruit from tree)
1317.2.
fall apart
1316
fall backward
1316.1.
fall down (while standing)
1317.1.
fall down (while walking)
1317
fall from a height
1318
fall out (as hair)
1319
fall overboard, fall into water
1320
fall, autumn
126
fallen tree
433
falls
1626
fall
1320
falsehood
1441
family
1656
far off shore
901.1.
farside
1042.5.
fart, flatulate
1321
far
902.2.
fast tide
157.4.
fast
1655.1.
fat, grease
866
fat, stout
887
father's brother's wife (of man)
626
father's brother's wife (of woman)
627
father
683.1.
fat
1347.1.
fawn
166
fear
1322
feast
1406
feather (long)
535
feathers outside of body
535.1.
feathers
536
February
126.3.
feces, excrement
558
fed
1323
feed so.
1323.1.
feel (with hands)
1325
feel along with feet
1325.1.
feel bad/sorry for so.
1325.2.
feel nauseated
1325.3.
feel sorry for self
1324
feet
1325.1.
fell (a tree)
1325.4.
female cousin of man
652
female cousin of woman
653
female groin
492.5.
fence
716
Fernie
1882
fern
402.2.
ferry, ocean liner, large boat
848.5.
ferry
1922
few
979
field
34
fierce, powerful, plenty
999.12.
fierce
1346.1.
fifty
18
fighter
602.4.
fighting
1579
figure st. out
1325.5.
figure st., measure st.
1325.6.
filbert nut, hazel nut
417
file
853
fill with solid
1327
fill
1326
find out (realize, discover)
1329
find st. and pick it up
1328.1.
find st.
1328
fine dry snow
70.2.
fine-toothed comb
755
finger ring
780
fingernail
507
finger
471
finish doing st., complete
1330
finish eating
1331
finish, quit for now
1330.1.
finished (as supply)
1012.2.
finished (as work)
1012.1.
finished off, used up
1330.2.
fin
542
fir bark
420
fir needles
414
fir or pine cone, acorn
416
fire (a gun)
1337
fire drill
860
fireplace, hearth
735
firewood, any wood
128
firewood
1338
fire
1530
first platform around house
705.4.
first, before
989
fir
319
fish (in general)
1332
fish bait
801
fish cheeks
546.3.
fish for herring
1332.2.
fish for salmon
1332.1.
fish hawk, osprey
276
fish hook
813
fish spear, short cod spear
811
fish tail, caudal fin and peduncle
533
fish with a net
1333
fish with line
1334
fish with torch (pit-lamp)
1335
fish-trap, river trap
800.2.
fish-trap
800.1.
fisher
185
fishing line
815
fishing net
805
fishing rod
816
fishing
1231.1.
fish
1713
fistfight
1335.1.
fist
1392
fit (as coat)
1339
fit
574
five berries
1151
five blankets
1153
five canoes
1148
five containers
1149
five houses
1147
five persons
1154
five trees
1150
five years
1152
five
5
fix st.
1340
flame
134
flap (e.g. wings)
1340.1.
flashlight
759.4.
flat, flavorless, tasteless
1017.3.
Flats
1865
Flattop Island, WA
1817
flatulate
1321
flat
1001
flavorless
1017.3.
flea
220
flee
1340.2.
flesh
521
flexible
977
flicker
301.1.
flint, worry stone
96
float on fishing line or net
819
float
1341
flood
157.10.
floor cover
706.1.
floor mat
706
floor
1686
flounder
261
flour
864.1.
flowering dogwood
332.3.
flower
415
flowing
79.3.
fly eggs
223.1.
flying lizard
596.3.
flying snake
596.4.
fly
1342
foamberry
340
foam
102
fog
57
fold in (as top of sack)
1343.1.
fold st.
1343
folks
1116
follow behind so.
1344
follow the beach in a canoe
1344.1.
food
1755.2.
foolish
999
foot race
601
footwear
768.4.
foot
1714
forbidden
590
forecast
585
forehead
1122
foreman
685.1.
forest-fire
129
forest
432
forget st.
1345
forgetful
999.6.
fork in river (river fork)
83
fork
1499
Forrest Island
1818
forty
17
forward
1557.4.
four dollars
794.9.
four times
1054.11.
four
4
fox
174
frame for tanning hides
803
Fraser River
1819
free flowing water
79.3.
freely
1494
freezer
759.9.
freeze
1346
freezing
65.1.
free
1725
fresh (air)
1014.2.
fresh (as fruit, milk)
1014
fresh (water)
1014.1.
fresh air
58.1.
fresh
77
Friday Harbor, WA (San Juan I.)
1820
Friday
122.7.
friendly
951.3.
friend
688
frighten
1564
frog/bullfrog
203
frogs
203.1.
frog
206.1.
from where?
1050
from
1582.2.
front of house
711
front of neck, throat
456
frost time
125.1.
froth
1214
fruit
1317.2.
fry st.
1347
frying pan
737.2.
Fulford Harbour (Saltspring I.)
1821
full moon
52
full stomach, satiated
936.1.
full
936
fungus
407
funny
999.17.
fun
945.1.
fur seal
227.1.
furry
1607
future
585
gain weight, get fat
1347.1.
Galiano
1763
gall
514
gamble
1348
gambling
598.1.
game
599
Ganges Harbour (Saltspring I.)
1822
garbage can
750.1.
garbage, trash
750.2.
garden
861.2.
Garry oak
332.1.
garter
774.1.
gasp
1348.1.
gather (people), assemble
1349
gather firewood
1338
gathering
688.11.
gather
1254
gee! oh, my! (to st. good)
1072.5.
general
1332
generous
951
geoduck
240.10.
George
1890
getting a spouse
1638.2.
getting
1652.1.
ghost so.
1356
giant horsetail
398
giant skate
271.1.
giant vetch
399.2.
gift
697.2.
gill net
808
gills
538
ginger
400.1.
girl baby
609.2.
girl
611
give (normal giving)
1357
give (potlatch giving)
1358
give a potlatch
1512
give a speech
1359.1.
give birth
1190
give out, be all gone
1359
given
1358.1.
give
1614
giving
1358
glacier
78
glad
1360
glasses
781.1.
glass
1206
glimpse
1235.1.
glittering
1027.1.
gloves
771.2.
gnaw (as animal)
1361
go away
1362
go down a hill
1298.1.
go down toward water
1363
go down wrong pipe in throat
1364.1.
go downstream
1364
go forward
1364.3.
go home
1365
go on a long journey
1366
go on a short trip
1367
go on a vacation
1367.1.
go on! go ahead!
1072.4.
go out (as fire)
1369
go outside
1368
go over to other side
1368.1.
go to bed
1362.1.
go up (ascend)
1370
go upstream
1371
go very fast
1364.2.
go visiting
1371.1.
goat
824
God
575
going sour, blinky
1014.3.
going!
1072.8.
going
1481.2.
golden eagle
273
golden-eye
296
Goldstream River
1823
gold
1023
gone
1359
Gooch Island
1824
good at sex
999.18.
good fishing tide
157.8.
good-looking
969
goodbye (leaving)
1069
goodbye (to person leaving)
1070
goodness!
1072.2.
goods
1294.1.
good
1072.5.
gooseberry bush
343
Gooseberry Point, WA
1825
gooseberry
343.1.
goose
285.1.
gopher
194
Gordon Head
1826
Gorge
1942
gorge
33
gossip
1372
got to other side of point
1367.2.
government
685.5.
Gowlland Point (S. Pender I.)
1827
gown
765.1.
go
1590
grab a handful
1373.1.
grab with hands
1373
grand fir, white fir, balsam
319
grand-child's spouse
673
grandchild
658
grandparent
672
grass?
396
grasshopper
213.1.
grass
1022
grave marker
724.1.
grave pole
726
gravel
1258.3.
graveyard
724
grave
723
gray crab
236
gray hair
497
gray
1020.1.
grazed (from a shot)
1373.2.
grease
866
great blue heron
282
great horned owl
278
great-grandchild/parent
659
great-grandparent/child
621
great-great-grandparent/child
622
great-great-great-grandparent/child
623
grebe
291.4.
greedily
1000.4.
greedy, greedily
1000.4.
green (bluish)
1022.1.
green (yellowish, grass green)
1022
green-winged teal
296.7.
greenish yellow
1022.2.
green
1022
greet
1374
grey cod
267
grilse
271.3.
grind
1375
grizzly bear
159
groan
1376
groin
492.5.
grounded (in a boat)
1376.1.
groundhog, whistler
192
ground
1498
group
1427
grouse
303
grow (as child)
1378
growl (as dog)
1379
growl, grumble (stomach)
1379.1.
grow
1377
grumble
1379.1.
guardian spirit
581
guess, make a guess
1380
guess
1380
gulch
33
Gull Rock, WA
1828
gullet
459
gully, gulch, gorge, ravine
33
gull
298.1.
gum
874.1.
gun
1337
guts
511
gut
1222.1.
Hagan Bight (Brentwood Bay)
1829
Hagan Bight Beach
1830
Hagan Creek (reef s. of there)
1832
Hagan Creek
1831
Hagan
1901
Haida
686.16.
hail
71
hair curlers
778.5.
hair on arms
504
hair on chest
503
hair on head
495
hair on legs
505
hair pin
778.4.
hair tie
778.6.
hair under arms, body hair
502
haircut
778.11.
hairs
1602
hair
1481
hake
271.5.
half moon
54
half tide
156
half-sibling
638
half
978.4.
halibut hook
814
Halibut Island
1833
halibut
815.1.
halloo!
1072.9.
hammer
1513.1.
hand towel
748.3.
handful
1373.1.
handle
704.1.
handsome
968
hands
1709
hand
473
hang on a nail
1382
hang onto st.
1382.1.
hang over a rail or line
1383
hang st. up
1381
hanky
778.9.
happy
1360
Harbor
1898
Harbour
1949
hardhack
332.5.
hard
1680
hare
195
harlequin
296.8.
harpoon
812
harvest
801.1.
hatch, come out of egg
1383.1.
hate, dislike so.
1384
hats
240.7.
hat
773.1.
haunt
586
have a baby
1170.1.
have a cold
1253
have a nightmare
1474.2.
have an illegitimate child
683
have back covered with blanket
1261.2.
have cramps
1262
have some more
1384.1.
have
1680
having a meeting
1464.1.
having
684
Hawaiian
687.6.
hawk
276
hawthorn
368
haying
1385
hazel
417
he (there not visible)
1037
he helps him
1106
he helps me
1094
he helps them
1100
he helps us (you and me)
1096
he helps us
1095
he helps you (one)
1097
he helps you folks
1098
he is working
1092
he receives help
1117
he works
1085
head band
778.7.
head of bay
141.1.
head-dress
783
headache
567
headband of packstrap, tumpline
828
headband
784
heads
1306.2.
Head
1940
head
1582.1.
heal (as wound)
1386
hear st.
1476
heartburn
568.1.
hearth
735
heart
1459
hear
1387
heater
759.8.
heat
1387.1.
heavy
958
heel
484
height
1318
Helen Point (spring near there)
1834
helicopter
848.3.
hellebore
399.4.
hello (arriving)
1066
hello (to person arriving)
1067
help him!
1110
help me!
1108
help so.
1388
help them!
1111
help us!
1109
helped
1112
helps
1106
help
1118
hemlock bark
421
hemlock
324
Henderson Point (Brentwood Bay)
1835
henhouse
700.7.
Henry Island, WA
1836
Henry
1880
here
1210
heritage
697.1.
heron
282
herring eggs, roe
545.1.
herring rake
820
herring stick
820.1.
herring
1332.2.
hew, work in stone
1389
hey! halloo!
1072.9.
he
1035
hide oneself
1390
hide, conceal an object
1391
hides
1689
hide
1674
high sea
139
high tide
154
highbush cranberry bush
351
highbush cranberry
350
high
911
Hill
1917
hill
1298.1.
him!
1110
him/her
1071.6.
hip
1135
hire
1391.1.
his house
1078
hit (by moving object)
1394.2.
hit (by throwing st.)
1394.1.
hit on the arm
1131
hit on the back of the head
1121
hit on the back
1137
hit on the belly
1140
hit on the bottom
1138
hit on the cheek
1127
hit on the chest
1139
hit on the chin
1130
hit on the ear
1126
hit on the elbow
1132
hit on the eye
1124
hit on the face
1123
hit on the forehead
1122
hit on the head
1119
hit on the hip
1135
hit on the knee
1134
hit on the leg
1133
hit on the mouth/chin
1128
hit on the nose
1125
hit on the shoulder
1136
hit on the side
1141
hit on the teeth
1129
hit on the top of the head
1120
hit so. (slap)
1394
hit so. (with fist)
1392
hit so. (with stick)
1393
hit so. all over
1392.1.
hoar-frost
73
hoist up, reel in
1395
hold legs straight out
1396.1.
hold st. in hands
1396
hold st. steady
1397
hole
1492.3.
holler at so.
1397.2.
holler
1397.1.
hollow st. out
1398
hollow
1663
home
1471.1.
honeysuckle
385.3.
Hood Island
1837
hoof
548
hooks
815.1.
hook
814
hooves
782
Hope Bay (N. Pender I.)
1838
horn (car or boat)
793
horn rattle
782.1.
horn spoon
739
horn, antler
547
horned grebe
291.2.
horned
278
horse clam stomach
546.8.
horse clam with a white neck
240.2.
horse clam
240.1.
horseback
1716
horsetail
398
horse
1748
hospital
700.13.
hot
1398.1.
house lining, bed mat
713.2.
house post
713
housefly
207
houses
1147
house
1737.2.
how are you?
1068
how many?
1058
how often
1053.2.
how? manner, way
1056
howl (as dog)
1399
how
1692
huckleberry
367.1.
Hudson bay bird
306
hug each other
1399.1.
huge
877.1.
human
552
hummingbird
313
humorous, funny
999.17.
humpback salmon
251
hunchback
572.1.
hundred
25
hungry
1400
hunt deer, looking for deer
1401.1.
hunt deer, moose, elk
1401
hunt ducks
1402
hunt in water (fish, crab, etc.)
1402.1.
hunting
1407
hurry
1403
hurt, injured
1352
hurt
1157
husband's brother's wife
668
husband's sister
665
husband
669
hush!
1072.3.
hut
700.15.
I am working
1087
I did
1071.2.
I help him
1101
I receive help, am helped
1112
I wonder...
1071.1.
I work
1080
I, me
1030
I.
1970
ice
1465
icy
596.8.
if, when
1054.12.
ignore st., let it go
1403.1.
illegitimate
683
illuminate
1450
imitate, copy
1404
immerse self in water
1404.1.
impale st.
1404.2.
impress
1681.1.
imprisoned, incarcerated
1404.3.
improve
1189.1.
Imrie Island
1839
in the open to the wind
910.1.
in!
1071.7.
in-group
688.5.
in-laws
660
incarcerated
1404.3.
incomparable, unsurpassable
877.2.
index finger
471
Indian agent
685.4.
Indian Bay (spring there)
1840
Indian consumption plant
385
Indian dance, spirit dance
587
Indian doctor, shaman
582
Indian hellebore
399.4.
Indian plum (June plum)
376
Indian plum tree
377
Indians
686.17.
Indian
1711
indigestion
568
infection
574.2.
injured
1352
Inlet
1945
inlet
141
inner cedar bark
419
inner
418.2.
inquire
1169
insane
999.1.
inside of bay
141.2.
inside, nearside
1042.4.
inside
1722
instead
1054.5.
insufficient, not enough
986
insult so.
1405
intelligent
966
intend
1462.2.
Interior Indians (e.g. Yakima)
686.12.
into trouble
1718.3.
into
1687.11.
invisible wild person
596.1.
invisible
1047
invite (on a hunting trip)
1407
invite for food
1406.1.
invite to a feast
1406
invite to a potlatch
1513
invite
1225.1.
in
1942
ironwood
332.6.
iron
1558.1.
is that right?
1071.3.
Is.
1763
Island View Beach
1841
Islands
1809
Island
1960
island
45.1.
itch (from bites)
1408.1.
itch (from eczema, etc.)
1408.2.
itch, tickle
1408
itchy
570.1.
itch
1571
it
1739.1.
jack herring
263.1.
jacket
209.1.
jackpine, lodgepole pine
323
jail
700.11.
jam, jelly
874.3.
James Island (bluff at south end)
1842
James Island (ne. point)
1843
James Island (south end)
1844
James Island (spit on east side)
1845
jam
1200
January
126.2.
Japanese
687.7.
jar
1540.1.
jaw
453
jay
305
jealous (spouse)
1000.1.
jealous, envious
1000
Jeffrey
1871
jelly fish
233
jelly
874.3.
jigging deep
1408.3.
Jocelyn Hill
1846
Johns Island, WA
1847
join a group
1410.3.
join together (as rope)
1410.2.
join together (as sticks)
1409
join together (stitch up)
1410
join together (stuck)
1410.1.
joints
529
join
1439.2.
joke
1411
journey
1366
Juan
1970
juice (fruit, clam)
869.3.
July
126.8.
jump (across)
1413.1.
jump (of fish)
1413
jump (up)
1412
jumping
1217.2.
June bug
222.3.
June
376
juniper
380
just
1793
keep on going! (encouragement)
1072.8.
keep so. for a long time
1413.2.
kelp cod
266
kelp
435
Keppel
1788
kerchief
778.8.
key
759.5.
kick around, give signs of life
1415
kick out of house
1415.1.
kick so.
1414
kickwillie house
710
kidnap, abduct
1415.2.
kidney
516
killer whale
230
kill
1416
kindling
752.2.
kingfisher
297
kiss
1417
kitchen
748.6.
kitten
200.1.
Klallam
686.7.
Knapp Island
1848
kneecap
480
kneel
1418
knee
1134
knife
822
knit
1418.1.
knob
704.1.
knock st. off/over
1419.1.
knock, rap
1419
knocked down
1419.2.
knot in a tree
430
knot
1420
know (a fact)
1421
know (a person)
1422
know (how to do st.)
1423
knowledgeable
966.3.
know
1561.2.
kokanee salmon
249
Kuper Island
1849
La Conner, WA
1850
labor
1423.2.
Labrador
384
lace
388
lacrosse
602.5.
ladder
1248
ladle food
1424
ladle
740
lady fern
402.2.
lair
225
Lake
1815
lake
84
lame
994
land (as bird, plane, etc.)
1424.1.
Land's
1868
land
1246
languages
1691
language
1432
larder, cupboard
721
large plate, wooden platter
746
large
1606
last a long time
1425
last year
122.9.
last
990
later
1054.6.
laugh (group of people)
1427
laugh (one person)
1426
launch a canoe
1428
layer
892
lazy
948
leader
685.2.
leaf
413
leak (as canoe)
1430
leak (as roof)
1431
lean st. against st.
1429
learn (as language)
1432
learn (how to do st.)
1433
leave behind
1437.1.
leave food (left-overs)
1435
leave so. all alone
1437
leave st. with so.
1436
leave, depart
1434
leaves
124.1.
leave
1696.3.
leaving
1070
ledge in longhouse for sitting
705.6.
leeward
141.5.
left (side)
981
left-handed
994.3.
left-overs
1435
leftovers
862.4.
legend
1537
legs
1641.2.
leg
1208.1.
lend st. to so.
1438
length
1463
leprechaun
596.5.
let go of st.
1439
let him/her do it
1071.6.
let join
1439.2.
let me do it
1071.4.
let's
1439.1.
letter, mail
758.3.
lettuce
435.2.
let
1403.1.
level
938
lever up
1440
lice
1455.7.
lichen (certain tree lichens)
404
lichens
404
lick (with tongue)
1447
licorice fern
385.2.
lid
1456
lie (as blankets)
1444
lie (as trees)
1443
lie (position of person)
1442
lie down on one's back
1446
lie down, assume lying position
1445
lie on one's side
1446.1.
lie on one's stomach
1446.2.
lie, tell a lie, falsehood
1441
lie
1441
life spirit
577
life
1549
lift up
1448
lift
1707
light gray, faded
1019.1.
light of weight
957
light, bright
955
light, illuminate
1450
light, set fire to
1449
lightbulb
759.3.
lighthouse
700.12.
lightning
67
lights
68
light
1586.2.
like this
1055
like, love so.
1451
like
1353.1.
lily
382
limb of a tree, branch
411
limb
410
Limestone Pt., WA (San Juan I.)
1851
limpets
240.11.
limp
1452
line with halibut hooks
815.1.
lined up
1452.1.
liner
848.5.
line
1523.2.
lingcod
268
lining
713.2.
lion
228
lips
450.1.
lip
450
liquid
1633
liquor
874.6.
listen
1453
litter
752.5.
little bullhead
259
Little D'Arcy Island
1852
little drunk, tipsy
971.1.
little finger
468
little neck clam
240.5.
little person like leprechaun
596.5.
little, few
979
liver
515
lizard
596.3.
Lkungen
686.4.
lodgepole
323
log cabin
720
log jam
137
log
431.1.
lonesome
1454
long cod spear
811.1.
long mat
703.1.
long time
1054
long-stemmed strawberry
336.1.
longhouse
705.6.
longspur
315.1.
long
1425
look at st.
1455
look at the weather
1455.6.
look downward
1455.5.
look for lice
1455.7.
look for st.
1455.2.
look inside st.
1455.1.
look up from doing st.
1455.3.
look upward
1455.4.
looking
1401.1.
looks
684
look
1725.3.
loom
823.4.
loon
291.1.
loose weave
823.6.
loosen (as belt, clothes)
1456.1.
loosen (as screw, lid)
1456
loose
1725
Lopez Island, WA
1853
lose a contest
1458.1.
lose heart, be discouraged
1459
lose st.
1458
lose, die
1457.1.
lost
1459.1.
louse
219
lovesong
1600
love
1451
low blueberry bush
366
low tide
155
lower arm
461
lower leg
476
lower lip, chin
450
low
912
lubricate
1481.1.
lucky
951.2.
lukewarm
909
lullaby
595
Lummi Island, WA
1854
Lummi
686.6.
lump of ankle
481
lump on a tree
423
lumpy
1001.1.
lunchbox
737.4.
lunch
867
lungs
513
lure for codfish
811.2.
lustful, sexually aroused
999.19.
lying
1445
lynx
198
machine
1481.3.
mad, angry
1459.2.
madrone
332.2.
maggots
223
maiden
613
mail
758.3.
mainland
1971
Makah
686.14.
make a basket
1179
make a bed for so.
1460.2.
make a big effort to achieve st.
1460.1.
make a fire
1336
make a net
1474
make a noise
1461
make a slip of the tongue
1611.2.
make a speech
1632
make camp
1226
make noise (as so. working)
1476.1.
make so. spiritually strong
1675.1.
make sound to attract animal
1460.3.
make war
1740
make, build (anything)
1460
make
1597
Malahat Reserve
1855
Malahat
1871
male cousin of woman
651
mallard
286
mammal
596.10.
man's sister's husband
669
Mandarte Island
1856
manner
1056
many?
1058
many
978
man
656
maple
330
March
126.4.
marker
724.1.
marriage
1580
married
1462
marrow
520
marry, get married
1462
marten
179
masked dance
587.3.
mask
788
master
682.1.
mast
843
mate, spouse
615.1.
material
976
matmaking needle
851.1.
matter
1462.1.
mattress
731
mat
713.2.
maybe, perhaps
1065
Mayne Island
1857
Mayne
1763
May
126.6.
McCurdy Pt. (w. of Saanich Inlet)
1858
McKenzie Bight (rock there)
1860
McKenzie Bight (Squally Reach)
1859
me!
1108
meadow
1965
meal
1225.2.
mean, fierce
999.11.
mean, intend
1462.2.
meanwhile
1053.1.
measles
570
measure (length)
1463
measure
1325.6.
meat
1620
Mechosin (w. of Victoria)
1861
medicine
604
meeting
1464.1.
meet
1464
melt (as ice)
1465
menstruate
1465.1.
mentally unbalanced
999.2.
merganser (river sawbill)
289
mermaid
596.9.
me
1310.1.
middle finger
470
middle
1465.2.
midge
222.2.
midnight
119
midwife (One who looks after having babies)
684
milk a cow
1465.3.
milk
1014
Mill Bay Reserve (Malahat)
1862
Mill Bay Reserve (southern end)
1863
milt
544
mind, thought
577.1.
minded
1353.1.
mingle
1465.4.
mink
178
mirror
756
misbehave
1465.5.
miss a shot
1466
mistaken
983.1.
misty
69.3.
Mitchell Bay, WA (San Juan I.)
1864
Mitchell Flats
1865
mittens, gloves
771
mittens
771.2.
mixed up, confused, bewildered
1468
mixed up
999.3.
mix
1467
moan
1468.1.
moccasins
769
modern spinning machine
823.1.
modern
1277
moldy
1014.4.
mole
196
Monday
122.3.
money
1203.1.
monster with long icy nose
596.8.
monster
596.11.
month
126.1.
moon
240.13.
moose
1401
Moresby Island
1866
more
1384.1.
morning
114.1.
Moses Point (rock at Land's End)
1868
Moses Point
1867
mosquito
208
moss
403
mother's brother's wife (of man)
630
mother's brother's wife (of woman)
631
mother's sister (of man)
628
mother's sister (of woman)
629
mother
618
mould, give shape
1469
mount a horse
1470
Mount Constitution, WA (Orcas I.)
1869
Mount Douglas
1870
Mount Jeffrey (above Malahat)
1871
Mount Newton
1872
Mount Tuam
1873
Mount Vernon, WA
1874
mountain goat wool blanket
732.2.
mountain goat wool
824
mountain goat
172
mountain sheep
171
mountains
32
mountain
38
mourn the dead
1471
mouse
189
mouth/chin
1128
mouth
1540.2.
move to a new home
1471.1.
moving
1394.2.
Mt.
380
much, many
978
mud clam
240.14.
mud vein of clam
546.7.
muddy water
90
muddy
1636.2.
mud
1675.1.
mule deer
163
murder
1471.2.
murky (water)
931.4.
murre
296.5.
muscle, tendon, sinew
522
mushroom
405
music, radio
792
muskrat
182
mussel
242
my goodness!
1072.2.
my house
1073
my!
1072.5.
mythical story, fairy tale
592
N.
1961
n.
1951
nail
1522
naked
1013
name so.
1473
name
697
Nanaimo
1875
narrate
1696
narrow
896
nauseated
1325.3.
navel
491
ne.
1925
near in time
902.1.
nearside
1042.4.
near
1922
neat, tidy
930.1.
necklace, scarf
778
necklace
785
neck
1671.1.
need st.
1474.1.
needles
414
needle
851.1.
neighbor
688.6.
nephew/niece (parent alive)
654
nephew/niece (parent dead)
655
nervousness
1582.2.
nest
316
nettle
401
net
1542
never yet, not yet
1054.4.
new dancer
589
new moon
53
newcomer
693
newdancer's staff
782.2.
news
1695
Newton
1872
new
1471.1.
next-door neighbor
688.6.
next
1604.1.
nickel
794.3.
nickname
698
niece of man
656
niece of woman
657
night bird power
578.3.
nightmare
1474.2.
night
118
ninety
22
nine
9
nits
221
no see-um, midge
222.2.
no wind
60
nod one's head
1475
nodding onion
392
noise
1476.1.
noisy
955.1.
none (of them)
1061
Nook
1779
noontime
115
Nootka wild rose bush
375
normal
1357
North Pender Island
1876
northeast
61
northern flicker
301.1.
Northern Indians (raiders)
686.17.
northern lights
68
northern moon shell
240.13.
northern pygmy owl
312.1.
northwest wind
63.2.
nosey
1000.2.
nose
1125
not far
902.2.
not know how to
1423.1.
not matter, not care
1462.1.
not wanting so.
1739.2.
not
1462.1.
November
126.12.
now
1330.1.
no
1064
nuisance
1477
numb
1010
nurse a baby
1478
nut
417
Oak Bay
1877
Oaks Bluff (N. Pender I.)
1878
oak
332.1.
oar
842
obedient
951.1.
obey
1479
objects
1578
object
1576
oblong
1002.1.
obnupta
396.2.
Observatory Hill
1879
observe
1742.2.
obstruct, be in so.'s way
1479.1.
oceanspray, ironwood
332.6.
ocean
848.5.
ocher
786.6.
October
126.11.
octopus, devil-fish
235
off/over
1419.1.
office
918.1.
offspring/sibling
664
offspring
635
off
1725.1.
often
1053.2.
oh
1072.5.
oil (hair)
1481
oil st. (lubricate)
1481.1.
oil
866.3.
old (object)
916
old (person)
915
old leg spindle
823
old-squaw
296.9.
older
268.2.
old
916.1.
on!
1072.4.
once
1054.8.
one dollar
794.6.
one earring
779.2.
one hundred
23
one of a pair of footwear
768.4.
one of a pair of mittens, gloves
771.2.
one thousand
26
one's
1741
one-legged
994.2.
oneself
1735
One
684
one
1707
onion
392
only
1054.13.
onto
1725.2.
Open Bay, WA (Henry I.)
1880
open eyes
1480.1.
open st.
1480
open
1258.1.
operate a machine
1481.3.
orange (yellowish)
1026
Orcas
1869
order
1257.3.
Oregon-grape berry
370
Oregon-grape bush
371
orgasm
559.3.
orphan
677
osprey
277
other end
1042.9.
other house
700.16.
other side of a point
1042.6.
other's
647
other
1725.3.
Otter Bay (N. Pender I.)
1881
otter
187
our house (of me and you)
1075
our house
1074
out of canoe, car, disembark
1479.2.
out!
1072.10.
outside of bay
141.3.
outside, farside
1042.5.
outside
1368
out
1759.1.
oval-leaved
366.1.
oven
1529.4.
overboard
1320
overflow
1481.4.
over
1557
owl
312.1.
own st.
1481.5.
own
646
ox
170.1.
oyster
240.6.
Pacific crabapple tree
373
Pacific crabapple
372
Pacific
332
pacify
1482
pack a baby on back
1484
pack one's baggage
1485
pack st. on one's back
1483
packstrap
828
paddle shirt
786.1.
paddle
1523.1.
paddling
914.1.
Page Pass (near Fernie I.)
1882
pain from infection
574.2.
paint one's body
1488
paint one's face
1487
painting
758.4.
paint
786.3.
pair of earrings
779.1.
pair of footwear
768.3.
pair of mittens, gloves
771.1.
pair
771.2.
palm of hand, sole of foot
472
pants
763
pan
737.2.
paper
1208.2.
Paquachin
1795
paralysis
572
parent of deceased child-in-law
671
parent of son/daughter-in-law
661
parent
670
Park
1952
parsnip
393
part of it
978.3.
particular
1755.2.
partner
688.3.
part
546.2.
pass by
1489
Passage
1780
Pass
1882
pass
1315
paste
1661
patch up (as clothes)
1490
path
1725.2.
Patos Island, WA
1883
Patricia Bay (creek)
1884
Patricia Bay (slough)
1885
Patricia Bay (spring)
1886
Patricia Bay Reserve (Tseycum)
1887
Patricia
1962
pay for anything
1491
pay so.
1492
peak of roof
701.2.
pear tree
373.4.
pear
373.3.
peas
399.1.
pebbles
98
peck (as a bird)
1492.1.
pectoral fin
542
peduncle
533
peek around a corner
1492.2.
peek out a hole, crack, window
1492.3.
peel (potatoes, apples, etc.)
1494.1.
peel (separates freely)
1494
peep, peer
1493
peepers
203.1.
peer
1493
pelagic cormorant
292.2.
pencil
758.2.
Pender Island
1888
Pender
1961
Peninsula
1900
penis
494.1.
pen
1207
people
1579
perch
259.5.
perhaps
1065
perish (one person)
1495
perish (several persons)
1496
person of high class
680
person of low class
681
person training as shaman
583
person who's lost all relatives
678.1.
person with special powers
584
persons
1496
person
1687
pet
1675
photograph, painting
758.4.
physically
951.6.
pick berries
1497
pick st. up (from ground)
1498
pick up with fork, spike
1499
picked
1652.1.
picking
1306.1.
pick
1328.1.
pictures
1531.1.
piece
777.2.
piercer
852
pierce
1500
Piers Island
1889
pie
1557.3.
pigeon
312.4.
pile in a row
1502.1.
pile up (as blankets)
1502
pile up (as stones)
1501
pileated woodpecker
299
pinched by a crab
1503.1.
pinch
1503
pine
416
pink, reddish
1024.1.
pintail
296.3.
pin
851.3.
pipe
1504
pit trap for deer
802
pit-lamp
1505
pitch torch
426.1.
pitchwood
426
pitch
425.1.
pitiful
998.2.
pity
1505.1.
pit
1289
place
1505.2.
plane
1424.1.
plank
602.6.
plantain
396.6.
plant
1506
plate
746.2.
platform
705.5.
platter
746
play cards
1507.1.
playing cards
598.2.
playing
1610
play
1507
plenty
999.12.
pliers
859.1.
plow
1507.2.
pluck a bird
1508
plum tree
379.2.
plum
379.1.
pocket knife
743
pocket
772.3.
point at so.
1509
Point George, WA (Shaw I.)
1890
point of land
45
Point Roberts, WA (mainland)
1891
pointed
924
Point
1972
point
1951
poisonous snail, tree frog
206.1.
poison
110
poke so.
1510
poker
736
pole up (in a canoe)
1511
pole
1531
police duck, harlequin duck
296.8.
police
1543.1.
polite word for penis
494.1.
pondlily
400
poor
933
pop bottles
874.8.
poplar
328
pop
874.7.
porcupine
188
Porphyra
436
porpoise
873.1.
Port Browning (Pender I.)
1892
Portland Island
1893
Portlock Point (Prevost I.)
1894
position
1445
post
713
pot cover
737.1.
pot for cooking
737
potatoes
1494.1.
potato
390
potlatch blanket
732.1.
potlatch
1513
potluck dinner
862.5.
pound, hammer
1513.1.
pour out liquid
1514
pour out solids
1515
powder
786.5.
power song
594
power to cure
580
power to kill
579
powerful
999.12.
powers
584
power
1577.1.
pox
570
prairie (big meadow)
40
prayer, religion
575.3.
pray
1515.2.
predict
585
pregnant
1516
prepare st.
1516.1.
prepared salmon eggs
871
preparing
733.4.
present, gift
697.2.
preserve
1531.2.
press a button
1518.1.
press down
1517
press together
1518
pretend to do st.
1518.2.
pretty
969
Prevost Island
1895
Prevost
1894
price
1534.3.
priest
575.9.
prisoner
1233
private dance
587.4.
profile
443.2.
prong
1648
proper, smart, correct
966.2.
prop
1678
protect
1520
protrude
1662
proud, conceited
998
Prov.
1770
provisions for trip, box lunch
867
pry out (board, bark)
1519
pry up on st.
1519.1.
Pt.
1858
pubic hair
506
puddle
84.1.
pull net or set line in
1523.2.
pull out (tooth)
1523
pull out a nail
1522
pull out the bow with paddle
1523.1.
pull, drag
1521
pulverize
1284
punch
1523.3.
punish
1524
puppy
176.1.
purchased
794.10.
purple sea urchin
239.1.
purple shore crab
236.2.
purse
794
pursue
1239
push off a canoe
1524.1.
pus
559
put a spell on so.
1632.1.
put beads on a string
1524.2.
put down (e.g. one sack)
1527
put down (e.g. several sacks)
1528
put down (one object)
1525
put down (several objects)
1526
put inside
1529
put legs together
1529.7.
put out (fire)
1530
put st. among
1529.1.
put st. into dish for eating
1529.2.
put st. into mouth
1529.3.
put st. into oven
1529.4.
put st. into water
1529.5.
put st. on st.
1529.6.
put trousers on
1531.4.
put up (as pictures)
1531.1.
put up (as pole)
1531
put up (preserve food)
1531.2.
put up on, above
1531.3.
pygmy
312.1.
quarrel
1531.5.
quarter
794.5.
Queen
388
question
1169
quietly
1688.1.
quiet
1531.6.
quit
1330.1.
quiver (arrow container)
799
rabbit, hare
195
raccoon
183
race (foot race)
1534
race, have a race (canoe)
1532
racer
600.1.
race
1534
racing canoe
835
radio
1725.1.
raft
836
rag
748.5.
raided
1534.1.
raiders
686.17.
raid
690
railroad
848.7.
rail
1383
rain hat
773.1.
rain stops
69.2.
rainbow
76
raincoat
764.2.
raining
1669
rain
79.2.
raise the price
1534.3.
raise, rear a child
1534.2.
rake
820
raphia
396.3.
rap
1419
raspberry (cultivated)
338
raspberry bush
339
ratfish
259.4.
rattlesnake
202.1.
rattle
1582.3.
rat
190
raven
280
ravine
33
raw fish
868.1.
raw
963
ray, skate
271
reach for st.
1535
reach st.
1535.1.
Reach
1917
ready
1012
realistic
591
realize st.
1536
realize
1329
real
1000.7.
rear
1534.2.
Reay Creek
1896
receives
1117
receive
1118
recent, in office, in style
918.1.
recite, tell (a legend)
1537
recognize so.
1538
record
1538.1.
recover
1355
red alder
325
red elderberry bush
357
red elderberry
356
red huckleberry
367.1.
red lizard
205.1.
red ocher
786.6.
red rock crab
236.1.
red snapper
259.2.
red throated loon
291.1.
red-cedar
321
red-flowering currant
345.1.
red-necked grebe
291.3.
red-nosed black duck
295
red-osier dogwood, red willow
333
reddish
1024.1.
red
1024
reef net
809
reef, shoal
148.1.
reef
1832
reel
1395
refrigerator, food storage
759.10.
refuge
1309.1.
refuse so. st.
1539
relatives
678.1.
relative
650
release st.
1539.1.
religion
575.3.
religious person
575.4.
remember st.
1540
remove cap from jar
1540.1.
remove from mouth
1540.2.
rent st.
1540.3.
repair a net
1542
repair
1541
report (bring news)
1543
report to police
1543.1.
Res.
1968
resemble, look alike
1545
Reserve
1969
resourceful
966.1.
respect
1544
restrain
1189.3.
rest
1546
return st.
1547.1.
return
1547
reveal, announce
1548
revenge
1548.1.
revive, bring back to life
1549
rheumatism
569
rhubarb and dock coffee plant
383.1.
rhubarb
383
rhythm
791
rib cage
528.1.
ribbon of clam
546.4.
rib
1144
rice
382
rich
932
ride a horse
1550
Ridge
1784
right (side)
980
right, correct
982
right?
1071.3.
right
1699.1.
ring a bell
1551
ring finger
469
ring-necked
296.2.
ring
780.1.
ripe
965
ripped
1261.3.
rip
1693
rise (the sun)
1553
rise to the surface
1552
rising
79.2.
rival for spouse
614.3.
river mouth
42.2.
river rising from rain (not tide)
79.2.
river rising
79.1.
riverbank
42
River
1823
river
800.2.
road
1266
roast fish
1555
roast meat
1554
roast porpoise
873.1.
roast potatoes
873
rob so.
1556
Roberts Bay, Shoal Harbour
1897
Roberts
1891
robin
308
Roche Harbor, WA (San Juan I.)
1898
rock boat as signal for silence
1556.1.
rock cod
265
rockslide
36
Rocks
1904
Rocky Bay, WA (San Juan I.)
1899
Rocky Mt. juniper
380
Rocky Mt. maple, vine maple
330
Rock
1971
rock
1868
rod
816
roe
545.1.
roll (dough for a pie)
1557.3.
roll a cigarette
1557.2.
roll st. over
1557
roll st. up
1557.1.
roof cover
701.1.
roof
1431
roots
1288
root
861
rope
1673
rosebud
374.1.
rosehip
374
rose
375.1.
rotten wood
429
rotten
1004
rough water
144
rough
999.10.
round-stem
398.1.
round
1002
row backward
1557.3.
row forward
1557.4.
row
1502.1.
rub (shine, buff, iron)
1558.1.
rub st.
1558
rudder
846
ruffed grouse
303
rug
706.4.
rump, hip
485
run after so.
1560.1.
run away
1560
run
1559
S.
1941
s.
1940
Saanich language
686.2.
Saanich Peninsula
1900
Saanich Point (near Hagan Creek)
1901
Saanichton Bay (a point there)
1903
Saanichton Bay
1902
Saanich
1969
sacks
1528
sack
1527
sad
946
safe
1560.2.
sagebrush
399
said
1072.7.
sail-pole
845
sailing
1687.3.
sail
1560.3.
salalberry bush
349
salalberry
348
salamander
205.2.
saliva
554
Sallas Rocks (s. of Sidney I.)
1904
salmon after spawning
245
salmon backbone
543
salmon club
817
salmon eggs, roe
545
salmon heart
546
salmon knife
822
salmon milt
544
salmon stew
872
salmon stretcher
821
salmon trap
810
salmonberry bush
347
salmonberry
346
salmon
1619
Saltspring Island
1905
Saltspring
1822
saltwater fish-trap
800.1.
saltwater
288
salty
1017.2.
salt
1017.1.
same, similar
987
Samish
686.3.
Samuel Island
1906
San Juan Island, WA (n. end)
1907
sand flea
214
Sand Hill Creek (East Saanich)
1908
sand snipe
312.3.
sandbar, sandspit
148
sandhill crane
283
sandspit
148
sand
97
San
1970
sarcastic
999.16.
saskatoon
371.1.
Sasquatch
596
satiated
936.1.
Satura
1780
Saturday
122.8.
Saturna
1811
save (a person)
1562
sawbill duck (saltwater)
288
sawbill
289
sawdust
752.4.
Sawluctus Island
1909
say st.
1561
say what you know
1561.2.
say?
1044.1.
say
1760.1.
scab
563.1.
scald
1563
scale of fish
539
scallop
240.3.
scare, frighten
1564
scared, afraid
999.8.
scarf
778
scar
563
scatter
1565
school
1692.1.
scissors
822.1.
scold a child
1566
scold so.
1567
scoop net
807
scoop st. up
1568
scoop
806
scorch
1569
scoter
294
scramble (competition)
1569.1.
scrape (a hide)
1570
scrape st.
1570.1.
scratch (an itch)
1571
scream
1572
screech owl
279
screw
1456
scrotum
493
sctatch (by cat, e.g.)
1571.1.
sea anemone
243
sea close to shore
140
sea cucumber
238
sea eggs
239
sea lettuce (green seaweed)
435.2.
sea lion
228
sea mammal burial ground
596.10.
sea pigeon
296.4.
sea wrack (bladder weed)
434
seal call
800.3.
seal fat
551
seal
866.3.
search for st.
1573
Seattle, WA (Chief Seattle)
1910
Seattle
1910
seaweed
436
sea
271.2.
second (sleeping) platform
705.5.
secondhand store
700.9.
secondhand
916.2.
see st.
1574
see-um
222.2.
seed
416.1.
seek
1309.1.
seer, forecast the future, predict
585
see
1671.1.
seine net
809.1.
self
1655.1.
sell
1575
semen
559.2.
Semiahmoo Bay (mainland)
1911
Senanus Island
1912
send (a person)
1577
send (an object)
1576
send bad spirit power into so.
1577.1.
separate (in marriage)
1580
separate (objects)
1578
separate (people fighting)
1579
separates
1494
September
126.10.
serve food
1580.1.
serviceberry (saskatoon)
371.1.
serviceberry bush
371.2.
Seschelt (mainland)
1913
Seschelt
686.11.
set
1725
seventy
20
seven
7
several
1528
sewing needle
851
sew
1581
sexually
999.19.
sexual
1204.2.
sex
999.18.
shade
49
shadow
50
Shady Creek (East Saanich)
1914
shake (a rattle)
1582.3.
shake (a tree, stick, dog)
1582
shake (from nervousness)
1582.2.
shake head
1582.1.
Shaker Church
575.5.
shallow (water)
927
shaman
583
shape
1469
share out
1583
Shark Cove (Pender I.)
1915
shark
270
sharp (pointed)
922
sharp edged
921
sharpen (a blade)
1585
sharpen (a point)
1584
shave oneself
1586
shavings
752.3.
Shaw Island, WA
1916
shawl
764.3.
Shaw
1890
she (there not visible)
1038
shed
718
sheep wool
824.1.
Sheepshanks Hill (Squally Reach)
1917
sheep
171.1.
Shell Island
1918
shell
796.2.
shelter
1586.1.
Sheppard Point (Saanich Inlet)
1919
she
1036
shine light on st.
1586.2.
shine up st.
1587
shiner
255
shine
1558.1.
Shingle Bay (N. Pender I.)
1920
shining
1027
shiny
106
shin
477
shirt
786.1.
shiver
1588
Shoal
1897
shoal
148.1.
shoelaces
768.1.
shoes
768
shoo! hush!
1072.3.
shoot st.
1589
shoo
1696.3.
shore
1717.1.
short (person)
886
shortcut
849.2.
short
1367
shot
1466
shoulder-blade
527
shoulder
1136
shout
1591
shove, slide st.
1592
shovel-nosed canoe
835.1.
show off
1593.1.
show st. to so.
1593
show up, show oneself
1593.2.
show
1593.2.
shrink
1594
shut
1531.6.
shy
998.1.
sibling of deceased parent
625
sibling's
667
sibling-in-law
670
sibling
678
sick
1595
side of body
488
side of face, profile
443.2.
sidehill
31
side
1925
Sidney (beach near ferry dock)
1922
Sidney Island (beach on w. side)
1924
Sidney Island (point on ne. side)
1925
Sidney Island (sw. point)
1926
Sidney Island
1923
Sidney Spit (Sidney I.)
1927
Sidney
1927
sight, vision
444.1.
sight
1596
sigh
1595.1.
signal, make a sign
1597
signal
1556.1.
signs
1415
sign
1597
silence
1556.1.
silent
1598
similar
987
sinew
522
sing a lovesong
1600
sing a song
1599
singe (hairs off skin)
1602
sinker
818
sink
1601
siphon of clam
546.6.
sister of man
639
sister of woman
640
sister's
669
sister-in-law
666
sisters
632
sister
665
sit down!
1071.8.
sit down
1604
sit next to so.
1604.1.
sit up
1604.2.
sit, be sitting
1603
sitting
1603
sit
1212
sixty
19
six
6
size up another person
1604.3.
skate
271.1.
skein
823.5.
skim off
1605
skin large animals
1606
skin small furry animals
1607
skinny
888
skin
1602
Skipjack Island
1928
skirt
766
skull
524
skunk-cabbage
381
skunk
186
sky
46
slack tide
157.1.
slack
935.1.
slahal, stick game, bone game
598
slahal
1072.7.
slap so.
1608
slap
1394
slave's master
682.1.
slave
682
sledge hammer
856
sleeping
705.5.
sleepy
942
sleep
1609
sleet
74
sliced salmon
870
slide (as children playing)
1610
slide
1592
sliding bolt
704.2.
slime
546.1.
slingshot
798.2.
slip (foot slips)
1611
slip doing st. with hands
1611.1.
slip knot
826.2.
slippery
1006
slips
1611
slip
1611.2.
sliver
574.4.
slough in tideflat
150
slough
1885
slowpoke
920.1.
slow
920
slug, snail
206
Sluggett Point (Brentwood Bay)
1929
slurp while drinking (as dog)
1611.3.
small bare hill
39
small canoe mat
706.3.
small frogs, peepers
203.1.
small gull
298.1.
small of back
492.1.
small plate
746.1.
small sawbill
288.1.
smallpox, chicken pox, measles
570
small
1607
smart, intelligent
966
smart
966.2.
smash up
1612
smeared
931.2.
smear
1615
smell (give off smell)
1614
smell st. burnt
1613.1.
smell st.
1613
smell
1614
smelts
259.3.
smile
1616
Smith Island, WA
1930
smoke (cigarettes)
1617
smoke (from fire)
130
smoke (hides)
1618
smoke (meat)
1620
smoke (salmon)
1619
smoke a pipe
1504
smoke from house fire
131
smoke vent
707
smoked salmon soup
869.1.
smoked salmon
869
smokehouse
700.2.
smoking pipe
753
smoking shed
717
smooth
928
smudge
1621
Smugglers Cove, WA (San Juan I.)
1931
snag
138
snail
206.1.
snake
596.4.
snapper
259.2.
snare
800
sneak along
1623
sneak up to, stalk (a person)
1622
sneeze
1624
sniff
1624.1.
snipe
312.3.
snore
1625
snot
556
snow (coming down)
70
snow (on ground)
70.1.
snow falls
1626
snow goose
285
snowbird
314
snowed in
1626.1.
snowshoes (long)
775
snowshoes (round)
776
snowy owl
279.1.
snow
70.2.
so. always volunteering
688.10.
so.'s
1479.1.
so./st.
1696.3.
so.
1743
soaked
905
soak
1627
soapberry bush
341
soapberry, foamberry
340
sober up
1629
sober
972
sob
1628
sockeye (one you're poor with)
248.1.
sockeye salmon
248
sock
774
soft (as butter)
880
soft (as cloth)
881
soft spot on baby's head
442
softly
1737.3.
soft
823.9
sole
472
solids
1515
solid
1634
some (of them)
1059
someone who speaks for you
685.3.
someone
1043
something purchased
794.10.
something
1044
some
1384.1.
son, offspring
634
son/daughter not home
635.1.
son/daughter-in-law
661
Songhees, Lkungen
686.4.
song
1599
Sooke
686.5.
soon
1053
soot, cinders
752.7.
sore
562
sorry
1324
soul
576
sound of water dripping
103.1.
Sound
1813
sound
1460.3.
soup
869.2.
sour
1017
South Pender Island
1932
south wind
63.4.
southeast
62
southern
1863
southwest wind
63.1.
south
1844
spank
1630
spark
133
spawning
245
speak (as in I speak Indian)
1631
speak for so.
1631.1.
speak out strongly
1631.2.
speaks
685.3.
speak
1631
spear grass (brame grass?)
396
spear
1648
special
584
speckled
1005
Spectacle Creek (Saanich Inlet)
1933
speeches
674
speech
1632
spell
1632.1.
spherical, circular
1003
spider
215
Spieden Island, WA
1934
spike
1499
spill (a liquid)
1633
spill (a solid)
1634
spin (as a top)
1634.1.
spin wool
1635
spindle
823
spine
1146
spinning
823.1.
spinster
614.2.
spiritual power
578
spiritually
1675.1.
spirit
1577.1.
spit, expectorate
1636
spit, saliva
554
Spit
1927
spit
1845
splash (clean water)
1636.1.
splash (muddy water)
1636.2.
splice rope
1637
split wood
1638
spoil a child
1638.1.
spoon
739
sport
1710
spotted, speckled
1005
spot
442
spouse of dead offspring/sibling
664
spouse of deceased sibling
678
spouse's grandparent
672
spouse's parent, sibling-in-law
670
spouse's sibling's spouse
667
spouse's
1656
spouse
1638.2.
sprain one's ankle
1639
spray
1642
spread berries out to dry
1641
spread fish out to dry
1641.1.
spread legs apart
1641.2.
spread out (as a blanket)
1640
spring (leaves come)
124.1.
spring of water
81
spring salmon
246
spring tide
157
spring
1967
sprinkle st., spray
1642
sprouts
410.1.
spruce
320
Squally
1917
Squamish
686.10.
squat
1643
squeal on so.
1644
squeeze st. (with hands)
1645
squeeze st. (with tongs)
1646
squirrel
191
squirt
1647
st.
1760.1.
stab, prong, spear st.
1648
staff
782.2.
stagger
1649
stake (a horse)
1650
stalk an animal
1651
stalk
1622
stand by so. getting picked on
1652.1.
stand up
1653
stand, be standing
1652
standing
1652
Stanley Point (N. Pender I.)
1935
star fish
234
stare at so.
1654
startled
999.5.
starve self, fast
1655.1.
starve
1655
star
234.1.
States
1956
stay with spouse's family
1656
stay! (e.g. to a dog)
1072.6.
steady
1397
steals
596.7.
steal
1657
steam-cook
1658
steamed
1306.3.
steam
1258.2.
steelhead
253
steep shore
43
steep
1007
steer (a canoe)
1658.2.
steer (a car or boat)
1658.1.
Steller's
305
stem, branch, limb
410
step on st.
1659.1.
step up on st.
1659.2.
step-parent
619.1.
step
1659
stern heavy
840.1.
stern of boat
840
Steveston (mainland)
1936
stew
872
stick for beating rhythm
791
stick Indians
596.6.
stick out, protrude
1662
stick shoes
240.8.
stick st. into st. (hollow)
1663
stick, adhere, paste on
1661
sticks
1409
stick
1582
stiff (arm)
975
stiff (material)
976
still
1054.7.
stinging nettle
401
stingy
1665
stink currant
345.2.
stink
1664
stir
1666
stitch
1410
stocking, sock
774
stomach
1446.2.
stone hammer
855
stones
1501
stone
1389
stop raining
1669
stop st.
1667
stop walking
1668
stop working on st.
1668.1.
stops
69.2.
stop
1185.1.
storage
759.10.
store away
1670
store
700.9.
storm
1235.3.
story (realistic)
591
story
1696
stout
887
stovepipe
752
stove
752.8.
straight (as a road)
913.1.
straight (drive, paddle)
913.2.
straight (up)
913
straight line across hand
473
straighten oneself up
1670.1.
straight
1396.1.
strange
988
strangle
1670.2.
strawberry plant
337
strawberry
336.1.
stretch (as sweater)
1671
stretch neck to see
1671.1.
stretch out (arm)
1672
stretch out, extend (rope)
1673
stretcher
821
string up a hide
1674
string, twine
825
string
1524.2.
strips
1274
stroke, pet
1675
stroke
573
strong (material), solid
898
strong (person)
897
strongly
1631.2.
strong
1675.1.
Stuart Island, WA
1937
Stuart
1955
stuck (in the mud)
1353
stuck
1675.1.
stuff, baggage, belongings
759
stumble
1676
stump, trunk of tree
427
stupid
967
sturgeon
256
stutter
1677
style
918.1.
Sucia Island, WA
1938
suck in, draw in with breath
1679.1.
suck on st.
1679
suddenly, meanwhile
1053.1.
suffer, have a hard time
1680
sugar
874.4.
suitcase
772.5.
suit
765.2.
summer
123
sunbeam
48
Sunday
575.8.
sunny side of mountain
38
sunshine
48.1.
sun
1553
supple, flexible
977
supply
1012.2.
support, prop up
1678
supreme being, God
575
sure
1000.6.
surface
1552
surprise, impress
1681.1.
surprised
999.4.
surprise
1678.1.
suspect
1681
suspenders
772.1.
suspicious
1681.2.
sw.
1926
swallow
1682
swamp
1968
swan
290
Swartz Bay
1939
Swartz Head (area s. of there)
1940
sweatbath
1684
sweater
1671
sweat
1683
sweep (a floor)
1686
sweetheart
692
sweet
1015
swell up
1685
swell
86.1.
swift water
59.1.
swim (a fish)
1687.1.
swim (a person)
1687
swing
1687.2.
swollen
1685.1.
sword fern
402
table for preparing food
733.4.
tablecloth
733.3.
table
1208.1.
taboo, forbidden
590
tack (sailing)
1687.3.
tackle box
801.2.
tadpole
204
tail bone
532
tail
533
take a step
1659
take a sweatbath
1684
take all of it
1687.4.
take along
1687.5.
take away
1687.6.
take care of so., take so. in
1687.7.
take out (of box)
1660
take st. into the woods
1687.11.
take st. in
1687.10.
take st.
1687.9.
taken out of water
1687.8.
take
1687.7.
tale
592
talk quietly
1688.1.
talk to so.
1688.2.
talk, discuss
1688
talkative
999.13.
tall (person)
884
tall (tree)
885
tall blueberry (oval-leaved)
366.1.
tallow
866.1.
tame (animal)
974
tan hides
1689
tangled
914.2.
tanning stick
804
tanning
803
tasteless
1017.3.
taste
1719
tattletale
688.8.
tea?
1071.9.
teach (as languages)
1691
teach (how to do st.)
1692
teach in school
1692.1.
teal
296.7.
teapot
737.3.
tear, rip
1693
tears
555
teased wool
824.2.
tease
1694
tea
384
Teece Point (S. Pender I.)
1941
teeth
1129
telephone
759.6.
television
1725.1.
tell (a story), narrate
1696
tell (news)
1695
tell so. off
1696.1.
tell so. to do st.
1696.2.
tell so. to leave, shoo so./st.
1696.3.
tell the truth
1696.4.
tell
1537
tendon
522
tent
719
ten
10
tern
298.2.
thank you
1072
thank
1697
that (invisible thing)
1042
that (thing) there
1040
thatched roof hut
700.15.
thaw
1698
The Gorge (in Victoria)
1942
their house
1079
them!
1111
there (invisible)
1047
there (visible)
1046
there you are!
1071
there
1951
these people (not visible)
1042.3.
these people
1042.1.
they are working
1093
they help him
1107
they receive help
1118
they work
1086
thick (layer)
889
thick (rope)
891
thick (tree)
890
thief
688.7.
thimbleberry bush
359
thimbleberry
358
thimble
752.1.
thin (layer)
892
thin (string)
894
thin (tree)
893
things
1189.2.
thing
1699.1.
think it's the right thing
1699.1.
think
1699
thirsty
1700
thirty
16
this (thing) here
1039
this side of bay
141.4.
thistle
401.1.
this
1055
thornberry bush
369
thornberry
368
those people
1042.2.
thought
577.1.
thousand
26
thread
1208
threaten to rain
69.1.
three dollars
794.8.
three hundred
25
three times
1054.10.
Three Tree Island, WA (?)
1943
three
3
threshold
714
throat, gullet
459
throated
291.1.
throat
1364.1.
through
1275.1.
throw (a rock)
1701
throw across, toss at so.
1703
throw at so.
1702
throw away, discard
1704
throwing
1394.1.
thrush, salmonberry bird
309
thumb
467
thunderbolt, lightning
67
thunderstorm
66
Thursday
122.6.
tickle so.
1705
tickle
1408
tick
222
tide coming in
152
tide going out, ebbing
153
tide-pool
142
tideflats
149
tideflat
150
tide
157.8.
tidy
930.1.
tie a knot
1420
tie st. up
1706
tie
778.6.
tight weave
823.7.
tighten
1706.1.
tight
934.1.
tilt, lift up at one end
1707
tilted
939
timber (standing)
431
times
1054.11.
time
1733.1.
tipsy
971.1.
tired of
1708.1.
tired
1708
to the shore, go ashore
1590
toad
203.2.
toast st.
1708.2.
tobacco
874
Tod Inlet (Brentwood Bay)
1944
Tod Inlet (creek)
1945
today
120
toddler
609.3.
toenail
508
toe
483.1.
together with like minded
1353.1.
together
1529.7.
toilet
748.7.
tomorrow
121
tongs
1646
tongue
1611.2.
too old to use
916.1.
too rough, disrespectful
999.10.
too tight
934.1.
too, again
1054.2.
tooth
1523
top of mountain
37
top
1634.1.
torch
1335
toss
1703
totem pole
715
touch (with hands)
1709
tough (as hide)
1009
towards, about
1042.8.
toward
1363
towed
1709.1.
towel
1305.2.
Towner Bay Beach
1947
Towner Bay
1946
town
695
track
226
trade
1310
tradition
674
trail, path
849
train oneself (as Indian doctor)
1711
train oneself (sport)
1710
train, railroad
848.7.
training
583
trampoline
602.6.
transfer st.
1711.1.
Transformer, Changer, Creator
597
trap animals
1712
trap fish
1713
trap, snare
800
trap
1234
trash
750.2.
travel by canoe
1715
travel off shore
1717.1.
travel on foot
1714
travel on horseback
1716
travel
1717
treated well
1717.2.
tree toad
203.2.
trees
1443
Tree
1943
tree
1582
tremble
1718
trembling aspen, poplar
328
tribal counselor
685.6.
trip so.
1718.1.
tripe
512.1.
trip
1407
trouble
1718.3.
trousers
1531.4.
trout
254
truck
848.1.
true, real
1000.7.
trunk
427
truth
1696.4.
try, attempt, taste
1719
Tsartlip
1969
Tsawout
1812
Tsawwassen (mainland)
1948
Tsehum Harbour
1949
Tseycum
1887
Tsimshian
686.15.
Tuam
1873
tuberculosis
571
Tuesday
122.4.
tug-of-war
602
tule, round-stem cattail
398.1.
tule
398.2.
Tulista Park
1952
Tumbo Channel
1953
Tumbo Island
1954
tumor
564.1.
tumpline
828
Turgoose Point (point n. of there)
1951
Turgoose Point
1950
turn around (oneself)
1720
turn around a bend
1724
turn around st.
1721
turn loose, set free
1725
turn off (radio, television, etc.)
1725.1.
turn onto another path, deviate
1725.2.
turn other way, look away
1725.3.
Turn Point, WA (Stuart I.)
1955
turn st. inside out
1722
turn st. upright
1723.1.
turn st. upside down
1723
turning white
1018.1.
turnip
386
twelve
12
twenty-one
14
twenty-two
15
twenty
13
twice
1054.9.
twine
825
twins
636
twist st.
1726
twisted
1008
two dollars
794.7.
two hundred
24
two
1189.2.
type of invisible power
578.2.
type of power using red paint
578.1.
ugly
970
umbrella
759.1.
unbalanced
999.2.
unbraided hair
778.13.
uncle
624
underbrush, forest
432
understand
1727
underwear
767
under
1258.3.
undress
1728
United States of America
1956
universe
27
unpleasant
999.9.
unravel
1729
unsurpassable
877.2.
untidy
931.3.
untie
1729.1.
unwind st., untie
1729.1.
up on st.
1729.2.
upper leg
475
upper lip
449
upright
1723.1.
upside
1723
upstream area
93
upstream
1371
upward
1455.4.
up
1758
urchin
239.1.
urinate
1730
urine
557
us!
1109
use st.
1730.1.
used to st.
1354
used
1330.2.
use
1203
using
578.1.
us
1096
uvula
454.1.
vacation
1367.1.
vain
1311
Valdez Island
1957
valley, open area, field, meadow
34
Vancouver (mainland)
1958
varden
254
variegated, of different colors
1029
vein
546.7.
velvet, soft cloth
823.9
vent
707
Vernon
1874
very close to
902.3.
very old (person)
915.1.
very sick, dying
996.1.
very
1364.2.
vest
764.1.
vetch
399.2.
Victoria
1959
View
1841
village
696
vine
363
visible
1731
vision
444.1.
visiting
1371.1.
volunteering
688.10.
vomit
1732
vulva
492.7.
w.
1924
waders
768.2.
wade
1733
wagon, buggy
848.2.
wagonhouse
700.4.
waist
489
wait awhile
1734.1.
wait for
1734
wake for the dead
575.11.
wake so. up
1736
wake up (oneself)
1735
Waldron Island, WA
1960
walk along beach
1737.1.
walk around the house
1737.2.
walk softly
1737.3.
walk with so.
1737.4.
walking stick, cane
781
walking
1668
walk
1737
wall mat
703
Wallace Point (N. Pender I.)
1961
wall
702
wander around
1738
want to do it
1739.1.
wanting
1739.2.
want
1739
war canoe
834
war club
798
war spear
797
warm (as water)
908
warm (food)
908.1.
warm (weather)
907
warm weather
64
warm wind (southeast)
62
Warrior Point (Patricia Bay)
1962
warrior
685.3.
wart
564
war
1740
wash clothes
1742
wash one's face
1741
washed ashore
1742.1.
wasp
210
waste time
1733.1.
watch, observe
1742.2.
watch
1753.1.
water (fresh)
77
water-proof berry basket
832
waterfall
82
waterfowl
284
waterfront
157.9.
waterlily, pondlily
400
water
1742.3.
wave (coming in)
86
wave (swell)
86.1.
wave at so.
1743
waves
87
waxberry bush
355
waxberry
354
way
1744
WA
1970
we (you and I) are working
1089
we (you and I) help him
1103
we (you and I) receive help
1114
we (you and I)
1032
we are working
1088
we help him
1102
we receive help
1113
we work (you and I)
1082
we work
1081
we, us
1031
weak (person)
899
weak, brittle
900
weasel
180
weather
1455.6.
weave a basket
1745.1.
weave
1745
wedding gown
765.1.
wedding ring
780.1.
wedding
694
wedge
858
Wednesday
122.5.
weed
434
week
122.1.
weep, cry
1746
weight
1347.1.
weigh
1747
well, recover
1355
well
1717.2.
West Coast Indians
686.13.
West Saanich Res. (creek)
1964
West Saanich Res. (meadow)
1965
West Saanich Res. (spring)
1967
West Saanich Res. (swamp)
1968
West Saanich Reserve (Tsartlip)
1969
west wind
63
Westcott Bay, WA (San Juan I.)
1970
western grebe
291.4.
western hemlock
324
western red-cedar
321
western yew
331
wetter
557.1.
wet
1747.1.
whale
230
what did you do?
1044.2.
what did you say?
1044.1.
what? something
1044
what
1561.2.
when?
1052
when
1054.12.
where (at)
1048
where (to)
1049
where?
1050
whetstone
857
while
1611.3.
whip (a horse)
1748
whirlpool
91
whirlwind
63.5.
whiskers
501
whisper
1749
whistler
192
whistle
1750
White Rock (mainland)
1971
white tail deer
162
whitefish
257
white
1018.1.
whittle
1751
who's
678.1.
who? someone
1043
whole body
437
whooping cough
571.1.
whose?
1043.1.
who
685.3.
why?
1057
wide, broad
895
widgeon
287
widower
675
widow
676
wife
668
wild (animal)
973
wild carrot, Queen Anne's lace
388
wild ginger (?)
400.1.
wild potato
390
wild sweet cicely
396.5.
wild
596.1.
Willis Point (Brentwood Bay)
1972
willow
334
win a contest
1752
win!
1072.7.
wind st. around st.
1753
wind up (watch)
1753.1.
window, mirror
709
window
1492.3.
wind
1195
wings
1340.1.
wing
534
wink
1754
winner
601.3.
winter
125
wipe
1755
wish for a particular food
1755.2.
wish for st.
1755.1.
witch who steals children
596.7.
wolf
173
wolverine
177
woman's sister-in-law
666
woman
657
wonder...
1071.1.
wood tick, deer tick
222
wooden
746
woodpecker
300
woods
1687.11.
woodworm
222.5.
wood
1638
wool carder
823.2.
wool
1635
word
494.1.
work on st.
1756.1.
working
1668.1.
works
1085
work
1756
world, universe
27
worm
217
worn out
1011
worry
96
would you like some tea?
1071.9.
wound
1757
wrack
434
wrap up
1758
wraps
770
wren
310
wrestler
602.2.
wrestle
1759
wrestling
602.1.
wriggler
222.1.
wring st. out
1759.1.
wrist
465
write
1760
wrong
1760.1.
Yakima
686.12.
yarrow
396.4.
yawn
1761
years
1152
year
122.9.
yellow jacket
209.1.
yellow jelly fungus
407
yellow-cedar
322
yellowish
1026
yellow
1022.2.
yell
1762
yerba buena tea, Labrador tea
384
yesterday
122
yes
1063
yet
1054.4.
yew
331
yonder (thing)
1041
you (one) help him
1104
you (one)
1033
you are working (one)
1090
you do it
1071.5.
you folks are working
1091
you folks help him
1105
you folks receive help
1116
you folks work
1084
you folks
1034
you receive help
1115
you win! (said at slahal)
1072.7.
you work (one)
1083
you!
1072.1.
you're
248.1.
you?
1068
young boy (approx.
610
young girl (approx.
611
younger brother/sister
645
younger sister of woman
648
youngest in family
649
youngest sibling (other's)
647
youngest sibling (own)
646
young
917
your house (of one)
1076
your house (of several)
1077
youth, young man
612
you
1561.2.
zero tide
157.2.