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aunt (mother's brother's wife)
Here is an online version of all of the Secwepemc words. It is based on some words from First Voices, and from a wordlist produced by Mona Jules from the Secwepemc Cultural Education Society. We're working on getting this editable by he world. Do you want to add an audio file? Do you want to supply an example sentence?
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Secwepemc |
English | All terms | Dialect |
|---|---|---|---|
| alt | become frozen | activities, nature | |
| ank'wt | bent, twisted bones | bodily afflictions, body | Western |
| ank'wt | twisted, deformed bone structure | bodily afflictions, body | Western |
| ánk̓wens | bent | ||
| ank̓wt | bent, twisted bones | ||
| ápels (ch) | apples (ch) | food | Western |
| áples | apples | food | |
| ápse | sneeze | activities | |
| aw7áwt, sa7sa7entsót | bark/howl collectively (coyotes, dogs) | ||
| awt | howl | animals | Western |
| awt | howl | animals, mammals | Western |
| awt | howled | ||
| aynícw | waterhemlock | plants | Western |
| aynícw | See yen¡xq̓. ??? | ||
| c.w7el | tilted | ||
| c.wecsqéxe7ten | range, corral wherever horses are left to graze | ||
| c.wectén̓ | usual abode | ||
| c.wecwtén̓ | place of activity of people or animals | ||
| c.wék̓wens | s/he made a pit. | ||
| c.wék̓wle7cwem | digging a pit for cooking | activities, food, human things | |
| c.welám,-entás | burned the inside of... | ||
| c.welán̓kem | putting kindling in a stove to make a fire | ||
| c.welán̓kens | putting kindling in a stove to make a fire | ||
| c.welán̓kten | kindling | ||
| c.wélens | s/he tilted it | ||
| c.welentáke7 | piece of pitchwood to start fire (D l) . | ||
| c.welepsáke7 | horn spoon | activities, human things, making cultural objects | Western |
| c.welepsáke7 | horn spoon | ||
| c.wellqwmín̓ | cooking vessel, boiling vessel | food, gathering and making | Eastern |
| c.wellqwmín̓ | pot | human things | |
| c.welptém̓ | pot is burned on the inside | ||
| c.welptém̓, c.weltém̓, | bottom of pan/pot is scorched | ||
| c.welqín̓em | lighting a cigarette | ||
| c.wél̓lemten | fishing spot | ||
| c.wením | up early | ||
| c.wenwením | up early | ||
| c.wén̓wen | morning | environment, location, nature, place | Western |
| c.wén̓wen | morning | ||
| c.wepéxen | hairy armpits | ||
| c.wepúlecwem | weeds are growing | ||
| c.wesesílc | rushing about | ||
| c.wesesílc | rushing about(sing.) | ||
| c.wetk̓élenkcnem | tripping in wrestling | ||
| c.wets'él̓s | broke in half | ||
| c.wets'él̓sem | cutting/chopping in half when butchering /building stg. | ||
| c.wets'él̓sens | cutting/chopping in half when butchering /building stg. | ||
| c.wéts'em | breaking bones of an animal to extract marrow l. | ||
| c.wéts'ens | breaking bones of an animal to extract marrow l. | ||
| c.wet̓ew̓s-e, -es | cut in half | activities, human things | Eastern |
| c.wewním | wake,get up early | activities, events | Eastern |
| c.wéw̓lemten | fishing spot | environment, location, nature, place | Western |
| c.wèw’lemten | Fishing Spot | environment, location, nature, place | Western |
| c.wéyem | barking of dogs, coyotes, wolves | animals | Western |
| c.wéyem, -emens) | barking, barking at | ||
| c.wéyem/c.wèya | bark | animals, mammals | Western |
| c.weyénemens | hear of, get informed about stg. | ||
| c.wéyens | It barked at something. | animals | Western |
| c.wíselc | run, E to jump. | ||
| c.wísenk | high hillside | ||
| c.wísenk, c.wísek | high sidehill | environment, nature | Eastern |
| c.witkwecén̓ | one foot slipped into the water | ||
| c7álus | road/highway is frozen/icy. | ||
| c7al̓ús | surface is frozen/icy | environment, nature | Eastern |
| c7é7xwemnem | contributing money in a church collection | ||
| c7ekwemél̓el | freight wagon, truck, vehickle | ||
| c7ek̓wyén̓sten | toothpick | ||
| c7ek̓wyén̓sten, nec(7ekw)7ek̓wyén̓stn | toothpick | ||
| c7elcetwécw | trading items within a group | ||
| c7elcetwécw, c7í7elctwecw | dividing amongst each other | activities, human things | Eastern |
| c7élksten | handiwork, artifact | ||
| c7élksten | work horses | ||
| c7elkstén̓ | working tools | ||
| c7elkstmél̓el | freight truck, wagon etc. | ||
| c7élk̓wmen | |||
| c7ellcwécwle7s | enter a field through a fence | ||
| c7ellcwénk | tunnel | ||
| c7ellníle | feeding children, E chief's dinner. | ||
| c7ellníle | feeding the children | ||
| c7élltemc | salmon milt | animals, fish | Western |
| c7élltemc | fish milt | ||
| c7emetépct.s | s/he set the price for an article for him/her | ||
| c7emetsín | "ambush" type of wait for game/people | ||
| c7emtútps | two-wheeled cart | ||
| c7emúm̓t | sitting in a room/house and not leaving | ||
| c7emut.st.s | waking someone, giving a ride to someone. | ||
| c7emút/ cem̓ut | assume a sitting posture, sit down, get up (in the morning) | activities, human things | Eastern |
| c7emút/cem̓út | to assume a sitting posture, sit down, get up (in the morning), get into a (vehicle) (all sing.). | ||
| c7enecwtsín, -s | agree, consent | ||
| c7enwéns | To gossip about someone, within ear shot. | activities, human things | Western |
| c7ép̓elpsem | strangle | ||
| c7ép̓lesem, -ens | mopping the floor. | ||
| c7ép̓leses | he/she wipes the floor | activities, human things | Eastern |
| c7ep̓qs | handkerchief, kleenex | ||
| c7ép̓qsten̓ | handkerchief to bow the nose | ||
| c7ep̓qstn | hankerchief | activities, human things | Eastern |
| c7ep̓sem̓, -en̓s | washing windows | ||
| c7es7îstkteñ | winter home | activities, dwelling, human things | Western |
| c7es7ístkten | winter home | ||
| c7etíc | go to sleep plur. | activities, human things | Eastern |
| c7etíc | gone to sleep (plur.) |
