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"Place where people play" | park; playground
â ash kadułyádi yé
â ash kadułyát idí
Big lake
sockeye salmon that has entered fresh water |coho salmon that has entered fresh water
x̱ʼáakw
coho salmon that has entered fresh water
“Thing below the mouth” | generic name for utensils for cooking or holding food; food container; pot or pan; large bowl or dish
"Gets up quickly knife” | knife with fold-in blade
"Thing on the legs” | dancing leggings; leggings for climbing
strap; handle (of pail, pot) | foot harness, foot strap, sling (of snowshoe)
ya.áaw
foot harness, foot strap, sling (of snowshoe); strap made of tanned hide tied to the foot filling to secure the foot
jáaji ya.áawu / jáaji x̱ʼuskadóoxʼ
Canoe; boat
young man (not married)
–yadákʼu
“Thing beneath the joints of the canoe/ boat” | shell of a boat
"Fully grown" | adult; elder
yanwât / yenwât
“The one that lowers it” | whetstone
young man
yîs khâ
"New people" | people, adult, young; generation
yées ḵu.oo
generation
yîs khu.ù
scraper for hemlock bark
large mussel (on stormy coast, used for scraping); shell is used as a scraper for spruce roots being prepared for basketry
íx̱tʼ; regalia
"Bent one that slides (knife)” | curved carving knife
yóo sh kadatan lítaa / yóo sh kedeten lítaa
knife | curved carving knife; “bent one that slides (knife)” | with the tip bent like a hook • (KE)