ON THE ETHNOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



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seize (to), tsEklu'met. 

 sell (to), Qai'Em. 

 selfish, skwe'Kkwi. 

 send (to) a person, tcica't. 

 send (to) an object, lE'pitc. 

 sent (thing sent), slE'pitc. 



' send it away,' letla'm. 

 sew (to), pa'pEts. 

 shadow, shade, sta'tEl. 

 shake (to), Ql'cit. 

 shallow, ca'ik-Em. 

 shame, qeqalai'His. 

 shaman, sQEia'm, o'lia, yeu'wa 

 sharp (of edged tools), eyil'ts. 

 sharp (point of pole, pencil, (See), 



eya'suksEl. 

 sharpen, grind (to), yu'kust. 

 sharpen (to), eyii'ts. This expression 

 differs from the other in that no 

 suggestion as to the manner of sharp- 

 ening is conveyed. Yu'kust means 

 to sharpen by grinding. 

 shave (to) (wood), qi'pEt. 

 she, her, sEla, sEsa', (jo'tla, or so'tla. 

 shine (to), klau'Ekum. 

 shingle (for roofing), se'kEtsEl. 

 shoot (to), kwili'H or kwili'Ht, 

 short, tciltce't. 

 shout (to), tarn. 

 „ (a), etam. 

 shove (to), hauke'lt. 

 show (to), kwE'tsuq. 

 shrink (to), kE'lp'sEt. 

 shrub, QI'QEl. 

 shut (to), tEka't. 

 sick, ill, ka'kai. 

 sight, skwats. 



my eyesight, tEl skwatkwats. 

 silent, tsa'tsauq. 

 ♦ I will be silent, tsa'tsauq-tcil-tca. 



simple, easy (to get), le'luk. 

 „ (to do), ke'ka. 



sing (to), ste'lEm. 

 sink (to), me'uk-. 

 sit (to), u'mut. 



sit down, u'mut-tla. It is interesting 

 to remark that this same expression, 

 only with the accent on the second 

 syllable, is also employed to bid a 

 person ' get up,' when lying on the 

 bed or ground ; thus : umu'ttla, ' get 

 up ' or ' sit up.' 

 skull, tsa'mok . 

 sky, swa'iyil. 

 slap (to), tla'kwut. 

 slapping, tla'tlakwut. 

 slave, skwei'ts. 

 sleep (to), e'tut. 

 sleepy, e'tutEm. 

 slide (to), ke'EqEtsult. 

 „ (a), ske'EqEtsult. 

 slip (to), ke'kEm. 

 slow, ai'yim. 

 smart, quick, Qom. 



smell (to), ha'kwut. 

 „ (a), ka'kwum. 

 smother (to), kEpa'itsEtEra. This ex- 

 pression is applied also to the tying 

 up of the mouth of a bag or sack, 

 smile, sma'tsEl. 

 smoke, spii'tlEm. 

 snail, kaiiL'tlia. 

 sneeze (to), hii'sEm. 

 „ (a), s'hii'sEm. 

 snore (to), Qe'kwom. 

 snoring, Qc'EQekwom. 

 snow (to), ye'yuk. 



„ sye'yuk, mii'ka. 

 snow-shoe, tciiliawilHyil. 

 soak (to), tlE'lket. 

 sock, tca'QlHyil. 

 soft (easy to break), Hu'pkum, ke'Eka. 



,, (to the touch), le'akvvom. 

 sold, Qa'Qium. 

 solid, s'tEse'wEl. 

 sole, ciia'tsecBl. 

 some, tele'uk', kwE. 

 song, ste'lEm. 



f tE la kais = ' now,' ' this time.' 

 \ au'a he'tsis = ' not long.' 

 soot, kwa'itcEp. 

 sore, blister, kwakwa'tcis. 



' I've blistered my hand,' kwakwa'- 

 tcis-tcil tEl tciill. 

 soup, clop. 



sour, tii'tEtsum, sa'sEqEm. 

 sow (to), pels, 

 sowing seed, klii'pkEls. 

 spawn, kElu'q. 



sparks (those that fall in white flakes), 



tEkwa'tsEp. 

 speak, tell, talk, say (to), skwEl. 

 spine (of the body), s'q'walisEwe'ts. 



,, (of a fish), s'q'wa'lis. 

 spinal cord, kwa'tlEla. 

 spit (to), sqE'tltca. 



' spit it out,' sqEtl-tla'. 

 splash (to), slii'lEtem. 

 splinter, yhE'tsEs. 

 split (to) (a pole, &c.), suk-Q. 

 „ „ (a block, &c.), pe'uk-Q. 

 „ or broken object, spEpe'uk'Q. 

 ' it is split,' spEpe'uk-Q. 

 spoil (to), kElke'l. 



' I've spoiled it,' kElkEl(E)-luq-tcil. 

 'he's „ ,, kElkEl(E)-luq-ES. 



spoon, ladle (of wood), kli'awEtl. 



„ „ (of horn), qii'lo. 

 spot, sta'luk. 

 sprain (to), t'a. 



'a sprained foot,' t'a-Hyil. 

 spring (season), tEm kweElEs. 

 sprinkle (to), tlu'ltist. 

 sprout (to) (from stem of tree), tse'Em. 

 „ „ (from root), kwa'kEl. 

 „ „ (said of buds), tutlEtse'lEm. 

 spruce-tree (Picea), skutlp. 

 square, stiltila'kEl. 



