snxʷmeneʔ nqʷlqʷeltn
6190 Agency Loop Road
PO Box 100
Wellpinit, WA 99040
509-258-4222
Spokane Tribe Language and Culture
ƛ̓uxʷ šey̓ lʔe n šiyulexʷ We have always walked this land
Albert Sam
N
n - inside of you (used in front of word)
n - the (all purpose word, connector)
n išut - in
n?ečnetkʷ - Michael's name (Spokane)
natx̣musm (p̓ip̓uyš - drive (a car)
naxsnitkʷ - Michael's name (Okanogan)
naxwix - stands in water (Okanogan)
nc̓erecʔst - hand hurts
ncicn - wolf
nč̓isls - nice
nč̓mičn̓ - behind
ncq̌̓sels - mean
nčrip - swim
nc̓ʔarqin - headache
nc̓ʔersin - foot hurts
ne - next
n̓e - future (indifinite future) (used with words)
n̓e isseʔ - in a little while
ne pistem̓ - future (some time in the future)
neč - cut (hec nečI he is cutting hec neč it is cut)
nem - future tense (cant stand by itself - nem cn xʷuy I am going)
neŕuye - 2nd great grand parent
ne̓r̓uyeʔ - great great grand parent or child
new̓ti - windy
n̓ex̣lip - tomorrow
nexʷ - also
nič - cut (to cut)
n̓in̓č̓m̓n̓ - knife (little thing you cut with)
nkʷelixʷ - tribe
nkʷnem - to sing
nkʷney - singing
nkʷo? Gin - one hundred
nkʷtnaqsm - precious, expensive, important
nkʷu - one
nƛ̓amqe? - black bear
nmemeʔcin - talkative
npiyels - happy
nple - you (all of you)
nplehmp - you (all of you)
npupusenč - sad or worried
nq̓?ew̓s - sandwich or hamburger sandwich
nqimls - patient
nsuxʷne? - understand (to understand)
nte - thinking in the past
ntels - thinking in a casual way
nt̓išiškʷ - water (sugar water any sugar ie pop)
ntox̣ʷqin - lunch, noon (sun straight overhead)
ntx̣ʷetkʷ - river
nwist - up high
nx̣el - scared
nx̣isls - nice
nx̣m̓pcin - thirsty
nx̣ʷuskʷ - beer
nʔałisqelixʷtn - man eating monster
O
ocqe? - go outside
P
pa - grey (faded)
p̓aq̓ - shiny (gives off light)
pataq - potato
pec - you (all of you are)
pecya - you (all of you)
pel - easy
pins - beans
pip̓usy̌n - car
p̓ip̓x̣ʷut - ancestors, old people
piq - white
piʔstem - when
pqlqin - eagle (bald eagle)
psaye? - stupid
pum - brown or dark orange
pumin - drum
pupewlš - breath (to breath)
pupusenč - sad
put - exactly right
puti - keep still
pxpaxt - wise
p̓xʷp̓xʷut - elder
py̓aq - bread
Q
q?enple - us
qǎqǎmǎe̓ya̓ - fishing
qe - our
q'e - impatient
qec - we
qeclš - run (to run)
qecya - us (all of us)
q̓en̓e? - grandchild(father's mother)
qeys - to dream
qiłt - wake up
qim - calm
q̓imin - money (paper money)
q̓i̓t̓q̓m̓ - strawberries
q̓iʔm - write
qmqemt - peaceful, calm, serene
qpełc̓eʔ - plate
q̓sipilong - long time ago
qʷamqʷmt - beautiful
qʷasqʷiʔ - blue jay
qʷay - blue
q̓ʷay - black
qʷec - warm
qʷelm - song
qʷew - crazy or drunk
q̓ʷiłq̓ʷłt - hard working
q̓ʷimncut - dance (modern dance or shook yourself)
qʷin - green or purple
q̓wlep - cook or bake in the ground
qʷlewm - picking berries (to pick berries, transitive)
qʷlqʷelt - to speak
qʷnqʷint - pitiful
qʷoy̓e - me (?girl being me?)
q̓ʷuct - fat
q̓ʷuł - dark skinned
S
s?anła - summer
s?iƛ̓n - food
sččmasq̓t -heaven or sky
sčwax̣n - arm or wing
sc̓ʔa - crow
scʔekʷ - flower
sepn - daughter in law
šer - bored or lazy
še̓šutm - girl (little girl)
sewlłkʷ - water
sewneʔ - listen (somewhat passive)
seʔstem - brother in law, sister in law (woman ̓s)
shčmičn - back (body part)
sil̓ - error (to make an error)
sile - grand father (mother's father)
sisicut - brag or make one self smart
sisnce? - brother (younger)
sispĺ - seven
sisyus - smart
šit - tree (one tree)
siw̓kʷs - ground hog
sixʷ - spill over , pour
šiʔmis - any one, any time, any where
sk̓uʷk̓ʷiml̓t - young person (child)
sk̓way - father (my father)
skʷekʷst - morning
skʷest - name
skʷiskʷs - chicken
skʷkʷ?ec - night
skʷkʷec sp̓q̓niʔ - moon (night sun)
skʷkʷl̓̓il̓ - sunshine
skʷʔerulexʷ - plant beings
słaq - sarvis berry
slaq̓ist - sweat house
slaxt - friend
sƛ̓x̣etkʷ - spokane, fast water
sƛ̓uk̓ʷm - carrots
sl̓x̣ʷl̓ax̣t - friends
sm?em - women
smekʷt - snow (on the ground)
smen̓xʷ - tobacco, smokes
smłic - salmon
smxʷup - snow (falling)
snč̓awmn - church
snc̓ax̣le?xʷ - fry bread
sncʔekʷt - flower
sneč̓łxʷ - son in law
snew̓t - wind
sniłntn - restaurant, dining room, café
snineʔ - owl
snkʷelixʷ - tribesmen (my fellow tribesmen)
snm̓em̓ey̓eʔtn - school
snmryemistn - clinic
snsustn - cup, tavern
sntumistn - store, where you go to buy things
snw̓el̓ul̓eʔxʷ - toast
snwitełxʷtn - hospital
snx̣cx̣cʔmintn - casino
snx̣pew̓s - soul (a layering over the meat(body))
snʔac̓c̓x̣tn - theater, movie theater, dvd, tv
solsi - fire
soxʷep - root
spi?qałq - berries
sp̓anx̣ - bag
spentč - year (or how old is someone
spilyeʔ - coyote
spłqin - head
sp̓p̓q̓niʔ - watch, clock, (little sun)
spyaʔ - red tail hawk
spʕap - forest fire
spʔu̓s - heart
sq?em - milk
sqeliw - indian (also people )
sqelixʷcn - Indian language
sqeltc - meat
sqepc - fall
sq̓leps - necklace
sqltmixʷ - man
sšenš - rock
stem - what is ( infront of anything means what is)
st̓mč?elt - daughter
st̓saƛ̓q - huckleberries
stulixʷ - ground, earth
sumeš - spirit power
sust - to drink
susti - water (drinking)
swet - who
sw̓ew̓ł - fish
swipł snptoleʔxʷ - macaroni
sx̣aʔx̣eʔ - father in law
sx̣cin - beach
sx̣elwi - husband
sx̣epeʔ - grandfather or grandchild (father's father)
sx̣lx̣alt - day
sx̣ʷl̓otqs - rabbit
sx̣ʷlx̣ʷilt - life
sxʷsixʷlt - children
T
t?q?nčƛ ?upn - sixty
ta - no
ta stem - nothing, it is nothing
t̓agn - six
tam - not
taqšlš - sit (to sit down)
t̓as - hard
t̓ax - bitter
tay čI sx̣is - I am not good. Stand alone sentence
te? stem̓ - something
t̓en̓w̓ey̓ʔ - bat
tešlš - stand (to stand up)
te̓wcni - groceries
t̓ipeysi - raining
t̓iš - sugar
tma - because
town - city
tox̣ʷ - straight, correct
trqem - to jumpdance
ts - a, and, some
t̓t̓ac̓eʔ - grasshopper
ttwit - boy (little boy)
tum̓ - mother (girls mother)
tumi̓sti - buy
tunš - niece or nephew
t̓upyeʔ - great grand parent
t̓uxt - fly (to fly)
t̓xtaxt - pepper
tʔečen - huge, enormous, bigger than big, giant
U
ululim - money (coin - is used for money in general)
unexʷ - true (it is true)
unexʷisti - telling the truth
uneʔ - yes
upa - sister (little or baby)
upn - ten
upn heƛ̓ nk̓ʷ - eleven
uuse? - eggs
