Appendix:Chinook word list
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Chinook word list, containing words selected from Boas (1904):[1]
Boas (1904)
[edit]Chinook | English gloss | Notes |
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-Lᵋa | body | m. |
-qtq | head | m. |
-qcō | hair, skin with hair | m. |
-tspux | forehead | f. |
-qōt | eye | m. |
-xōst | eyes, face | d. |
-katcχ | nose | m. |
-cqʟ | mouth, beak, bill | m. |
-mist | beak | m. |
-utca | ear | f. |
-atcx | tooth | f. |
-tuk | neck | m. |
-paa | nape | n. |
-atsχ | chest | f. |
-mōkuē | throat | f. |
-kutcχ | back | f. |
-mxtc | heart | m. |
-to | breast | m. |
-wan | belly | m. |
-putc | anus | f. |
-itcχ | tail | m. |
-list | tail of fish | n. |
-pote | arm | m. |
-kci | finger | f. |
-ᵋwit | leg | n. |
-pc | foot | n. |
iqats¡ē'ʟxak | panther | having a notch around itself i.e. with a thin belly |
oqotsǃiā'yōʟxak | ants | those having notches around themselves |
itcā'yau ā'yaqtq | dragon fly | snake's head |
ē'galEʟx | mink | going into the water |
otcō'itxul | spider | dipnet maker |
eqē'wam | a fish sp. | the sleepy one |
okō'lχul | mouse | thief |
ik¡u'tk¡ut | dog | (Kathlamet dialect) the one who always breaks (bones) |
-i'tsxut | black bear | m. |
-'pEnpEn | badger | m. |
-mā'cEn | deer | m. |
-'galEʟx, -pō'sta | mink | m. |
-skē'epχoa | rabbit | m. |
-q¡oala's | raccoon | m. |
-'tsikin | chipmunk | f. |
-'k¡unō | crow | f. |
-kō'lχul | mouse | f. |
-'lxaiu | seal | f. |
-lā'lax | bird | n. |
-kē'wicχ | dog | n. |
-tǃEk | bear, cinnamon | m. |
-cā'yim | bear, grizzly | m. |
ᵋēna -qoa-inē'nē | beaver | m. |
-t¡ā'lapas | coyote | m. |
rat | m. | |
-tō'iha | buffalo | m. |
-ʟaq¡ō' | crow | (mythical name) m. |
-wē'guic | duck | (sp?) m. |
-ninē'xˑō | eagle, bald headed | m. |
-mō'lak | elk | m. |
-'ltcap | fish hawk | m. |
-'napō | flea | m. |
-q¡Enō'nēqēn | grass frog | m. |
-q¡oa'sk¡oai | heron | m. |
-kē'utan | horse | m. |
-pō'tsElal | kingfisher | m. |
-kinē'pEt | lizard (?) | m. |
-cimē'wat | mallard duck | m. |
-ci'xq | mountain goat | m. |
-tguē' (matk) | mussel, small | m. |
-niā' (matk) | mussel, large | m. |
-k¡oa'yawa | panther | m. |
-tcu'yam | a bird sp.? | m. |
-koalē'xoa | raven | m. |
-qElEma | salmon, fall | m. |
-gu'nat | salmon, spring | m. |
-goanē'xˑ | salmon, steel head | m. |
-gē'pixˑʟ | sea-lion | m. |
-lā'kē | sea-otter | m. |
-'paowē | shag | m. |
-k¡ā'yicχ | shark | m. |
-aiā'iu | skate | m. |
-tcā'yau | snake | m. |
-'mokᵘtχi | sperm whale | m. |
-k¡āutEn | squirrel | m. |
-nā'qōn | sturgeon | m. |
-kaʟē'nax | sturgeon, green | m. |
-qelō'q | swan | m. |
-'ʟaxoa | turtle | m. |
-'kolē | whale | m. |
-puk | lynx | m. |
-lē'q¡am | wolf | m. |
-'bic | beetle | f. |
-pē'qciuc | a bird sp.? | f. |
-'npitc | chicken-hawk | f. |
-'iᵋē | mud clam | f. |
-'sala | fresh-water clam | f. |
-'waniō | coatch | f. |
-q¡ucpalē' | crane | f. |
-gaʟā'mat | killer whale | f. |
-q¡oā'icχ | dogfish | f. |
-ʟqekc | sea bird sp.? | f. |
-cχulē'χ | sea bird sp.? | f. |
-qǃē'xcap | fawn of deer | f. |
-qǃē'xonē | trout (?) | f. |
-'pkicχ | flounder | f. |
-cuē'eē | frog | f. |
-ʟtc¡alō'c | halibut | f. |
-'qct | louse | f. |
-'moa | maggot | f. |
-cē'ntan | mole | f. |
-'pǃonatsǃEktsǃEk | mosquito | f. |
-qosā'na | newt | f. |
-' cχuχ | screech owl | f. |
-ni'ctχuic | pheasant (?) | f. |
-qamEn | pigeon | f. |
-qalχtǃE'mχ | porgy | f. |
-'laatcχ | salmon, calico | f. |
-'qawEn | salmon, silver side | f. |
-tsoyeha | salmon, blue back | f. |
-'xoē | sea-lion, young | f. |
-tsǃEmē'nxan | snail | f. |
-tsǃEmō'ikχan | snail | f. |
-ʟǃē'xtan | snail | f. |
-ē'xsa | snipe | f. |
-nā'wan | fish sp.? | f. |
-k¡otaqē' | fish sp.? | f. |
-pǃā'lō | trout | f. |
-'ʟElō | fish sp.? | f. |
-'kχuʟpa | woodpecker | f. |
-ntciawı̂'ct | woodpecker | m. |
-'pa | wasp | f. |
-k¡i-ʟa'ta | shell-fish sp.? | n. |
-kā'kolē | eel | dual |
-lā'ta-is | codfish? | pl. |
-mē'nᵋa | flounder? | |
-tsǃē'laq | grasshopper | |
-'pqunχ | m. large round spruce root basket; f. small round spruce root basket | |
-ctc¡ē'ct | clam basket | m. |
-'maʟ | bay, sea, river | m. |
-ᵋō'k | blanket | m. |
-'lkˑau | cradle | m. |
-'qēʟ | creek, brook | m. |
-'ktcxEm | dance of shaman | m. |
-'ʟq | digging stick | m. |
-'ᵋam | dish | m. |
-'pqōn | down of bird | m. |
-'qcil | fish trap | m. |
-ci'kc | friend | m. |
-'pχil | grease | m. |
-'lχ | ground, earth | m. |
-'ʟan | short thong, string, pin for blanket | m. |
-'cgan | m. cedar; f. bucket, cup; m. plank | |
-'tsōʟ | harpoon shaft | m. |
-'msta | hat | m. |
-'tōʟ | heat | m. |
-'kˑik | hook | m. |
-kā'pa | ice | m. |
-'paqc | boil, itch | m. |
-'kχōn | leaf | m. |
-'mᵋEcχ | m. log, tree, wood; f. kettle | m. |
-'kala | man | m. |
-'ʟkuiʟχ | mat | m. |
-pā'kχal | mountain | m. |
-'sik | paddle | m. |
-'ᵋapta | roe | m. |
-'pa-it | rope | m. |
-'nχat | plank | m. |
-gō'cax | sky | m. |
-lai'tixˑ | slave | m. |
-'tcxa | point of sealing spear | m. |
-kā'wok | shaman's guardian spirit | m. |
-'cᵋō | horn spoon | m. |
-'maktc | spruce | m. |
-qā'nakc | m. stone, f. large boulder | m. |
-'kta | thing | m. |
-'qat | wind | m. |
-'pχa | alder bark | f. |
-ᵋlE'm | bark | f. |
-'pʟ¡ikē | bow | f. |
-ʟē'qtsEn | box | f. |
-'pā'utc | crabapple | f. |
-ᵋalEptckix | fire | f. |
-'gaʟ | fish weir | f. |
-'lalχ | camass | f. |
-'tcala | grindstone | f. |
-'mala | marrow, kernel | f. |
-'pul | night, darkness | f. |
-mā'p | plank | f. |
-gā'wē | raspberry | f. |
-'mopa | rushes | f. |
-gu'nkχun | salal berry | f. |
-'skʟ | sinew | f. |
-'tcin | stump, foot of tree | f. |
-ᵋā'ʟax | sun | f. |
-ē'χatk | trail | f. |
-mō'tan | twine of willow bark | f. |
-'pcam | piece of twine | f. |
-hā't¡au | virgin | f. |
-tcā'nix | wedge | f. |
-'pʟx | well | f. |
-qʟq | armor | n. |
-qoaq | blanket | n. |
-ᵋa'tcau | grease | n. |
-'skuic | mat bag | n. |
-'tō | milk, breast | n. |
-tcuq | water | n. |
-kckuı̄' | pitch wood | n. |
-mtk | spit | d. |
-'kEmôm | ashes | pl. |
-pcō | grass | pl. |
-quʟ | house | pl. |
-χt | smoke | pl. |
-'skō | tattooing | pl. |
ʟē'El | black | |
k¡äs | yellow | |
cpeq | gray | dry? |
tk¡ōp | white | |
ptcı̂x | green | |
ʟpı̂l | red | |
ts¡Emm | variegated | |
môkct | two | |
ʟōn | three | |
la'kit | four | |
quı'nEm | five | |
tE'xEm | six | |
si'namôkct | seven | |
kstô'xtkin | eight | |
koa'itst | nine | |
tcä | several | |
ka'nauwē | all | |
kapê't | enough | |
qāmx | part | |
mank | few |
References
[edit]- ^ Boas, Franz. 1904. The Vocabulary of the Chinook Language. American Anthropologist 6: 118-147.