Fishing World

Vocabulary

Fishing Tools

boatpút
paddlepútél̓weʔs
canoesnə́xʷəɬ
shovel nose canoeƛ̓léy̓
bow of canoesq̓ɬán
trawl netxémən
fish club (made out of crab apple)slém̓əθ
fish knife (with a straight blade)ɬéc̓tən
splint for cooking fishpaíʔk̓ʷən
herring rakeɬət̓əmən̓
lead linesƛ̓pél̓əqən
shuttle cock luresqʷéq̓əp
skewer for herringtác̓aʔ
trolling linek̓ʷəyə́kʷəlxən
troll (verb)k̓ʷú:yə́kʷ
baitmélə
porpoise harpoonk̓ʷá:nt̓ém̓ən
harpoon headtéʔəɬ
harpoon shaftsʔə́nəm

Fishing Verbs

fish with a netɬás
fishing with a netɬáɬəs (progressive)
make a netq̓ísəcən
making a netq̓íq̓əsəcən (progressive)
pull a netθék̓ʷə́l̓yən
set a netqʷséy̓ən
set a net parallel to the shorek̓ʷɬey̓ən
spread a netk̓ʷaɬəst
enlarge the meshhə́l̓x̌t
smokeɬp̓aƛ̓əm
be smoking a fishpépk̓ʷé:nxʷ
gaff it/hook itɬík̓ʷət
dry itc̓ə́yxʷt
be drying fishc̓éy̓xʷəls (progressive)
make winter supplies (dried fish)cq̓íl̓ə
make a canoehéy
chop into little piecest̓əq̓ʷt̓əqʷət
mix it upmáləqʷət
stir itkʷəyx̌t
add itc̓xʷat
cut itɬíc̓ət
wash itt̓ᶿáx̌ʷt
be hooking a fishɬi̓ɬək̓ʷəls
catch a herring rakeɬét̓əm
hold a harpoon linekʷənél̓c̓
pull it tautθk̓ʷə́t̓

forty mesh (length of a gillnet)x̌əθənɬcyéʔáləs
thirty mesh (depth of a gillnet)ɬəxʷəɬcyéʔáləs

Nouns

eulachonswíw̓ə
sockeye salmonsθə́qəy
little sockeyesθíʔθə́qəy̓
chinook salmonst̓ᶿáqʷəy̓
chinook salmon (meaning 1 chinook, with suffix for head)pá:kʷ
chum salmonḱʷál̓əxʷ
pink salmonhú:n̓
coho salmonkʷəxʷəθ
steelheadqíw̓x̌
sturgeonqʷtá:yθə́n
dog fishk̓ʷé:c̓
dolly varden troutsθx̌áʔs
bug/wormst̓ᶿə́k̓ʷ
smoked salmonpk̓ʷéls / pk̓ʷé:nxʷ
smoked herringc̓əy̓x̌ʷé:nəxʷ
the freshettəmqəqáʔ
fish eggsqə́ləx̌
sea hunter/fisheršxʷɬé:l̓éməxʷ
sockeye seasontəmθə́qəy
older group/second run of chum salmonsənƛ̓eʔé:n
big run of fishqx̌é:nxʷ
devil fish springsqim̓ək̓ʷə́lməxʷ
dried fishc̓əy̓xʷéls
fishst̓ᶿqʷay
fisher (the bird)šxʷə́məcəm
fish hawk (osprey)t̓ᶿíxʷt̓ᶿəxʷ
pondx̌ax̌ac̓aʔ
lakex̌ac̓aʔ
́land/earthtəməxʷ
riverstal̓əw̓
creek or little river i.e. sloughstatl̓əw
rapidsx̌ʷí:m
fresh waterx̌əw̓s qaʔ
salmon miltƛ̓q̓ʷáy̓
shellst̓éwəɬ
little shellst̓ət̓əwəɬ
shorecə́cəw̓
salt waterƛ̓eɬəm̓ qaʔ
oceank̓ʷaƛ̓ʷəʔ
tide coming inqəqəm̓əl̓
low tidecəkʷcəkʷ
Mt. Baker (used to measure the fish run or the season, by the amount of snow)x̌e:t̓ᶿénəxʷ

Ocean/Lake Fishing

horse clamswém
crabʔéy̓x̌
flounderp̓əwəy̓
soleɬəməqʷaʔ
fur sealt̓ᶿáyə
halibutscátx̌
herringsɬéwət
ling codʔé:yt
cutthroat troutkʷsíc
musselɬéw̓qəm̓
octopussqímə́k̓ʷ
oysterƛ̓ə́x̌ƛ̓əx̌ʷ
slimestíxəm
kelpq̓ám̓
porpoisek̓ʷá:nt̓
sea snailsx̌əmálə
kelp greenlingt̓ᶿə́məkʷa
red snappertə́qʷtə́qʷ
large red sea urchinx̌ʷíx̌ʷə

Fishing vocab from Katzie Ethnographic Notes

trawl nettiʔén
webbing for net (Apocynum)məʔsəɬ
tail portion of the sturgeontə́q̓ʷəm
the face of the sturgeoncəmxáisən
set net or gill netxʷáʔaq̓ʷtən
harpoon used for sturgeontéʔeɬ
harpoon used for salmon and seals, had a float attachedkʷə́məls
gaffɬə́k̓ʷtən
largest trawl nettiʔén
medium size trawl netxə́mən
smallest size trawl netleʔməwəɬ
dip netƛ̓épəlyən
fishing weirsšxʷxéƛ̓ / sciéq
harpoonhéʔeɬ
harpoon line (Apocynum)mə́səɬ
hook and line fishing (name for the hook)k̓úyək̓ʷ
eulachon and herring rakeɬə́təmən

Interactive Activities (H5P)