Hunting World

Vocabulary

Hunting

Single barrelled gunxʷnəc̓áy̓əq
Double barrelled gunxʷʔəy̓səláy̓əq
Gunskʷəléx
Arrowt̓ᶿəmé•n
Bowtə́x̌ʷac
Quiver/handbaglə́qʷə
Carvex̌ə́t̓ək̓ʷ
Carvingsx̌t̓ék̓ʷ
Distribute game (meat)t̓áx̌ətəl̓
To hunt black bearcpéʔəθ
Hunt deerhé•w̓ə
Hunt duckspə́yətəɬ
Manage to shoot itc̓əq̓ʷnəxʷ
Land hunternəxʷahé:w̓ə
Sea hunteršxʷɬé•l̓məxʷ
Deer hunternəxʷsʔəhé•wə
Duck hunternəxʷspə́yətəɬ
Providernəxʷskʷəyx̌θət
Prong of a multi-pronged spearqəθxʷáyaθ
Tracks/footprintssx̌ən̓ətən
Hide shirtsmélək̓ʷ
Sleeping matsɬéwən̓
House matsálaʔac
Mountain goat wool blanketswə́w̓q̓ʷaʔɬ
Warriorstáməx

Suffix -ə́l̓qən (meaning pelt, wool, fur or hide)

Mountain goatp̓q̓ə́l̓qən√p̓əq̓ (white) -ə́l̓qən (wool)
Sheer woolɬəc̓ə́l̓qən√ɬíc̓ (cut it) -ə́l̓qən (wool)
Beat woolk̓ʷəqʷə́l̓qən√k̓ʷáqʷ (beat it) -ə́l̓qən (wool)
“Sword” used for beating woolḱʷəqʷə́lqətən√k̓ʷáqʷ (beat it) -tən (instrument)
Buckskinʔəx̌ə́l̓qən√ʔíx̌ət (scrape it) -ə́l̓qən (wool)

Suffix -élqɬ/əlqɬ (meaning catch game)

Lose a fish, or miss a shotɬəw̓élqɬ√ɬéw̓ (escape) -élqɬ (catch game)
Have a big catchqx̌élqɬ√qə́x̌ (many) -élqɬ (catch game)
“How many caught?”k̓ʷínəlqɬ√k̓ʷín (how many?) -əlqɬ (catch game)

Arrows | səkʷəléx

a dried hazel-twig, sharpened but with no attached headxpáy̓aʔθ
Indian Hemp, often used for the string of the bowmə́θəɬ
a shaft with a single point of deer or swan bone, dried and sharpened and barbed on both sides.c̓ə́méʔen
a shaft with two bone points, dried, sharpened and barbed on both sides.xʷšelʔáyəqʷ
a shaft with a detachable “flint” head, used for large game.xíləsəptən
a shaft with a round wooden knob, used to kill a wounded animal or bird by shooting in the head.c̓íwaq̓ʷeqʷ
a quiver for arrows, made of deer or seal hide.šetélə

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