Canoe & Water Phrases
ʔušudxʷ čəxʷ ʔu tiʔiʔiɬ ʔaciɬtalbixʷ ʔal ti q̓il̕bid.
Have you see those people on the canoe.
ʔup̓ayəqyitəb ti bək̓ʷ ʔaciɬtalbixʷ ʔə ti dxʷlilap.
It was carved for all the people of Tulalip.
ʔuɬiʔɬdahəb čəɬ ʔal ti Kayak Point.
We went fishing at Kayak Point.
ʔuɬiʔdahəb čəɬ.
We went trolling for fish.
ʔuləx̌ ʔə ti sʔax̌ʷuʔ.
They would collect clams.
ʔuləx̌ ʔə ti c̓ubc̓ub.
They would collect barnacles.
ʔuləx̌ ʔə ti bəsqʷ.
They would collect crab.
ʔiɬlaq sqʷuɬalšikʷ tiʔiɬ.
It is the last daylight tide.
ʔi, ʔəsx̌aƛ̕txʷ čəd kʷi gʷədsʔəsšudxʷ tiʔiɬ q̓il̕bid ʔal ti x̌ʷəlč ʔə ti yəl̕yəl̕abčəɬ.
Yes, I love to see the canoe on the waters of our ancestors.
ʔi, ʔəsx̌aƛ̕txʷ čəd kʷi gʷədst̕ičib.
Yes, I love to go swimming?
ʔəsx̌aƛ̕txʷ čəd ti q̓il̕bid ʔə ti tam.
I like Tom’s canoe.
ʔəsx̌aƛ̕txʷ čəd kʷi dsʔišɬ.
I like to paddle.
ʔəsšuƛ̕əxʷ.
The tides are low now.
ʔəsčəwat čəxʷ ʔu dxʷʔal kʷi gʷadst̕ičib.
Do you know how to swim?
ʔah ʔu kʷi adx̌ʷubt.
Do you have a paddle?
tuʔux̌ʷ čəxʷ ʔu ʔal ti sʔibəš ʔə ti q̓il̕bid.
Did you go on a Canoe Journey?
tuʔux̌ʷ čəɬ ʔal ti sʔuluɬ ʔə ti q̓il̕bid.
We went on canoe journey.
tuʔuluɬ dxʷʔal ti suq̓ʷabš.
They went to Suquamish.
ti sdaʔ ʔə ti q̓il̕bid, "tul̕ʔal ti tuyəl̕yəl̕abčəɬ.
From our Ancestors, is the name of that canoe.
stab kʷi sdaʔ ʔə ti q̓il̕bid kʷi addəxʷʔuluɬ.
What is the name of the canoe you traveled on?
q̓ilagʷil gʷəl ʔuluɬ dxʷʔal x̌ʷuyšəd.
She got into a canoe and traveled by water to Camano Head.
ƛ̕ub čəxʷ ɬuɬiʔɬdahəb.
You had better go fishing.
ɬuʔax̌ʷuʔ čəd.
I’m going to go clam digging.
ɬuk̓ʷit̕ čəɬ ʔal ti x̌ačuʔ Goodwin.
Let's go to Lake Goodwin.
ɬugʷabid čəxʷ ʔu dxʷʔal ti sʔululuɬ ʔə ti q̓il̕q̓il̕bid.
Are you going on Canoe Journey?
lətəyis ti skʷəxʷic.
They are going upstream after the silver salmon.
lətəyil ti sʔuladxʷ ʔal ti stuləkʷ.
The salmon is swimming upriver.
lətəyil ti skʷəxʷic ʔal ti stuləkʷ.
The silver salmon is swimming upriver.
haʔɬəxʷ kʷi səʔuluɬ.
It is a good time to be traveling by water.
haʔɬ šuƛ̕əxʷ.
The tides are good now.
gʷəʔəy̓dxʷ čəɬ kʷi q̓ʷəlaciʔ.
We might find some starfish.
gʷəlapu ʔi ti ʔiišədləp gʷəl ləƛ̕aʔ x̌ačuʔ .
You and your family are going to Lake Goodwin.
dxʷsq̓ius ti tusdaʔ ʔə tiʔiɬ day̓ haʔɬ dxʷsp̓ayəq.
Jerry Jones was the name of that very good carver.