Lushootseed Dining room & Prayer

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qʷatulč. — Set the table.
ʔəstaqʷuʔ čəxʷ ʔu. — Are you thirsty?
ʔəstagʷəxʷ čəxʷ ʔu. — Are you hungry?
ʔəsx̌aƛ̕txʷ čəxʷ ʔu kʷi sʔuladxʷ. — Do you want some salmon?
ʔəsbəɬ čəxʷ ʔu. — Are you full?
stab kʷ(i) asdsʔuʔəɬəd. — What are you eating?
ʔəsčal kʷi dəxʷp̓aʔ. — How does it taste?
ʔəsx̌aƛ̕txʷ čəxʷ ʔu kʷi sʔuladxʷ. — Do you like salmon?
ʔəsx̌aƛ̕txʷ čəxʷ ʔu kʷi bidᶻ. — Do you want some beans?
xʷiʔ, t̕igʷicid. — No, thanks.

gʷəʔabyic ʔə kʷi _____ . — Please pass me the _____ .
pəpə — Pepper
ƛ̕aɬəb — Salt
bətə — Butter
šukʷə — Sugar

sqigʷəcaɬc̓iʔ — Deer Meat
qʷistaɬc̓iʔ — Beef Meat
sgʷəlubaɬc̓iʔ — Chicken Meat
sʔuladxʷ — Fish
sqʷaliʔ — Salad
šəgʷaq — Carrots
č̓uɬəyʔalus bidᶻ — Green Beans
bidᶻ — Beans
lipli — Corn
spiqʷuc — Potato
sɬub — Soup
səpləl — Bread
c̓ix̌ səpləl — Frybread
ʔəʔus — Eggs
čidᶻ — Cheese
swədaʔx̌ — Mountain Huckleberry
gʷədbixʷ — Native Blackberry

sqəbuʔ — Milk
dxʷshədalqʷuʔ — Tea
c̓ək̓apaʔalqʷuʔ — Rose Hip Tea
qʷəlut — Marsh Tea
qʷagʷəbalqʷuʔ — Soda/Sweet-Drink
qʷuʔ — Water
kupi – Coffee

cəq̓disbad — Fork
sduukʷ — Butter Knife
spud — Spoon
ɬaʔx̌ — Plate
ʔik̓ʷaʔdəl — Napkin
səxʷqʷuʔqʷaʔ — Glass
qʷuʔqʷaʔtəd — Cup

sq̓ʷəlaɬəd — Fruit
səpləl — Grains
sdᶻabid — Vegetables
biac — Protien


st̕iʔt̕iwiɬ– Small Prayer