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Foods Vocabulary

apple ~ epls km LN
bacon ~ ikooso ~ 'pig'
baking powder ~ hnpigu'lumkhwn
banana ~ benene km LN
beans ~ bins ln
beef ~ st'maltmsh ln (cow) LN2 ~ 'licking tribe'
beer ~ hnqhuskwe' ln LN2
bitterroot ~ sp'it'm
blueberry ~ stsi'lełst'shastq
bread ~ snq'wlu ln KM
broiled meat ~ schłek'w
brown sugar ~ uuhen het'ish ~ 'Sugar that is more or less tan.'
bubble gum ~ snlaqus ln ~ 'a leaf from a bush' LN2
butter ~ schetmul ln
cabbage ~ petschle ln ~ 'leaf'
camas ~ etqhwe'
candy ~ st't'us ln ~ 'little marrow'
cantaloupe ~ t(a(aqhts'e' ln ~ 'striped on the outside' LN2
carrot ~ st'uk'um ln KM KM2
casserole ~ stsantsaq ~ 'putting under a receptacle with the underside up.'
cheese ~ chis ln
cherry, wild cherry, chokecherry ~ łaqhwłuqhw ln LN2
chicken ~ skweskws ln KM FA MIL
coffee ~ lkaapi lnLN2
cookie ~ snt't'sht'ish'l'mkhw ln
corn ~ icheemi
cornmeal ~ snp'uq'witkwe' ~ any coursely ground grain that is put into water
cottage cheese ~ uupeq he chis ~ 'white cheese'
cotton candy ~ uqhe'le snqulench he st't'us ~ 'candy that resembles cotton'
cracker ~ gugu'mgu'm ln ~ 'crumble, crumble' ~ LN2
cranberry ~ alchałpalqw
dessert ~ niłpn ~ 'behind the meal'
donut ~ snts'aqht'ish ~ 'fried sweet'
dried meat ~ schchq'yp
dumplings ~ sm'lo'lmkhw ~ 'boiled meat'
eggs ~ use' ln JEH LN2
fish ~ qikhwlsh ln
flour ~ hiitsqhweq'w
fried meat or steak~ sts'aqh ln
fries ~ sts'aqh ha paataq ~ 'fried potato'
fruit ~ sq'wlalgwastq ln ~ 'ripened produce'
frybread ~ snts'aqhu'lmkhw
grapes ~ sqwe'yu'
gravy ~ snp'pq'witkhwe'

grease ~ q'uts
halibut ~ peqsagwel ~ 'white fish'
hamburger ~ atsqweqw hasq'iltch ~ 'ground meat'
huckleberry ~ st'shastq ln LN2 ~ or st'sha jeh
ice cream ~ skhudent
ketchup ~ tmerus jeh
loaf ~ hnnuk'we'u'lmkhw ln ~ 'one bread'
lunch meat ~ enttu'tu' ~ 'stuffed, stuffed' [hotdogs]
marrow (cooked) ~ st'us ln LN2
marrow ~ sts'a'm jeh
meat ~ sqiltch km LN LN2
milk ~ st'umm km LN
onion ~ qwliw'lsh ln LN2
orange ~ tkwarkwareqe'st ln ~ 'yellow-surfaced fruit'
pancakes ~ snp'uyu'lmkhw
pears ~ ts'amts'malqs ln ~ 'tapered end'
peas ~ liipwe ln
pepper ~ taqhtaqh
pineapple ~ hnt'apłt'se'ntsotn
plums ~ plams ln
potato ~ paataq ln
raspberry ~ hnhalaatse' ln
red salmon ~ tselwish
rice ~ sqhuqhwene'y
salad ~ eni'selm ~ 'mixture'
salmon ~ smłich km
salt ~ ts'or ln
sausage ~ nttu'tu' ~ 'stuffed, stuffed'
service berry ~ slaq
soda pop ~ hnts'ts'o'rts'o'rkwe' ln ~ 'little sour waters'
spinach ~ snq'i'ts'itkwe'
strawberry ~ stsaqm ln
sugar ~ t'ish ln LN2
sugared liquid ~ ent'ishkhwe' ln (such as coffee)
sweetbread or cake ~ snt'ishu'lmkhw ln
syrup ~ laamna
tea ~ liiti ln
thimble berries ~ polpolqn
thin-sliced meat ~ e'n'nich''nich'
tomato ~ tmidus lnLN2
turkey ~ ni'sharmiq's fa RB
vegetable ~ hntstsa'ma'a'lqs'n ln
venison ~ ts'i' ln ~ 'deer'
walnut ~ q'ip'khwe' jeh
 
'I Will Eat' (game)
Are you all going to eat? ~ ni cheł kup 'yiłn? ln
delicious ~ qwamqwamt ln
dinner ~ snma'ya'yqnm ln
dish ~ qepiłts'e' ln
feast ~ 'yiłn ln
frying pan ~ hnts'aqhemn ln RB
I am going to eat ~ cheł chii'yiłn ln
or
k'wne' chn iłn km
I am hungry ~ chi'chsqemiln km
I got full ~ chnnaqaq ln
stove ~ hntqwi'lkupn ln RB LN2
She chewed ~ k'wi'k'we'm ln LN2 LN3
He cooked ~ k'u'ltsntsut ln
It drank ~ 'yoqws ln LN2 LN3 or oqws ln LN2
She ate ~ iłn km LN LN2
He had a big meal ~ mall ln ~ 'ate a lot' or 'pigged out' LN2 LN3
He got drunk ~ qwe(u(w ln LN2
It got full ~ hnnaqaq ln LN2
She got hungry ~ chsq'emiln ln LN2
It licked ~ t'a'mm ln LN2
He overate ~ q'ammale' ln LN2
She tasted ~ k'wi'nnts lnLN2
 

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