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Eating and Food

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Initials following Coeur d'Alene terms [ ln ] refer to the person who pronounced it. See Credits for complete list.

SCHMIYIPLE'EN ~ 'Vocabulary' 1

'yiłn hił 'yoqws ln
(To Eat And Drink)

(arranged alphabetically, in English)
	A-B	C	D	E-F	G-H	I-L

	M	O-P	R	S	T	V-W

Other words, terms & phrases associated with Eating, Drinking & Preparing Food:

• Apple

epls ln

• Bacon

lokooso km ~ 'Smoked flesh of pigs'

smotłts'e' km ~ 'Smoked flesh of pigs'

• Baking Powder

hnpigu'lumkhwn (no audio)

• Banana

benene ln

• Beans

bins ln

• Beef

st'maltmsh (cow) ln ~ 'Licking tribe'

sqiltch ln ~ 'Meat'

• Beer

hnqhuskwe' ln ~ 'Foaming water'

• Bitterroot

sp'it'm (no audio)

• Blueberry

stsi'lełst'shastq (no audio) ~ 'a Huckleberry substitute'

• Bread

snq'wlu ln /snq'wlu'lumkhw ~ 'That which is baked in the ground'

• Broiled Meat

schłek'w (no audio)

chlek'wnts (broiled) (no audio) (Eng/Cd'A Dict, 1975)

sni'sharus (broiling meat) (no audio) ~ 'Hanging over fire' (Eng/Cd'A Dict, 1975)

• Broth

sqhesitkwe' (no audio) ~ 'Good water'

• Brown Sugar

uuhen he t'ish (no audio) ~ 'Sugar that is more or less tan'

• Bubble Gum (/chewing gum)

snlaqus ln ~ 'A leaf from a bush'

• Butter

schetmul (cream) ln ~ 'that which is scraped off the surface of milk'


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• Cabbage

petschle ln ~ 'Leaf'

• Cake or Sweetbread

snt'ishu'lmkhw ln

• Camas

etqhwe' (no audio)

• Candy

st't'us ln ~ 'Little marrow'

• Cantaloupe

t(a(aqhts'e' ln ~ 'Striped on the outside'

• Carrot

st'uk'um ln

• Casserole

stsantsaq (no audio) ~ 'Putting under a receptacle with the underside up'

• Cheese

chis ln

• Cherry, Wild Cherries, Choke Cherries

łaqhwłuqhw ln

• Chewing Gum (/bubble gum)

snlaqus ln ~ 'A leaf from a bush'

• Chicken

skweskws ln

• Coffee

lkaapi ln

• Cookie

snt't'sht'ish'l'mkhw ln ~ 'Sweet little loaves of bread'

• Corn

lcheemi (no audio)

• Cornmeal

snp'uq'witkwe' (no audio) ~ 'any coursely ground grain that is put into water'

• Cottage Cheese

uupeq he chis (no audio) ~ 'white cheese'

• Cotton Candy

uqhe'le snqulench he st't'us (no audio) ~ 'candy that resembles cotton'

• Cracker

gugu'mgu'm ln ~ 'That which crumbles and crumbles'

• Cranberry

alchałpalqw (no audio)


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• Dessert

'niłpn (no audio) ~ 'Behind the meal'

• Donut

snts'aqht'ish (no audio) ~ 'Fried sweet'

• Dried Meat

schcha'yp (no audio)

• Dumplings

sm'lo'lmkhw (no audio) ~ 'Boiled bread'


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• Eggs

use' ln

• Fish

qikhwilsh ln ~ 'Carp'

• Flour

hiitsqhweq'w (no audio) ~ 'That which is milled'

• Fried Meat or Steak

sts'aqh ln

• Fries

sts'aqh ha paataq (no audio) ~ 'Fried potato'

• Fruit

sq'wlalgwastq ln ~ 'Ripened crops'

• Frybread

snts'aqhu'lmkhw (no audio)


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• Grapes

sqwe'yu' (no audio)

• Grease

q'uts (no audio)

me'ts (no audio) (Eng/Cd'A Dict, 1975)

pu't' (oily) (no audio) (Eng/Cd'A Dict, 1975)

• Gravy

snp'pq'witkhwe' (no audio)

• Halibut

peqsagwel (no audio) ~ 'White fish'

• Hamburger

atsqweqw hasq'i'ltch (no audio) ~ 'Ground meat'

• Honey

laamna (no audio) ~ 'Syrup'

• Hotdog /lunch meat /sausage

enttu’tu’ln ~ 'Stuffed, stuffed'

• Huckleberries

st'shastq ln ~ 'Sweet crop'

st'sha ln


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• Ice Cream

skhudent ln

• Ketchup

tmerus jeh ~ 'Tomatoes'

tme'rus (jeh) (Eng/Cd'A Dict, 1975)

L

• Loaf

hnnuk'we'u'lmkhw ln ~ 'One bread'

• Lunch Meat /hotdog /sausage

enttu’tu’ln ~ 'Stuffed, stuffed'


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M

  • Marrow (cooked)

st'us ln



sts'a'm (bone) (jeh)

  • Meat

sqiltch ln



qel (raw) (no audio) (Eng/Cd'A Dict, 1975)

schłek'w (broiled) (no audio) (Eng/Cd'A Dict, 1975)

schicha'yp (dried) (no audio) (Eng/Cd'A Dict, 1975)

sts'aqh (fried) (ln) (Eng/Cd'A Dict, 1975)

  • Milk

st'umm ln


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O

  • Onion

qwliw'lsh ln



sisch (species of wild...) (no audio) (Eng/Cd'A Dict, 1975)

  • Orange

tkwarkwareqe'st ln ~ 'Yellow-surfaced Fruit'

P

  • Pancakes

snp’uyu’lumkhw ln ~ 'Wrinkled bread'

  • Peaches

pichus ln

  • Pears

ts'amts'malqs ln ~ 'Tapered end'

  • Peas

liipwe ln

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