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PARTS OF PLANTS | |
| A flower, | pês'-kwas-wês'-sûk. | |
| A blossom, | pês'-kwas-wês'-sûk. | |
| A violet, | pês'-kwas-wês'-sûk. | |
| A mayflower, | pês'-kwas'W6es'-sûk. | |
| Bud, | mîn-ka'-sik. | |
| Leaf, | mip. | |
| Leaves (while on the tree), | mi'-pi-yûk. | |
| Leaves (after falling), | mi'-pi-yûl. | |
| Leaf (when coupled with the name of a tree), | wi'-pûkw. | |
| Limb, | pû-skêt'-kwûn. | |
| Twig, | pû-skêt'-kwûn-is'. | |
| Sap, | ma'-kwan. | |
| Fruit, | mi'-nik. | |
| Berries, | kêkw'-si-min'-sûl. | |
| Outside bark, | maskw. | |
| Inner bark, | wu-le-kêskw. | |
| The wood from heart to bark, | wi-ki-a'-kwêm. | |
| The heart of a tree, | la-ma'-kwêm. | |
| Trunk, | wi'-pa-kwe'-mit. | |
| Root, | wût-supsk'. | |
| A tree, | hûp'-pûs. | |
| A bush, | i'-pis. | |
| A shrub, | i-pi'-sis. | |
| A climbing vine, | tûp-skatk'. | |
| A creeping vine, | ma-tchi-ak'-sêk. | |
| Green wood, | skakw. | |
| Hard wood, | sak-lak'-wêm, (also) sak-li'-e-pûs. | |
| Soft wood, | pos-kû-li'-pûs. | |
| Bark of soft wood, | po-kwa'-ha. | |
| Bark of hard wood, | wûl-kêskw'. | |
| Spruce bark, | po-kwa'-ha. | |
| Hemlock bark, | kû-si-us'-ki po-kwa'-ha. | |
| Hemlock bark from a dead tree, | kû-si-us'-ki wûl-kêskw'. | |
| Birch bark, | maskw. | |
| Birch bark in season (ready for peeling), | pû-kwûn'. | |
| Birch bark peeled in season, | pû-kwûn-ikw'. | |
| Birch bark peeled out of season, | sûk'-i-as-kikw'. | |
| Birch bark peeled in winter, | sûn'-o-si'-kwan. | |
| Birch bark from dead tree, | ûm-so'-a-kwikw'. | |
| A tree, | hûp'-pûs. | |
| Trees, | hûp-pûs'-i-yûk. | |
| A stick of wood, | kûp'-pûs. | |
| Sticks of wood, | hûp-pûs'-i-ûl. | |
| A broken tree, | têm-ên-akw'. | |
| A windfall, | ki-pêl-am-so'-kêt hûp'-pûs. | |
| Windfalls when crossing each other, | ko-as'-kûn. | |
| A burnt tree, | nêk-a'-kwûs-it hûp'-pûs. | |
| A hollow tree, | pe-kew'-kit hûp'-pûs. | |
| A moss-covered tree, | tcha-tcha-kwe'-sit hûp'-pûs. | |
| A moss-covered log, | ûn-kan-ke'-sûn. | |
| A tree chopped down, | tûm-akw'-ta-ha. | |
| A dead tree, | ûm-su-akw'. | |
| Firewood, | pi-yu'-sûk-ol. | |
| A fire of logs, | kwût-u'-wan sûm-a'-nêts. | |
| Back-log, | kwût-u'-wan. | |
| I am chopping firewood, | ûn-mûk-ûn-ûs'. | |
| I am gathering chips, | ûn-pi-a'-kwûn-iskw. | |
| Spruce boughs for bedding, | ka'-wa-tê-kwi'-ak. | |
| Fir boughs for bedding, | sta'-kwûn-ok. | |
| I am gathering boughs for bedding, | ûn-mû-na'-sût. | |
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Physical Phenomena and Objects
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