Vocabulary: 1- nch’u7 2 - án̓us 3 - chánat 4 - x̱a7útsen 5 - tsíyichis
6 - t’aḵ’ach 7- t’akw’usách 8 - tḵach 9 - ts’es 10 - úpen
Counting and Suffixes
A suffix is a letter or group of letters added at the end of a word
which makes a new word.
Make new words by adding the suffix ḵ to the
Sḵwxwú7mesh numbers.
nch’u7ḵ
one o’clock
án̓usḵ
chánatḵ
x̱a7útsenḵ
two o’clock three o’clock four o’clock
tsíyichisḵ
t’aḵ’achḵ
t’akw’usáchḵ
five o’clock
six o’clock
seven o’clock
Vocabulary: 1- nch’u7 2 - án̓us 3 - chánat 4 - x̱a7útsen 5 - tsíyichis
6 - t’aḵ’ach 7- t’akw’usách 8 - tḵach 9 - ts’es 10 - úpen
úpenḵ
tḵachḵ
ts’esḵ
eight o’clock
nine o’clock
ten o’clock
Here is another example using the suffix: iwa
nchíwa
= one
án̓usiwa
= two
chanatíwa
= three
x̱a7utseníwa
= four
tsiyichisíwa
= five
tree
trees
trees
trees
trees
Vocabulary: 1- nch’u7 2 - án̓us 3 - chánat 4 - x̱a7útsen 5 - tsíyichis
6 - t’aḵ’ach 7- t’akw’usách 8 - tḵach 9 - ts’es 10 - úpen
By knowing your numbers, you have added 15
Sḵwxwú7mesh words to your vocabulary. Here is are some
tables to help learn a 11 more:
Numeral
án̓us
chánat
x̱a7útsen
tsíyichis
Suffix
ayum
ayum
ayum
ayum
New word
an̓usáyum̓
chanatáyum̓
x̱a7utsenáyum̓
tsiyichisáyum̓
Meaning
Two berries
Three berries
Four berries
Five berries
New word
an̓usámats’
Meaning
Numeral
án̓us
Suffix
amats’
chánat
amats’
chanatámats’
x̱a7útsen
amats’
x̱a7utsenámats’
tsíyichis
amats’
tsiyichisámats’
Numeral
án̓us
chánat
tsíyichis
Suffix
New word
awanexw an̓usáwanexw
awanexw chanatáwanexw
awanexw tsiyichisáwanexw
Two strands {of
wool, rope, etc.}
Three strands{of
wool, rope, etc.}
Four strands {of
wool, rope, etc.}
Five strands {of
wool, rope, etc.}
Meaning
Two years
Three years
Five years
Vocabulary: 1- nch’u7 2 - án̓us 3 - chánat 4 - x̱a7útsen 5 - tsíyichis
6 - t’aḵ’ach 7- t’akw’usách 8 - tḵach 9 - ts’es 10 - úpen
Congratulations! You have learned 26
Sḵwxwú7mesh words!
An ha7lh ts’it’sáp’!!
Good work!
Want to learn more about Sḵwxwú7mesh
Language and Culture? Here is link back:
Source: Sḵwxwú7mesh Sníchim – Xwelíten Sníchim Sḵexwts
Squamish-English Dictionary 2011
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