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Welcome to the Lushootseed Wiktionary, currently in beta version!

The goal of this dictionary is to translate every word in every dialect of Lushootseed into English and the other languages of the world. See also Lushootseed Wiki for the online Lushootseed encyclopedia.

Signing up and copyright

This wiki can be edited by anyone, but as a measure to reduce vandalism, editors are required to first create an account and verify it by e-mail. After you have created an account, to display Lushootseed letters when editing a page, please go to "preferences" in the upper right corner, click the "gadgets" tab and check "<gadget-Edittools>."

The copyrights for the creation of new entries, editing of existing entries and all other activities are retained solely by the owner of this website under the copyrights granted as per Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Creating a new entry

To create a new entry, enter the word in the search box in the upper right corner of any page and press enter. An option will appear to create a new entry if it does not yet exist. Please note that all Lushootseed entries should start with a small letter ("sqigʷəc" not "Sqigʷəc"), and English entries should start with a capital letter only when that is the standard form ("Monday," "Washington," etc.)

• Tip: There is a lot of formatting in entries. To help, we are working on a template that you can fill in. In the meantime, the easiest way to make an entry with formatting is to copy the contents of a different entry and just replace where necessary. Here are some examples:

  səxʷpupuhigʷəd - with English, Cherokee and Spanish translations

  kʷəsyú - a dxʷləšucid noun with a cited source

  Concrete - an English place name

• Provisional rule for the Lushootseed Wiktionary: For easier searching, entry words in Lushootseed should not have accent marks. They can be added as alternate spellings. See swədəbš for an example.

Wiki formatting

To learn about formatting wiki pages, see Wikipedia Editing page.

Topics of interest

• Translations wanted - Help the project in finding translations for these words!
• Requests for verification
• Goals of the Lushootseed Wiktionary
• Tasks for the Lushootseed Wiktionary - currently, this wiki is being customized

Copyright of the Lushootseed Wiktionary

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About the logo

The logo is from a photo by Cece Chen taken on July 19, 2007. The original can be found at Skagit River 3 and use is subject to the copyrights as provided on that website.

Recent changes

• Shortened the Valley Spirits template to just "Valley". To cite "Valley of the Spirits", use {{Template:Valley}}.

Recent additions

• qʷəsyuʔ
• basq̓ixʷixʷ, əntiatq̓‎, Entiat
• sx̌idx̌idtib, tubšadad‎
• swədəbš, Swinomish, stuləgʷabš‎, Stillaguamish
• dᶻidᶻəlal̓ič, Seattle, sbaliuqʷ, Concrete
• Appendix:months
• səxʷšíc̓əlwàʔs, Moon to Put Your Paddles Away, December
• pədƛ̓xʷáyʔ, Moon of the Dog Salmon, November
• pədxʷíč̓ib, Moon of the Elk Mating Cry, pədxʷit̓xʷit̓il, Moon of the Falling Leaves, October
• skowic, silver salmon
• pədkʷəxʷic, September, Moon of the Silver Salmon
• pədt̓aqaʔ, August, Moon of the Salal Berry
• pədgʷədbíxʷ, July, Moon of the Blackberry
• pədstəgʷad, June, Moon of the Salmonberry
• pədčáʔəd, May, Moon of the Digging Time
• pədx̌ʷiw̓áac, April, Moon of the Whistling Robins
• waq̓waq̓us, March, Moon When Frog Talks
• səxʷpupuhigʷəd, February, Moon of the Windy Time
• pədx̌aʔx̌aʔ, January, Moon of the Sacred Time
• ƛ̓xʷayʔ, ƛ̓xʷay̓, chum salmon
• sqigʷəc, deer
• lə-