GLOSSARY

A

Absorb: To drink in or suck up.
Abundance: A plentiful or overflowing supply.
Achieve: To accomplish or do something successfully.
Afterbirth: The placenta and fetal membranes expelled from the uterus after birth.
Agility: Quickness and readiness in movement.
Alternating: To take turns.
Assisted: To help with a task.

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B

Bartered: To trade or exchange goods without the use of money.

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C

C7es7'istkten: Means winter village in the Secwepemc language.
Celebration: Done to honour an event.
Compassion: Pity for the distress of another.
Consecutive: Following in uninterrupted sequence.
Consensus: A collective opinion or general agreement.
Considered: To think about.
Construct: To build.
Consumed: To eat drink or use up.
Contemporaries: Belonging to the same age.
Correspond: To be similar in character or function.
Crosshatch: To shade by cross lines.
Cultivating: To make fit for raising crops as by plowing or fertilizing.
Counsel: A mutual exchange of advice or opinions.

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D

Designated: To indicate or make recognizable by some mark, sign or name.
Destined: To determine the future of, as by destiny or fate.
Determination: Having the power to determine or fix.
Diametre: A straight line passing through the centre of a circle finishing at the edges.
Durable: Able to withstand decay or wear.

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E

Encouragement: The act of being encouraged.
Endure: To stand firm against.
Entrusted: To give over for care or safe keeping.
Environmental: External conditions that affect the existence and development of an individual or group.
Exception: Something excluded from or not conforming to the general rule.

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F

Fetal development: The growth of a baby before birth.

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G

Geographical: Having to do with a specific region or place.
Guidance: To give advice.

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H

Hereditary: The passing on of genetically determined characteristics from parent to offspring.
honouring: An outward token sign or act that shows high regard or esteem for another.

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I

Immediate family: Includes parents, grand parents and brothers and sisters.
Intelligence: The ability to adapt to new situations and learn from experience or the ability to understand complex matters.
Intricate: Complex and fine detail.

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J

K

Kinship: Relationship, especially by blood.
Kwe'srens: Means naming in the Secwepemc language.
Kye7e: Means grandmother in the Secwepemc language.

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L

Larva: A stage of insect development.

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M

Melce'mell: Means dancing in the Secwepemc language.
Menstruation: The flow of blood from the uterus every 28 days.
Midwife: A person who helps in the birthing process.

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N

Necessity: That which is needed towards achieving an end.
Nomadic: To roam or be unsettled.
Nutrients: Something that nourishes for example food.

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O

Observe: To look carefully at.
Opposing: To resist, combat or fight.
Ornamental: Used as decoration.

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P

Participate: To become involved.
Pitch: The sap from a tree.
P'ixem: Means hunting in the Secwepemc language.
Plateau: A large area of elevated flat land.
Portable: Something that can be moved easily.
Preserve: To prepare food for future consumption.
Processed: A series of continuous actions that bring about a particular result.
Productive: To bring about or cause something to happen or be.
Prune: To trim or cut branches to improve growth.
Puberty: A stage of human development starting around 12 years old.
Purified: To make pure or clean.

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Q

Qualities: The basic or essential character of something.
Quiver: Quiver is a bag used to carry arrows.
Qweqwents'in: means fruit ceremony in the Secwepemc language.

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R

Recuperating: To regain health or strength or recover from loss.
Regenerate: To produce or form anew, recreate or reproduce.
Resources: A supply that can be drawn on for use.
Restrictions: To hold or keep within limits or bounds.
Revered: To regard with reverence.
Ritual: A religious or solemn ceremony.

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S

Setsînem: Means singing in the Secwepemc language.
Shunned: To keep clear of or avoid.
Signify: To make known by signs or words.
Slé7e: Means grandfather in the Secwepemc language.
Socialize: To make friendly, cooperative or sociable.
Sq'elste'm: Means pit-cooking in the Secwepemc language.
Sterilize: To free from infective bacteria or viruses.
Stet'ex7ém: Means elders in the Secwepemc language.
Stk'wenme7'iple7: Means government in the Secwepemc language.
Stsîllen: Means seasonal rounds in the Secwepemc language.
Succession: The act of following in order.
Supple: Easily bent or flexible.
Symbolically: Conveying a connection or relationship.

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T

Tkwilc: Means shaman in the Secwepemc language.
Tmicw: The term the elders used for the land.
Transport: To move from one place to another.
Tsectéllts'e: Means with child in the Secwepemc language.
Tsetsllxumc: Means a girls' puberty in the Secwepemc language.

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U

Umbilical cord: The cord that provides nourishment from the mother's placenta to the fetus.

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V

Variety: A collection of diverse things.
Venture: To expose to chance or risk.

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W

Weméc ell sqwtseq: Means life and death in the Secwepemc language.

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