Labial sounds

Click on the musical note symbol symbol to hear the audio recording of a word.

1. b (or w)

  • ben play symbol - lake
  • niban play symbol - s/he arrived swimming
  • bashdla play symbol - ulu knife
  • tubugh play symbol - beach
  • jabila, jawila play symbol - rainbow
  • nqeba play symbol - rabbit
  • baba play symbol - dry fish
  • nubes play symbol - dragging pack, travois
  • ben bugh play symbol - lake shore
  • quzełbil play symbol - I hoisted it up

(play all play symbol; stop stop)

2. m

  • miłni play symbol - water
  • mesi play symbol - great horned owl
  • k'eltem play symbol - it thundered
  • dem play symbol - fly, blowfly
  • k'emama, k'emam'a play symbol - breast
  • dujemi play symbol - common loon
  • tema play symbol - slush ice
  • dneldemi play symbol - music
  • shqaluts'ema play symbol - my little finger
  • delggema play symbol - willow ptarmigan

(play all play symbol; stop stop)

3. w

  • tahwił play symbol - net
  • qwida play symbol - their friend
  • ch'wala play symbol - spruce
  • kiggwa play symbol - a little more
  • jilihwa play symbol - kelp cod
  • k'washggatl'a play symbol - hard white birch fungus
  • nqwa play symbol - rabbit (2nd version)
  • k'weq' play symbol - its track
  • qwadeq play symbol - in between them
  • łik'aggwa play symbol - puppy
  • k'wis play symbol - stomach, seal stomach used as float

(play all play symbol; stop stop)