Vocabulary Building and Exercises
Chapter 9: Time and Space Vocabulary – Holidays
Holidays
| Mui’walujik L’nu’k. | Aboriginal Day | ||
| Note: variations vary from speakers or communities since it is still a new concept. | |||
| Kijjinaq Na’kwekmuow | Father’s Day | ||
| Kkijnaq Na’kwekmuow | Mother’s Day | ||
| Esmut Apuknajit | Feeding the February Moon | ||
| Mnumkwej Na’kwekm | Groundhog Day | ||
| Skɨte’kmujuia’timk or Amikale’maq or Skɨte’kmujuitpa’q | Halloween | ||
| Pusu’newimk | New Year’s | ||
| Mikwite’lmnej Sma’knisk Na’kwekmuow / Sma’knisk Mui’walujik Na’kwekmuow | Remembrance Day | ||
| Mui’waltimk | Thanksgiving | ||
| Nipi Alasutmamk or Nueleweimk | Christmas | ||
| Maltikle’wimk Na’kwekmuow | Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Day | ||
| Tupkwa’ntimk | Ash Wednesday | ||
| Niskam Klujjiewkto’t or Klutjewto’s | Good Friday | ||
| Keskmna’q mu Pa’kweimk Na’kwekm | Easter Saturday | ||
| Pa’kewimk Na’kwekm | Easter Sunday | ||
| Kale’mewimk | Lent | ||
| Pa’kaji’jewimk | Palm Sunday | ||
| Lapatko’tekemk | Pentecost Sunday | ||
| Se’t a’newimk Na’kwekmuow | Saint Anne’s Day | ||
| Se’t Pa’tliksite’wimk Na’kwekm | Saint Patrick’s Day | ||
| Ankukamkewey Na’kwek | Treaty Day | ||
| Kesaltultimkewey Na’kwek | Valentine’s Day | ||
