Weather Vocabulary in Lushootseed

 

The Snoqualmie Falls Gift Shop & Visitor Center was renovated in 2023 by the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe. You can visit the gift shop in Snoqulamie, WA to learn more. The weather vocabulary listed here accompany a set of flyers in the Snoqualmie Falls Gift Shop & Visitor Center and were produced by the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe’s Culture Department in cooperation with the Governmental Affairs and Communications Departments. You can download a PDF of the flyers to use with these audio files.

Each Lushootseed Weather flyer located in the Snoqualmie Falls Gift Shop & Visitor Center features a special character, bəlups the Raccoon, who guides visitors through the vocabulary. An audio recording of bəlups is included below in addition to the following list of weather vocabulary in Lushootseed, which is organized by type of weather. Use the quick links below to quickly navigate the vocabulary.

bəlups the Raccoon says, “Are you ready to learn the names of the weather?”

Cloud Weather


 

Sunny Weather


 

Rain Weather


 

Snow Weather


 

Wind Weather


 

Sun Phrases