Data sources used by Pharris (2006):
Reconstituted, phonologized Molalla data by Pharris (2006), as synthesized from Hale (1846), Gibbs (1851), and Curtis (1911):
| Gloss | Molalla |
|---|---|
| at | =kala |
| blood | ałp |
| raccoon | askana |
| crow | aʔins |
| tongue | aʔpaːws |
| ash (tree) | caqaʔmisint |
| red | caq-caq-way; caq-caq-a-ʔ |
| bird | c’iːc’a |
| dance! | fatat-ki-ʔ |
| cold | fat’-a-ʔ |
| it is cold | fat’-ha-ʔs-m |
| bow | faʔłakt |
| winter | fiːt |
| smoke (v.) | fyeː-n |
| tobacco | fyeː-n-p |
| moon | haːʔł |
| corpse | hanint |
| feathers; wings | haŋ |
| arm | haŋlaqs |
| sit! | hapt-ki-ʔ |
| grizzly bear | haqeːs; nataːm |
| war | ha-s-tku-sint |
| name | hastu(ː)qs |
| cold wind, north or east wind | haymp |
| wind (n.) | heːłt-n-p |
| wind blows | heːłt-tqa-ʔs-t |
| house | hilm |
| owl | huːfn |
| cloud, sky | huːsilp |
| wood | huːt-s |
| yes | iː |
| axe, hatchet | iːf-ł waʔka- ? |
| huckleberries | iːm |
| heart | ilimp |
| I | ina |
| love ("it is I who please you (?)") | ina=qu maƛqa-ʔs-k |
| star | kaːki |
| wolf | kasuːli |
| weasel | keːtaʔt |
| thou | kiː |
| it is raining | kiːyw-ha-ʔs-m |
| rain (n.) | kiːyw-k-p |
| lake | kilhayp |
| brave | kilqlah-i |
| s/he is, dwells, is alive | ki-s-t |
| we (plural) | kiʔmt |
| mother | kuːkus |
| young, small | kuːs-aŋ-wi |
| small | kuːs-asa |
| small | kuːs-a-ʔ |
| mountain-lion | k’uːyaːwi |
| distributive | kuʔ-ks-i |
| girl | kwan-asa |
| canoe, boat | łaːp |
| toes | ƛak-fay-? |
| earth; land; country | laŋs |
| twice | lap-im |
| seven | lap-pitq-a-ʔ |
| twenty | lap-wicp-a-ʔ |
| ten | laqnan |
| nine | laqnstyaːtqs |
| blue | lat-ilat-way |
| salmon, Chinook salmon | lawaːt |
| mosquito | layqs |
| face | laʔkunwi |
| head | laʔwi |
| two | leːp-kaʔ |
| ice | łeːs |
| strong | ƛif-way |
| knife | ƛqamlay |
| egg | luːls |
| chest | luks |
| he is running | luʔ-n-ha-ʔs-t |
| elk | maːfiʔ |
| (Douglas ?) fir | maːs |
| rainbow | maːtfeːli |
| leg | maːwit |
| warm | mak-a-ʔ |
| affection ("it pleases him") | maƛqa-ʔs-t |
| three times | mat-im |
| three | mat-kaʔ |
| eight | mat-pitq-aʔ |
| thirty | mat-wicp-a-ʔ |
| boy | may-asa |
| pants | mayuq |
| blackberries | misims |
| black, brown | msat-imsat-aʔ |
| darkness, night | muːk-a-ʔ |
| black | muk-imuk-i |
| fly (n.) | mumuːs |
| blacktail deer | musims |
| bad | naːm-way |
| six | naː-pitq-a-ʔ |
| evening | naːtamp |
| ten | naː-wicp-a-ʔ |
| autumn | nałaːma |
| one | naŋa-ʔ |
| woman, wife | naŋiłay |
| all | naŋqay |
| mallard | neːs |
| flesh; meat | neːwit |
| girl | niːma-wi |
| this one | ni-ːw-i |
| today | ni-mpka waːs |
| that one (anaphoric) | nu-ːw-i |
| great, large | nus-a-ʔ |
| dead | nyaːw-n-a-ʔ |
| ankle-joint | paːqł |
| rib(s) | pahils |
| hail | pałaːys |
| food | p’a-sint |
| good | pas-wi |
| s/he is eating | p’aʔst |
| daughter | peːna |
| snow | peːŋ |
| four times | piːpa-m |
| four | piːpa-ʔ |
| five times | pik-im |
| five | pik-kaʔ |
| my body | pił-in |
| nose | piłs |
| grouse | pipqł |
| camas | pis |
| night | pisqay |
| no | piʔ=la |
| younger | pkaːya |
| warm | plaqn-i |
| stepmother, "aunt" | pleːps |
| s/he is sleeping | płiʔst |
| acorns | pluːqum |
| younger brother | pnakha |
| mother | pnan |
| elder | pnayaks |
| elder brother | pneːt |
| uncle (of woman) | pniksim |
| chin | pskałtit |
| beard | pskayns |
| spotted skunk | pslaskasks |
| beaver | psnasins; thamałkin |
| watch! | pstatut-ki-ʔ |
| son | ptaf |
| father | ptat(-asa?) |
| my father | ptat=in |
| pheasant | p’uːsp’as |
| shoes | pulqans |
| bone | pupt |
| s/he kills him/her | pya-ʔs-t |
| that one | qa-ːw-i |
| you (genitive plural) | qam-aŋk |
| hazel-nuts | qamstuːns |
| turtle, turtle shell | qamt |
| yellow (?), green (?) | q’as-q’as-way |
| black bear | qeːłmaŋint |
| raven | qeːq |
| spider | qeːsqs |
| axe, hatchet | q’isthin |
| white, light | qłaːq-a-ʔ |
| when it gets light | qłaːq-a-ʔ; qłaːq-way; qłaːq-s |
| white | qłaːq-i |
| night-hawk | qspiwks |
| rattlesnake | qwaːʔlay |
| buzzard | s(y)eːp |
| dog | saka(ʔ) |
| elbow | sakils |
| sturgeon | saŋhay |
| mouth | similq |
| oak | staŋł |
| cradle board | sukł |
| steelhead | susayns |
| nails | suʔqs |
| whitetail deer | swayʔ |
| knee | syałpupt |
| bat (animal) | sʔatqs |
| s/he is speaking | sʔaw-ha-ʔs-t |
| rabbit, cottontail | taːmn |
| ear | taːps |
| hair | tałimt |
| it shines | tałtitqaʔst |
| many (much) | tam |
| heavy ashes | tanʔwaqs |
| tanned hide | tapusk |
| coals | tapyuqs |
| wildcat | tawint |
| foot, feet | taylaks |
| cedar | taymin |
| teeth | taʔnf |
| yesterday; tomorrow | taʔtm |
| fire | teːc |
| fingers | teː-fay-? |
| spring | teːlimk |
| mole | teːłqaplayʔs |
| river | teːls |
| shirt | teːmi |
| temple, forehead | teːqi |
| hand | teːs |
| wooden bucket | tikay |
| go! | til-a |
| come! | til-a-am |
| thunder | timyeːni |
| stone, rock | tqaʔnt |
| strawberries | t’uːlceːq |
| eye | tuːns |
| s/he is singing | tuŋsa-ʔs-t |
| medicine-man | tweːni |
| eagle | tyaqunt |
| flint, arrowhead | tyu(ː)qs |
| drink! | uq-n-a |
| water | uq-n-s |
| arrow | waːł |
| sun, day | waːs |
| summer | waːsamʔ |
| noon | waːsnat |
| trout | waypalf |
| fish-spear | wayteːms |
| infant | waywi |
| baby | waywi-asa |
| set on top | weːk-ł-a-ʔ |
| pipe | weːpiks |
| otter | weːtneːwit |
| Indian; people | wicp |
| stand! | witaːkiʔ |
| horse | witkwiʔ |
| man | yaːy |
| husband | yałam |
| overtop | yamiʔ |
| hill; mountain | yaŋint |
| mountain range | yaŋint-aːps |
| basket | yaqt |
| neck | yatpupt |
| near, soon | yaʔfa |
| chief | yaʔqaːnt |
| slave | yeːqi |
| who?, someone | ʔa-w-i |
| dove | ʔuːyʔuːy |
| mountain sheep | ʔuŋs |