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qó:

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water


Qó: is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘water’. You can use it to talk about a glass of water, or the water in a river, ocean, etc.. …


Pronunciation

  • Qó: sounds like CAW, except that instead of a c or a k you say the Halq’eméylem q sound.
  • To make the Halq’eméylem q, you touch your tongue further back in your mouth, at your uvula.


Audio: Elizabeth Herrling, Elizabeth Phillips


Examples

Here are some examples of how you can use qó: :

  • Li a stl’i kw’e qó:?Do you want some water?
  • Li éy te qó:?Is the water good?
  • A’a!  Éy te qó:!Yes! The water is good!

Related words

Here are some words related to qó: :

  • qóqeto drink
  • sqó:sa tear on your face  (lit. ‘water on the face’, the –ós ending means ‘on/of the face‘)
  • temqoqó: or temqó:June (lit. water time, since June is a time for high water)
  • Qoqoláxel – ‘Watery Eaves‘, the name of a famous longhouse once near Chilliwack (the –xel endings means ‘of a house, of a building‘)

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