kitchen
Kéchel is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘kitchen’ …
Pronunciation
Kéchel is borrowed and adapted from English kitchen, and so it is easy to say: just say KIT-chill.
Note: the n changes to an l, because most Halq’eméylem words do not contain the sound n (though n appears in some place names and ceremonial terms).
Audio: Elizabeth Herrling, Elizabeth Phillips
Related Words
In addition to kéchel, the elders also use the word kwukwáwtxw for kitchen.
Kwukwáwtxw literally means ‘cooking-building‘, or ‘cooking-room’, so you could use kwukwáwtxw for a cookhouse.
Plural Form
The plural for kéchel is like this: keléchel – kitchens (audio here).
This type of plural is made by inserting an –el into the first part of the word.
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