qwó:ls

boiling

Qwó:ls is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘boiling’, as in ‘The water is boiling’.

Pronunciation

• Qwó:ls sounds like kwallss, except that the first q is the Halq’eméylem q sound, not just a regular /k/
• To make the /q/, touch your tongue further back in your mouth, at your uvula.

Audio: Elizabeth Herrling, Elizabeth Phillips

Related words

Here are some words related to qwó:ls:

• qwéls – to boil (as in ‘the water boils’)
• sqwóls – boiled (as in ‘it’s boiled now’)
• qwó:lst – to boil[insert object boiled here] (as in ‘I boiled the water’)

Note: If you are talking about boiling a specific object (e.g. ‘I boiled the water’, ‘I boiled the milk’), then use the last form, qwó:lst.