car
Kyó is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘car’. Elders adapted this word from English ‘car’.
Pronunciation
Kyó sounds like kyah.
Audio: Elizabeth Herrling, Elizabeth Phillips
Plural form
No plural form has been recorded for this word. To talk about multiple cars, you can just say ye kyó – the cars (ye means ‘the’, but you only use it with plurals).
Related words
Kyó is related to this word: kyoxálh – railroad (literally ‘car-road’)
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