wife
Stó:les is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘wife’.
Pronunciation
Stó:les sounds like STALL-us.
Audio: Elizabeth Herrling, Elizabeth Phillips
Plural form
Stó:les has the following plural form: steltóles– wives (audio here).
This type of plural is made by partly duplicating (‘reduplicating’) the first part of the word.
Related words
Stó:les is related to these other words:
- stitóles – ‘little wife’
- stételes – ‘little wives’
Note: the word chá:xw also means something like ‘wife‘, but Elders characterize chá:xw as ‘slang’ or ‘disrespectful’. Chá:xw is something like calling your wife in English your ‘old lady’.
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