Sthémelts

Tuesday

Sthémelts is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘Tuesday’.

Literally Sthémelts means ‘second day’.

Pronunciation

Sthémelts sounds like this: STHIMM-ults

Audio: Elizabeth Herrling, Elizabeth Phillips

Note: some Elders pronounce this word with stress (emphasis) on the second syllable, like this: Sthemélts (sounds like sthuh-MILLTS). Both pronunciations are ‘correct’.

Structure

Elders made Sthémelts in the following way:

The s- prefix marks nouns. The -elts ending here marks ‘day’.  The base word themá also means ‘twice‘ or ‘two times’.