to mix (it)
Móleqwet means ‘to mix’, or ‘to mix (it) up’.
Pronunciation
- Móleqwet sounds like MOLL-uh-kwut, except that instead of a k you say the Halq’eméylem q sound, where the back of your tongue touches to your uvula.
- In this word, the q also has rounded lips (qw).
Audio: Elizabeth Phillips
Related words
Móleqwet is related to a number of other words, including:
- melmóleqwet – really mix (it) up (this is technically the ‘plural’ form of móleqwet, made by doubling the first part of the word)
- smómeleqw – mixed, mixed up
- málqeles – to forget
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