Yewá:l means ‘first’‘
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Pronunciation
Yewá:l sounds like yuh-WAL.
The second syllable (wá:l) is slightly elongated, with a high falling pitch.
Audio: Elizabeth Herrling, Elizabeth Phillips
Related words
Yewá:l is related to a number of other words, many of them ancestral terms, including:
- Syewál – ancestor(s) (Literally ‘the first one(s)’. Can mean singular or plural.)
- Syewálelh – late ancestor(s) (the -elh ending here marks ‘late’ or ‘departed’. –elh is more generally the past tense marker. Again, can mean singular or plural.)
- Syeswálelh – all the ancestors (the partial doubling or ‘reduplication’ of the base here marks plural. Plural marking is in general optional in Halq’eméylem, and here indicates a group rather than just two.)
- Yewálmels, iwá:lmels – beforeylem
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