Ólhtstexw means ‘put (it) on board’‘ or ‘‘load (it) on board’.
You can use it to talk about loading objects onto a canoe, boat, ship, car, or other transportation vehicle.
Pronunciation
Ólhtstexw sounds like OTH-stoock, except that:
- Instead of a TH you say the Halq’eméylem hissy-l (lh). This is like a regular l, but made with more friction, and no vibration in the throat.
- The final sound is not a ck but the Halq’eméylem soft-x (x). In this case, the x also has rounded lips (xw).
Audio: Elizabeth Herrling, Elizabeth Phillips
-ing form
Ólhstexw has a special ‘-ing‘ form, which you use to describe an ongoing action, like this: ó:lhstexw – ‘loading (it) on board’ (audio here).
The difference in pronunciation is that the –ing verion (ó:lhstexw) has a slightly longer vowel, made with a sharply falling pitch.
Related words and structure
Ólhstexw comes from the root word ó:lh – ‘to put (it) on board’
The -stexw ending means ‘cause to (be)‘, so literally ólhstexw means ‘cause (it) to be on board‘.
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