Ileqet means ‘to buy’‘. This word comes from iláq – ‘stern of a canoe,’, ‘stern man’, because traditionally it was common to travel and trade items carried in a canoe.
Pronunciation
Ileqet sounds like this: ILL-uh-kut, except that instead of a k you say the Halq’eméylem q sound. You make the q make further back in the mouth, touching the back of your tongue to your uvula.
Audio: Elizabeth Herrling, Elizabeth Phillips
-ing form
Ileqet has a special ‘-ing‘ (‘continuative’) form, like this: í:leqet – buying (sorry, audio not available). The –ing form has a high falling pitch, and is slightly longer.
Vowel lengthening and falling pitch is the normal way to make the –ing form when the word begins with a vowel.
Source and related words
Ileqet is related to a number of other words, including:
- iláq – stern of a canoe, stern man (for reasons noted in the first section above)
- alqáls or íleqels – buying, shopping (describes the activity of buying and shopping, rather than buying a specific item)
- iléqelhtst – to buy (it) for __
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