Stím in Halq’eméylem means ‘fast’, or ‘powerful’. Literally means ‘goes with all its might’.
(Note that there is another unrelated word, x̲wém which also means ‘fast’.)
Pronunciation
Stím sounds like English ‘steam’.
Audio: Elizabeth Herrling
Related words
Here are some other words that come from the same root as stím:
- tímet – do it hard, do it with all one’s might
- tímethet – exert oneself really hard
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