Xwe’í:lstexw means ‘to bring (it)’. Elizabeth also uses this for ‘to come to’, as in coming to visit someone (though there are also other words for visiting).
Pronunciation
Sounds like shwuh-EEL-stoosh, except instead of sh sounds you say the Halq’eméyle soft-x sound (x), in this case with rounded lips (xw).
Audio: Elizabeth Herrling
This word is based on xwe’í – to come to, to arrive, literally ‘come to be here’.
The -stexw ending generally means cause to, so the literal meaning of xwe’í:lstexw is something like ‘cause to come be here’ (the l comes from an ending –i:l, which marks ‘coming to be’).
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