Xwelítem slhá:li means ‘white person, white lady’.
…stá tset
…stá tset means ‘We were living (at)…’.
xwelítem
Xwelítem is the word for ‘white person’ or ‘European’.
stá
Stá means ‘to live, to stay (at a place). For example Li te Ts’elxwéyeqw kw’els stá – ‘I live(d) in Chilliwack’.
Osu ó:lhstexwes i te kyó li te Wólich.
Osu ó:lhstexwes i te kyó li te Wólich means ‘They (were) loading it on the car(s) at Wahleach’‘
ó:lhstexwes i te kyó
O:lhstexwes i te kyó means ‘They (were) loading it on the car(s)’. ‘They‘ and ‘it‘ are both understood from context.
q’emó:stel
Q’emó:stel is the name for a ‘dip-net’.
láxel
Láxel means ‘fishing platform’.
thélxatí:m
Thélxatí:m is one word for ‘to weave’. You use this specifically to talk about weaving swōqw’elh (ceremonial traditional blankets).
Osu ó:lhstexwes…
Osu ó:lhtstexwes…. means ‘So they were loading (it)’ or ‘So they were putting it on board’.