T’áyqemetem thel sétl’atel. means ‘(She) got mad at my older brother.’
t’áyqemetem
t’áyqemetem – to get mad at
ewéta kw’ewat lheq’élexw
Ewéta kw’ewat lheq’élexw means ‘no-one knew (anything)’‘, (lit. ‘No-one knew (it)’.
Ewéta mimele’ó:ylha
Ewéta mimele’ó:ylha means ‘There was no doll’.
wáyel qelsu súq’t thel méle
Wáyel qelsu súq’t thel méle means ‘Next day I looked for my doll’. (Literally Elizabeth says ‘child’, rather than ‘doll’.)
olsu súq’t thel méle
Olsu súqt thel méle means ‘So I looked for my doll’. (Literally Elizabeth says ‘child’, rather than ‘doll’.)
olsu
Olsu… means ‘So I…’
p’óth’es
P’óth’es means ‘baby basket’.
lhéltel
Lhéltel is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘canoe bailer’‘.
kw’óqwletstel
Kw’óqwletstel is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘axe’. Elders use this for larger axes, including the large double-headed ones.