Qwáyel means ‘turn green’ or ‘turn yellow’. (In general, many Elders use the same word for ‘green‘ and ‘yellow‘)
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Yilawelhát osu yétl’q’tes te lá:léms—tsqwóqwiyel
Yilawelhát osu yétl’q’tes te lá:léms—tsqwóqwiyel means ‘Monday he paints his house—it becomes green‘.
tsqwóqwiyel
Tsqwóqwiyel means ‘becoming green’. Many Elders also use the same term for ‘becoming yellow’.
Mekw’ o stám la éyaqtes
Mekw’ o stám la éyaqtes means ‘He just changes everything.’
mekw’stám
mekw’stám means ‘everything’. Literally it means ‘all/everything what (is)‘.
Iti te smómeleqw, shxwóxwth’ swíyeqe
Iti te smómeleqw, shxwóxwth’ swíyeqe means ‘Here’s the mixed up, crazy guy’. Literally: Here (is) the mixed up, crazy man.
smómeleqw
Smómeleqw means ‘mixed’, or ‘mixed up’. You can use it for mixed vegetables, mixed clothing, or people with ‘scrambled brains’.
móleqwet
Móleqwet means ‘to mix’, or ‘to mix (it) up’.
Osu Sx̲ax̲elhát qesu le xwá p’éq’ te lá:léms, syétl’q’tes
Osu Sx̲ax̲elhát qesu le xwá p’éq’ te lá:léms, syétl’q’tes means ‘Sunday his house becomes white’. Literally it means ‘So Sunday and.so (it) becomes white the house (of him), (its) paint.job ‘.
Sx̲ax̲elhát
Sx̲ax̲elhát is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘Sunday’. Literally Sx̲ax̲elhát means ‘Holy day’, ‘Sacred day’.