Alétse is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘where’. You can use it to ask questions like ‘Where is it?’, ‘Where is the coffee?’, and ‘Where did you sing?’ ….
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lholeqwót
Some elders use lholeqwót to mean ‘butterfly’, others use the same word to mean ‘moth’ …
smímeyàth
Smímeyàth is one way you can say ‘butterfly’ in Halq’eméylem. It may have originated from the word for ‘little animal’ …
tsxwikw’
Tsxwíkw’ is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘grey’ ….
slhá:lí
Slhá:lí is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘woman’ …
q’et’mí:l
Q’et’mí:l is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘fir’. It may be related to q’át’em -‘sweet’, because some have fir trees have sweet sap …
yít’em
Yít’em is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘to melt away’. You can use it for talking about snow melting, ice melting, etc….
x_pá:yelhp
Xpá:yelhp is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘cedar tree’, specifically the Western Red Cedar. This word refers to the full tree or bush (there are special words for cedar wood, cedar bough, etc). …
héyeqw
Héyeqw is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘fire’. You can also use it for a ‘flame’. Héyeqw is related to the verb yéqw, which means ‘to burn’ …
sékw’emiy
Sekw’emiy is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘birch tree’. It’s name is related to the word for ‘to peel’, to ‘take bark off’…