Tsxwíkw’ is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘grey’ ….
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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’…
q’emōwlhp
Q’emōwlhp is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘maple tree’. It comes from the same root as sq’émel (‘canoe paddle’), because wood from the maple tree makes really good paddles. …
shxwexwó:s
Shxwexwó:s is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘thunderbird’…
sk’ek’iyáp
Sk’ek’iyáp is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘coyote’…