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Ólhstexwes á:lhtel lám te sléxwelhs means ‘They put it in their canoes‘. You could also translate it as ‘They load it into their canoes‘.

Ólhtstexw means ‘put (it) on board’‘ or ‘‘load (it) on board’. You can use it to talk about loading objects onto a canoe, boat, ship, car, or other transportation vehicle.

O:lh means ‘to board’ or ‘to get on board‘. It refers to the act of entering a canoe, ship, bus, car, or other vehicle.

Sléxwelh is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘canoe’‘.

La hó:kwexes kw’ses la lex̲éywa means ‘They used it to go torchlighting’.

Lex̲éywa means ‘to torchlight’. It refers to a traditional way of fishing at night, where you use a fire in a special container in your canoe to lure and stun the fish.

Os lhéq’ su me chémetes á:lhtel mi te stl’ép means ‘They used to pack it down’ or ‘‘They would carry it to the bottom’.

os lhéq’ su means ‘used to’‘ or ‘(they) always used to’

me chémetes á:lhtel mi te stl’ép means ‘they pack it down‘ or ‘they carry it to the bottom’.