A:lhtel means ‘they, them‘. This word is very similar to álhtel – ‘to eat’, but the two words are not related, and you pronounce them slightly differently.
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stl’ép
Stl’ep means ‘depth‘ or ‘bottom’. It is the noun form of tlép – ‘deep, low’.
tl’ép
Tl’ep means ‘deep‘ or ‘‘low’.
chémet
Chémet means ‘to pack on the back‘ or ‘to carry on the back‘.
Kw’as la súq’em te kw’íxw, kw’íxw siyólh.
Kw’as la súq’em te kw’íxw, kw’íxw siyólh means ‘…in order to look for pitch, pitch wood’. Literally it means ‘That you go look for pitch, pitch wood‘.
…súq’em te kw’íxw, kw’íxw siyólh
…Súq’em te kw’íxw, kw’íxw siyólh means ‘…To look for pitch, pitch wood’‘.
súq’em
Súq’em means ‘to look for’‘ or ‘to seek’.
kw’íxw siyólh
Kw’íxw siyólh means ‘pitch wood’.
kw’íxw
Kw’íxw means ‘sap’ or ‘pitch’. You can also use kwíxw for ‘rubber’, or ‘gum’.
siyólh
Siyólh means ‘wood’ or ‘firewood’. You can use it for a piece of wood, a plank of wood, or a few pieces of wood together.