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Kw’elōw is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘skin’. You can use it for human skin, as well as for a pelt or hide…

Sméth’qel is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘brain’. Literally it means ‘blue in the head’.  Some Elders use a related but different word:  sméth’elheqw.