T’eqw’ótem qesu le xwa tsqwá:y te syétl’q’tes te lá:léms means ‘Saturday his house becomes yellow’. Literally it means ‘Saturday and.so (it) becomes green/yellow the paint-job of the house (of him)’. Note that tsqwá:y means both ‘green‘ and ‘yellow‘.
T’óqw’tem is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘Saturday’. Elders also use T’óqw’tem for ‘weekend’. Literally T’óqw’tem means ‘the string is broken’.
Osu Lhq’átses qesu le xwá tsxwíkw’ te yétl’q’tes te lá:léms means ‘Friday his house becomes grey’. Literally it means ‘So Friday and.so (it) becomes grey the paint.job of the house (of him)‘.
Slheq’átses is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘Friday’. Literally Slheq’átses means ‘fifth period, fifth cycle‘.
Sx̲e’óthels qesu la xwá tsq’éyx̲ te syétl’q’tes te lá:léms means ‘Thursday his house becomes black’. Literally it means ‘Thursday and.so (it) becomes black the paint-job of the house (of him)’.
Sx̲e’óthels is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘Thursday’. Literally Sx̲e’óthels means ‘fourth period, fourth cycle’ (see x̲e’óthels – ‘four‘)
Slhíxws qesu le xwá tskwí:m kw’es la yétl’q’tes te lá:léms means ‘Wednesday he paints his house red’. Literally it means ‘Wednesday and.so (it) becomes red that (he) paints the house (of him)‘.
Slhíxws is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘Wednesday’. Literally Sthíxws means ‘third period, third cycle‘.
Sthémelts qesu le xwá tsqwá:y te lá:léms means ‘Tuesday his house becomes green‘. Literally it means ‘Tuesday and.so becomes green the house (of him)‘.
Sthémelts is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘Tuesday’. Literally Sthémelts means ‘second day’.
Yilawelhát qesu le xwá ts’méth’ te yétl’q’tes te lá:léms means ‘Monday his house becomes blue’. Literally it means ‘Monday and.so becomes blue the paint-job of the house (of him)’.
Le xwá ts’méth’ te yétl’q’tes te lá:léms means ‘His house becomes blue‘. Literally it means ‘(It) becomes blue the paint-job of the house (of him)‘.
Le xwá ts’méth’ means ‘it becomes blue’
Yilawelhát is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘Monday’. Literally Yilawelhát means ‘After day’.
Mekw’ swáyel kw’es éyaqtes te syétl’q’tes te lá:léms means ‘Every day he changes his house’s paint’, or ‘Every day he re-paints his house’. Literally it means ‘Every day (it is) that (he) changes the paint-job of his house’.
Mekw’ swáyel means ‘every day‘.
Tém:éxw is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘earth’, ‘ground’,’land’ or ‘the world’.
Eyaqtes te syétl’q’tes te lá:léms means ‘he changes his house’s paint’, or ‘he re-paints his house’. Literally it means ‘Changing (he) the paint-job of his house’.
Sítel (also spelled sí:tel) is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘basket‘.
Te syétl’q’tes te lá:léms means ‘his house’s paint’. Literally it means ‘the paint job of the house of (him)‘ The possessor (‘him‘) is not explicitly stated, you just understand it from context.
