Tl’eqtámeth’ te John means ‘John is tall.’ Literally: ‘Tall (is) the John’.
tl’eqtámeth’
Tl’eqtámeth’ means ‘tall’. You use tl’eqtámeth’ only to talk about a person: for a tall building or tree, you would use tl’áqt.
Compared to your Brother – Sec. 1b
This section combines two full phrases from the ‘Compared to Your Brother’ story.
Yeláwel híkw te lá:léms te sqá:qs tútl’o John.
Yeláwel híkw te lá:léms te sqá:qs tútl’o John means ‘John’s little brother’s house is bigger.’ (literally ‘More big (is) the house-of the little.brother-of John’).
Yeláwel híkw te lá:léms te sqá:q.
Yeláwel híkw te lá:léms te sqá:q means ‘The little brother’s house is bigger.’ (literally ‘More big (is) the house of the little brother’).
Yeláwel híkw te lá:léms.
Yeláwel híkw te lá:léms means ‘His house is bigger.’ (literally ‘More big (is) the house of him/her’).
Híkw te lá:léms te sqá:qs tútl’o John.
Híkw te lá:léms te sqá:qs tútl’o John. means ‘John’s little brother’s house is big.’ (literally ‘Big (is) the house of the little brother of the John’).
Híkw te lá:léms te sqá:qs tútl’o.
Híkw te lá:léms te sqá:qs tútl’o. means ‘His little brother’s house is big.’ (literally ‘Big (is) the house-of the little-brother-of him’).
Híkw te lá:léms te sqá:q.
Híkw te lá:léms te sqá:q means ‘The little brother’s house is big.’ (literally ‘Big (is) the house of the little brother’).
te lá:léms te sqá:q
Te lá:léms te sqá:q means ‘the little brother’s house’ (literally ‘the house of the little-brother’).
yeláwel híkw
Yeláwel híkw means ‘bigger’ (literally ‘more big’, or ‘surpassingly big’).
te sqá:qs tútl’o
Te sqá:qs tútl’o means ‘his little brother’ (literally ‘the little-brother of him’).
yeláw
Yeláw means ‘after’, or ‘passed by’. You can use it for time (yeláw texswayel – ‘after noon’), and also for someone passing by on a path or road (Chxw la yeláw – ‘you passed by’) .
sqá:q
Sqá:q means ‘younger sibling’. You can use it for a younger brother or a younger sister. You can also use it for certain of your cousins.
Híkw te lá:léms tl’ John.
Híkw te lá:léms tl’ John means ‘John’s house is big.’ A literal translation would be ‘Big (is) the house of John.’
te lá:léms tl’ John
Te lá:léms tl’ John means ‘John’s house’ (literally ‘the house of John’).
hákw’eles
Hákw’eles is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘to remember’.
x̲éyléx̲
X̲éyléx̲ is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘to go to war’, or to ‘to make war’.
pús
Pús is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘cat’.
Sq’éwlets
Sq’éwlets is the Halq’eméylem name for ‘Scowlitz’ Literally it means “turn of river at the bottom of mountain” .