T’áyqemetem thel sétl’atel. means ‘(She) got mad at my older brother.’
t’áyqemetem
t’áyqemetem – to get mad at
ewéta kw’ewat lheq’élexw
Ewéta kw’ewat lheq’élexw means ‘no-one knew (anything)’‘, (lit. ‘No-one knew (it)’.
Ewéta mimele’ó:ylha
Ewéta mimele’ó:ylha means ‘There was no doll’.
wáyel qelsu súq’t thel méle
Wáyel qelsu súq’t thel méle means ‘Next day I looked for my doll’. (Literally Elizabeth says ‘child’, rather than ‘doll’.)
olsu súq’t thel méle
Olsu súqt thel méle means ‘So I looked for my doll’. (Literally Elizabeth says ‘child’, rather than ‘doll’.)
olsu
Olsu… means ‘So I…’
p’óth’es
P’óth’es means ‘baby basket’.
lhéltel
Lhéltel is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘canoe bailer’‘.
kw’óqwletstel
Kw’óqwletstel is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘axe’. Elders use this for larger axes, including the large double-headed ones.
kw’óxwe
Kw’óxwe is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘box’. Elders use it for modern boxes as well as traditional boxes.
wáyel
Wáyel means ‘to dawn, to become day’. It is the base form for swáyel – ‘day’
Osu me lhíts’etes yutl’ólem.
Osu me lhíts’etes yutl’ólem means ‘So they cut it up’ .
yutl’ólem
Yutl’ólem means ‘they, them’.
Tl’ís kw’es télexwes we is stám kw’es alxwítsel
Tl’ís kw’es télexwes we is stám kw’es alxwítsel means ‘(They) wanted to find out what was inside’.
…stám kw’es alxwítsel
…stám kw’es alxwítsel means ‘…what was inside’.
alxwítsel
Alxwítsel means ‘in the middle of, inside of‘.
Tl’ís kw’es télexwes…
Tl’ís kw’es télexwes… means ‘(They) wanted to find out…’.
télexw
Télexw means ‘to learn, to find out‘.
stl’í
Stl’í means ‘to want, to need‘.