mouth
Thóthel is the Halq’eméylem word for ‘mouth’. You can use it to talk about both human and animal mouths, and it’s another good word for TPR. …
Pronunciation
Thóthel sounds like THAW-thull.
Audio: Vivian Williams
Examples
Here are some examples of how you can use thóthel:
- Tesachsem la te’ thóthel! – Touch your mouth!
- Motest te’ thóthel! – Point to your mouth!
- Hikw te thóthels tútl’o! – He has a big mouth!
Plural Form
If you want to say the mouths, you can just say ye thóthel. There is no special plural form for thóthel.
Related Words
Many other words related to mouth contain -othel (which may also appear as –ó:thel, -oythel, or -ethel). For example:
- sqwiqweyó:thel – jack-rabbit (literally ‘little hole in the mouth’)
- qw’emó:thel – fishing with hook (literally ‘u-shape in the mouth’)
- sq’éplò:thel – flying squirrel (literally ‘cover on the mouth’)
- po:yethel – to have a twisted mouth (literally ‘bent in the mouth
- t’ekwó:ythí:lem – shut one’s mouth
(The word for close one’s mouth is xaq’em, which is unrelated.)
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