Spáth qes te Slílk'yap
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Háwe
Receiving a xwélmexw name
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Skw'ékw'qáq
How the Robin got his red breast
Robin Red Breast
Tháyem te Léx̲wtel
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X̲ex̲pítsel
How the chipmunk got its stripes
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X̲pá:yelhp
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Lets'lóts'tel
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Yeláwel éy
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Hálx̲eywa
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Xwe'ít te swáyel Létse
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Ye Spipáth
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Skw'ékw'qáq - Robin Red Breast

Skw'ékw'qáq
Listen to the elder Siyamiyateliyot

Skw'ékw'qáq

Lets'áxw lí te swíqe só:tets te skwíxs tútl'o.
One.time there the man north.wind the name-his
Once there was a man, his name was North Wind.
Yáysele te mámeles alíyómex q'álemi.
two.people DET children.his good.looking adolescent.girls
He had two beatiful daughters.
Lí te mó:qw stíta lí te stótelu weyóth ó, la ólexem te syólh.
There DET bird stay there DET creek always EMPHASIS go to go get DET firewood
A bird lived by the creek, he would just gather firewood there.
Tl'ó te lhéqw syólh híyqwtes éystexwes tl'ó kw'es éwelh yít'etes te lálems.
that’s DET wet firewood he.makes.fire he.liked.it never melt.it DET house.his
He liked wet firewood, because it wouldn't melt his house then.
Kwa te iyéseq Skw'ekw'qáq, melyítes telí the q'álemi.
anyway DET buddy robin he marries.her from DET adolescent.girls
Anyway, Mr. Robin married one of his girls.
Kwa lís la ólexem te syólh su tl'o te ts'íyxw syólh.
anyways AUX go to go get DET firewood so it’s DET dry firewood
He would go for firewood, and it was dry firewood.
Qésu yít’etes te lálems te Skw’ílhews.
And.then he melts DET house.his DET father in law-his
And so he melted his father in-law's house.
Qésu ó:tes the sísles éyesiya Sqalqíts
And.then he calls her DET grandmother dear south-wind
And so he called his grandmother, dear South Wind.
Telí tethá kwes xwá tskwím te s'íles, tl'ó kwe ólus stetís te híyqw wiyóth ó.
be from then that become red DET breast it’s that EMPH.AUX-his
And that's why he has a red breast, because he would always stay close to the fire.

Audio Halq'eméylem English
skw'ékw'qáq Robin
alíyó:mex good looking (of several people)
ólu too much, overly, too
mó:qw bird, large bird
tskwí:m red
s'í:les chest
éystexw to like (it)
éwelh never
lhéqw wet
wiyóth always
malyí to get married
malyít to marry him/her
yít'et to melt (it)
skwíx name
siyólh wood, firewood
iyés female friend
iyéseq sir
sí:le grandparent
sísele granny, grandpa
Só:tets South wind, North wind, East wind, cold wind
yéqw burn, burned, scorch, to burn (intr. v.)
ó:t to be calling (him/her/it)
héyeqwt burning something
ólex̲em to go and get something, picking something out
sqeló:líth'a west (south-west) wind
stótelō creek, small river
yáysele two people

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