Title: Halq'eméylem / Story: Robin Red Breast

hal: skw'ékw'qáq
english: Robin

hal: aliyó:mex
english: good looking (of several people)

hal: yéysele
english: two (counting people), two people

hal: ólu
english: too much, overly, too

hal: mó:qw
english: bird, large bird

hal: tskwí:m
english: red

hal: s'í:les
english: chest

hal: éystexw
english: to like (it)

hal: éwelh
english: never

hal: lhéqw
english: wet

hal: wiyóth
english: always

hal: malyí
english: to get married

hal: malyít
english: to marry him/her

hal: yít'et
english: melt something

hal: skwíx
english: name

hal: siyólh
english: wood, firewood

hal: iyés
english: female friend, dear, ma'am

hal: iyéseq
english: sir, buddy (for a male friend)

hal: sí:le
english: grandparent

hal: sísele
english: granny, grandpa

hal: só:tets
english: north wind, east wind, cold wind

hal: yéqw
english: burn, burned, scorch, to burn (intr. v.)

hal: ó:t
english: to be calling (him/her/it)

hal: héyeqwt
english: burning something, lighting a fire

hal: ólex̲em
english: to go and get something, picking something out

hal: sqeló:líth'a
english: west (south-west) wind

hal: stótelō
english: creek, small river

hal: Lets'áxw lí te swíqe só:tets te skwíxs tútl'o.
english: Once there was a man, his name was North Wind.

hal: Yáysele te mámeles alíyómex q'álemi.
english: He had two beatiful daughters.

hal: Lí te mó:qw stíta lí te stótelu weyóth ó, la ólexem te syólh.
english: A bird lived by the creek, he would just gather firewood there.

hal: Tl'ó te lhéqw syólh híyqwtes éystexwes tl'ó kw'es éwelh yít'etes te lálems.
english: He liked wet firewood, because it wouldn't melt his house then.

hal: Kwa te iyéseq Skw'ekw'qáq, melyítes telí the q'álemi.
english: Anyway, Mr. Robin married one of his girls.

hal: Kwa lís la ólexem te syólh su tl'o te ts'íyxw syólh.
english: He would go for firewood, and it was dry firewood.

hal: Qésu yít'etes te lálems te Skw'ílhews.
english: And so he melted his father in-law's house.

hal: Qésu ó:tes the sísles éyesiya Sqalqíts
english: And so he called his grandmother, dear South Wind.

hal: Telí tethá kwes xwá tskwím te s'íles, tl'ó kwe ólus stetís te híyqw wiyóth ó.
english: And that's why he has a red breast, because he would always stay close to the fire.