Title: Halq'eméylem / Lesson: Legend of Th'éx̱wiya

hal: tl'áqt
english: tall, long

hal: q'ó:yt
english: to kill someone/something on purpose

hal: íkw'et
english: to throw something away, to throw it away

hal: stl'áleqem
english: monster, supernatural creature

hal: sí:tel
english: basket

hal: ólhstexw
english: put it on board

hal: q'élmel
english: a camp

hal: stl'ítl'eqelh
english: young, child (under 12)

hal: th'táme
english: raft

hal: sléxwelhmet
english: raid in a canoe

hal: téslexw
english: accidentally get close, bump into something

hal: thíyt
english: to prepare, to fix, to make it, prepare

hal: kwíkwexet
english: naming him/her

hal: iyóqthet
english: change oneself

hal: qw'x̲weltses
english: finger nail or claw

hal: chamá:m
english: packing something on the back

hal: iyáqt
english: transform something, someone, change s-th, s-o

hal: stewíxwelh
english: children

hal: t'lhóqw'es
english: scratch the face

hal: th'éx̱wiya
english: cannibal woman

hal: t'ókw’stexw
english: take s-th, s-o home

hal: kwútes the slhílhelyóllh…
english: She took a little girl…

hal: lis kwa iwólemstexwes ye ew stewíxwelh…
english: Whenever the little kids played with her…

hal: la xwa tl'áqt te qw'x̲wéltses.
english: her nails had gotten long.

hal: la slexwélhmetem la te q'élmels.
english: And they went and raided her camp.

hal: …tl'osu ts'ísem li tethá te spí:ls s’álhtel.
english: …then vegetables were growing right there.

hal: …xwelá kw'e stl'áleqem.
english: … into a supernatural being

hal: kw’es lis la téslexwes te th'táme te témexw…
english: Wherever the raft bumped into land…(approached land)

hal: …tl'osu la t'ókw'stexwes la te q'élmels.
english: …then she took them back home to her camp.

hal: thíytes yutl'ólem te th'táme.
english: They made a raft.

hal: tl'ósu xwi iyáqtes te stl'ítl'eqelh…
english: And so she changed a little child …

hal: tl'o kw’su la íkw'etes yutl'ólem.
english: So that’s why they decided to get rid of her (throw her away)

hal: ...kw'es las iyáqtes la xwe stl'áleqem.
english: … to change her into a supernatural being

hal: qesu q'óytem thútl'o.
english: And she was killed

hal: ye chamám thútl'o te hikw si:tel.
english: She went with a big basket packed on her back

hal: qe úlh lay ó iyóqthet thútl'otl'em.
english: but she already had started to change …(but already come just (that) changed-herself she.herself)

hal: kwíkwexetem thútl'o kw'e th'éx̱wiya.
english: they called her Th'ex̱wiya

hal: ólhstexwes yutl'ólem the q'ami qas te s’álhtels.
english: And they put the girl and her food aboard.

hal: q'épethet ye mestíyexw.
english: The people gathered up.

hal: léts'axw lí te stl'áleqem.
english: Once upon a time there was a supernatural being

hal: was lis xwelalám ye stewíxwelh…
english: If she heard children…

hal: la t'ókw’stexwes the slhilhelyollh yutl’ólem.
english: They took the little girl home.

hal: …tl'osu má me t'lhóqw'es thútl'o.
english: …then she always scratched them on the face