Title: Halq'eméylem / Lesson: Transformer makes fish

hal: á:yeqels
english: transformer (another name for x̱als)

hal: xwelí:ls
english: to get there

hal: mí:lt
english: put it in the water

hal: hémlets
english: putting something in the water

hal: sth'ó:m
english: bone

hal: sth'eth'eló:m
english: small bones

hal: x̱ét'estexw
english: telling someone

hal: steltó:lō
english: rivers

hal: le’ám
english: go to

hal: á:y
english: keep on going, keep going, continue

hal: qw'e'áts
english: little suckerfish with a big mouth

hal: th'eleth'qw'á:y
english: trouts (many)

hal: lets'ló:ts'tel
english: lots of colours / lots of different looking ones

hal: tl'élx̲xel
english: spring salmon ~ Chinook salmon

hal: lhelhós
english: downriver

hal: ahíw
english: upriver, be upriver

hal: emímel
english: a little bit, small bit, a few

hal: ew
english: again

hal: áylexw
english: be alive, be living, be in good health, be healthy, be well

hal: hōliya
english: humpback salmon, pink salmon

hal: chó:kw
english: far, further

hal: Kwulhíthelh leq’áleqel kwethá Á:yeqels mestíyexw.
english: Long ago the transformer person was travelling.

hal: Mekw’ shxwehélems íkw’elo témexw.
english: He wandered all over the earth.

hal: Kwelátes i te chálexs ...
english: He held in his hands

hal: ...te sth’éth’lóms ye sth’óqwi.
english: ...the little bones of fish

hal: Xwelílses te stó:lō.
english: He came to the river.

hal: Qesu míltes te léts’e sth’om.
english: And he placed one bone in it.

hal: Tl’ósu thet “léwe cha tl’élx̱xel.”
english: He said, “you shall be spring salmon.”

hal: Su me á:ylexw te tl’élx̱xel.
english: So, the spring salmon came to life.

hal: Osu x̱ét'estexwes “qex̱éthet chap cha.”
english: He told them “There will be many of you.”

hal: Tl’ósu hélem la xwa tu chokw.
english: He went further.

hal: Tl’osu ulh mí:ltes o qelát te ew sth’om.
english: He again submerged another bone.

hal: “Léwe cha hōliye.”
english: “You shall be pink salmon.”

hal: Su mi á:ylexwthet.
english: So it came to life.

hal: “Qex̱éthet chap cha."
english: “You will multiply yourselves.”

hal: Qelát o leq’áleqel tútl’o A:yeqels.
english: Again the transformer travelled.

hal: Su me xwelílses ts’áts’el wel hikw stó:lō.
english: So he came to the mighty big river.

hal: Su li tethá leq’áleqel telí te lhelhós kw’es emí iyóthet.
english: He travelled from downriver, where he started

hal: Su hélem lhe’a xwelá te ahí:w.
english: and he was going along it/followed all the way upriver.

hal: Le’ámleses mekw’ ye steltó:lō qas ye xó:letse  ...
english: He went to all the of the rivers and lakes

hal: ...kw’es ye á:ys hémletes te sth’eth’lóms te sth’óqwi.
english: and kept on submerging little bones of fish.

hal: Qesu x̱ét'estxwes:
english: He told them:

hal: “léwe chap cha sthéqi
english: You will be Chinook

hal: tl’o chap cha qex̱éthet"
english: you will multiply yourself (make yourself many)

hal: Kw'es la tes te emémel stótelō
english: When he got to the small creeks

hal: qas te emémel x̱ó:letse …
english: and the small lakes …

hal: …su mí:ltes o qelát te sth’eth’lóms te sth’óqwi.
english: …he submerged more small fish bones.

hal: Su la xwa qw’e’áts qas ye sth'eth'qwá:y
english: They became the suckerfish and trout

hal: qas ye lets’lótstel sth’óleqwi.
english: and the many different varieties of fish