Title: Halq'eméylem / Lesson: Torchlighting

hal: xwehí:wel
english: to go upstream

hal: ahíw
english: upriver, be upriver

hal: wōqw'ethet
english: float oneself, drift oneself downstream, drown oneself

hal: lex̲éywa
english: to torch-light

hal: tl'átl'el
english: attached

hal: th'ístel
english: horn, antler

hal: músmes
english: cow

hal: s'álqsel
english: tip, point, tip of one's nose

hal: lheq'
english: sometimes

hal: thq'ét
english: spear something (e.g. fish)

hal: ólmetst
english: wait for him/her

hal: thatíl
english: get dark

hal: qeyálh
english: before

hal: kw'étslexw
english: to see him/her/it, catch sight of something/someone

hal: í:tet
english: sleeping, be sleeping

hal: kwíyx̲thet
english: to move oneself

hal: láts'
english: strange, different, other

hal: yewá:l
english: first

hal: kw'íyeqel
english: to climb up (e.g, mountain, rock climbing)

hal: ólhstexw
english: put it on board

hal: t'wa
english: must maybe, I guess, I'm uncertain, must be

hal: yewál kw'as la kw'íyqel lam te smámelet…
english: First you go up the mountain

hal: …kw'as la súq'em te kw'íxw - kw'íxw siyólh.
english: …to go searching dry wood

hal: os lheq su me chémetes álhtel mi te stl'ép.
english: They used to pack it back down

hal: le hó:kwexes kw'ses la lex̲éywe.
english: They used it for torchlighting.

hal: ólhstexwes álhtel lam te sléxwelhs.
english: They put it in their canoes

hal: tl'o hókwexes kw'es héyeqws
english: They used it for making their fire

hal: kw'es kw'étslexwes te sth'óqwi li te tl'ép te qó.
english: So that they see the fish in the deep water

hal: lachexw xwehíwel
english: You go upriver

hal: xwehí:wel lám kw'e ahíw.
english: You go Waaay upriver to be upstream.

hal: élmetst kw'es mes las tu thatíl
english: you wait until it gets dark

hal: qeyálhes me thiyt ta' héyeqw.
english: Before you make your fire

hal: osu me ó wōqw'ethet teli kw'etha ahíw
english: And then you  just drift from upriver

hal: osu ólmetst kw'as e kw'étslexw te sth'óqwi.
english: you wait until you see the fish.

hal: tl'áqt ta' lex̲éywe-siyólh
english: Your torchlighting spear is long (long is your torchlighting wood)

hal: tl'átl'el te th'ístels te smúsmes li te álqsels
english: Attached is a cow’s horn on the end

hal: tl'ó kw'e hókwexw kw'as la lex̲wéywe te sth'óqwi.
english: It’s what you use when you’re torchlighting fish

hal: lámexw kw'étslexw te sth'óqwi li te tl'ép,
english: if you see fish deep down,

hal: os lheq sus tl'ó kw'e lu í:tet
english: it alwayss as if they’re just sleeping

hal: ó kw'á:y kw'ses kwiyx̲thets
english: they just can’t move

hal: os lheq su la theq'étes álhtel
english: So they always speared them then

hal: mes kweléxwes te sth'óqwi.
english: They caught the fish

hal: lhí kw'es lheq ew lhíxw ó te sxelches
english: Sometime, sometimes just three was their catch

hal: láts' kw'es ew léts'e só te sxélches.
english: Other times only one was their catch.

hal: os lheq su lám ó mámt tútl'ó is me t'ókw'
english: Always he (the fisherman) gave it all away when he got home

hal: is t'wa éystexwes kw'es las lex̲éywe
english: they must have liked going torchlighting

hal: tl'ó su lóy kw'es ew hamámt so te sth'óqwi.
english: Because they just gave all the fish away.