Title: Halq'eméylem / Story: A Torch Lighting Story

hal: lhí:xw
english: three

hal: ólmetsel
english: to wait around, to wait

hal: hōqw'
english: drifting, drowning

hal: léts'e
english: one

hal: suwq't
english: searching for something

hal: láts'
english: strange, different, other

hal: siyólh
english: wood, firewood

hal: t'ó:kw'
english: to go home

hal: kwélexw
english: to get, to have, to catch, to find

hal: lex̲éywa
english: to torch-light

hal: ó:lh
english: get on board

hal: eló:lh
english: be aboard, be on, in a ride

hal: tútl'ó:
english: he, him

hal: ahíw
english: upriver, be upriver

hal: sth'óqwi
english: fish

hal: yewá:l
english: first

hal: ólhstexw
english: put it on board

hal: á:lthel
english: they

hal: xwehíwel
english: go upriver

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

hal: mámt
english: give something away

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

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

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

hal: sxólcha
english: a catch (fish, animal)

hal: tl'álx
english: put it on (design), attach it, fasten it

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

hal: tl'áqt
english: tall, long

hal: ítet
english: to sleep

hal: tl'ép
english: low, deep

hal: kw'íxw
english: pitch, sap, gum

hal: ólmetst
english: wait for him/her

hal: Yewál kw'as la kw' íyqel lam te smámelet. Kw'as la súq'em te kw' íxw - kw'Íxw siyólh.
english: First you go up the mountain to look for pitchwood.

hal: Os lheq su me chémetes álhtel mi te stl'ép. Le hó:kwexes kw'ses la lex̲éywe.
english: Then they would pack it back down. They used it for torchlighting.

hal: Olhstexwes álhtel lam te sléxwelhs. Tl'o hókwexes kw'es héyeqws kw'es kw'étslexwes te sth'óqwi li te tl'ép te qó.
english: They put it in their canoe to use it to see the fish down in the bottom of the water.

hal: Lachexw xwehíwel, xwehí:wel lám kw'e ahíw. Qásu élmetst kw'es mes las tu thatíl qeyálhes me thiyt ta' héyeqw.
english: You go upriver. Waaaaay upriver. And then you wait till it gets dark before you make your fire.

hal: Osu me ó wōqw'ethet teli kw'etha ahíw, osu ólmetst kw'as e kw'étslexw te sth'óqwi.
english: Then you drift down from upriver, and you wait until you see fish.

hal: Tl'áqt ta' lex̲éywe-siyólh, tl'átl'el te th'ístels te smúsmes li te álqsels. Tl'ó kw'e hókwexw kw'as la lex̲wéywe te sth'óqwi.
english: Your spear is long and it has a split cow-horn on the end. That's what you use when you're torchlighting for fish.

hal: Lámexw kw'étslexw te sth'óqwi li te tl'ép, os lheq sus tl'ó kw'e le ew í:tet ó kw'á:y kw'ses kwiyx̲thets.
english: If you see a fish down in the water, then they look like they're sleeping. They can't move.

hal: Os lheq su la theq'étes álhtel mes kweléxwes te sth'óqwi.
english: That's when you can spear them, to catch the fish.

hal: Lhí kw'es lheq ew lhíxw ó te sxelches láts' kw'es ew léts'e só te sxélches.
english: Sometimes my father would get three, sometimes he would just catch one fish.

hal: Os lheq su lám ó mámt tútl'ó is me t'ókw'. Is t'wa éystexwes kw'es les lex̲éywe tl'ó su lóy kw'es ew hamámt só te sth'óqwi.
english: He just used to give it away when he got home. He must have just liked going torchlighting, cause he never kept his fish. He just gave it to the old people.