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

hal: tl'áqt
english: tall, long

hal: tl'ép
english: low, deep

hal: láts'
english: strange, different

hal: tútl'ó:
english: he, him

hal: kw'íxw
english: pitch, sap, gum

hal: léts'e
english: one

hal: lhí:xw
english: three

hal: ólmetst
english: wait for him/her

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

hal: ítet
english: to sleep

hal: ó:lh
english: get on board

hal: kw'íyeqel
english: to climb a hill, mountain, rock climbing

hal: lex̲éywa
english: to torch-light

hal: kw'étslexw
english: to see him/her/it

hal: ólmetsel
english: to wait around, to wait

hal: siyólh
english: wood, firewood

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

hal: ólhstexw
english: put it on board

hal: thq'ét
english: spear it

hal: sth'óqwi
english: fish

hal: ahíw
english: be upriver

hal: t'ó:kw'
english: to go home

hal: yewá:l
english: first

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

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

hal: suwq't
english: searching for something

hal: hōqw'
english: to drift

hal: á:lthel
english: they

hal: xwehíwel
english: go upriver

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

hal: mámt
english: give something away

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

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.