Title: Halq'eméylem / Story: Sasquatch Story

hal: skw'echóstel
english: window

hal: álhtel
english: to eat, eat

hal: áxwet
english: to give (it), share food with s-o, give s-o food, bring s-o food, pass food to s-o, give (tr.)

hal: axelésmel
english: in front of, front of a house

hal: kwetxwí:lem
english: go inside

hal: máqa
english: snow (on ground)

hal: ewéta
english: nothing

hal: plhá:t
english: to be thick

hal: qó:qet
english: to drink something (it)

hal: kwtáxwt
english: to let someone inside

hal: lhq'él:exw
english: to know (it)

hal: tl'ékw'el
english: to go out (of a fire, flame)

hal: ts'ít
english: to thank him/her

hal: xálh
english: road, trail, door

hal: yéthest
english: to tell (him/her),tell s-o something that happened, tell s-o (bring something out)

hal: lhex̲é:ylex
english: be standing

hal: th'éx̲wmet
english: to feel sorry for him/her, pity someone

hal: sí:simet
english: be scared of something

hal: th'ex̲wíls
english: to wash dishes

hal: ōkw'
english: run out, finished

hal: teqtá:l
english: door

hal: áx̲eth
english: to lie down

hal: xwe'ít
english: what is happening? What is someone doing?

hal: x̲wém
english: fast, hurry

hal: úkw'
english: to run out, get finished, discard

hal: xólhmet
english: to look after (him/her)

hal: xwel
english: still

hal: yéqwelchep
english: to build a fire

hal: ts'ahéyelh
english: be praying, having a church service

hal: p'óp'etl'em
english: smoking

hal: ts'its'lhá:met
english: hearing it

hal: lewklwket
english: to break something into many pieces

hal: silyó:lh
english: pieces of wood, pieces of firewood

hal: yex̲wyex̲wet
english: untieing s-th, unravelling s-th, unwinding it, unwrapping it, loosen sth, unlacing it

hal: q'ólthet
english: return

hal: á:lthel
english: they

hal: tesát
english: to send someone (tr.)

hal: lex̲wethet
english: to cover oneself up

hal: qólem
english: to scoop, to dip, to dip water

hal: sx̲éytel
english: track, footprint

hal: tílt
english: to clear it (of land, road)

hal: Qá:su kw'íts te swíyeqe.
english: The man cut it up.

hal: “Qéx̲ te sx̲éyltels i te s'átl'q.”
english: “There are lots of his tracks outside.”

hal: Léxwethet, tl'o kw'ses ólu x̲éytl'.
english: They covered themselves up, because it was very cold.

hal: “Íkw'eló ewéta héyeqwtset. Tl'óses me áx̲wetólém te tl'aqtéle.”
english: “And we had no fire here. That’s why he came and gave us the deer.”

hal: Osú qó:lem te má:qe. Su yexwyóxwetes. Qesu xwéts ti álhtel.
english: So they scooped up some snow. They melted it. And so they had some tea

hal: Osu la í:mex tútl'ó. Le xwa (te) stetíl te xálhs.
english: So he went for a walk. Their road was all clear.

hal: Qesú me xwekw'óstes te tl'eqtéle. Kwtáxwtes
english: And so he started dragging the deer. He brought it inside.

hal: Su hó:y kw'es eyóyes álhtel su la áx̲eth qelát
english: They finished their work, they got tired and went back to bed.

hal: “Ts'ithómetsel xólhmet tewátes xólhmetóxw.”
english: “I thank whoever it is who is looking after us.”

hal: Su qelát me xwíy.
english: So they woke up again.

hal: Su me petáxwtes te siyólh. Ew slekwlí:kw ó te siyó:lh.
english: So he packed the wood in. It was all broken up.

hal: “Ewéta héyeqwtset. Tl'óses me chiyólhtólém.”
english: “We didn’t have fire. That’s why he came and brought us firewood.”

hal: “Oh my! Éwe is olu qél ye sásq'ets. We is kw'e me th'íth'ex̲wmetóxwes?”
english: “Oh my! Sasquatches are not all bad. Why else would he take pity on us?”

hal: Tewátes kw'e tí:lt te teqtá:ltset. Xwem kw'es xwemás te teqtá:ltset.
english: Somebody cleared our door. We can open our door again.

hal: “Oh my! Is kw'e xwe'ít ses me th'éxmetóxwes te sásq'ets.
english: "Oh my! I wonder why the Sasquwatch took pity on us?”

hal: Osu xéte “Xwe'í:ttsetcha kwa?”
english: He said: “What are we going to do?”

hal: “Lhq'él:exwes sewéta s'álhteltset.”
english: “He knew that we didn’t have any food.”

hal: Su x̲éte “Oh my! Me kw'etslóxwes kw'e tewátes! Máythóxwes!”
english: He said “Oh my! Somebody has seen us! They’ve helped us!”

hal: Hóy tel sqwélqwel
english: “My story is finished.”

hal: Su pétem te siyólexwe swíyeqe: “Le chí:m ses telexwes kw'set íkw'eló?“
english: So the old man was asking: “How did he find out that we were here?”

hal: Li ye selyólexwe. Ilólets'e álhtel li te lá:lém.
english: There were some old people. They were alone in the house.

hal: “Oh my!“ x̲ete, su xwmáxes te xálh.
english: “Oh my!“ he said. So he opened the door.

hal: Le kw'áts lam te teqˡtá:l. Ulh li tethá te sméyéth.
english: He looked out the door. There was some meat.

hal: Su la áxeth álhtel qelát. Léxwethet.
english: So they went and lay down again. They covered themselves up.

hal: X̲éte te swíyeqe “Ewétel lhq'él:exw. Th'ex̲wmetóxwes kw'e tewátes.”
english: The man said: “I don’t know. Somebody took pity on us.”

hal: Osú x̲éte “Oh my! Me th'éxwmetóxwes kw'e tewátes.
english: So he said “Oh my! Someone took pity on us!"

hal: Su yéqwelchep álhtel.
english: So they built a fire.

hal: Osú la áxeth álhtel.
english: So they lay down.

hal: Le kw'áts te swíyeqe qelát.
english: The man went and looked again.

hal: Ts'ahéyelh. Ts'ítem te sásq'ets, tl'ó me th'éxmet álhtel.
english: They prayed. They thanked the Sasquatch, because it was him who came and helped them.

hal: “Oh my me th'éx̲wmetóxwes tewátes te tl'eqtéle.”
english: “Oh my, somebody pitied us and brought us a deer!”

hal: Osu ts'ahéyelh álhtel.
english: And so they prayed.

hal: Su la álhtellómet álhtel. Ts'ahéyelh álhtel:
english: So they managed to eat. They prayed:

hal: “Qe ulh li kw'e thá kw'e tewátes. Oh my! I tí:ltem te xálhtset!”
english: “Somebody has been there again. Oh my! Our road has been cleared!”

hal: “My!” Kw'étslexwes te sx̲éyltel.
english: “My!” He saw tracks.

hal: “Le tí:ltes te xálhtset.”
english: “They’ve cleared our road.”

hal: “Tewát kw'e lekwlékwet ye siyó:lh?” x̲éte te slhá:lí.
english: “Who broke the firewood?” said the woman.

hal: “Th'íth'exwmetóx̲wes te Siya:m. Tl'ó te te Siyá:m me tssát te sásq'ets,” xéte álhtel.
english: “The Lord pitied us. It was the Lord who sent the sasquatch,” they said.

hal: Kw'ókw'etstes tewátes kw'e me th'íth'exw me te álhtel.
english: He was looking to see who was coming to help them.

hal: Úkw' te siyólhs álhtel.
english: Their firewood ran out.

hal: Su le kwetwílem q'ó:lthet. Li yéthestes te stó:les.
english: So he went back inside again. He told his wife about it.

hal: Su me xwíy álhtel qelát. Ts'lhámetes álhtel te shxwtl'ó:s le la péx̲w.
english: So they woke up again. They heard a loud noise that thumped.

hal: Lóye te máqe qó:qetet!
english: We only have snow to drink.

hal: “Chím se sí:simetem ye mestí:yexw?”
english: “Why are the people scared of him?”

hal: Qesu leq'émestes te láléms.
english: And so they cleaned up their house.

hal: Kw'e me wóyel qelát, su le kw'áts te swíyeqe lám te skw'echó:stel.
english: When the dawn came again, the man looked through the window

hal: x̲éte te siyó:lexwe: “Wel the'í:t e?“ Wel the'í:t?”
english: “Is it really true?” asked the old lady. “It’s true.”

hal: Me chiyólhtólém.
english: Somebody brought us some wood.

hal: Qe ewéta kw'e tewát me x̲élqthet.
english: But no-one showed themselves.

hal: Su ewéta lhq'él:exw wes éwe is e kw'e xwe'í:t.
english: They didn’t know what they were going to do.

hal: Su ō ts'ás'el ew xwoyíwel álhtel
english: So they were very happy.

hal: Le tl'ékw'el te héyeqws álhtel.
english: Their fire went out.

hal: Lets'áxw kw'eselh olu plhát te máqe.
english: One time, the snow was very thick.

hal: Osú ts'lhá:metes kw'e wel shxwtl'ó:s le péxw li te axelésmels te xálh.
english: And then they heard a loud noise which thumped at the front of the door.

hal: “Oh,” x̲éte “Ewéta t'wá héyeqw la átl'qel. Éwe is p'óp'etl'em te shxwélems te sp'ótl'em.”
english: “Oh” he said, “I guess there was no fire outside. No smoke was coming out of the chimney.”

hal: Th'exwí:ls. Qólem te máqe, su yóxwetes tl'o qos álhtel.
english: They washed the dishes. They scooped up some snow,and melted if for their water.

hal: Su me xwíy te swíyeqe.
english: So then the man woke up.

hal: kwe la léx̲wethet álhtel, kw'es xwel x̲éytl'.
english: They went back and covered up with their blankets again, because it was still cold.

hal: “Tewát yu kw'e i th'íth'ex̲wmet-óxw éwelh me kwetxwílem
english: “Whoever it is who is helping us never comes in.”

hal: Osu lhx̲é:ylex te swíyeqe li te skw'chóstel.
english: So the man was standing by the window.