Title: Halq'eméylem / Story: Hunting and Naming

hal: thétstexw
english: tell him/her/it

hal: yéysele
english: two (counting people), two people

hal: tá:l
english: mother

hal: chxélcha
english: to catch it (fish, animal)

hal: xwélmexw
english: First Nations person

hal: emét
english: to sit down

hal: swí:qe
english: man, male (creature or plant)

hal: siyólexwe
english: elder

hal: swíweles
english: boy, adolescent boy

hal: íwest
english: to teach, guide someone

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

hal: máyt
english: to help (him/her)

hal: qéx̲
english: much, many, a lot

hal: xwe'í
english: arrive, come here

hal: há:we
english: go hunting

hal: tó:lt
english: to learn (it)

hal: kw'átset
english: to look at it

hal: wiyóth
english: always

hal: skwíx
english: name

hal: sta'á
english: to be like

hal: stl'í
english: a want, need

hal: x̲et'e
english: be saying, say

hal: óxwest
english: to give something to someone

hal: petámet
english: to ask (him/her)

hal: slhá:lí
english: woman

hal: tl'elqtéle
english: deer

hal: t'ó:kw'
english: to go home

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

hal: swówles
english: boys, lots of adolescent boys

hal: lhílhets'et
english: cutting (it)

hal: kw'íkw'etset
english: butchering it, cutting it up

hal: kwíkwexet
english: naming him/her

hal: lam
english: to go

hal: hamámt
english: giving something away

hal: q'ólthet
english: return

hal: hélem
english: be going, be on one's way

hal: Osu te thetstem--
english: Their dad told them.

hal: Emét thútl'ó slhalí tóltes
english: The elderly lady sat down to think about a name.

hal: "Kw'e xwe'itstexwtset cha kwa?"
english: "What are we going to do with it?"

hal: “Kway kw'es u ikwela kwelam o", x̲etsexwes "lachexw mamt lam to siyelolexwe”
english: "You cannot keep any, you've got to give it away to the elders."

hal: Osu íwestes kw'es ste'as cha kw'es kw'ítsetes te tl'elqtéle sxélches
english: So he showed them how to skin the deer and prepare it.

hal: Halem qesu ley hemamt yutl'lolem
english: They were going and then they gave it all away.

hal: Petámetes “we is iyólem kw'as máythóxw?”
english: They asked the elderly lady, if she wouldnt mind helping them with an Indian name.

hal: Kw'átsetes álhtel the siyólexwe shláli
english: They went to see an elderly woman.

hal: Xwe'í q'olhtet thet the tals, “íyolem kw'es kwixetset oxwestset kw'es xwelmexwelh slwixs te mameletset yeyselem swoweles”
english: When he came back, their mother said: "We better give our boys an Indian name".

hal: Tl'i kw'els kwíxet thel sweowlesel mámele
english: I want to give my two boys an Indian name.

hal: Íti te swíyeqe qas te iyeyséle swíweles mámeles. Le íwestes kw'es les háwe wiyóth.
english: There's a man and his two sons. He showed them how to hunt every day. / There's a man that used to take his sons, showing them how to hunt every day.

hal: Kwélexwes te yéysele skwíx.
english: She found two names and gave it to them.

hal: "Osu hoy qesu lhátlets'et" x̲et'stem yutl'lolem
english: "When you are finished, you've got to cut it up". he told them

hal: Osu thet ō, qex̲ syoystest qe tset ew lam ó ikw'et x̲et yutl'olem
english: The boys said "That was a lot of work but we have to give it away".

hal: "Oxwestes tl'osu lam t'okw thútl'ó qesu thetstexwes te mameles” Ey kw'es sqwalewels yutl'olem.
english: "I found two names that I was going to give to your boys" They were happy to get their indian name,

hal: Osu lám yutl'ólem qésu me chxélcha te tl'elqtéle.
english: So they went out hunting, and they got the deer.

hal: Ukw' te qe lay ukw' te tl'elqtele.
english: The deer was nearly all gone.