Galloway 2009: 275. Derived nominal. Polysemy: 'woman (post-adolescent, 15 yrs. or older) / female', literally could perhaps be 'someone that weaves wool, bark'; root ɬɛːl {lhí:l} 'weave', s= is the nominalizer 'someone to, someone that'.
Island Halkomelem:s=ɬeniʔ1
Gerdts 1997: 49.
NUMBER:100
WORD:yellow
Upriver Halkomelem:qʷɛ́ːy {qwá:y}1
Galloway 2009: 510. Bound root. 'Yellow with green' (c= qʷɛːy 'be yellow, be green' [Galloway 2009: 510]).
Island Halkomelem:lǝlǝcʼ2
Gerdts 1997: 122. The name comes from 'dull Oregon-grape'.
Galloway 2009: 686. Durative stem. Meaning glossed as 'be near, be close to, be beside, be next to'. Formed from the free root tǝs 'approach, get near, get closer, reach, go up to, get up to'. Preposition / prepositional verb.
Island Halkomelem:s=tǝ=tes1
Gerdts 1997: 95. Meaning glossed as 'to be close / to be near'.
Galloway 2009: 9. According to Galloway, the root is possibly ʔɛɬqǝy ~ ʔɛɬqɛy or, perhaps, ɬɛq 'whisper, hiss' (then -ɛy is possibly 'bark, wood'?). Nominal.
Island Halkomelem:ʔǝɬqiʔ1
Gerdts 1997: 36.
NUMBER:107
WORD:thin1
Upriver Halkomelem:θʼǝθʼǝm-íːl {th'eth'emí:l}1
Galloway 2009: 774. Derived form. Meaning glossed as 'thin (of material)' (i.e. 1D).
Island Halkomelem:cʼǝm-íːlʼ1
Gerdts p.c.
NUMBER:107
WORD:thin2
Upriver Halkomelem:qʷǝʔiqʷ {qwe'íqw}1
Galloway 2009: 522. Bound root. Derived form qʷǝʔiqʷ-(ǝ)s 'thin (of tree or pole)' (i.e. 2D).
Island Halkomelem:
NUMBER:108
WORD:wind
Upriver Halkomelem:s=pǝh-ɛ́ːls {spehá:ls}1
Galloway 2009: 372. Derived nominal.
Island Halkomelem:s=pǝh-els1
Gerdts p.c.
NUMBER:109
WORD:worm
Upriver Halkomelem:s=θʼǝk'ʷ {sth'ékw'}1
Galloway 2009: 773. Derived nominal stem. Polysemy: 'worm / bug'. Probably bound root =θʼǝkʼʷ , meaning unknown; s= is the nominalizer.
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