Galloway 2009: 905. Meaning glossed as 'round, full (of the moon)ʼ. Adjective / adjectival verb. Possibly contains the bound root xʸǝlː 'move around in circles' [Galloway 2009: 964].
Island Halkomelem:šǝlák'ʷ1
Gerdts 1997: 25.
NUMBER:70
WORD:sand
Upriver Halkomelem:s=yíːcʼ-ǝm {syí:ts'em}1
Galloway 2009: 1045. Derived nominal form. Root meaning unknown; s= is the nominalizer ('something to / that').
Galloway 2009: 977. Continuative stem. Meaning glossed as 'be saying, say, said'. Secondary synonym: qʷɛːl {qwá:l}. Free root. Meaning glossed as 'say, speak, talk, give a speech, croak, etc. (non-human creatures with cries are also said to qwà:l'). Transitive verb [Galloway 2009, 502].
Gerdts 1997: 100. Meaning glossed as 'to see him / her / it'.
NUMBER:73
WORD:seed
Upriver Halkomelem:s=pǝ́ls {spí:ls}1
Galloway 2009: 611. Derived nominal. Meaning glossed as 'the planting, seeds to plant, what is planted (sown), garden'. Bound root {pél ~ pí:l} 'planted, get buried' [Galloway 2009: 376].
Island Halkomelem:s=pǝnʼǝm1
Gerdts 1997: 58.
NUMBER:74
WORD:sit
Upriver Halkomelem:ʔǝmǝ́t {emét}1
Galloway 2009: 351. Probably an unsegmentable root. Meaning glossed as 'sit, sit down, sit up, arise (from lying or sitting), get up (from lying down, from bed or chair)'. Intransitive verb.
Island Halkomelem:ʔǝmǝt1
Gerdts 1997: 95. Meaning glossed as 'to sit down, to get out of bed'. Synonym: xʷcʼenʼǝcǝm 'to sit down' [Gerdts 1997: 95].
Galloway 2009: 183. Probably an unsegmentable root. Meaning glossed as 'skin, hide (with / without hair or fur), pelt, sinew'.
Island Halkomelem:kʼʷǝlǝwʼ1
Gerdts 1997: 121.
NUMBER:76
WORD:sleep
Upriver Halkomelem:ʔítǝt {ítet}1
Galloway 2009: 124. Free root. Meaning glossed as 'sleep, go to sleep, asleep'. Intransitive verb.
Island Halkomelem:ʔítǝt1
Gerdts 1997: 81.
NUMBER:77
WORD:small
Upriver Halkomelem:ʔexʷíl {axwíl}1
Galloway 2009: 20. Meaning glossed as 'small, little, a little bit'. The element -il could be an inceptive affix (with the meaning 'go, come, get, become'). Adjective / adjectival verb.