Halkomelem (redirect from Halqemeylem)
(/ˌhɒlkəˈmeɪləm/; Halq̓eméylem in the Upriver dialect, Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓ in the Island dialect, and hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ in the Downriver dialect) is a language of various...
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List of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin (category Articles containing Cree-language text)
storehouse" in the Tlingit language Chilko River: "red ochre river" in the Chilcotin language Chilliwack: "Going back up" in Halqemeylem. Other translations...
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British Columbia Highway 5 (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
uses the Coquihalla Pass. The pass is named Kwʼikwʼiya꞉la in the Halq̓eméylem language used by the Stó꞉lō, which means "stingy container" and refers specifically...
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(Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim)[citation needed] Halkomelem Upriver Halkomelem (Halq̓eméylem)[citation needed] Downriver Halkomelem (hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓)[citation needed]...
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Fraser River is known by local indigenous peoples as "Sto:lo" in the Halqemeylem language of the area, and this term has been adopted to refer to all of the...
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languages: ʾa·qanⱡiⱡⱡitnam Secwepemcékst Salishan languages: Éy7á7juuthem Halq̓eméylem Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓ hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ Lək̓ʷəŋən Nłeʔkepmxcín n̓səl̓xcin̓ Nuxalk...
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/ˈʃiːæm/ in English, [ˈʃiːəm] in Halqemeylem, the local indigenous language, referring to the lowland below. The Halqemeylem name for the mountain is Lhílheqey...
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Katzie Kwantlen Kwikwetlem (Coquitlam) Snokomish (extinct) Tsawwassen Halqemeylem (Upriver Halkomelem) Sts'Ailes (Chehalis) Sto:lo (Fraser River Salish)...
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Chehalis, British Columbia, which is the home of the Sts'Ailes people, a Halqemeylem-speaking Coast Salish group. Their name Sts'Ailes is said to mean "beating...
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