Come experience our language & culture with us through our monthly series. See (and hear!) an archive of our past words here, and check back for more each month.
July Words:
Shókwil (across, on the opposite side, go across a river) Jeremiah Johnny from the Culture Department shares the word of the month in Lhéchelesem, Nooksack language.
June Words:
Q’tsam (absent minded, short of memory/mind, short of rope, short of food, less) Slátsot (quick thinking & actions) Jeremiah Johnny from the Culture Department shares the word of the month in Lhéchelesem, Nooksack language.
May Words:
Sáy7say7 (fear, be afraid, be scared) Jeremiah Johnny from the Culture Department shares the word of the month in Lhéchelesem, Nooksack language.
April Words:
X’áwas (new, brand new) As7ísta (same, familiar, like this, like that) Jeremiah Johnny from the Culture Department shares the word of the month in Lhéchelesem, Nooksack language.
March Words:
Lhchiws (tired) Jeremiah Johnny from the Culture Department shares the word of the month in Lhéchelesem, Nooksack language.
February Words:
sqáqala (Baby) Jeremiah Johnny from the Culture Department shares the word of the month in Lhéchelesem, Nooksack language.
January Words:
Ham7í (Beginning to, coming to) xáwes (New, brand new) Jeremiah Johnny from the Culture Department shares the word of the month in Lhéchelesem, Nooksack language.
December Words:
Ha7lh Skwáyal (Good day) Jeremiah Johnny from the Culture Department shares the word of the month in Lhéchelesem, Nooksack language.
November Words:
Píqw’alánoxw (November; scattering leaves) Tíyano (Those, that bunch) Jeremiah Johnny from the Culture Department shares the word of the month in Lhéchelesem, Nooksack language.
October Words:
Yómech (Chinook salmon) Xwótqwem (Loud water; sound of water splashing fast and hard.) Shílh (Ready, be ready) Jeremiah Johnny from the Culture Department shares the word of the month in Lhéchelesem, Nooksack language.
