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.
May Words:
Slí7éqw (Loose, slack) Txwnats’ (Change, alter, be transformed) Xwoyám (To tell a legend, to tell stories about old days) Jeremiah Johnny from the Culture Department shares the word of the month in Lhéchelesem, Nooksack language.
April Words:
Q’epósem (Gather together) Talsh (Follow tracks / To track an animal) Oxwshít (Toward, go toward) Jeremiah Johnny from the Culture Department shares the word of the month in Lhéchelesem, Nooksack language.
March Words:
Tamqw’ílos (Spring season) Tamwex’és (Month of March / Time when the frogs come out) Kwenánem (To grab) Jeremiah Johnny from the Culture Department shares the word of the month in Lhéchelesem, Nooksack language.
February Words:
Lhách’ten (Knife) Lhích’it (Cut something) Ayóts (Sharp edge) Jeremiah Johnny from the Culture Department shares the word of the month in Lhéchelesem, Nooksack language.
January Words:
Selí (Spirit, your life spirit) Sítats (Your soul) Stáchiws (Body, whole body, your person) Jeremiah Johnny from the Culture Department shares the word of the month in Lhéchelesem, Nooksack language.
December Words:
Xwen7án7t (Evening, getting dark) Ts’ólhom (Cold, to feel cold, it is cold) Temx’étsem (Winter, cold weather, winter season) Jeremiah Johnny from the Culture Department shares the word of the month in Lhéchelesem, Nooksack language.
November Words:
Slhiyó7lhchalh (Ours, it’s ours) Lhéq (Usually, often) Mesám (Wake up) Jeremiah Johnny from the Culture Department shares the word of the month in Lhéchelesem, Nooksack language.
October Words:
Tsewátsot (Take care of oneself) T’onoxw (Hear something, learn something, find out, understand) S7á7am (Give as a gift) Jeremiah Johnny from the Culture Department shares the word of the month in Lhéchelesem, Nooksack language
September Words:
Sí7ixwelh (Youngster, children) O7són (To teach, to show how) Níchim (To talk) Jeremiah Johnny from the Culture Department shares the word of the month in Lhéchelesem, Nooksack language
August Words:
Lhéq’ (All the time, always, usually) Hóhoy (Alone, all alone) Sts’imáy (Berry bush, berry plant) Jeremiah Johnny from the Culture Department shares the word of the month in Lhéchelesem, Nooksack language.
