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Category: Pronunciation
Categories: Sounds

English Translation: 

Audio: 

The consonant sound qw' is pronounced like the qw, but it is made more sharper and[7] it is made back further in the mouth[3]

Terms definitions
1. Lhéchelesem ( Lhéchelesem )
1

Lhéchelesem word: Lhéchelesem 

English translation: Nooksack Language 

2 Lhéchelesem word: Lhéchelesem English translation: Nooksack Language 
2. qw’al ( qw'al )

Lhéchelesem word: qw’al 

English translation: Ripe – Cooked, Ripe 

3. mouth.

English word: Mouth       

Lhéchelesem translation: tsótsin     

4. cook.

English word: Cook Something 

Lhéchelesem translation: qwel7esán 

English word: Cooked 

Lhéchelesem translation: qw’el7 

English word: Cooked Salmon Eggs 

Lhéchelesem translation: qél7éx 

English word: Fully Cooked 

Lhéchelesem translation: qw’élqw’el 

English word: Kitchen, Cook House 

Lhéchelesem translation: sqwel7esáwtxw 

5. ripe.

English word: Ripe – Cooked, Ripe 

Lhéchelesem translation: qw’al 

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