áx̱e

See also: axe, axé, and Axe

Halkomelem

FWOTD – 1 July 2025

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Squamish ex̱ (“brant”), Lushootseed ʔəx̌aʔ (“snow goose”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ́.χə̀/

Noun

áx̱e

  1. (Upriver dialect) Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
    • 2022, X̱eʼthílemel, “Te Opel qas te Isale Swayels te Klesmes”, in Kelésmes Halqʼeméylemqel: Halq'emeylem Christmas Word List 2022‎[1], Agassiz, BC: Seabird Island Community School, page 23:
      Lite slheqatses swayels te Klesmes tlʼislesoyx, oxwesthoyxes, tʼexem axe stlʼalxwaylh
      On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, six geese a laying

References

  • Galloway, Brent D. (2009) Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem‎[2], volume I, Berkeley: University of California Press, page 21
  • X̱eʼthílemel (2022) Kelésmes Halqʼeméylemqel: Halq'emeylem Christmas Word List 2022‎[3], Agassiz, BC: Seabird Island Community School, page 14
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