sqélemcw

sqélemcw

Shuswap

Alternative forms

• sk·ā´lemuq[1], s-qelmx˚[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsqɛləmxʷ/

Noun

sqélemcw[3]

1. man (male person)

   Yirí7 te sqélemcw l wíwktsems.[4] - That is the man who saw me.

Antonyms

• núxwenxw

Related terms

• qelmúcw

References

1. Tyler, E. B. and W. Bloxam and Daniel Wilson and G. M. Dawson and H. Lefroy and R. G. Haliburton (1891). "Sixth report of the committee appointed to investigate the physical characters, languages, and industrial and social conditions of the North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada." Report of the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 60, p. 693.
2. Kuipers, Aert H. (1974). The Shuswap Language: Grammar, Texts, Dictionary, p. 236. The Hague: Mouton.
3. Kuipers, Aert. H. (1975). A Classified English-Shuswap Word-List. Lisse: The Peter de Ridder Press.
4. Lai, I-Ju Sandra (1998). The grammar and acquisition of Secwepemctsín independent pronouns, p. 41. MA thesis, University of British Columbia.