after, passed by
Yeláw means ‘after’, or ‘passed by’. You can use it for time (yeláw texswayel – ‘after noon’), and also for someone passing by on a path or road (Chxw la yeláw – ‘you passed by’) .
Pronunciation
Yeláw sounds like yill-LAW. (Some speakers also say this word yiláw – yee-LAW.)
Audio: Elizabeth Herrling, Elizabeth Phillips
Related words
Yeláw is related to a number of other words in Halq’eméylem, including:
- yeláwt – to pass __ by (on purpose)
- yeláwt – to pass __ by (unintentionally)
- yeláwel – more, surpassing
- Yiwlawelhát – Monday (literally ‘after day’)
-ing form
Yeláw has a special -ing (‘continuative’) form, like this: hiláw – passing by (audio here).
Elders make this type of plural by adding an h- prefix. This is the normal way to make the -ing for words staring with y (as well as for words starting with l, m, w).
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