Month: August 2025

  • word of interest: qʷeƛemx̄λála

    I’m starting a new feature on this website that I’m calling “Word of Interest”. I was originally going to call it the “Word of the Week” but I don’t really want to be obligated to do it on a regular schedule. Instead, when I come across a x̄á’isla word that I find interesting at any…

  • Is that good-tasting?

    When someone is eating, you can ask them about how it tastes in x̄á’islak̓ala. It would go like this: begʷánem 1: sílu ’íxp̓a (Is that good-tasting? Yes or no) begʷánem 2: ’nna, ’íxp̓u (Yes, it is good-tasting now) The x̄á’isla word for person is begʷánem, below is an audio recording you can listen to and…