Here are some more common ways of forming plurals in Hul'q'umi'num'.

• Some words form plurals by reduplication - that is, by copying part of the word.

slheni'

woman

slhunlheni'

women

• Certain consonants, including l, change to h when they are reduplicated.

lelum'

house

hulelum'

houses

• Some words form plurals by reduplication and changing a vowel to i.

hwulmuhw

First Nations person

hwuhwilmuhw

First Nations people

• Related to these are plurals like the following:

snuhwulh

canoe

sunihwulh

canoes

• Many plurals do not exactly fit the above patterns.

	swiw'lus	teenage boy		swaaw'lus	teenage boys
	stl'i'tl'qulh	child		stl'ul'iqulh	children
	swuy'qe'	man		suw'wuy'qe'	men