FNLG 232 - Lesson Ten
shte's kwun's thuyt tthu lumutoul'qun
How You Prepare Wool
| p'uq' | white | |
| p'q'ul'qun' | goat (mountain goat); goat's wool | |
| p'q'ulwut | goat's wool blanket | |
| p'ulq'ulwut | goat's wool blankets | |
| swuqw'a'lh | goat's wool blanket | |
| swuwqw'a'lh | goat's wool blankets | |
| lumutou | sheep | |
| lumutoul'qun | wool from sheep | |
| sey' | wool (all kinds) | |
| tsq'ix | black | |
| tshwikw' | grey |
| lhts'ul'qun | shear sheep | [lhits'ut 'slice/cut it'] | |
| lhuts'ul'qun | shearing sheep | ||
| tth'xwul'qun | wash wool | [tth'xwat 'wash it'] | |
| tth'uxwul'qun' | washing wool | ||
| ts'uy'hwul'qun | dry wool | [ts'uy'hwt 'dry it'] | |
| ts'uy'hwul'qut | dry wool | ||
| ts'ey'hwul'qun' | drying wool | ||
| ts'ey'hwul'qut | drying wool | ||
| thuyxul'qun | tease wool | [thuyxt 'stoke the fire'] | |
| they'xul'qun' | teasing wool | ||
| t-shul'qun | card wool | [t-shet 'comb it'] | |
| tushul'qun' | carding wool | ||
| shtushul'qun' | carder | ||
| t-shul'qut | card it (wool) | ||
| tushul'qut | carding it (wool) | ||
| sul'ut | spin it (wool) | ||
| susul'ut | spinning it (wool) | ||
| sul'sul'tun | spindle whorl | ||
| hwsulalust | spin wool (spin two strands together) | ||
| qeluts' | spin (wool, etc.) | ||
| qequluts' | spinning (wool) | ||
| shqequluts' | spinner (spinning machine), spinning wheel | ||
| sqeluts' | spun wool | ||
| qeluts'mun | bits left over in a spinner after spinning | ||
| muqwitth'e' | thick strand | [muqw 'thick'] | |
| hwkwunnuts | skein wool | [kwunut 'take/get it'] | |
| shkwunnets | skein | ||
| shkwen'nuts | in skeins | ||
| qw'umxwust | wind it into balls | ||
| qw'am'xwust | winding it into balls | ||
| (1) | 'e'ut lhuts'ul'qun 'u tthu lumutous. | They are shearing their sheep. | |
| (2) | ni' hakwushum tthu t'um'uw'luch kwus tth'xwul'qun. | They used the washtub to wash the wool. | |
| (3) | 'e'uth ts'ey'hwul'qun' 'u tthu stth'utth'ixw lumutoul'qun. | She's drying the washed wool. | |
| (4) | 'e'uth they'xul'qun' 'u tthu p'uq' lumutoul'qun. | She's teasing the white wool. | |
| (5) | t-shul'qut tthu lumutoul'qun. | Card the wool. | |
| (6) | 'e'uth tushul'qun' 'u tthu tsq'ix lumutoul'qun. | She's carding the black wool. | |
| (7) | 'e'uth qequluts' 'u tthu p'uq' lumutoul'qun. | She's spinning the white wool. | |
| (8) | ni' 'untsu lhunu shqequluts'? | Where is my spinning wheel? | |
| (9) | q'tth'ut tthun' sqeluts'. | Double-strand your spinning. | |
| (10) | 'ii ch tuw' yuthekw't tthu ni' muqwitth'e' 'u tthun' sqeluts'. | Are you evening out (pulling) the thick part in your spinning? | |
| (11) | 'e'uth yuthekw'tus yuhul'q'tus tthu sqeluts's. | She's stretching the strand to even out her spinning. | |
| (12) | nem' hwkwunnutst tthu lumutoul'qun, mun'u. | Go and put the wool into skeins, daughter. | |
| (13) | ni' 'u hwushkwen'nuts tthu lumutoul'qun, 'u mun'u? | Is all the wool in skeins now, daughter? | |
| (14) | ni' hwkwunnutsstum tthu sqequluts' lumutoul'qun. | The spun wool has been put into skeins. | |
| (15) | ni' qw'umxwustum tthu sqequluts' lumutoul'qun. | The spun wool has been wound into balls. | |
| (16) | nilh ni' hakwushum kwun's xt'e'um 'u tthu swetu. | It's used for when you make a sweater. | |
| (17) | nilh ni' tl'uw' hakwushum kwun's lhunum' 'u tthu swuqw'a'lh. | It's also used for when you weave a mountain goat wool blanket. | |
| (18) | xi'xle'mutum' tthu slhunlheni' kwey'xutssum'. | They are watching the ladies doing their handicrafts. |
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