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How to prepare wool

1. Vocabulary I

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

2. Vocabulary II

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

3. Sentences

(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.