xte’um ’u tthu shqitustun

Making a Headband

by Delores Louie, Ruby Peter, and Donna Gerdts

Vocabulary list

shqitustun	headband
sluwi’	inner cedar bark
humun	hammer
nuts’emutth’	one strand
xuthinumutth’	four strands
t’umusht	braid it
tl’uy’q’t	press it
tl’ey’q’t	pressing it
sul’iq’tul’	even with each other
’usup’t	finish it
thhwat	make it invisible
t’um’ut	pound it
t’uyumt	attach it
tl’a’ma’qwum	fit your head

Sentences

(1)	xuthinumutth’ tthu saay’st-hwuhw ’u tthu sluwi’.
	You’ll have four strands ready.
(2)	t’umusht ch kwu’elh st’e ’u tthey’.
	You will braid it like this.
(3)	’un’ syaays yath ’uw’ sts’uts’e’ ’u tthu lutem.
	Keep your work on the table.
(4)	ni’ ch yutl’uy’q’t kws yaths ’uw’ yusul’iq’tul’.
	Press it down so it will always be even.
(5)	’uy’ tthun’ syaays, ni’ ch wulh tsulel ’i’ ’usup’.
	Good work! You’re almost done.
(6)	ni’ ch tse’ yu thahwt tthuni ’usup’tuhw.
	You will tuck it in to finish it off.
(7)	humun tse’ tthu ni’ ha’kw kwun’s t’um’ut tthu sluwi’.
	You will use a hammer to pound the cedar bark.
(8)	t’uyumt nemustuhw tthu shqitustun tthun’ xwi’lum’ ni’ ’un’ shtl’a’ma’qwum.
	Attach the string that you fitted to your head to the headband.

Students weaving