Cedar Headband
xte’um ‘u tthu shqitustun
making a headband
1. Vocabulary
| shqitustun | ‘headband’ | |
| sluwi’ | ‘inner cedar bark’ | |
| 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’ | |
| ‘usup’t | ‘finish it’ | |
| thhwat | ‘make it invisible’ | |
| humun | ‘hammer’ | |
| t’um’ut | ‘pound it’ | |
| t’uyumt | ‘attach it’ | |
| tl’a’ma’qwum | ‘fit your head’ |
2. 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’ yuthahwt 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.’ | ||