Torchlighting is a story told by Ts’át’selexwót, Elizabeth Herrling.
The Doll
This is a story told by Ts’áts’elexwót, Elizabeth Herrling.
ó:lhstexwes
ó:lhstexwes means ‘They (were) loading it’. ‘They’ and ‘it’ are both understood from context.
hóyòwèlh
Hóyòwèlh means ‘goodbye‘. You say this to the person whó is staying when you are leaving.
lámòwèlh
Lámòwèlh means ‘goodbye‘ or literally ‘go thee well’. You say this to a person who is leaving.
Li chap we éyò?
Li chap we we eyò? means ‘Are you folks well?‘ or ‘Are you guys doing well?’.
Tset we éyò.
Tset we éyò means ‘We (are) doing well’ or ‘We (are) doing good’.
tset
Tset means ‘we‘ or ‘us’.
Tsel we éyò
Tsel we éyò means ‘I am doing well’ or ‘I am doing good‘.
tsel
Tsel is the main word in the language for ‘I‘.