Author Archive | Stolo Shxweli

Tl’o kw’e le ew í:tet o, kw’áy kw’ses kwíyx̲thets means ‘It’s like (they’re) just sleeping, (they) can’t move’.

Tl’o kw’e le ew í:tet o means ‘It’s like (they’re) just sleeping’.

Ew í:tet o means ‘(They’re) just sleeping’.

Kw’áy kw’ses kwíyx̲thets means ‘They can’t move’.

Kwíyx̲t means to move (it). You use it to talk about moving another object or another person (not yourself).

Kwíyx̲thet means ‘to move oneself’.

Tl’o kw’e hókwexexw kw’as la lex̲éywa te sth’óqwi means ‘It’s what you use when you go torchlighting’. Literally: ‘It’s what you use when you go torchlight the fish’

Tl’o kw’e hókwexexw means ‘it’s what you use’. You could also use it for ‘It’s what you wear’.

Tl’áqt ta’ lex̲éywa siyólh. Tl’átl’el te th’ístels te smúsmes li te élqsels. means “Your torchlighting spear is long. They attach a cow’s horn on the end.”.