Archive | the Doll- phrases and words

“‘Osetew skw’áy kw’eset ew p’áth’et o qelát”, x̲ét’e. means “‘We just couldn’t sew it (up) again”, (he) said .

Qelát means ‘again’.

Skw’áy kw’eset p’áth’et means ‘we can’t sew (it)‘ or ‘we couldn’t sew (it)’.

Skw’áy kw’es p’áth’et is a partial (incomplete) phrase, you could translated as ‘can’t sew‘ or ‘couldn’t sew’, depending on context.

P’áth’et means ‘to sew‘.

…totí:lt ew stámes kw’ses slíw means ‘…to learn what (was) inside’

Slíw means ’inside‘, as in being inside a box.

Totí:lt means ‘(to be) learning‘.

Tset lhí:ts’et the mimel’ó:ylha tl’o kw’ses kwa kwekwcham means ‘We cut up the doll because (it was) crying’