Archive | Torchlighting-words and phrases

Tl’álx means ‘to attach it‘ or ‘to stick it on’

Th’ístels te smúsmes means “cow’s horn, horn of a cow”

Th’ístel means ‘horn’ (of an animal), or ‘antler’.

Th’íset means ‘to nail (it)’ or ‘to tack (it)’.

Osu ólmetst kw’as e kw’étslexw te sth’óqwi means ‘(You) wait until you see the fish’.

…kw’étslexw te sth’óqwi is a partial phrase, meaning ‘..see the fish.’.

Osu me o wōqw’ethet teli kw’e ahíw means ‘So (you) just drift down from upriver‘. The ‘you’ is just understood from context.

…telí kw’etha ahíw means ‘…from upriver‘.

…me o wōqw’ethet means ‘…(you) just drift….‘.  The ‘you’ is just understood from context.