Hoopu (Cradleboard) Words Flashcards
1
Q
hoopu
A
cradleboard
2
Q
tubuhu
A
unscraped hide
3
Q
kwasupu
A
buckskin
meaning, hide with all the prep work done
this word can also mean “ripe” or “overcooked”
4
Q
wusebu
A
to scrape hide
5
Q
tudasomape
A
cradleboard frame
made of chokecherry or red wood
6
Q
tusono’o
A
working hide
7
Q
nasono’oyana
A
tanned hide
8
Q
kwepusea
A
to smoke hide
9
Q
nagwepuseapu
A
smoked hide
10
Q
nadakadu’u
A
leather on the bottom of the cradleboard
also the word for “stirrup”
11
Q
tutsakoo
A
leather
12
Q
tsokono’o
A
hood of the cradleboard
13
Q
puma natsono’na
or
tunope
A
tumpline
(leather strap on the back of the cradleboard that is worn on the head to carry it on your back)
14
Q
tooda
A
to lace or wrap up (the baby)
15
Q
tsadoopa
A
to unlace (the baby)
