OLAC Record oai:humlab.lu.se:hdl:10050/00-0000-0000-0003-E8B7-B

Metadata
Title:		wáay Kmmú
		Gossypium hirsutum
Contributor:		Kàm Ràw
Coverage:		Laos
Date:		2002
Description:		Scientific Name: Gossypium hirsutum Common Name: cotton Arkivcentrum Syd ID: 2061480
		Khmu Name: wáay Kmmú 'Kammu cotton'
		Description: Cotton is also called pháay. There are two kinds: ~ Kmmú ‘Kammu cot¬ton’, traditionally cultivated by the Kammu and ~ Cɨ̀aŋ Méey ‘Chiang Mai cotton’, which was introduced later. The fruits of the ‘Kammu cotton’ are smaller and the bush is lower. Cotton bushes are grown in a dry and sunny place at the lower end of the field, next to the garden plot for growing chilli and other spices. A family should sow at least one lúŋ of cotton. The cotton is sown in May or June, after the rice. A spe¬cial seed-mother (mà kú) is chosen, and a new kú area is marked out. The same rites are performed by the seed-mother as when the rice is sown (>cmɔ̀ɔl). A bamboo pole (tòor) is set up in or close to the kú area, and charred pieces of wood are hung from sticks at the bottom of the pole to symbolize how big the cotton flowers will become. Cotton is sown in the same way as rice. After the cotton is sown, the period of hard work in the fields is finished. In October and November, the women go to pick the cotton, dry it in the sun, bring it home and store it in the barns. Dry leaves and other hard parts are picked off (tmɛ́ɛc) and the seeds are removed (ìit) with a cotton gin (ìit ~). The cotton is then fluffed (plís) with the string (cmə̀) of a small bam¬boo bow (prlìs ~). The cotton is put around the string which is flicked so that the cotton be¬comes fluffy. Then a distaff (cnlìaŋ ~) is rolled in the fluffed cotton, the distaff is drawn out and the cotton which was wound around it (~ lɔ̀ɔ) is held between the thumb and index finger of the right hand while it is drawn out (tɔ́ɔc) and the yarn is spun and rolled on the spindle of a spinning-wheel (nèey ◊). The cotton yarn is taken off from the spindle and is boiled in water with crushed millet (hŋkɔ́ɔy). In the winter the women are busy weaving (táañ) cotton clothes for the whole family.
		Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen
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Identifier:		oai:humlab.lu.se:hdl:10050/00-0000-0000-0003-E8B7-B
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DateStamp:		2019-03-27
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Citation:		Kàm Ràw. 2002. Lund University Humanities Lab corpusserver.