There is a lovely Finnish word that means both to spin thread and to purr as a cat does.
It’s kerata.
Kerata.
Oh, I love that because a spinning wheel does have this humming, thrumming sound.
Exactly.
Very much like a vigorous purring from a kitty cat.
Exactly.
Exactly.
That’s a lovely term.
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