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1. ee    ishávaas    ôok    tá    ni'áhoo    oh!    child.of.deceased.sibling    here    PERF    I.have.come

   "Ee, nephew, I have come. Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

2. ée    if    ôok    asayâamach    utháaniv    oh!    truly    here    pretty.rock    it.is.lying.there

   "Oh, what a nice looking rock lying here." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

3. ée    aaf    kuna    upákat    oh!    excrement    in.addition    it.tastes.like

   "Oh, it tastes like manure." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

4. ée    if    páy    ahupyâamachich    oh!    truly    this    pretty.wood

   "Oh, what nice wood this is!" Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

5. xás    u'íhivrik    "ee    then    she.answered    oh!

   Then she answered: "Yes!" Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

6. kári    xás    ee    vúra    vaa    u'áhootih    vúra    tá    kâarim    then    then    oh!    Intensive    so    he.was.traveling    Intensive    PERF    bad

   And oh! he was walking that way, he was really bad off. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

7. ee    ninithívthaaneen    ninithívthaaneen    oh!    my.country    my.country

   "Oh, my country, my country!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

8. xás    uxúti    eee    naa    nipêesh    pihnêefich    ôok    uvúrayvutiheen    then    he.was.thinking    oh!    1sg.    I.will.say    coyote    here    he.went.around

   And he thought, "Ah, I'll bet Coyote has been around here! Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

9. eee    xás    uxúti    pihnêefich    yáas    naa    nixúti    tá    nishíinvar    oh!    then    he.was.thinking    coyote    then    1sg.    I.am.thinking    PERF    I.drowned

   "Ah," Coyote thought then, "now I think I've drowned." Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

10. xás    tá    kunpíip    eee    naa    nipêesh    pihnêefich    then    PERF    they.said    oh!    1sg.    I.will.say    coyote

    And they said, "Ah, I'll bet it's Coyote! Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

11. kári    xás    axmáy    vúra    pa'asiktávaan    upiip    yáxa    ee!    yáxa    ithyáruk    then    then    suddenly    Intensive    the.woman    she.says    look!    oh!    look!    across

    Then suddenly one woman said, "Look, oh look across-river!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

12. kári    xás    ee    aaf    pani'áamtih    aaf    pani'áamtih    tUtUtUtU    then    then    oh!    excrement    that.which.I.am.eating    excrement    that.which.I.am.eating    tUtUtUtU

    Then (he said), "Oh, it's excrement that I'm eating, it's excrement that I'm eating, tUtUtUtU!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

13. ee    axmáy    áxup    úkyiimnuprih    oh!    suddenly    dressed.deermeat    it.fell.in.through.it

    Oh! Suddenly dressed deer meat fell in. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

14. xás    kári    ee    kári    xás    kunpiip    uum    apsunmúnukich    tukitaxríharahitih    then    then    oh!    then    then    they.said    3.SG    racer.snake    he.is.being.unfaithful

    And (people) said, "Oh, Racer is being unfaithful!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text

15. ee    yánava    áchkuun    oh!    visible    swamp.robin

    Well, he saw Swamp Robin. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text

16. púyava    xás    upiip    ee    chími    núpuunvi    you.see    then    he.said    oh!    soon    let.us.rest

    And he said, "Well, let's rest!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text