Phoebe Maddux: Sense Characteristics (1932)

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[1]	pa-hûut	u-'iftakantákkan-ti	ú-mxaath-ti	u-'ákka-ti	u-mússahi-tih
	the-how	3s(>3)-feel.sticky-DUR	3s(>3)-smell.like-DUR	3s(>3)-taste-DUR	3s(>3)-look-DUR

"How [tobacco] Feels, Smells, Tastes, and Looks"

(title)

[2]	pa-hûut	u-'iftakantákkan-tih
	the-how	3s(>3)-feel.sticky-DUR

"How [tobacco] Feels"

(heading)

[3]	xúus	kúnish	ár	u-'iftakankôo-tti	pa-t-u-'áffish-ahaak
	smooth	sort.of	person	3s(>3)-stick.to-DUR	NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-touch-when

Tobacco is smooth and sticky when one feels it.

[4]	pa-hûut	ú-mxaath-tih
	the-how	3s(>3)-smell.like-DUR

"How [tobacco] Smells"

(heading)

[5]	káru	vúra	p-eehêeraha	vúra	imxathakkêem
	also	Intensive	the-tobacco	Intensive	bad-smelling

And tobacco stinks.

[6]	hâari	vúra	axvaah-kúha-ana-ha	pa-t-óo	msákkara-haak
	sometime	Intensive	head-be.sick--DENOM	the-PERF-3s(>3)	smell.(something)-when

Sometimes it makes a person's head ache when he smells it.

[7]	pa-hûut	u-'ákka-tih
	the-how	3s(>3)-taste-DUR

"How [tobacco] Tastes"

(heading)

[8]	p-eehêeraha	apmáan	u-krixyúpxup-ti	ára	úux	xára	vúr	apmáan	u-'ákka-tih
	the-tobacco	mouth	3s(>3)-have.burning.taste-DUR	person	bitter	long.time	Intensive	mouth	3s(>3)-taste-DUR

Tobacco burns a person's mouth, it tastes bad.

[9]	vaa	tá	kun-píip	fâat	vúrava	pa-'úux-haak	úux	ihêeraha	kóo	úux
	so	the	3pl(>3s)-say	what	just	NOMZ-bitter-when	bitter	tobacco	as.much.as	bitter

They say when anything tastes bad: "It tastes bad, it tastes as bad as tobacco."

[10]	nani-ttáat	mít	u-p-ôovôo-?ih-at	pa-fâat	vúrava	úux-haak	iheerahá-xiit	kyúnish	kyóo	uux
	1sPOSS-mother	near.past	3s(>3)----PAST	the-what	just	bitter-when	tobacco-green	sort.of	as.much.as	bitter

My mother used to say when anything tasted bad: "It tastes as bad as green tobacco."

[11]

hâari

tá

kun-pakátkat

pa-yaaf

pa-kári

kun-tákkiri-tih-at

kári

xás

tá

kun-piip

ihêeraha

vúra

kári

kyóo

úux

pa-yaaf

sometime

the

3pl(>3s)-take.a.taste

the-acorn.dough

NOMZ-then

3pl(>3s)-leach.(acorn.meal)-DUR-PAST

then

then

the

3pl(>3s)-say

tobacco

Intensive

then

as.much.as

bitter

the-acorn.dough

Sometimes when they taste of acorn dough, when they are still soaking it, they say: "The acorn dough tastes as bad as smoking tobacco yet."

[12]	pa-hûut	u-músahi-tih
	the-how	3s(>3)-look-DUR

"How [tobacco] Looks"

(heading)

[13]	pa-yáan	vúr	u-'íif-ti-haak	puxxích	thúkkinkunish	p-eheeraha-'íppa	pa-chím	u-imtúpp-eesh-ahaak	vaa	kári	taváttavkunish
	NOMZ-recently	Intensive	3s(>3)-grow-DUR-when	very.much	blue-green	the-tobacco-tree	NOMZ-soon	3s(>3)-be.ripe-FUT-when	so	then	light-colored

When it is just growing, the tobacco plant is real green, when it is already going to get ripe, it is then light-colored.