Phoebe Maddux: They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (1932)

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[1]	vúra	ník	mít	vaa	kun-'aapúnmu-tih-at	pa-'úhish	u-'íf-eesh
	Intensive	a.little	near.past	so	3pl(>3s)-know-DUR-PAST	NOMZ-pipe.(dimin.)	3s(>3)-grow-FUT

They Knew That Seeds Will Grow

[2]	nuu	vúra	pa-kuma-'áraar-as	vúra	pufâat	úhish	ip-sháruk-tih-ap-hanik	xáat	máruk	kun-ifyúku-tih-anik
	we	Intensive	the-3sPOSS-human-PL	Intensive	nothing	seed	ITER-bring.(things)-DUR-INV-ANC	may	uphill	3pl(>3s)-go.around-DUR-ANC

Our kind of people never used to pack seed home, I do not care if they had been going around upslope.

[3]

kúna

vúra

vaa

kun-'aapúnmu-tih-anik

pa-'áraar

hôoy

vúrava

pa-'úhish

p-oo-kyívishrih-aak

vaa

vúra

íkiich

u-'íf-eesh

kun-'aapúnmu-tih-anik

vúra

vaa

in.addition

Intensive

so

3pl(>3s)-know-DUR-ANC

the-human

where

just

the-seed

NOMZ-3s(>3)-grow-FUT

so

Intensive

maybe

3s(>3)-grow-FUT

3pl(>3s)-know-DUR-ANC

Intensive

that

But the people knew, that if a seed drops any place, it will maybe grow up; they knew that way.

[4]	kun-'aapúnmu-tih-anik	vúra	ník	pa-'úhish	ník	vúra	kun-sánpiithvu-tih-anik	pa-kook-âach-as
	3pl(>3s)-know-DUR-ANC	Intensive	a.little	NOMZ-seed	a.little	Intensive	3pl(>3s)-carry.(things).around-DUR-ANC	the-kind--PL

They knew that seeds were packed around in various ways.

[5]

hâari

axmáy'ik

vúra

fátaak

tá

kun-mah

vaa

vúra

taay

pá-tayiith

xás

sú'

pa-tá

kun-'ûupvakurih

sometime

suddenly

Intensive

somewhere

PERF

3pl(>3s)-see

that

Intensive

much

the-Brodiaea

then

inside

NOMZ-PERF

3pl(>3s)-dig.into.for.roots

Sometimes they see at some place a lot of Indian potatoes, and then they dig in under.

[6]	yanéekva	vúra	uum	taay	sú'
	visible	Intensive	3.SG	much	inside

Behold there are lots underneath.

[7]	hâari	vaa	káan	vúra	mu-pîimach	tá	kun-mah	akthiptunv-eech-iváxrah	âapun	ithivthaneen-súruk
	sometime	that	there	Intensive	3sPOSS-next.to	PERF	3pl(>3s)-see	barley-small.(pl.)-dry	on.the.ground	land-under

Sometimes nearby there they see lots of wild oat straw under the ground.

[8]	fâat	vaa	vúra	vaa	pá-vaa	kupí-tih-an	man'áta	axraas
	what	that	Intensive	that	NOMZ-that	do-DUR-Participial	maybe	gopher

It is something that is doing that, maybe a gopher.

[9]	vúra	fâatva	vaa	vúra	pá-vaa	kupí-tih-an	sú'	ithivthaneen-súruk	u-sanpîithvu-tih
	Intensive	something	so	Intensive	NOMZ-that	do-DUR-Participial	inside	land-under	3s(>3)-carry.(things).around-DUR

Something is doing that, is packing it around down under the ground.