Julia Starritt: "Swearing" (1957)

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[1]	pa-'áraar	uum	pu-pí-tih-ara	pa-mú-'arama	mú-thvuy	pa-t-u-'ív-ahaak
	the-human	3.SG	NEG-say-DUR-NEG	the-3sPOSS-child	3sPOSS-name	NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-die-when

The Indian did not say his child's name when it died.

[2]	káru	vúra	koovúra	pa-mu-'áraar-as	tá	kun-'ív-ahaak	pu-pí-tih-ara	mukun-'íthvuy
	also	Intensive	all	NOMZ-3sPOSS-relative-PL	PERF	3pl(>3s)-die-when	NEG-say-DUR-NEG	3plPOSS-name

And when any of his relatives died, he did not say their names.

[3]	vaa	uum	kun-ipí-ti	pitaxyárih
	that	3.SG	3pl(>3s)-say-DUR	swearing

That, they said, was "swearing."

[4]	xás	hâari	tá	kun-ip-íthvuuymath	míta	pa-kêemish	mú-thvuy
	then	sometime	PERF	3pl(>3s)-ITER-name.(someone)	near.past	the-deceased.person	3sPOSS-name

Sometimes they name someone again with the name of the deceased.

[5]	víri-va	kári	uum	tá	kun-ipí-ti	p-eethvuy	vúra	pu-húun-hara
	so-so	then	3.SG	PERF	3pl(>3s)-say-DUR	the-name	Intensive	NEG-harmful-NEG

Then they could still say the name, and no harm was done.

[6]	xás	hâari	vúra	ára	pu-xú-tih-ara	víri	vúra	t-óo	piip	p-eethvuy
	then	sometime	Intensive	person	NEG-think-DUR-NEG	so	Intensive	PERF-3s(>3)	say	the-name

Sometimes a person just wasn't thinking, so he said the name.

[7]	púya-va	tá	kun-ixvíphuunish	xás	tá	kun-váasan-ha
	and.so-so	PERF	3pl(>3s)-get.angry.at	then	PERF	3pl(>3s)-enemy-DENOM

Then they got angry at him and became his enemies.

[8]	púya-va	uum	fâat	t-u-'ûukar
	and.so-so	3.SG	what	PERF-3s(>3)-put.out.(boat)

Then he paid something.

[9]	xás	tá	kun-ip-chúphuunish
	then	PERF	3pl(>3s)-ITER-talk.to

Then they spoke to him again.

[10]	hâari	itrôop	t-u-'ûukar	káru	hâari	vúra	itráhyar
	sometime	five	PERF-3s(>3)-put.out.(boat)	also	sometime	Intensive	ten

Sometimes he paid five dollars and sometimes ten.

[11]	xás	hâari	vúra	uum	pa-'áraar	pa-húunta-haak	ára	vúra	t-u-pitaxyárih
	then	sometime	Intensive	3.SG	the-human	NOMZ-peculiar-when	person	Intensive	PERF-3s(>3)-swear

Sometimes when a person was peculiar, he "swore" (on purpose).

[12]

xás

pa-tá

kun-ípeer-ahaak

fâat

iyúrish

xás

pa-t-u-'ûuri-haak

púya-va

uum

hâari

ára

vaa

kúth

t-óo

tháaniv

then

NOMZ-PERF

3pl(>3s)-say.to-when

what

pay

then

NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-be.unwilling-when

and.so-so

3.SG

sometime

person

so

because.of

PERF-3s(>3)

sit

When they told him to pay something and he refused, then sometimes a person was killed because of it.

[13]	íkiich	káru	vúra	mu-típa	káru	mu-xúkam	káru	vúra	akâay	vúra	pa-mu-'áraar
	maybe	also	Intensive	3sPOSS-brother	also	3sPOSS-uncle.(maternal)	also	Intensive	who	Intensive	the-3sPOSS-relative

Maybe too it would be his brother or his uncle or any relative of his.

[14]	vaa	uum	arará-kuupha
	that	3.SG	human-doing

That was Indian law.