Nettie Ruben: "Coyote As Lawmaker" (1957)

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[1]	kun-piip	xâatik	ápap	yúruk	u-vuunúpa-hi-tih	káru	ápap	káruk	u-vuunôovu-tih
	3pl(>3s)-say	it's.better	one.side	downriver	3s(>3)-flow.from.mouth-ESS-DUR	also	one.side	upriver	3s(>3)-flow.upstream.from.here-DUR

(The gods) said, "Let (the river) flow downstream on one side, and flow upstream on the other side.

[2]	xâatik	vaa	u-kupí-tih
	it's.better	so	3s(>3)-do-DUR

Let it do that."

[3]	kári	xás	chémi
	then	then	all.right

Then (they said), "All right."

[4]	vaa	uum	vúra	pa-yúruk	tá	kun-víitrup	t-u-thívruuhrup	yúruk
	so	3.SG	Intensive	NOMZ-downriver	PERF	3pl(>3s)-paddle.downstream.from.here	PERF-3s(>3)-float.downstream.from.here	downriver

When they traveled downstream by boat, they floated downstream.

[5]	ithyáruk	kúna	ú-p-viitroov-eesh	u-thívruuhroov-eesh	káru	káruk	u-vuunôov-ahi-ti	pa-'íshaha
	across	in.addition	3s(>3)-ITER-paddle.upstream.from.here-FUT	3s(>3)-float.upriver-FUT	also	upriver	3s(>3)-flow.upstream.from.here-ESS-DUR	the-water

They would travel back upstream on the other side, they would float upstream also, the water was flowing upstream.

[6]	kári	xás	pihnêefich	u-piip	pûuhara
	then	then	coyote	3s(>3)-say	no

Then Coyote said, "No.

[7]	xáyfaat	vaa	u-kupí-tih
	don't!	so	3s(>3)-do-DUR

Let it not do that.

[8]	koovúra	yúruk	kám-vuunup-ahi-tih
	all	downriver	3s(>3)-flow.from.mouth-ESS-DUR

Let it all flow downstream.

[9]	vaa	uum	vúra	káan	ifmaará-piit	kam-íktaatroovu-tih	káruk	u-vítroovu-tih
	so	3.SG	Intensive	there	married.man-new	3s(>3)-push.upstream.from.here-DUR	upriver	3s(>3)-paddle.upstream.from.here-DUR

Let the new married man push his way upstream there, (when) he is traveling upstream."

[10]	kári	xás	kúna	kun-piip	asiktávaan	pa-mukun-'átimnam	máruk	tá	kun-sánaa-n
	then	then	in.addition	3pl(>3s)-say	woman	the-3plPOSS-pack-basket	uphill	PERF	3pl(>3s)-carry.(things).up.from.downhill-PL.ACT

And next they said, "Women carry their burden-baskets uphill.

[11]	púyava	máruk	xás	áhup	sú'	tá	kun-máhyaan	túr	tá	kun-íkyav
	you.see	uphill	then	wood	inside	PERF	3pl(>3s)-put.in	packbasket.load	PERF	3pl(>3s)-make

Uphill they put wood in them, they make a basket-load.

[12]	kári	xás	tá	kun-pávyiihship	pa-'asiktávaan-sa
	then	then	PERF	3pl(>3s)-go.away.again.(pl.)	the-woman-PL

Then the women leave for home.

[13]	kári	xás	vaa	vúra	káan	tá	kun-'íitshur	pa-mukún-tur
	then	then	so	Intensive	there	PERF	3pl(>3s)-leave	the-3plPOSS-packbasket.load

And they leave their basket-loads there."

[14]	xás	kun-piip	vaa	vúra	kun-'írunaa-tih-eesh	pa-tur
	then	3pl(>3s)-say	so	Intensive	3pl(>3s)-go.(pl.)-DUR-FUT	the-packbasket.load

And then they said, "The basket-loads will walk (home by themselves)."

[15]	kári	xás	pihnêefich	u-piip	xáyfaat	pûuhara
	then	then	coyote	3s(>3)-say	don't!	no

Then Coyote said, "No, don't.

[16]	vúra	uum	yarará-piit	vúra	kám-tuun-tih
	Intensive	3.SG	married.woman-new	Intensive	3s(>3)-carry.in.wood-basket-DUR

Let the new married woman be carrying it."

[17]	kári	xás	vaa	u-kupí-ti	payêem	tá	pu-'áhoo-tih-ara	pa-tur
	then	then	so	3s(>3)-do-DUR	now	PERF	NEG-go-DUR-NEG	the-packbasket.load

So now she does that, the basket-load doesn't walk anymore.