Mamie Offield: "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (1957)

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[1]	á'iknêechhan	mu-hrôoha	pirishkâarim
	falcon	3sPOSS-wife	grizzly

Duck Hawk's wife was Grizzly Bear.

[2]	xás	mu-típa	síit
	then	3sPOSS-brother	mouse

And his brother was Mouse.

[3]	kári	xás	uum	vúra	hári-va-heesh	á'iknêechhan	hôoyva	t-u-vâaram	sinmôovishar
	then	then	3.SG	Intensive	sometime-INDEF-FUT	falcon	somewhere	PERF-3s(>3)-go	absent.a.long.time

So it would be sometimes, Duck Hawk went off somewhere, he was gone a long time.

[4]	púyava	xás	kúkuum	t-u-'ípak
	you.see	then	again	PERF-3s(>3)-come.back

Then he would come back again.

[5]	kári	xás	itháan	u-vâaram	kúkuum
	then	then	once	3s(>3)-go	again

So once he went away again.

[6]	kári	xás	siit	u-pakurîihvu-tih
	then	then	mouse	3s(>3)-sing.songs-DUR

Then Mouse was singing.

[7]	kári	xás	u-píip	aaníhich	uum	chími	u-'ípak-eesh
	then	then	3s(>3)-say	my.older.brother	3.SG	soon	3s(>3)-come.back-FUT

And he said, "Big brother is going to come back.

[8]	yakún	sôomvaan	chími	u-'ípasuk-eesh
	you.see	woman.who.offers.self.in.marriage	soon	3s(>3)-bring.person.back-FUT

He's going to bring home a new wife."

(Bright: "Literally, 'he will bring a marriage-applicant,' i.e., a woman who comes to a man's house to offer herself in marriage; see Harrington, 1932a, pp.4-5.")

[9]	kári	xás	u-píip	pirishkâarim	hûut	t-ée	piip
	then	then	3s(>3)-say	grizzly	how	PERF-2s(>3)	say

And Grizzly Bear said, "How did you say?"

[10]	xás	u-píip	siit	púra fâat
	then	3s(>3)-say	mouse	nothing

And Mouse said, "Nothing."

[11]	vúra	kúnish	hûut	t-ée	piip
	Intensive	sort.of	how	PERF-2s(>3)	say

"You sort of said something."

[12]	pûu	púra fâat	vúra	n-eepí-tih-ara
	no	nothing	Intensive	1s(>3)-say-DUR-NEG

"No, I didn't say anything."

[13]	xás	u-píip	pirishkâarim	á'	nu-tákararih-eesh	súrukam	aah	ni-kyâ-avish	pa-pu-pasupíichva-haak
	then	3s(>3)-say	grizzly	above	1pl(>3)-hang-FUT	under	fire	1s(>3)-make-FUT	NOMZ-NEG-reveal-when

Then Grizzly Bear said, "I'll hang you up, I'll make a fire under you if you don't tell."

[14]	ta'ítam	siit	á'	u-tákararih-een
	so	mouse	above	3s(>3)-hang-ANT

So she hung Mouse up.

[15]	kári	xás	siit	u-piip	aaníhich	chími	u-'ípak-eesh	sôomvaan	u-'ípasuk-eesh
	then	then	mouse	3s(>3)-say	my.older.brother	soon	3s(>3)-come.back-FUT	woman.who.offers.self.in.marriage	3s(>3)-bring.person.back-FUT

Then Mouse said, "Big brother is going to come back, he's going to bring home a new wife."

[16]	kári	xás	pirishkâarim	pa-'îin	ta'ítam	u-'akxáraprup-aheen
	then	then	grizzly	the-falls	so	3s(>3)-scratch.away.downriver-ANT

Then Grizzly Bear scratched the falls (away) downriverward.

[17]	yukún	yíiv	á'	u-tásunih-tih-anik	pa-'íin
	you.see	far	above	3s(>3)-be.vertical.barrier-DUR-ANC	the-falls

You see, the falls were (like) a barrier (reaching) a long ways up.

[18]	púyava	p-óo-p-vaavruk	á'iknêechhan	tishravará'iivreen	u-xus	hûut	áta	u-'íina-ti	pa-nani-'íin
	you.see	NOMZ-3s(>3)-ITER-go.down.over	falcon	Etna.Mountain	3s(>3)-think	how	maybe	3s(>3)-experience.something.unpleasant-DUR	the-1sPOSS-falls

So when Duck Hawk looked down over Etna Mountain, he thought, "I wonder what's wrong with my falls?

[19]	ôok	íp	ni-thítiim-tih-at	p-óo-xaak-tih
	here	PAST	1s(>3)-hear-DUR-PAST	NOMZ-3s(>3)-make.noise-DUR

Formerly I heard them sounding from here.

[20]	vúra	pu-na-thítiim-tih-ara
	Intensive	NEG-1s(>3)-hear-DUR-NEG

I can't hear them."

[21]	púyava	p-oo-'ípak	yánava	pa-nani-'îin	t-óo	p-vuunup
	you.see	NOMZ-3s(>3)-come.back	visible	the-1sPOSS-falls	PERF-3s(>3)	ITER-flow.downstream.from.here

So when he got back, he saw it, "My falls have flowed downriver."

[22]	kári	xás	u-piip	akâay	t-u-táayvaar	pa-nani-'íin
	then	then	3s(>3)-say	who	PERF-3s(>3)-spoil	the-1sPOSS-falls

And he said, "Who spoiled my falls?"

[23]	kári	xás	siit	u-piip	naa	íp	ni-pasúpiichv-at	pa-sôomvaan	t-i-'ípasuk
	then	then	mouse	3s(>3)-say	1sg.	PAST	1s(>3)-reveal-PAST	NOMZ-woman.who.offers.self.in.marriage	PERF-2s(>3)-bring.person.back

Then Mouse said, "I revealed that you were bringing home a new wife.

[24]	víri	tá	mi-hrôoha	pirishkâarim	t-u-táayvaar	pa-mi-'íin
	so	PERF	2sPOSS-wife	grizzly	PERF-3s(>3)-spoil	the-2sPOSS-falls

Your wife, Grizzly Bear, spoiled your falls."

[25]	ta'ítam	u-piykára-heen	pa-mu-hrôoha
	so	3s(>3)-slaughter-ANT	the-3sPOSS-wife

So (Duck Hawk) killed his wife.

[26]	kári	xás	u-piip	akâay	kích	vúra	ip-shan-sîipree-vish-an	pa-mu-'ípih
	then	then	3s(>3)-say	who	only	Intensive	ITER-carry.(things)-up.(pl.action)-FUT-Participial	the-3sPOSS-bone

And he said, "Who is going to carry away her bones?"

[27]	kári	xás	u-piip	kachakâach	naa	ník	ni-p-shan-sîipree-vish
	then	then	3s(>3)-say	bluejay	1sg.	a.little	1s(>3)-ITER-carry.(things)-up.(pl.action)-FUT

Then Blue Jay said, "I'll carry them away."

[28]	púya	u-p-atishîip
	and.so	3s(>3)-ITER-raise.up.with.basket.on.back

So she loaded up a burden-basket.

[29]	xás	viitkírak	kúuk	u-p-atí-moo
	then	Bald.Hills	to	3s(>3)-ITER-carry.in.a.burden.basket-to

And she carried them to the Bald Hills.

[30]	kári	xás	vaa	káan	xás	itháhaas	ú-kyav
	then	then	so	there	then	scattered	3s(>3)-make

And she scattered them there

[31]	víri-va	kumá'ii	vaa	káan	kích	kun-'áraarahi-tih-anik	pirishkâarim
	so-INDEF	because.of	so	there	only	3pl(>3s)-live.(pl.)-DUR-ANC	grizzly

For that reason grizzly bears lived only there.

[32]	ôok	uum	púfaat-hanik	pa-pirishkâarim
	here	3.SG	nothing-ANC	the-grizzly

There were no grizzly bears here.