Nettie Ruben: "The Story of Bear" (1957)

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[1]	káan	yáan'iiftihan-sa	kun-'áraarahi-ti	tipahêer-as
	there	young.person-PL	3pl(>3s)-live.(pl.)-DUR	brother-PL

Young men were living there, brothers.

[2]	xás	kári	pa-'asiktávaan	kun-xus	tîi	vaa	káan	nu-sôomv-an
	then	then	the-woman	3pl(>3s)-think	let...	so	there	1pl(>3)-offer.herself.in.marriage-go.to

And the women thought, "Let's go offer ourselves in marriage there!"

[3]	kári	xás	káan	tá	kun-'uum
	then	then	there	PERF	3pl(>3s)-arrive

So they arrived there.

[4]	kári	xás	vírusur	u-xus	tîi	naa	káru
	then	then	bear	3s(>3)-think	let...	1sg.	also

And Bear thought, "Let me (go) too!"

[5]	xás	pa-kun-ikyáa-vunaa-ti	kun-'ífik-vunaa-tih
	then	NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-make-PL-DUR	3pl(>3s)-pick.up-PL-DUR

And when the women gathered (food), they picked up (acorns).

[6]	púyava	vírusur	uum	ikxúrar	xás	t-u-vôonupuk
	you.see	bear	3.SG	evening	then	PERF-3s(>3)-leave.house

Then Bear went out in the evening.

[7]	púyava	yáan	ník	vúra	hôoyva	u-súpaahi-tih-eesh
	you.see	recently	a.little	Intensive	somewhere	3s(>3)-become.day-DUR-FUT

Then it was just about to be dawn someplace.

[8]	víri	vaa	u-kupi-tih	t-u-saríshriih-va	pa-kóo	kuma-'ávaha
	so	that	3s(>3)-do-DUR	PERF-3s(>3)-put.(things).down-PL.ACT	the-all	3sPOSS-food

She was doing this, she was bringing in all kinds of food.

[9]	hôoyva	má'	p-oo-mkaanvúrayvu-tih
	somewhere	uphill	NOMZ-3s(>3)-gather.here.and.there-DUR

She was gathering food (from bushes, such as berries) somewhere in the mountains.

[10]	púyava	máh'iit	t-u-'ípak
	you.see	morning	PERF-3s(>3)-come.back

So she got back in the morning.

[11]	púyava	uum	pa-'asiktávaan-sa	yáas	kun-ívyiih-shiprim-tih	máh'iit
	you.see	3.SG	the-woman-PL	then	3pl(>3s)-go.(pl.)-up-DUR	morning

Then the women started out, in the morning.

[12]	yáas	tá	kun-'ífik-vanaa	máh'iit
	then	PERF	3pl(>3s)-pick.up-PL	morning

Then they gathered acorns in the morning.

[13]	vírusur	uum	tá	íp	u-'ípak-at
	bear	3.SG	PERF	PAST	3s(>3)-come.back-PAST

Bear had already come back home.

[14]	uum	ithasúpaa	vúra	ú-krii
	3.SG	all.day	Intensive	3s(>3)-live

She just sat all day long.

[15]	púyava	kúkuum	vúra	kúmateech	tá	kun-pavyíhuk	pa-'asiktávaan-sa
	you.see	again	Intensive	later.in.day	PERF	3pl(>3s)-come.back.(pl.)	the-woman-PL

Again later in the day the women came back.

[16]

púyava

uum

kúmateech

pa-t-óo

kxuraraha

púyava

kári

vírusur

t-u-vâaram

t-óo

mkaanv-ar

ikxáram

you.see

3.SG

later.in.day

NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)

become.evening

you.see

then

bear

PERF-3s(>3)-go

PERF-3s(>3)

gather-go.to

night

Then later, when it was evening, Bear went off, she went to gather food in the evening.

[17]	xás	kun-ipí-ti	pa-'asiktávaan-sa	púya	hûut	kumá'ii	pee-kxáram	xás	u-vaaram-ôo-tih
	then	3pl(>3s)-say-DUR	the-woman-PL	and.so	how	because.of	NOMZ-night	then	3s(>3)-go-PL.ACT-DUR

And the women said, "Say, why does she always go off in the evening?"

[18]

xás

púyava

kuma-máh'iit

xás

kúkuum

t-u-'ípak

vúra

uum

taay

p-oo-'átivu-tih

p-óo-mkaanvu-ti

pa-kóo

kuma-'ávaha

then

you.see

3sPOSS-morning

then

again

PERF-3s(>3)-come.back

Intensive

3.SG

much

NOMZ-3s(>3)-carry.in.a.burden.basket-DUR

NOMZ-3s(>3)-gather-DUR

the-all

3sPOSS-food

And one morning she came back again, she was carrying a lot in her burden basket, since she had gathered all kinds of food.

[19]	xás	kun-piip	púya	hûut	kúth	pe-ekxáram	u-vaaram-ôo-tih
	then	3pl(>3s)-say	and.so	how	because.of	NOMZ-night	3s(>3)-go-PL.ACT-DUR

And (the women) said, "Say, why does she always go off in the evening?"

[20]	xás	kári	yítha	u-piip	yakún	húm	vaa	áraar	uum	vaa	vírusur
	then	then	one	3s(>3)-say	you.see	or	that	human	3.SG	that	bear

Then one said, "You see, that's no person, that's a bear!"

[21]	vaa	kumá'ii	pa-vaa	u-kupí-tih	ikxáram	xás	p-óo-mkaanvu-tih
	that	because.of	NOMZ-that	3s(>3)-do-DUR	night	then	NOMZ-3s(>3)-gather-DUR

That's why she did that, she gathered food in the evening.

[22]	púyava	hínu páy	uum	vírusur	víri	vaa	kumá'ii	pá-taay	ú-mkaanvu-tih
	you.see	surprise	3.SG	bear	so	that	because.of	NOMZ-much	3s(>3)-gather-DUR

So there she was a bear, that's why she gathered (so) much.