Mamie Offield: "The Flood" (1957)

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[1]	pe-ethívthaaneen	aas	u-p-iithr-ánik
	the-land	water	3s(>3)-ITER-lie.(liquid)-ANC

Water collected on the earth.

[2]	kári	xás	asiktâan	kin-ipéer	chími	shipnúk-aam	kiik-vîik-i
	then	then	woman	3pl>3pl-say.to	soon	storage.basket-large	2pl(>3)-weave-IMPER

And the women were told, "Weave a big storage basket."

[3]	kári	xás	kun-vik
	then	then	3pl(>3s)-weave

So they wove.

[4]	xás	vúra	xára	kun-vikúur
	then	Intensive	long.time	3pl(>3s)-weave.for.long.time

And they wove for a long time.

[5]	vúra	táayva	kun-vík-roon	icháaniich
	Intensive	several	3pl(>3s)-weave-upriverward.from.here.(pl.action)	at.one.time

They wove several strands at one time.

[6]	kári	xás	pa-kun-ípthith	kári	xás	axváha	kun-iyvúruk
	then	then	NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-finish.weaving	then	then	pitch	3pl(>3s)-rub

And when they finished weaving, they smeared it with pitch.

[7]	púyava	pá-'aas	u-p-iithr-ánik
	you.see	the-water	3s(>3)-ITER-lie.(liquid)-ANC

So the water collected.

[8]	vaa	káan	sú'	kun-ívyiihramnih-anik	vaa	u-thivrúhuthun-anik
	so	tie.up.with	inside	3pl(>3s)-get.into.(pl.)-ANC	so	3s(>3)-float.around-ANC

(The people) got inside (the basket) there, they floated around that way.

[9]	vaa	kumá'ii	payêem	áraar	kun-'áraarahi-tih
	so	because.of	now	human	3pl(>3s)-live.(pl.)-DUR

That's why people are living now.

[10]

víri

vaa

kin-ípeer-anik

hûutva

kóo

ithívthaaneen

u-thaanêe-haak

xáyfaat

ik

kúkuum

vúra

vaa

ku-kup-eep-vík-aha

so

so

3>1pl-say.to-ANC

somehow

as.much.as

land

3s(>3)-sit-when

don't!

must

again

Intensive

so

2pl(>3)-MODAL-ITER-weave-Modal

(But) they were told, "However long the earth exists, you musn't weave that way (several strands at a time) again."

[11]	yukun	ithivthaaneen-taaníha
	you.see	land-be.spoiled

You see, (it will be) the end of the world.