Maggie Charley: "Indian Food" (1957)

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[1]	píshiich	pa-kun-'áraarahi-ti	pa-'asiktávaan-sas	ápkaas	kun-'íshum-tih
	first	NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-live.(pl.)-DUR	the-woman-PL	iris.sp.	3pl(>3s)-scrape.iris-DUR

As they lived at first, the women scraped iris leaves.

[2]	xás	pa-'ávansa	vaa	kun-paríshriihva	pa-'ápkaas
	then	the-man	so	3pl(>3s)-twine	the-iris.sp.

And the men twined the iris leaves into string.

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

And they wove nets.

[4]	xás	ishkêesh-ak	imvír	kun-íkyav
	then	river-Locative	fishery	3pl(>3s)-make

And they made fisheries in the river.

[5]	xás	vaa	káan	kun-íkriihva	táay	kun-íykar	pa-'áama
	then	so	there	3pl(>3s)-fish.with.set-net	much	3pl(>3s)-beat	the-salmon

And they fished there, they caught a lot of fish.

[6]	xás	pa-'asiktávaan-sas	kun-íhviith-tih
	then	the-woman-PL	3pl(>3s)-clean.fish-DUR

And the women cleaned (the fish).

[7]	xás	pimnaníhraam	vaa	káan	kun-íkyav
	then	summer.camp	so	there	3pl(>3s)-make

And they made a summer-camp there.

[8]	xás	vaa	káan	kun-suváxra	pa-'áama
	then	so	there	3pl(>3s)-spread.to.dry	the-salmon

And they dried the salmon there.

[9]	pa-'asiktávaan-sas	uum	kun-'ífik-vunaa	xuntápan
	the-woman-PL	3.SG	3pl(>3s)-pick.up-PL	acorn

The women gathered acorns.

[10]	pa-'áama	kun-'áam-ti	káru	vúra	pa-'éekoons
	the-salmon	3pl(>3s)-eat-DUR	also	Intensive	the-acorns

They ate the salmon and the acorns.

[11]	káakum	pa-'éekoons	táay	vúra	tá	kun-'ífik	xás	itahara-'átimnam	kóo	t-óo	píishha
	some	the-acorns	much	Intensive	PERF	3pl(>3s)-pick.up	then	ten-pack-basket	as.much.as	PERF-3s(>3)	soak.acorns

Some people gathered a lot of acorns, and put as many as ten baskets to soak.

[12]	kuyrak-hárinay	xás	amáyav	pá-piish
	three-year	then	good-tasting	the-soaked.acorns

In three years, then the soaked acorns were good-tasting.

[13]	pufích'aan	t-óo	kyav
	string.for.snares	PERF-3s(>3)	make

They made twine for deer-traps.

[14]	vaa	púufich	kun-kupee-ykár-ahi-ti	pa-'áraar	kun-tátapvu-tih
	so	deer	3pl(>3s)-MODAL-beat-Modal-DUR	the-human	3pl(>3s)-trap-DUR

The Indians killed deer that way, they trapped them.

[15]	axak-súpaa	t-u-p-músan	pa-mu-tátapva
	two-day	PERF-3s(>3)-ITER-go.see	the-3sPOSS-trap

Every two days they would go look at their traps.

[16]	vaa	kun-kupee-ykár-ahi-ti	pa-púufich
	so	3pl(>3s)-MODAL-beat-Modal-DUR	the-deer

They killed the deer that way.

[17]	xás	koovúra	vaa	kun-'áam-tih	pa-púufich	káru	pa-'áama	káru	pa-'éekoons	káru	pá-piish
	then	all	so	3pl(>3s)-eat-DUR	the-deer	also	the-salmon	also	the-acorns	also	the-soaked.acorns

And they ate all that, the deer and the salmon and the acorns and the soaked acorns.

[18]	akráa	káru	kun-'áam-tih
	eel	also	3pl(>3s)-eat-DUR

They ate eels too.

[19]	pa-xúrish	t-óo	krav	páykuuk	ása	múuk
	the-shelled.acorn	PERF-3s(>3)	grind	over.there	rock	with.(by.means.of)

They ground the shelled acorns with that stone over there (pointing to a pestle).

[20]	xás	t-u-thántap	pa-xúrish
	then	PERF-3s(>3)-winnow	the-shelled.acorn

And they sifted the shelled acorns.

[21]	xás	sáruk	t-u-tákir	astiip
	then	downhill	PERF-3s(>3)-leach.(acorn.meal)	shore

And they leached them, downhill on the river bank.

[22]	xás	áh-kaam	t-óo	kyav
	then	fire-large	PERF-3s(>3)	make

And they made a big fire.

[23]	pa-'ás	t-óo	párish
	the-rock	PERF-3s(>3)	heat.cooking.stones

They heated stones (for cooking).

[24]	xás	asíp-kaam	t-u-máhyaan	pa-'éekoons
	then	bowl-large	PERF-3s(>3)-put.in	the-acorns

And they put the acorns in a big soup-basket.

[25]	t-u-'arámpuk
	PERF-3s(>3)-cook.acorn.soup

They cooked acorn soup.

[26]	xás	kun-'áam-tih
	then	3pl(>3s)-eat-DUR

Then they ate it.