Nettie Ruben: "Deer Hunting" (1957)

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[1]	pa-púufich	kun-'ákunvu-naa-ti	víri-va	ánav	tá	kun-íkyam	máh'iit
	NOMZ-deer	3pl(>3s)-hunt-PL-DUR	so-so	medicine	PERF	3pl(>3s)-make	morning

When they hunted deer, they made medicine in the morning.

[2]	tá	kun-pikxúramnih
	PERF	3pl(>3s)-finish.making.medicine

They finished.

[3]	kári	xás	t-u-vákirar
	then	then	PERF-3s(>3)-start.to.go

Then (the hunter) started out

[4]	víri-va	vúra	ûumukich	t-óo	máh	pa-púufich
	so-so	Intensive	near	PERF-3s(>3)	see	the-deer

He would see the deer close by.

[5]	púyava	itráhyar	t-óo	ykar
	you.see	ten	PERF-3s(>3)	beat

He would kill ten.

[6]	t-u-páfip
	PERF-3s(>3)-use.up

He used up (his limit).

[7]	púyava	xás	kári	t-óo	pvâaram
	you.see	then	then	PERF-3s(>3)	go.back

Then he would go home.

[8]	púyava	kúkuum	vúra	imáan	t-u-'ákunvar
	you.see	again	Intensive	tomorrow	PERF-3s(>3)-go.hunting

He would go hunting again the next day.

[9]	pa-pi'êep	kun-kupa-'ákunvu-tih-anik	kun-'ákeekvu-tih
	NOMZ-long.ago	3pl(>3s)-MODAL-hunt-DUR-ANC	3pl(>3s)-carry.long.objects-DUR

They carried bows when they hunted, long ago.

[10]	káru	pa-vimtáap	kun-takvára-tih
	also	the-arrow	3pl(>3s)-wear.diagonally-DUR

And they carried the arrows across their chest.

[11]	káru	káakum	mah'íitnihach	kun-tátapvu-naa-ti
	also	some	early.morning	3pl(>3s)-trap-PL-DUR

And some men were trapping early in the morning.

[12]	pa-'ípaha	u-'íihya	pa-táaskar	tá	kun-imthátap
	NOMZ-tree	3s(>3)-stand.(long.object)	the-pole	PERF	3pl(>3s)-tie.onto

Where a tree stood, they lashed a pole to it.

[13]	koovúra	u-yvúruk-ahi-ti	pa-pufich-'ánav
	all	3s(>3)-rub-ESS-DUR	the-deer-medicine

They rubbed deer medicine on everything.

[14]

víri-va

máh'iit

pa-tá

kun-tátapv-an-va

víri

vaa

u-kupí-tih

pa-mukun-chíshiih

víri

koovúra

pa-mukun-chíshii

ánav

tá

kun-iyvúruk-va

so-so

morning

NOMZ-PERF

3pl(>3s)-trap-go.to-PL.ACT

so

so

3s(>3)-do-DUR

the-3plPOSS-dog

so

all

the-3plPOSS-dog

medicine

PERF

3pl(>3s)-rub-PL.ACT

When they went trapping in the morning, their dogs would do this, they would all be rubbed with medicine.

[15]	xás	tá	kun-ívyiihship
	then	PERF	3pl(>3s)-go.away.(pl.)

Then they went off.

[16]	púyava	máruk	pa-chishíi	pa-púufich	tá	kun-iyvúnpiithva
	you.see	uphill	the-dog	NOMZ-deer	PERF	3pl(>3s)-chase.around

The dogs chased the deer around uphill.

[17]	víri-va	kúuk	tá	kun-'ahávoo	pá-chishiih
	so-so	to.there	PERF	3pl(>3s)-herd.toward	the-dog

The dogs would herd them there (towards the traps).

[18]	víri-va	kúuk	tá	kun-ívyiihma	pa-mukun-'ímpaah
	so-so	to.there	PERF	3pl(>3s)-go.to.(pl.)	the-3plPOSS-trail

(The deer) would go to their paths.

[19]	víri-va	u-kupi-tih	pa-t-u-paxfúr-oo	pa-púufich
	so-so	3s(>3)-do-DUR	NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-catch.in.trap-PL.ACT	the-deer

That's what they did, when they snared deer.

[20]	púyava	koovúra	tá	kun-iykára-naa
	you.see	all	PERF	3pl(>3s)-beat-PL

They killed them all.

[21]	púyava	kári	tá	kun-pávyiihship	taay	tá	kun-íykar	pa-púufich
	you.see	then	PERF	3pl(>3s)-go.away.again.(pl.)	much	PERF	3pl(>3s)-beat	the-deer

Then they went back home, they had killed lots of deer.

[22]	púyava	vúra	kóomahich
	you.see	Intensive	little.bit

That's all.