Nettie Ruben: "Bear Hunting" (1957)

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[1]	pa-vírusar	íshyaav	kusrah-kêem	kári	koovúra	eeráriiv-ak	kúuk	tá	kun-pá-vyiihma
	the-bear	winter	sun-bad	then	all	den-Locative	to	PERF	3pl(>3s)-ITER-go.to.(pl.)

In the winter, in December (the bad month), the bears all go into dens.

[2]	púyava	sú'	kun-íkrii	ithé-eshyaav
	you.see	inside	3pl(>3s)-live	one-winter

They stay inside all winter.

[3]	kári	xás	tá	kun-píip	chími	nanu-'eeráriiv	nu-p-imúsan
	then	then	PERF	3pl(>3s)-say	soon	1plPOSS-den	1pl(>3)-ITER-go.see

Then people used to say, "Let’s go look at our dens!"

[4]	kári	xás	tá	kun-p-imús-an
	then	then	PERF	3pl(>3s)-ITER-go.to.(pl.)-cricket

So they went to look at them.

[5]	kári	xás	tá	kun-píip	chími	vôonupuk-i
	then	then	PERF	3pl(>3s)-say	soon	leave.house-IMPER

And they said, "Come out!"

[6]	púra fát-aak
	nothing-Locative

(The bear) was nowhere to be seen.

[7]	púyava	vúra	puxích	tá	kun-íhyiv	chími	vôonupuk-i
	you.see	Intensive	very.much	PERF	3pl(>3s)-shout	soon	leave.house-IMPER

So they shouted loudly, ‘Come out!’

[8]	víri-va	púra fát-aak	vôonupuk-tih-ara
	so-INDEF	nothing-Locative	leave.house-DUR-NEG

(The bear) He didn’t come out anywhere.

[9]	púyava	t-u-vôonkaa	pa-'ávansa
	you.see	PERF-3s(>3)-crawl.into	the-man

So the man crawled in.

[10]	kári	îikam	yítha	ú-krii
	then	outdoors	one	3s(>3)-live

And one stayed outside.

[11]	yanavéek	u-tákviihriv
	visible.	3s(>3)-lie.coiled

(The one who crawled in) saw (the bear) curled up.

[12]	púyava	t-óo	yfúutrupuk	pa-vírusar	îim	t-u-vôonupuk
	you.see	PERF-3s(>3)	push.out	the-bear	outdoors	PERF-3s(>3)-leave.house

Then he pushed the bear outside, he came out.

[13]	púyava	t-óo	p-vôonupuk	pa-'áraar
	you.see	PERF-3s(>3)	ITER-leave.house	the-human

The person came back outside.

[14]	púyava	pa-'îim	ikrêe-n	púyava	t-óo	ykar	pa-vírusar
	you.see	NOMZ-outdoors	live-Participial	you.see	PERF-3s(>3)	beat	the-bear

And the one who stayed outside killed the bear.

[15]	púyava	tá	kun-piykáravar	eeráriiv-ak	kun-ithyúrurupuk
	you.see	PERF	3pl(>3s)-finish.slaughtering	den-Locative	3pl(>3s)-drag.out

They finished killing it, they dragged it out of the den.

[16]	púyava	íshyaav	kun-kupee-ykár-ahi-tih
	you.see	winter	3pl(>3s)-MODAL-beat-Modal-DUR

They killed it that way in the winter.

[17]	pa-tá	kun-íthviish	kári	xás	vúra	athkúrikar	pa-tá	kun-íshfir	pa-mú-maan
	NOMZ-PERF	3pl(>3s)-pack.home	then	then	Intensive	greasy	NOMZ-PERF	3pl(>3s)-skin	the-3sPOSS-skin

When they brought it in, (the bear) was fat when they skinned its hide.

[18]	púyava	îikam	áh-kaam	tá	kun-íkyav
	you.see	outdoors	fire-large	PERF	3pl(>3s)-make

So they made a big fire outdoors.

[19]	kári	xás	vaa	áak	tá	kun-pathríimkurih
	then	then	that	in.the.fire	PERF	3pl(>3s)-spread.(over.fire)

And they spread (the hide) over the fire.

[20]	víri	pa-athkúrit	t-óo	thrîish
	so	the-fat	PERF-3s(>3)	set.(liquid).down

So the fat ran together.

[21]	kári	xás	tá	kun-ithyúruripaa
	then	then	PERF	3pl(>3s)-pull.out

Then they dragged it out of the fire.

[22]	xás	kári	vúra	nîinamich	t-u-'árihish
	then	then	Intensive	little	PERF-3s(>3)-become

Then it became small.

[23]	kári	xás	tá	kun-taxíshxish	pa-t-óo	msip
	then	then	PERF	3pl(>3s)-scrape	NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)	cool.off

And they scraped it when it was cool.

[24]	kári	xás	vaa	tá	kun-vupákpak
	then	then	that	PERF	3pl(>3s)-cut.up

And they cut it up.

[25]	púyava	vaa	íshyaav	kun-'áam-tih
	you.see	that	winter	3pl(>3s)-eat-DUR

And in the winter they ate it.

[26]	kimkuv
	cracklings

It was (called) kimkuv.