Nettie Ruben: "Making Acorn Soup" (1957)

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[1]	xuntápan	tá	kun-kítnak
	acorn	PERF	3pl(>3s)-crack.(acorns)

They cracked acorns.

[2]	xás	yáas	pa-xúrish	tá	kun-iyvôoraa
	then	then	the-shelled.acorn	PERF	3pl(>3s)-put.acorns.up

Then they put the acorn meats up (to dry).

[3]	xás	t-u-váxrah	tá	kun-iyvôonih	xás	t-óo	yvax
	then	PERF-3s(>3)-be.dry	PERF	3pl(>3s)-take.(acorns).down	then	PERF-3s(>3)	shell.(acorns)

And they dried; they took them down, and they hulled them.

[4]	xás	sipnúukan	kun-máhyaana-tih	afrúus	kun-fíkriip-tih
	then	storage.basket.in	3pl(>3s)-put.in-DUR	mildewed.acorns	3pl(>3s)-pick.out-DUR

And they put them in a storage basket, they separated out the mildewed acorns.

[5]	afrúus	ásip	kun-máhyaana-tih
	mildewed.acorns	bowl	3pl(>3s)-put.in-DUR

They put the mildewed acorns in a bowl-basket.

[6]	púya-va	íshaha	tá	kun-'íthar	ithá-kuusrah
	and.so-so	water	PERF	3pl(>3s)-soak.mildewed.acorns.in	all-sun

They soaked them in water for a month.

[7]	kári	ás	tá	kun-turúkurih-va
	then	rock	PERF	3pl(>3s)-put.into-PL.ACT

Then they put (hot) rocks in.

[8]	pa-t-óo	mpúk-ahaak	pa-'ás	tá	kun-turúriip-va
	NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)	be.ripe-when	the-rock	PERF	3pl(>3s)-take.(hot.stones).out-PL.ACT

When (the acorns) were cooked, they took the rocks out.

[9]	xás	tá	kun-tákir
	then	PERF	3pl(>3s)-leach.(acorn.meal)

And they leached (the good acorns).

[10]	pa-xúrish	tá	kun-íkrav
	the-shelled.acorn	PERF	3pl(>3s)-grind

They ground the acorn meats.

[11]	sáhyuux	tá	kun-iktávar
	sand	PERF	3pl(>3s)-go.get.(in.hand)

They went and got sand.

[12]	xás	takiríram	t-óo	kyav
	then	acorn-leaching.hole	PERF-3s(>3)	make

And they made a leaching-hole.

[13]	yáas	ú-spaas-tih	t-u-'akíthkith
	then	3s(>3)-be.leached-DUR	PERF-3s(>3)-pick.up.(acorn.dough)

Then (the meal) was leached, they stirred it up.

[14]	iváxra	t-óo	kyav
	dry	PERF-3s(>3)	make

They made it dry.

[15]	kári	xás	t-u-'akichîip
	then	then	PERF-3s(>3)-pick.up.(soft.mass)

Then they picked it up.

[16]	t-óo	thxah	pá-yuux	t-óo	vyiih-shur
	PERF-3s(>3)	wash.acorn.dough	the-dirt	PERF-3s(>3)	go.(pl.)-off

They washed it, the sand came off.

[17]	ásip-ak	u-snap-ráamnih-va
	bowl-Locative	3s(>3)-put.on-into-ESS

They put it in a cooking basket.

[18]	xás	t-u-tharámpuk
	then	PERF-3s(>3)-cook.acorn.soup

And they cooked acorn soup.

[19]	tée	p	ás	u-párish-at
	PERF	PAST	rock	3s(>3)-heat.(cooking.stones)-PAST

They had already heated rocks.

[20]	pa-'ás	u-tururáamnih-va
	the-rock	3s(>3)-put.(hot.stones).into-PL.ACT

They put the rocks in.

[21]	áama	tá	kun-ímnish
	salmon	PERF	3pl(>3s)-cook

They cooked salmon.

[22]	koovúra	imváram	u-'ifkóo-hi-ti	pa-'ásip
	all	plate	3s(>3)-fit.on-ESS-DUR	the-bowl

And the plate-baskets (for the salmon) fit into the soup baskets.

[23]	sikíhnuuk	mûuk	tá	kun-páta-tih
	spoon	with.(by.means.of)	PERF	3pl(>3s)-eat.(acorn.soup)-DUR

They ate soup with spoons.