Nettie Ruben: "Work Contests" (1957)

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[1]	pa-'ifápiit-sha	sárip	tá	kun-ishtúk-an-va
	the-young.unmarried.woman-PL	hazel.twigs	PERF	3pl(>3s)-pick-go.to-PL.ACT

The young women went gathering hazel sticks.

[2]	xás	tá	kun-pavyíhuk
	then	PERF	3pl(>3s)-come.back.(pl.)

Then they came home.

[3]	tá	kun-turíshriihva	pa-sárip
	PERF	3pl(>3s)-carry.loads.of.wood	the-hazel.twigs

They carried home the hazel sticks in burden baskets.

[4]	kári	xás	vúra	uum	táay	yáan'iiftihan	pa-'afíshnihanich-as	tá	kun-tháruf-vunaa
	then	then	Intensive	3.SG	much	young.person	the-young.man.(dimin.)-PL	PERF	3pl(>3s)-peel.sticks-PL

And lots of young unmarried men peeled the sticks.

[5]	xás	tá	kun-píip	chími	nu-vûuksahi-naa
	then	PERF	3pl(>3s)-say	soon	1pl(>3)-have.work.contest-PL

They would say, "Let's have a contest!"

(Bright: "The winner was the first to peel ten sticks.")

[6]	káruma	tá	kun-'ífik-vunaa	pa-xuntápan
	in.fact	PERF	3pl(>3s)-pick.up-PL	the-acorn

(Or) the case would be that they were gathering acorns.

[7]	xás	kári	tá	kun-pavyíhuk	pa-'ifápiit-sha
	then	then	PERF	3pl(>3s)-come.back.(pl.)	the-young.unmarried.woman-PL

And the young women would come home.

[8]	axyará-va	tá	kun-'ífik	átimnam
	full-Distributive	PERF	3pl(>3s)-pick.up	pack-basket

They picked the burden baskets full.

[9]	púya-va	tá	kun-pavyíhuk	kári	xás	chími	nu-vûuksahi-naa
	and.so-so	PERF	3pl(>3s)-come.back.(pl.)	then	then	soon	1pl(>3)-have.work.contest-PL

So they came home and then (they said), "Let's have a contest!"

[10]	apmáan	mûuk	kun-chátnak-tih
	mouth	with.(by.means.of)	3pl(>3s)-crack-DUR

They cracked them with their mouths (i.e., with their teeth).