Julia Starritt: "The Sucking Doctor" (1957)

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[1]	pa-'arara-'êem	uum	ára	u-patumkôo-tih
	the-human-doctor	3.SG	person	3s(>3)-suck.disease-DUR

The Indian Doctor sucked people.

[2]	xás	vaa	káan	t-u-pátum	pa-káan	pa-'arátaanva	u-kêena-tih
	then	that	there	PERF-3s(>3)-put.head	NOMZ-there	the-disease	3s(>3)-move-DUR

She put her mouth there where the 'pain' (i.e. disease object) was quivering.

[3]	xás	vaa	vúra	xánahich	t-u-patúmkoo
	then	that	Intensive	after.while	PERF-3s(>3)-suck.disease

And she sucked at it for a little while.

[4]	xás	apmáan	t-u-'áakvar	xás	taay	vúra	xúnxun	t-óo	kyav
	then	mouth	PERF-3s(>3)-put.into	then	much	Intensive	phlegm	PERF-3s(>3)	make

Then she put her hands in her mouth, and she made a lot of phlegm.

[5]	âapun	ú-krii	pá-vaa	u-kupi-tih
	on.the.ground	3s(>3)-live	NOMZ-that	3s(>3)-do-DUR

She sat on the floor as she did that.

[6]	xás	kári	t-u-vôonsip
	then	then	PERF-3s(>3)-get.up

Then she got up.

[7]	xás	tíikan	u-yuuhrámnih	xás	pa-'arataanva-'úpas	ú-ktaam-ti	tíi-kan
	then	hand	3s(>3)-spit.into	then	the-disease-saliva	3s(>3)-hold.in.hand-DUR	hand-Locative

And she spat into her hands, and she held the pain-saliva in her hands.

[8]	púyava	xás	arátaanva	t-u-p-íhruv
	you.see	then	disease	PERF-3s(>3)-ITER-use

Then she used the pain (i.e. danced and sang with it).

[9]	xás	pa-t-u-kôo-haak	xás	pa-'arátaanva	t-u-fumyíhpiithva
	then	NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-stop-when	then	the-disease	PERF-3s(>3)-blow.away

And when she finished, then she blew the pain away.

[10]	púyava	xás	kúkuum	vúra	vaa	t-óo	p-kuupha
	you.see	then	again	Intensive	that	PERF-3s(>3)	ITER-do

Then she did the same thing.

[11]	hâari	aax	t-óo	sáan-sur	pa-yíkihar	káru	hâari	thúkin
	sometime	blood	PERF-3s(>3)	carry.(things)-off	the-sick	also	sometime	bile

Sometimes she took blood off of the sick person, and sometimes bile.

[12]	púyava	xás	kári	t-u-kôoha
	you.see	then	then	PERF-3s(>3)-stop

And so then she finished.

[13]	xás	íshaha-k	t-óo	páatva
	then	water-LOC	PERF-3s(>3)	bathe

And she bathed in water.

[14]	xás	t-óo	p-vôonfuruk
	then	PERF-3s(>3)	ITER-enter.a.house

And she came indoors again.

[15]	púyava	xás	kári	t-u-héer
	you.see	then	then	PERF-3s(>3)-smoke

Then she smoked.

[16]	xás	kári	áv	tá	kun-íkyee
	then	then	food	PERF	3pl(>3s)-make.for

And they gave her food.

[17]	xás	víri-va	vúra	tá	koo
	then	so-so	Intensive	PERF	all

That's all.