Julia Starritt: "The Sweating Doctor" (1957)

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[1]	pa-'aneekyávaan	uum	pírish	pa-'óo-hruuv-tih	káru	hâari	pirish-'éepuum
	the-doctor	3.SG	plant	NOMZ-3s(>3)-use-DUR	also	sometime	plant-root

The sweating doctor used plants and sometimes plant roots.

[2]	púyava	xás	u-'uhyanakôo-ti	pa-pírish
	you.see	then	3s(>3)-pray.over-DUR	the-plant

And he talked to the plants.

[3]	púyava	xás	ásip-ak	t-u-máhyaan
	you.see	then	bowl-Locative	PERF-3s(>3)-put.in

Then he put them in a bowl-basket.

[4]	xás	íshaha	t-óo	yvaayramnih
	then	water	PERF-3s(>3)	pour.in

And he poured in water.

[5]	xás	kári	as-éemfir	t-u-turu-ráamnih-va
	then	then	rock-hot	PERF-3s(>3)-handle.with.implement-into-PL.ACT

Then he put in hot stones.

[6]	púyava	xás	vaa	t-óo	páramva
	you.see	then	so	PERF-3s(>3)	boil

And he boiled them.

[7]	xás	vaa	pa-yíkihar	mu-súrukam	t-óo	thríish
	then	so	the-sick	3sPOSS-under	PERF-3s(>3)	set.(liquid).down

Then he set them down underneath the sick person.

[8]	xás	váas	tá	kun-iyxôorariv
	then	blanket	PERF	3pl(>3s)-cover.with

And they covered (the patient) with a blanket.

[9]	púyava	pa-t-u-kôo-haak	púyava	kári	pa-'ánav	îim	tá	kun-p-iyvêesh
	you.see	NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-stop-when	you.see	then	the-medicine	outdoors	PERF	3pl(>3s)-ITER-pour.out

When he was finished, they poured the medicine on the ground, outdoors.

[10]	káru	hâari	t-u-'ísh	káakum	pa-'ánav
	also	sometime	PERF-3s(>3)-drink	some	the-medicine

And sometimes (the patient) drank some of the medicine.

[11]	púyava	páy	uum	pa-pirish-'ánav	kun-kupee-kyâa-hi-tih
	you.see	this	3.SG	the-plant-medicine	3pl(>3s)-MODAL-make-Modal-DUR

That’s how they made plant medicine.

[12]	xás	pa-'aneekyávaan	vúra	kúnish	ikxaréeyav
	then	the-doctor	Intensive	sort.of	spirit.person

And the doctor was kind of (like) an ikxaréeyav.