Emily Donahue: "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (1957)

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[1]	ikxariya'árar	t-óo	krî-ish
	medicine.man	PERF-3s(>3)	live-down

The priest sat down (i.e., assumed office).

[2]	itroopatishamniha-súpaah	sú'	ú-krii	ikmaháchraam
	nine-day	inside	3s(>3)-live	sweathouse

He lived in the sweat-house for nine days.

[3]	xás	pa-'ávans-as	kun-íshriim-vanaa-tih
	then	the-man-PL	3pl(>3s)-shoot.at.targets-PL-DUR

And the men were target-shooting.

[4]	káru	pa-yeeripáxvuh-sas	avansáxiich-as	asuuxár-as
	also	the-adolescent.girl-PL	boy-PL	fasting-PL

And the girls and little boys were fasting.

[5]	kári	xás	tá	nu-'av	pa-tá	nu-p-íshri-ish
	then	then	PERF	1pl(>3)-eat	NOMZ-PERF	1pl(>3)-ITER-target-shooting-down

And we ate when we came back from target-shooting.

[6]	vúra	pa-'ávans-as	uumkun	máruk	kun-íshriim-tih
	Intensive	the-man-PL	they	uphill	3pl(>3s)-shoot.at.targets-DUR

The men were uphill target shooting.

[7]	ikxúrar-vari	tá	kun-pavyíhish
	evening-toward	PERF	3pl(>3s)-gather.again.(pl.)

They came back home towards the evening.

[8]	yáas	tá	kun-'av
	then	PERF	3pl(>3s)-eat

Then they ate.

[9]	p-eekxariya'áraar	úm-paan	t-u-'ípak
	the-medicine.man	3.SG-Emphatic	PERF-3s(>3)-come.back

The priest himself came home.

[10]	xás	yáas	u-pâatvu-tih
	then	then	3s(>3)-bathe-DUR

Then he bathed.

[11]	yáas	t-u-'av
	then	PERF-3s(>3)-eat

Then he ate.

[12]	xás	sú'	ikmaháchraam	kúuk	t-u-'íipma
	then	inside	sweathouse	to	PERF-3s(>3)-return

Then he went back inside the sweathouse.

[13]	imáan	kúkuum	vúra	t-óo	kyâasip	máh'iit
	tomorrow	again	Intensive	PERF-3s(>3)	begin	morning

The morning of the next day, he started again.

[14]	fátaak	kúna	t-óo	sriv
	somewhere	in.addition	PERF-3s(>3)	target-shooting

They did target-shooting someplace.

[15]	chítik	vúra	tá	itroopatishamniha-súpaa	tá	kun-kúnih	kári	xás	t-u-p-ihyárihish
	finally	Intensive	PERF	nine-day	PERF	3pl(>3s)-shoot	then	then	PERF-3s(>3)-ITER-stand.still

Finally they had done target-shooting for nine days, and then (the priest) stood still (the priest remains standing all night).

(Bright: "The priest remains standing all night long (Kroeber and Gifford, p. 20)")

[16]	ithée-kxurar	vúra	kun-vuhvúh-iich-vanaa-tih
	all-evening	Intensive	3pl(>3s)-do.jump.dance-DIM-PL-DUR

The people did the imitation deerskin dance all evening.

[17]	kun-xú-ti	xáy	p-eekxariya'áraar	ú-kviit-ha
	3pl(>3s)-think-DUR	let.not	the-medicine.man	3s(>3)-sleep-DENOM

They thought, "Let the priest not fall asleep!"

[18]	imáan-kam	xás	írahiv
	tomorrow-side	then	world-renewal.ceremony

And the next day was the world-renewal time.

[19]	ithasúpaa	vúra	arar-éethtit	tá	kun-íthtiit-vanaa
	all.day	Intensive	human-gamble	PERF	3pl(>3s)-gamble-PL

The people played "Indian cards" all day.

[20]	imáan-kam	kúkuum	tá	kun-p-íthtiit-vanaa
	tomorrow-side	again	PERF	3pl(>3s)-ITER-gamble-PL

The next day they gambled again.

[21]	xás	ikxúrar	xás	káh'ir	t-u-várak
	then	evening	then	upriver.world-renewal	PERF-3s(>3)-come.down

And in the evening they did the war dance.

[22]	xás	tá	kóo	pa-'ir
	then	PERF	stop	the-world-renewal.ceremony

Then the world renewal was over.

[23]	hâari	vúra	xára	kun-íthtiit-vanaa-tih	pa-hûutva	kóo	arará-taay-haak
	sometime	Intensive	long.time	3pl(>3s)-gamble-PL-DUR	NOMZ-somehow	as.much.as	human-much-when

Sometimes they gambled for a long time, however long there were a lot of people.

[24]	yáas	u-kôohi-ti	pa-'ir
	then	3s(>3)-stop-DUR	the-world-renewal.ceremony

Then the world renewal ended.

(Bright: "The sequence of events here described is in conflict with that given in Kroeber and Gifford, p. 19. Gifford's information, however, was obtained in considerable part from the mother of my informant, and is probably more reliable.")