Julia Starritt: "Indian Clothes" (1957)

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[1]	arara-yáfus	uum	vúra	táfirapu	u-kyâar-ahi-tih
	human-dress	3.SG	Intensive	buckskin	3s(>3)-make.with-ESS-DUR

The Indian dress was made of buckskin.

[2]	pa-yáfus	uum	vúra	yítha	vúra	pufích-maan
	the-dress	3.SG	Intensive	one	Intensive	deer-skin

The dress was just one deerskin.

[3]	xás	vaa	vúra	kun-iyxôorariv-ahi-tih
	then	so	Intensive	3pl(>3s)-cover.with-ESS-DUR

And they were just wrapped in it.

[4]	xás	pa-mukun-tántaav	táfirapu	u-kyâar-ahi-tih
	then	the-3plPOSS-apron	buckskin	3s(>3)-make.with-ESS-DUR

And their apron was made of buckskin.

[5]	xás	pa-mukun-yafusa-yêepsha	vúra	uum	yâamach	u-kyâah-ahi-tih
	then	the-3plPOSS-dress-good.(pl.)	Intensive	3.SG	pretty	3s(>3)-make-ESS-DUR

And their good dresses were made pretty.

[6]	píshiip	panyúrar	u-taxapkóo-hi-tih
	first	beargrass	3s(>3)-braid.on-ESS-DUR

First bear-lily leaves were braided on.

[7]	axyúus	u-kyâar-ahi-ti	káru	yuxtháran	káru	sápruuk	u-kyâar-ahi-tih
	pine-nut.sp.	3s(>3)-make.with-ESS-DUR	also	abalone	also	olivella.shell	3s(>3)-make.with-ESS-DUR

It was made with digger-pine nuts and abalone shell and it was made with olivella shells.

[8]	yuxtháran	uum	tûupichas	u-tapakpák-ahi-tih
	abalone	3.SG	small.ones	3s(>3)-slice-ESS-DUR

The abalone shell was chopped up small.

[9]	mukun-yáfus	pu-vâarama-sa-hara
	3plPOSS-dress	NEG-long-PL-NEG

Their dresses were not long.

[10]	pa-mukun-'ápxaan	u-kyâar-ahi-ti	sárip	káru	sárum
	the-3plPOSS-cap	3s(>3)-make.with-ESS-DUR	hazel.twigs	also	Jeffrey.pine.root

Their hats were made with hazel twigs and pine-roots.

[11]	kun-ikxúrikara-ti	panyúrar	káru	ikritápkir	káru	tíiptiip
	3pl(>3s)-decorate.with-DUR	beargrass	also	maidenhair.fern	also	Woodwardia.fern

They were decorated with bear-lily leaves and five-finger fern and chain fern.

[12]	xás	pa-tíiptiip	uum	aaxkúnish	u-kyâa-hi-tih
	then	the-Woodwardia.fern	3.SG	red	3s(>3)-make-ESS-DUR

And the chain fern was made red.

[13]

xás

pa-mukun-'ápxaan

uum

u-vík-ahi-ti

pa-sárum

mûuk

káru

pa-panyúrar

káru

p-eekritápkir

káru

pa-tíiptiip

then

the-3plPOSS-cap

3.SG

3s(>3)-weave-ESS-DUR

the-Jeffrey.pine.root

with.(by.means.of)

also

the-beargrass

also

the-maidenhair.fern

also

the-Woodwardia.fern

And their hats were woven with the pine-roots and the bear-lily leaves and the five-finger fern and the chain fern.