Julia Starritt: "Making Acorn Soup" (1957)

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[1]	paxuntápan uum kun'ífiktih, ípahak kun'íiftih.
	They picked the acorns, they grew on trees.

[2]	xás patóo mtúpahaak paxuntápan kunivrarasúrootih.
	And when they were ripe, the acorns fell off.

[3]	púyava xás kun'ífiktih.
	Then they picked them.

[4]	xás tá kunchátnak.
	And they cracked them.

[5]	xás kári tá kunsuváxrah.
	Then they dried them.

[6]	xás tá kuniyvaxávax, xás pámaan tá kunívyiihshur.
	Then they rubbed them, and the skins came off.

[7]	púyava xás kári tá kuníkrav.
	Then they ground them.

[8]	xás kári tá kunthántap.
	Then they sifted them.

[9]	xás pa'áfrii tóo vrárasur.
	And the coarse meal fell away.

[10]	xás kári peekpúr uum múrukak kuniyváyraamnihvutih.
	Then they poured the flour into a tray-basket.

[11]	xás kári tá kuntákir.
	Then they leached it.

[12]	yúuxak tá kuntákir.
	They leached it in sand.

[13]	xás íshaha kuniyváykooti kacha'îimich.
	And they poured water onto it slowly.

[14]	púyava pa'íshaha tuvunfípahaak kúkuum tá kuniptákootih.
	When the water flowed all away, they added it again.

[15]	púyava patu'amayâahaak xás kári tá kunkôoha.
	When (the flour) was good-tasting, then they stopped.

[16]	púyava xás tuvaxráhish.
	Then it dried.

[17]	xás tá kun'akíchiip.
	Then they picked it up.

[18]	xás kári tá kuníthxa íshaha múuk.
	And they washed it with water.

[19]	xás páyuux koovúra tóo mfiipshur, xás kári tá kunkôoha.
	And all the sand came off, and then they stopped.

[20]	xás ásip tá kun'akíthraamnihvutih.
	And they put it into soup baskets.

[21]	púyava yáaf tu'árihish.
	So it became acorn dough.

[22]	yáas chími kuntharampúkeesh.
	Then they were about to make acorn soup.

[23]	púyava aah tá kuníkyav.
	They built a fire.

[24]	xás pa'ás tá kunipárish.
	And they heated the rocks.

[25]	púyava patóo mfírahaak páyaaf tá kun'ákithramni tharámpuukravak.
	When they were hot, they put the acorn dough into a cooking basket.

[26]	xás kári íshaha tá kuníyvaayramni pakóo kunxúti " u'úumeesh."
	And they poured in water, as much as they thought would go.

[27]	xás pa'aséemfir tá kunturúraamnihva.
	Then they put the hot rocks in.

[28]	xás tharampúkara mûuk tá kuntharámpuk.
	And they stirred the soup with a soup-stirrer.

[29]	púyava xás tu'íivrip.
	So it boiled.

[30]	xás patóo msípishrihaak pátanamichak tá kuntarívraamnihva.
	And when it cooled off, they poured it into soup baskets.

[31]	púyava kári tá kunpat.
	Then they ate it.

[32]	púyava vúra páy kóomahich.
	That's all.