Yaas: "How Buzzard Became Bald" (1930)

Note: This text retains Harrington's spelling in some cases (e.g., writing double consonants, writing a small y and w for consonants that have these sounds following them). Long vowels, ', ch, th, sh, and accent (where possible) are written using the current spelling system.

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[1]

víri

vaa

mu'íffuth

pirishkyâarim

ta

'íp

uum

máruk

kúkkuum

kári

vaa

kunkúpha'anik

peekxaréeyav

atipimámvaan

achvúun

xákkaan

kunváththêen'nik

so

so

after.it

grizzly

PERF

PAST

3.SG

uphill

again

then

so

they.did.that.way

the.First.People

buzzard

hookbill.salmon

both

they.fought

Then after Grizzly Bear was already up the hill, again the Ikxareyavs did it, Buzzard and Hookbill had a fight.

[2]	iim	vúra	îin	punêekyáreeshara	atipimámvaan	achvúun	úpeeranik
	2sg.	Intensive	TOPIC	you.will.not.kill.me	buzzard	hookbill.salmon	he.told.him

"You are not going to kill me?" said Buzzard to Hookbill.

[3]	xás	achvúun	uppiip	naa	îin	pukinîikyáreeshara	vaa	vúra	páy	kyôomahich	nuníshsheesh
	then	hookbill.salmon	he.said	1sg.	TOPIC	I.shall.not.kill.you	so	Intensive	this	little.bit	I.shall.do.to.you

Then Hookbill said: "I am not going to kill you, this is all that I'm going to do to you."

[4]	xás	u'êechip	xás	ahíramak	úyuunkuri	pamuxváa	achvúun	atipimámvaan	muxvâa	ukimfíruraanik
	then	he.picked.him.up	then	in.the.fireplace	he.held.it.in.the.fire	his.head	hookbill.salmon	buzzard	his.hair	he.burned.it.off

And he picked him up and held his head in the fireplace, Hookbill burnt Buzzard's hair off.

[5]	xás	îim	utáchyuunnupukanik
	then	outdoors	he.threw.him.outdoors

Then he threw him outdoors.

[6]

xás

úppeeranik

achvúun

îin

kuníppeeranik

xáy faat

ík

vúra

ôok

ipáfyuk

iim

vúra

pu'ôok

vúrayvutiheeshara

then

he.told.him

hookbill.salmon

TOPIC

he.told.him

don't!

must

Intensive

here

you.come.around.again

2sg.

Intensive

not.here

you.will.not.be.going.around

And Hookbill told him: "You must never come around here again, you are not going to come around here."

[7]	viri	ta	xánnahishich	koovúra	kuníkmuum	achvúun	atipimámvaan	kunkoohímmach'va
	so	PERF	little.while	all	they.pitched.on.him	hookbill.salmon	buzzard	they.felt.sorry.for.him

Then they all pitched on to Hookbill, they felt sorry for Buzzard.

[8]

xás

kuníppéer

iim

kyáru

vura

xáy faat

ík

ôok

ipáfyuk

iim

kyáru

vura

pu'ôok

ikrêevishara

achvúun

kuníppéer

then

they.told.him

2sg.

also

Intensive

don't!

must

here

you.come.around.again

2sg.

also

Intensive

not.here

you.will.not.stay

hookbill.salmon

they.told.him

And they told him: "You yourself must not come around here, you too are not going to stay here," they told Hookbill.

[9]	xás	achvúun	uppiip	vaa	vúra	ôok	kunpakkúriihvutiheesh	nanipákkuri	xáat	naa	pu'ôokhara
	then	hookbill.salmon	he.said	so	Intensive	here	they.will.be.singing.yet	my.song	may	1sg.	not.here

Then Hookbill said: "They will be singing my song, no matter if I am not here."

[10]	kári	xas	achvúun	u'áhoonik
	then	then	hookbill.salmon	he.traveled

Then Hookbill traveled.

[11]	uum	vúra	vaa	kári	kyáan	kunpakúriihvuti	pamupákkuri	achvuun
	3.SG	Intensive	so	then	there	they.are.singing.it	his.song	hookbill.salmon

They are still singing Hookbill's song there [in the Amekyaram sweathouse].