Phoebe Maddux: They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (1932)

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[1]	vúra	ník	mít	vaa	kun'aapúnmutihat	pa'úhish	u'ífeesh
	Intensive	a.little	near.past	so	they.knew.it	that.seed	it.will.grow

They Knew That Seeds Will Grow

[2]	nuu	vúra	pakuma'áraaras	vúra	pufâat	úhish	ipsháruktihaphanik	xáat	máruk	kunifyúkutihanik
	we	Intensive	the.kind.of.people	Intensive	nothing	seed	they.had.been.bringing.it.long.ago	may	uphill	they.had.been.going.around.long.ago

Our kind of people never used to pack seed home, I do not care if they had been going around upslope.

[3]

kúna

vúra

vaa

kun'aapúnmutihanik

pa'áraar

hôoy

vúrava

pa'úhish

pookyívishrihaak

vaa

vúra

íkiich

u'ífeesh

kun'aapúnmutihanik

vúra

vaa

in.addition

Intensive

so

they.had.been.knowing.it.long.ago

the.people

where

just

the.seed

if.it.falls.down

so

Intensive

maybe

it.will.grow

they.had.been.knowing.it.long.ago

Intensive

that

But the people knew, that if a seed drops any place, it will maybe grow up; they knew that way.

[4]	kun'aapúnmutihanik	vúra	ník	pa'úhish	ník	vúra	kunsánpiithvutihanik	pakookâachas
	they.had.been.knowing.it.long.ago	Intensive	a.little	that.seed	a.little	Intensive	they.were.carrying.them.around.long.ago	the.various.ways

They knew that seeds were packed around in various ways.

[5]

hâari

axmáy'ik

vúra

fátaak

tá

kunmah

vaa

vúra

taay

pátayiith

xás

sú'

patá

kun'ûupvakurih

sometime

suddenly

Intensive

somewhere

PERF

they.see

that

Intensive

much

the.brodiaea

then

inside

that.has

they.dig.into.it.for.roots

Sometimes they see at some place a lot of Indian potatoes, and then they dig in under.

[6]	yanéekva	vúra	uum	taay	sú'
	visible	Intensive	3.SG	much	inside

Behold there are lots underneath.

[7]	hâari	vaa	káan	vúra	mupîimach	tá	kunmah	akthiptunveechiváxrah	âapun	ithivthaneensúruk
	sometime	that	there	Intensive	next.to.it	PERF	they.see	wild.oat.straw	on.the.ground	under.ground

Sometimes nearby there they see lots of wild oat straw under the ground.

[8]	fâat	vaa	vúra	vaa	pávaa	kupítihan	man'áta	axraas
	what	that	Intensive	that	that	is.doing	maybe	gopher

It is something that is doing that, maybe a gopher.

[9]	vúra	fâatva	vaa	vúra	pávaa	kupítihan	sú'	ithivthaneensúruk	usanpîithvutih
	Intensive	something	so	Intensive	that	is.doing	inside	under.ground	it.is.carrying.things.around

Something is doing that, is packing it around down under the ground.