Mamie Offield: "The Perils of Weasel" (1957)

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[1]	kéevniikich	vúra	uum	utapkûuputi	póothtiitih
	old.woman.(dimin.)	Intensive	3.SG	she.liked	that.she.gamble

An old woman liked to gamble.

[2]	pa'ávansa	káan	tu'uumáhaak	tóo	piip	íkamish	chími	nuthtîiti
	a.man	there	when.he.arrived	she.did	say	son-in-law.(dimin.)	soon	let's.gamble

When a man arrived there, she said "Son-in-law, let's gamble!"

[3]	yakún	tá	níxraam	pananí'aramah
	you.see	PERF	I.bet	my.child

I'll bet my child.

[4]	púyava	tá	kuníthtit
	you.see	PERF	they.gamble

So they gambled.

[5]	púyava	patóo	xus	tá	kanachífich	kári	pamutêenva	tóo	syuunkiv
	you.see	when.she.did	think	PERF	you.beat.me	then	her.earrings	she.did	pull.out

And when she thought, "I've been beaten," then she pulled off her earrings.

[6]	káriva	kumûuk	tóo	ktir	áriim	tuthantífish
	and.thus	with.it	she.did	hit.by.throwing	dead	knocked.him.down

She hit him with them, knocked him dead.

[7]

púyava

kúkuum

yítha

tu'uum

kúkuum

vúra

vaa

tóo

pêer

íkamish

chími

nuthtîiti

you.see

again

one

one.would.arrive

again

Intensive

so

she.would

say.to

son-in-law.(dimin.)

soon

let's.gamble

So again one would arrive, again she would say, "Son in law, let's gamble!"

[8]	chavúra	táay	tóo	ykar
	finally	much	she.did	beat

Finally she killed a lot.

[9]	kári	xás	uum	káru	ishímfir	âanaxus
	then	then	3.SG	also	brave	weasel

And Weasel was tough, too.

[10]	kári	xás	uxus	tîi	kanimúsan
	then	then	he.thought	let...	I.go.look.for.her

And he thought, "Let me go see her!"

[11]	kári	xás	upiip	íkamish	chími	nuthtîiti
	then	then	she.said	son-in-law.(dimin.)	soon	let's.gamble

And she said, "Son-in-law, let's gamble."

[12]	ta'ítam	kunithtítaheen
	so	they.gambled

So they gambled.

[13]	kári	xás	pakéevniikich	tu'árihish	tupakúriihva	âanaxus	itvaratvárah
	then	then	the.old.woman	she.sang	she.sang	weasel

Then the old woman sang, she sang "âanaxus itvaratvárah."

[14]	kári	xás	âanaxus	uum	káru	tupakúriihva	kéevniikich	tiiptíip'aahrishuk
	then	then	weasel	3.SG	also	he.sang	old.woman.(dimin.)

And Weasel sang, too, "kéevniikich tiiptíip'aahrishuk."

[15]	púyava	pakéevniikich	tá	kunchífich
	you.see	the.old.woman	PERF	she.was.beaten

Then the old woman was beaten.

[16]	kári	xás	pamutêenva	úsyuunkiv
	then	then	her.earring	she.pulled.off

And she pulled off her earring.

[17]	kári	xás	vaa	kumûuk	úktir
	then	then	so	with.it	she.hit

And she hit at him with it.

[18]	âanaxus	úsvay	uthanfírip
	weasel	he.ducked	she.missed

Weasel ducked, she missed him.

[19]	kúkuum	kunpíthtit
	again	they.gambled

They gambled again.

[20]	ápap	kúna	úsyuunkiv
	one.side	in.addition	she.pulled.off

She pulled off (the earring) on the other side.

[21]	vaa	kúna	kumûuk	úktir
	so	in.addition	with.it	she.hit

She hit at him with it in turn.

[22]	kúkuum	vúra	uthanfírip
	again	Intensive	she.missed

Again she missed him.

[23]	kári	xás	upíip	pakéevniikich	chôora	nanikinínaasich	iktûunihi
	then	then	she.said	the.old.woman	let's.go	my.pet	bring.down

Then the old woman said, "Let's go, bring down my pet.

[24]	yukún	vaa	káan	á'	u'íithra	murax'ipaha'ípan
	you.see	that	there	above	he.is.sitting	slippery.tree.top

He's up there at the top of a slippery tree."

[25]	kári	xás	âanaxus	uvôoruraa
	then	then	weasel	he.climbed.up

So Weasel climbed up.

[26]	kári	xás	uktûunih
	then	then	he.brought.down

And he brought it down.

[27]	yánava	apsunxarahtúnviiv
	visible	long.snake.children

He saw it was baby long-snakes.

[28]	kári	xás	upêer	mâa	páy	pamikinínaasich
	then	then	he.said	look!	this	your.pets

And he said, "Here's your pets."

[29]	kári	xás	úkvip	pakéevniikich
	then	then	she.ran	the.old.woman

And then the old woman ran.

[30]	kári	xás	apsunxarah'îin	kun'av
	then	then	long.snake	they.ate

But she was eaten by a long snake