Mamie Offield: "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (1957)

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[1]	á'iknêechhan	muhrôoha	pirishkâarim
	falcon	his.wife	grizzly

Duck Hawk's wife was Grizzly Bear.

[2]	xás	mutípa	síit
	then	his.brother	mouse

And his brother was Mouse.

[3]	kári	xás	uum	vúra	hárivaheesh	á'iknêechhan	hôoyva	tuvâaram	sinmôovishar
	then	then	3.SG	Intensive	would.be.sometimes	falcon	somewhere	he.went	absent.a.long.time

So it would be sometimes, Duck Hawk went off somewhere, he was gone a long time.

[4]	púyava	xás	kúkuum	tu'ípak
	you.see	then	again	he.came.back

Then he would come back again.

[5]	kári	xás	itháan	uvâaram	kúkuum
	then	then	once	he.went	again

So once he went away again.

[6]	kári	xás	siit	upakurîihvutih
	then	then	mouse	he.was.singing

Then Mouse was singing.

[7]	kári	xás	upíip	aaníhich	uum	chími	u'ípakeesh
	then	then	he.said	my.older.brother	3.SG	soon	he.will.come.back

And he said, "Big brother is going to come back.

[8]	yakún	sôomvaan	chími	u'ípasukeesh
	you.see	woman.who.offers.self.in.marriage	soon	he.will.bring.back

He's going to bring home a new wife."

(Bright: "Literally, 'he will bring a marriage-applicant,' i.e., a woman who comes to a man's house to offer herself in marriage; see Harrington, 1932a, pp.4-5.")

[9]	kári	xás	upíip	pirishkâarim	hûut	tée	piip
	then	then	he.said	grizzly	how	PERF.2SG	say

And Grizzly Bear said, "How did you say?"

[10]	xás	upíip	siit	púra fâat
	then	he.said	mouse	nothing

And Mouse said, "Nothing."

[11]	vúra	kúnish	hûut	tée	piip
	Intensive	sort.of	how	PERF.2SG	say

"You sort of said something."

[12]	pûu	púra fâat	vúra	neepítihara
	no	nothing	Intensive	I.wasn't.saying

"No, I didn't say anything."

[13]	xás	upíip	pirishkâarim	á'	nutákarariheesh	súrukam	aah	nikyâavish	papupasupíichvahaak
	then	he.said	grizzly	above	I.will.hang.you.up	under	fire	I.will.make	if.you.don't.tell

Then Grizzly Bear said, "I'll hang you up, I'll make a fire under you if you don't tell."

[14]	ta'ítam	siit	á'	utákarariheen
	so	mouse	above	she.hung

So she hung Mouse up.

[15]	kári	xás	siit	upiip	aaníhich	chími	u'ípakeesh	sôomvaan	u'ípasukeesh
	then	then	mouse	he.said	my.older.brother	soon	he.will.come.back	woman.who.offers.self.in.marriage	he.will.bring.back

Then Mouse said, "Big brother is going to come back, he's going to bring home a new wife."

[16]	kári	xás	pirishkâarim	pa'îin	ta'ítam	u'akxáraprupaheen
	then	then	grizzly	the.falls	so	he.scratched.away.downriver

Then Grizzly Bear scratched the falls (away) downriverward.

[17]	yukún	yíiv	á'	utásunihtihanik	pa'íin
	you.see	far	above	was.like.a.vertical.barrier	the.falls

You see, the falls were (like) a barrier (reaching) a long ways up.

[18]	púyava	póopvaavruk	á'iknêechhan	tishravará'iivreen	uxus	hûut	áta	u'íinati	panani'íin
	you.see	when.he.went.down.again	falcon	Etna.Mountain	he.thought	how	maybe	it.has.something.wrong	my.falls

So when Duck Hawk looked down over Etna Mountain, he thought, "I wonder what's wrong with my falls?

[19]	ôok	íp	nithítiimtihat	póoxaaktih
	here	PAST	I.heard	that.it.was.sounding

Formerly I heard them sounding from here.

[20]	vúra	punathítiimtihara
	Intensive	I.can't.hear

I can't hear them."

[21]	púyava	poo'ípak	yánava	panani'îin	tóo	pvuunup
	you.see	when.he.got.back	visible	my.falls	PERF.3SG	flow.back.downriver

So when he got back, he saw it, "My falls have flowed downriver."

[22]	kári	xás	upiip	akâay	tutáayvaar	panani'íin
	then	then	he.said	who	he.spoiled	my.falls

And he said, "Who spoiled my falls?"

[23]	kári	xás	siit	upiip	naa	íp	nipasúpiichvat	pasôomvaan	ti'ípasuk
	then	then	mouse	he.said	1sg.	PAST	I.revealed	that.a.new.wife	you.were.bringing.back

Then Mouse said, "I revealed that you were bringing home a new wife.

[24]	víri	tá	mihrôoha	pirishkâarim	tutáayvaar	pami'íin
	so	PERF	your.wife	grizzly	he.spoiled	your.falls

Your wife, Grizzly Bear, spoiled your falls."

[25]	ta'ítam	upiykáraheen	pamuhrôoha
	so	he.slaughtered	his.wife

So (Duck Hawk) killed his wife.

[26]	kári	xás	upiip	akâay	kích	vúra	ipshansîipreevishan	pamu'ípih
	then	then	he.said	who	only	Intensive	one.who.will.carry.away	his.bones

And he said, "Who is going to carry away her bones?"

[27]	kári	xás	upiip	kachakâach	naa	ník	nipshansîipreevish
	then	then	he.said	bluejay	1sg.	a.little	I.will.carry.away

Then Blue Jay said, "I'll carry them away."

[28]	púya	upatishîip
	and.so	she.carried.away.in.a.pack-basket

So she loaded up a burden-basket.

[29]	xás	viitkírak	kúuk	upatímoo
	then	Bald.Hills	to	she.carried

And she carried them to the Bald Hills.

[30]	kári	xás	vaa	káan	xás	itháhaas	úkyav
	then	then	so	there	then	scattered	he.made

And she scattered them there

[31]	víriva	kumá'ii	vaa	káan	kích	kun'áraarahitihanik	pirishkâarim
	so	because.of	so	there	only	they.lived	grizzly

For that reason grizzly bears lived only there.

[32]	ôok	uum	púfaat-hanik	papirishkâarim
	here	3.SG	weren't.any	the.grizzly.bear

There were no grizzly bears here.