Nettie Ruben: "Blue Jay As Doctor" (1957)

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[1]	mahnûuvanach	tuyíkiha
	chipmunk	she.was.sick

Chipmunk was sick.

[2]	váas	kích	uthiv
	blanket	like	she.lay

She lay as thin as a blanket.

[3]	kári	xás	ta'ítam	xúus	u'uumáheen
	then	then	so	thought	she.arrived

Then they doctored her.

[4]	sunyíthi	tá	kun'íshavsip	kachakâach
	chinquapin.nut	PERF	they.paid.them.as.a.fee.to.her	bluejay

They paid Blue Jay her fee with chinquapin nuts.

[5]	ansáfriik	va'árah
	Weitchpec	person

She was a Weitchpec person.

[6]	kári	tu'aráriihkanha
	then	she.got.well

Then (Chipmunk) got well.

[7]	púyava	kúkuum	axmáy	tuyíkiha	mahnûuvanach
	you.see	again	suddenly	she.got.sick	chipmunk

Then Chipmunk suddenly got sick again.

[8]	chími	kiikpíkaan	ansáfriik	va'árah
	soon	go.summon.her!	Weitchpec	person

"Go summon Weitchpec person!"

[9]	tá	kunpíkaar
	PERF	they.summoned.her

They summoned her.

[10]	tu'áhoo
	she.came

She came.

[11]	kári	xás	upíip	xanpuchíniishveenach	kiikpíkaan
	then	then	she.said	hummingbird	go.summon.her!

And (Chipmunk) said, "Go summon Hummingbird!"

[12]	chími	vúra	xánkiit
	soon	Intensive	bullhead

Let Bullhead (come too)!"

[13]	púyava	tá	kunimfipíshriihva	paxus'úmaansa
	you.see	PERF	they.assembled	the.doctors

So the 'doctors' assembled.

[14]	kári	xás	xanpuchíniishveenach	upíip	naa	vúra	naapmán'anamahachhitih
	then	then	hummingbird	she.said	1sg.	Intensive	I.am.small-mouthed

And Hummingbird said, "My mouth is too small.

[15]	hárivarihva	véeniichva
	sometime	mischief

There's been mischief sometime."

[16]	kári	xás	ansáfriik	va'ára	upíip	ããx
	then	then	Weitchpec	person	she.said	ugh!

And Weitchpec person said, "ããx!

[17]	fatamakêesh	kích	ára	úpeereesh
	anything	only	person	she.will.tell.them

She'll tell a person just anything."

[18]	xanpuchíniishveenach	upakurîihvutih
	hummingbird	she.was.singing

Hummingbird was singing.

[19]	xás	upítih	naa	vúra	naapmán'anamahachhitih
	then	she.said	1sg.	Intensive	I.am.small-mouthed

And she said, "My mouth is too small.

[20]	kumá'ii	papuna'ûusurutihara
	because.of	I.cannot.take.it.out

For that reason I can't take (the disease object) out.

[21]	kachakâach	muvéeniichva
	bluejay	her.mischief

It's Blue Jay's mischief."

[22]	kári	xás	chanchaaksúrak	xás	u'árihrupuk	kchkchkchkch
	then	then	through.the.smokehole	then	she.rushed.outdoors	kchkchkchkch

Then (Blue Jay) jumped out through the smokehole, "kchkchkchkch!"

[23]	ukachakâachhiti
	she.made.a.blue.jay.noise

She made a noise like a blue jay.

[24]	tu'áathva
	she.was.afraid

She was afraid (of being exposed).