Nettie Ruben: "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (1957)

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[1]	peekxaréeyav	vúra	uum	kunikyâanik
	the.gods	Intensive	3.SG	they.made.it

The gods made it.

[2]	fatavéenaan	kuníkyav
	priest.in.world-renewal	they.made.it

They made a priest.

[3]	kári	xás	púyava	máruk	tuvâaram	ahíram
	then	then	you.see	uphill	he.went	fireplace

And so he went uphill to the fireplaces.

[4]	kári	xás	tá	koo	tóo	píinmar
	then	then	PERF	all	he.had	finish.pikiawish

And then that was all, he ended the world-renewal.

[5]	púyava	yáanchiip	vúra	uum	koovúra	tá	kunkúhinaa
	you.see	next.year	Intensive	3.SG	all	PERF	they.were.sick

Then the next year everybody was sick.

[6]	tá	kunfíipha	vúra	pa'áraaras
	PERF	they.were.all.gone	Intensive	the.people

The people died off.

[7]	kári	xás	púyava	kúkuum	peekxariya'áraar	chí	kamikrîish
	then	then	you.see	again	the.priest	soon	let.him.sit.down!

And so (the gods thought) "Let the priest take office (lit., sit down) again!"

[8]	kári	xás	kunpiip	hûut	pánukupheesh
	then	then	they.said	how	we.will.do

And they said, "How shall we do?"

[9]	kári	xás	kunpiip	man'áta
	then	then	they.said	maybe

And they said, "I don't know."

[10]	xás	kunpiip	xâatik	payêem	ikyávaan	ka'íru
	then	they.said	it's.better	now	maker	also

And they said, "Let there be priestesses too, this time."

[11]	chémi
	all.right

"All right."

[12]	káru	imúsaan	káru	koopitxaaríhvaan	káru	kixáhaan
	also	assistant.priest	also	sweathouse.companion	also	brush.burner

"And an assistant priest, and priest's companions, and brush-burners.

[13]	chémi
	all.right

"All right."

[14]	kári	xás	ta'ítam	ukûurishriheen
	then	then	so	he.sat.down

So then he took office.

[15]	xás	kun'ir
	then	they.celebrated.the.world-renewal

And they celebrated the world-renewal.

[16]

púyava

koovúra

tá

kun'áraarahitih

kixáhaan

káru

vúra

imúsaan

káru

ikyávaan

káru

koopitxaaríhvaan

you.see

all

PERF

they.were

brush.burner

also

Intensive

assistant.priest

also

maker

also

sweathouse.companion

And they were all (there), brush-burners and assistant priest, and priestesses, and priest's companions.

[17]	púyava	chavúra	tá	kunpíinmar
	you.see	finally	PERF	they.ended.the.world-renewal

So finally they ended the world-renewal.

[18]	xás	kári	púyava	yáanchiip	kúkuum	vaa	tá	kári
	then	then	you.see	next.year	again	so	PERF	then

And then the next year (they did it) again the same way.

[19]

púyava

koovúra

uum

púxay

vúra

yíthaxay

kuhítihara

pa'áraaras

koovúra

vúra

yav

púxay

axvahkánxay

you.see

all

3.SG

not.yet

Intensive

not.one

he.was.not.sick

the.people

all

Intensive

good

not.yet

not.sick

And none of all the people was sick, they were all well, they weren't sick.

[20]	kári	xás	kunpiip	vaa	páy	hínupa	uum	pookupítiheesh
	then	then	they.said	so	this	surprise	3.SG	how.it.will.do.it

And they said, "That's the way (Mankind) will do it."

[21]	kári	xás	kunpiip	víri	vaa	yáas	tá	nupíkyaar
	then	then	they.said	so	so	only	PERF	we.finished

And they said, "We have just finished.

[22]	payaas'ára	u'iiníshrihaak	víri	vaa	pakunkupítiheesh
	when.Humankind	it.comes.into.existence	so	so	how.they.will.do.it

When Mankind comes into existence, they will do like that.

[23]	púxay	vúraxay	yaas'ára	axvahkánxayheeshara
	not.yet	Intensive	rich.person	will.not.be.sick

Mankind will not be sick.

[24]	púyava	vúra	koomahich
	you.see	Intensive	little.bit

So that's all.