Mamie Offield: "Wrestling Medicine" (1957)

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[1]	itáharavan	kun'íifshipreenik	tipahêeras
	ten.(animate)	they.grew.up	brothers

Ten brothers once grew up.

[2]	kári	xás	ahinámtiich	vúra	ukrêenik	amtápnihich
	then	then	edge.of.the.fireplace	Intensive	he.sat	ashy.place

And (one of them, named kunâach'aa) sat at the edge of the fireplace, in the ashes.

[3]	kári	xás	kunpiip	maruk'áraar	vaa	káan	úknamtiimich	úkrii
	then	then	they.said	uphill.person	so	there	edge.of.the.lake	he.is.staying

And they said, "A giant is staying there at the edge of the lake.

[4]	víri	akâay	vúra	xákaan	kunvúunveesh
	so	who	Intensive	with.(one.person)	they.will.wrestle

Who will wrestle with him?"

[5]	ta'ítam	uxúsanik	peekpihantâapas	tîi	xákaan	núvuunvi
	so	he.thought	the.strongest.one	let...	with.(one.person)	let.us.wrestle!

So the strongest one thought, "Let me wrestle with him!"

[6]	kári	xás	poovâaram	mâamvanihich	tóo	kfuukra
	then	then	when.he.went	towards.uphill.a.little	he.had	climb.up.from.downhill

So when he went, he climbed a little ways uphill.

[7]	kári	xás	u'árihrupuk	kunâach'aa
	then	then	he.rushed.outdoors	bird.sp.

Then kunâach'aa went outdoors.

[8]	kári	xás	átruup'axyar	ámtaap	umûutrupuk
	then	then	a.palmful	dust	he.carried.it.outdoors.in.his.hand

And he brought a handful of ashes outdoors.

[9]	kári	xás	ukpêehva
	then	then	he.shouted

And he shouted.

[10]

kári

xás

vaa

upiip

iimkun

úm

kúth

ni'íiftih

iimkun

úm

kumá'ii

ni'íiftih

then

then

so

he.thought

2pl.

or

because.of

I.am.growing.up

2pl.

or

because.of

I.am.growing.up

And he said, "Am I growing up for you people, am I growing up for your sake?

[11]	naa	káru	vúra	káan	ni'íiftih
	1sg.	also	Intensive	there	I.am.growing.up

I am growing up here too!"

[12]	kári	xás	uthítiv	yóo	chrívchav	pá'aas	pa'úkraam	pakunpáathkuri	pamutípah
	then	then	he.heard	visibly.it	splash	the.water	in.the.lake	when.they.threw.him.into.the.water	his.brother

Then he heard it, he saw the water splash in the lake, when (the giant) threw his brother in.

[13]	chavúra	koovúra	tá	kunixyákurih
	finally	all	PERF	they.threw.them.into.the.water

Finally (the giant) threw all (the brothers) in.

[14]	koovúra	vaa	upítih	iimkun	úm	kúth	ni'íiftih
	all	so	he.was.saying	2pl.	or	because.of	I.am.growing.up

Every time, (kunâach'aa) said, "Am I growing up for you people?

[15]	naa	káru	vúra	káan	ni'íiftih	kunâach'aa
	1sg.	also	Intensive	there	I.am.growing.up	bird.sp.

I am growing up here too, (I,) kunâach'aa!"

[16]	kári	xás	uxus	hûut	nikuupheesh
	then	then	he.thought	how	I.will.do.it

And he thought, "What shall I do?

[17]	pácheech	tá	nisaam
	all.alone	PERF	I.remain

I am left alone.

[18]	chími	kanvâarami	námpaan
	soon	let.me.go!	I.myself

Let me go (to wrestle)!"

[19]	ta'ítam	uvâaramaheen
	so	he.went

So he left.

[20]	kári	xás	vaa	káan	u'uum
	then	then	so	there	he.arrived

So he went there.

[21]	ta'ítam	uksáheen	pamaruk'áraar	uxus	íf	nîinamich	paxákaan	nuvúunveesh
	so	he.laughed	the.giant	he.thought	truly	little	for.together	we.are.going.to.wrestle

And the giant laughed, he thought, "He's really small for us to wrestle together!"

[22]	kári	xás	ta'ítam	kunvúunvaheen
	then	then	so	they.wrestled

So then they wrestled.

[23]	kári	xás	koovúra	papinishtunvêechas	káru	koovúra	pa'ípaha	kunihyûunishtih	kunâach'aa	puxîichi
	then	then	all	the.little.plants	also	all	the.trees	they.were.shouting.to.him	bird.sp.	go.hard!

And all the little plants and all the trees shouted to him, "Go to it, kunâach'aa!"

[24]	kári	xás	upáchish	pamaruk'áraar	ukráam	upaathkúrih
	then	then	he.threw.him.down	the.giant	lake	he.threw.him.into.water

Then he threw the giant down, he threw him in the lake.

[25]	ta'ítam	koovúra	kunpimtávaheen	pamutipáhiivshas
	so	all	they.came.back.to.life	his.brothers

And all his brothers came back to life.

[26]	ta'ítam	kunpávyiihshipreen
	so	they.went.back.home

So they went back home.

[27]	púyava	vaa	ukúphaanik	kunâach'aa
	you.see	so	he.did.it	bird.sp.

kunâach'aa did that.