Julia Starritt: "The Living-house" (1957)

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[1]	pa'arareekrívraam	uum	pu'á'hinvahara	yakún	pa'íivhar	ipshûunkinichas
	the.Indian.house	3.SG	not.high	you.see	the.boards	short.ones

The Indian house was not high; you see, the boards were short.

[2]	xás	sú'	u'íripkurihva
	then	inside	it.was.dug.into.the.ground

And it was dug down into the ground.

[3]	xás	áachip	ahíramhitih
	then	middle	it.was.a.fireplace

And there was a fireplace in the center.

[4]	xás	pa'iinâak	íivhar	uthiivárayvahitih
	then	on.the.inside	board	it.was.placed.around

And on the inside boards were placed around.

[5]	xás	pamukun'îirish	uum	vúra	yuux
	then	their.floor	3.SG	Intensive	dirt

And their floor was just earth.

[6]	xás	vuráakir	u'íihya	vaa	káan	iinâak
	then	ladder	it.stood	so	there	indoors

And a ladder stood there inside.

[7]	xás	vaa	káan	kun'áhooti	pa'îikam	tá	kunvôonupukahaak
	then	so	there	they.walked	when.outside	PERF	they.came.outdoors

And they walked on that when they went outside.

[8]	xás	pa'íivhar	uum	ipshûunkinichas	peekrívraam	ukyâarahitih
	then	the.boards	3.SG	short.ones	that.the.house	it.was.made.with

And the boards were short that the house was made with.

[9]	peev'ávahkam	ivharatírihshas	uyaakóohitih
	on.the.roof	broad.boards	it.was.put.on

And broad boards were put on the roof.

[10]	xás	pamuchivchákar	káru	uum	ipshûunkinich
	then	its.door	also	3.SG	low

And their door was low too.

[11]

púxay

vúra

ihyáriheeshara

patá

îim

kúuk

tá

kun'úumahaak

xás

vúra

tá

kunvôonupuk

not.yet

Intensive

he.would.not.stand.up

when

outdoors

to

PERF

they.went

then

Intensive

PERF

they.crawled.out

They didn't stand up when they went outside, they just crawled out.

[12]	xás	ás	uthíivahiti	ivíthvaaykam
	then	rock	it.was.laid	front.of.house

And rocks were laid in front of the house.

[13]	xás	pa'iinâak	ah'ávahkam	usasípiithva	taskanatunvêechas
	then	on.the.inside	above.the.fire	they.were.stretched.around	little.poles

And on the inside, above the fire, little poles were stretched around.

[14]	xás	ukyâahiti	pakáan	kuniváxraahmathti	pa'áama	káru	vúra	fâat	vúra	pakuntâarahitih
	then	it.was.made	so.that.there	they.dried	the.fish	also	Intensive	what	Intensive	that.they.had

And they were made so that they dried fish there and whatever (else) they had.

[15]

xás

âapun

vúra

uum

pootâayhiti

pamukun'ásip

káru

vúra

fâat

vúra

pakuntâarahiti

pakunimnísheesh

then

on.the.ground

Intensive

3.SG

that.it.was.a.lot

their.baskets

also

Intensive

what

Intensive

that.they.had

when.they.would.cook

And on the floor were their cooking baskets and whatever else they had when they were going to cook.

[16]	xás	pa'ávansa	vúra	kích	mukun'ikrívkir	utâayhiti
	then	the.men	Intensive	only	their.chairs	it.was.a.lot

And only the men's seats were there.

[17]	pa'asiktávaan	uumkun	vúra	âapun	pakun'áraarahitih
	the.women	they	Intensive	on.the.ground	that.they.sit

The women sat on the ground.

[18]	hâari	pufíchvaas	upathrívahitih	víriva	káan	pa'asiktávaansas	kun'áraarahitih
	sometime	deerskin.blanket	it.was.spread	so	there	the.women	they.sat

Sometimes a deerskin blanket was spread, and the women sat on that.

[19]	xás	payupsítanich	uum	thaxtúuyak	vúra	sú'	úkrii
	then	the.baby	3.SG	in.the.baby.basket	Intensive	inside	it.sat

And the baby was inside a baby-basket.

[20]	xás	kuníshtaakti	hâari	pamukit'íin
	then	she.held.it	sometime	its.grandmother

And sometimes it was held by its grandmother.