Emily Donahue: "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (1957)

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[1]	ikxariya'árar	tóo	krîish
	medicine.man	he.has	sit.down

The priest sat down (i.e., assumed office).

[2]	itroopatishamnihasúpaah	sú'	úkrii	ikmaháchraam
	nine.days	inside	he.lives	sweathouse

He lived in the sweat-house for nine days.

[3]	xás	pa'ávansas	kuníshriimvanaatih
	then	the.men	they.were.target.shooting

And the men were target-shooting.

[4]	káru	payeeripáxvuhsas	avansáxiichas	asuuxáras
	also	the.girls	little.boys	fasts

And the girls and little boys were fasting.

[5]	kári	xás	tá	nu'av	patá	nupíshriish
	then	then	PERF	we.ate	when	we.came.back

And we ate when we came back from target-shooting.

[6]	vúra	pa'ávansas	uumkun	máruk	kuníshriimtih
	Intensive	the.men	they	uphill	they.were.target.shooting

The men were uphill target shooting.

[7]	ikxúrarvari	tá	kunpavyíhish
	towards.evening	PERF	they.gathered.again

They came back home towards the evening.

[8]	yáas	tá	kun'av
	then	PERF	they.ate

Then they ate.

[9]	peekxariya'áraar	úmpaan	tu'ípak
	the.priest	he,.himself	he.came.back

The priest himself came home.

[10]	xás	yáas	upâatvutih
	then	then	he.bathed

Then he bathed.

[11]	yáas	tu'av
	then	he.ate

Then he ate.

[12]	xás	sú'	ikmaháchraam	kúuk	tu'íipma
	then	inside	sweathouse	to	he.returned

Then he went back inside the sweathouse.

[13]	imáan	kúkuum	vúra	tóo	kyâasip	máh'iit
	tomorrow	again	Intensive	he.has	begin	morning

The morning of the next day, he started again.

[14]	fátaak	kúna	tóo	sriv
	somewhere	in.addition	he.has	target-shooting

They did target-shooting someplace.

[15]	chítik	vúra	tá	itroopatishamnihasúpaa	tá	kunkúnih	kári	xás	tupihyárihish
	finally	Intensive	PERF	nine.days	PERF	they.shoot	then	then	he.stood

Finally they had done target-shooting for nine days, and then (the priest) stood still (the priest remains standing all night).

(Bright: "The priest remains standing all night long (Kroeber and Gifford, p. 20)")

[16]	ithéekxurar	vúra	kunvuhvúhiichvanaatih
	all.evening	Intensive	they.do.the.imitation.deerskin.dance

The people did the imitation deerskin dance all evening.

[17]	kunxúti	xáy	peekxariya'áraar	úkviit-ha
	they.think	let.not	the.priest	he.falls.asleep

They thought, "Let the priest not fall asleep!"

[18]	imáankam	xás	írahiv
	the.next.day	then	world-renewal.ceremony

And the next day was the world-renewal time.

[19]	ithasúpaa	vúra	araréethtit	tá	kuníthtiitvanaa
	all.day	Intensive	Indian.cards	PERF	they.gamble

The people played "Indian cards" all day.

[20]	imáankam	kúkuum	tá	kunpíthtiitvanaa
	the.next.day	again	PERF	they.gamble

The next day they gambled again.

[21]	xás	ikxúrar	xás	káh'ir	tuvárak
	then	evening	then	upriver.world-renewal	they.dance.the.war.dance

And in the evening they did the war dance.

[22]	xás	tá	kóo	pa'ir
	then	PERF	stop	world.renewal

Then the world renewal was over.

[23]	hâari	vúra	xára	kuníthtiitvanaatih	pahûutva	kóo	ararátaayhaak
	sometime	Intensive	long.time	they.gamble	how.long	as.much.as	many.people

Sometimes they gambled for a long time, however long there were a lot of people.

[24]	yáas	ukôohiti	pa'ir
	then	it.stopped	world.renewal

Then the world renewal ended.

(Bright: "The sequence of events here described is in conflict with that given in Kroeber and Gifford, p. 19. Gifford's information, however, was obtained in considerable part from the mother of my informant, and is probably more reliable.")