Emily Donahue: "Preparing Basket Materials" (1957)

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[1]	píshiich	tá	nu'ahíshriihvanva
	first	PERF	we.went.in.order.to.set.fires

First we went and set fires.

[2]	pakúnish	itharípriik	vaa	uum	káan	saripyêepshas
	where.sort.of	fir.forest	so	3.SG	there	good.hazel.twigs

The best hazel twigs are those where it is sort of a fir forest.

[3]	patuyshipnee'ípanich	vaa	uum	káan	saripkêemshas
	the.mountain.peak	so	3.SG	there	bad.hazel.twigs

There are bad hazel twigs there on the hilltop.

[4]	vaa	kumá'ii	payêepshas	pasárip	itharípriik	aayâach	vaa	uum	vâaramsas	káru	xúnutich
	so	because.of	the.good.ones	the.hazel.twigs	fir.forest	it.was.because	so	3.SG	long.ones	also	flexible.(dimin.)

The hazel twigs are good in the fir forest for this reason, it is because they are long and flexible.

[5]	patuyshipnee'ípanich	vasárip	vaa	uum	ipshûunkinichas	káru	úruhsas
	the.mountain.peak	its.hazel.twigs	so	3.SG	short.ones	also	round.ones

The hazel twigs of the hilltop are short and stubby (lit., round).

[6]	nanítaat	mít	kin'ípeentihat	tuyshipnee'ípanich	uum	saripkêemshas
	my.mother	near.past	she.was.telling.us	mountain.peak	3.SG	bad.hazel.twigs

My mother used to tell us, "They are bad hazel sticks on the hilltop."

[7]	vaa	mít	kári	uum	nu'ahíshriihvutihat
	so	near.past	then	3.SG	we.were.setting.fires

We used to set fires (to encourage the growth of the brush).

[8]	púra fâat	vúra	kinípeentihat
	nothing	Intensive	they.weren't.saying.to.us

They (the government) didn't say anything to us.

[9]	payêem	uum	tá	koo	tá	púvaa	kinkupítihara
	now	3.SG	PERF	all	PERF	not.that	we.aren't.doing.it

Now that's all over, we can't do that.

[10]	axakhárinay	xás	tá	nústuk	pasárip
	two.years	then	PERF	we.pick	the.hazel.twigs

Then after two years we picked the hazel twigs.

[11]	pasárip	tá	kuníshtuukvunaa	kun'ipátsiiprinatih
	the.hazel.twigs	PERF	they.picked.them	they.were.breaking.them.with.their.fingernails

They plucked the hazel twigs, they broke them with their fingernails.

[12]	payêem	uum	símsiim	mûuk	kunvúutvanaatih
	now	3.SG	knife	with.(by.means.of)	they.cut.them

Now they cut them with a knife.

[13]	pa'asiktávaansas	uum	kuníshtuukvanaatih
	the.women	3.SG	they.picked.them

The women picked them.

[14]	átimnam	mûuk	tá	kunturúniihva
	pack-basket	with.(by.means.of)	PERF	they.carried.wood.away.downhill

They carried them down in burden baskets.

[15]	pa'ávansas	uumkun	tá	kuníkvat
	the.men	they	PERF	they.carry.them.on.their.shoulders

(And) the men carried them on their shoulders.

[16]	payêem	uum	tá	kóo	patur	chishíi	mûuk	uum	tah
	now	3.SG	PERF	all	the.packbasket	dog	with.(by.means.of)	3.SG	already

Now the use of burden baskets is all gone, it is with horses now.

[17]	pasárip'atimnak	pakuntúunfak
	in.the.hazel-twig.burden.baskets	they.carried.wood.downhill

They carried them downhill in hazel-twig burden baskets.

[18]	xás	kári	tá	nitháruf
	then	then	PERF	I.peel

Then I peeled them.

[19]	vúha	mûuk	pakunthárufvanaatih
	tooth	with.(by.means.of)	that.they.were.peeling.them

They peeled them with their teeth.

[20]	asiktávaansas	káru	vúra	ávansas	koovúra	kunthárufvunaatih
	women	also	Intensive	men	all	they.peeled.them

All the men and women peeled them.

[21]	hâari	kunvûuksahinaatih
	sometime	they.had.a.work.contest

Sometimes they had a work contest.

[22]	yáas	nishuváxraahti	imcháxahak
	then	I.spread.them.out.to.dry	in.the.sunshine

Then I dried them in the sunshine.

[23]	papanyúrar	tá	nu'áhkoo
	the.beargrass	PERF	we.burned.it

We burned the bear-lilies.

[24]	xás	tá	nústuk
	then	PERF	we.picked.them

Then we picked them.

[25]	kun'uumxávxaavtih
	They.pulled.them.up.by.the.roots.

They pulled them up by the roots.

[26]	xás	tá	nusuváxrah
	then	PERF	we.dried.them

Then we dried them.

[27]	yáas	sárum	nu'ûupvutih
	then	Jeffrey.pine.root	we.dug.them

Then we dug pine roots.

[28]	vúra	fátaak	xás	yáv	u'íihya
	Intensive	somewhere	then	good	it.stands

Some places (the trees) are good

[29]	yiimúsich	xás	pakuníkpaaksur
	little.ways.off	then	they.cut.off.them.off.straight

They cut them off some ways out (from the trunk).

[30]	xás	tá	nuhíkurih
	then	PERF	we.roasted.them

Then we roasted them.

[31]	aah	píshiich	tá	kuníkyav
	fire	first	PERF	they.made.it

First they built a fire.

[32]	xás	káan	tá	kunihíkurih
	then	there	PERF	they.roasted.them

Then they roasted them.

[33]	xás	yáas	aah	ávahkam	tá	kunpíkyav
	then	then	fire	over	PERF	they.made.it.again

Then they made another fire on top.

[34]	yáas	nuthatápaantih
	then	we.split.roots.for.basketry

Then we split them.

[35]	xás	iváxra	tá	núkyav
	then	dry	PERF	we.made.them

Then we dried them.

[36]	kári	xás	tá	nupúthar
	then	then	PERF	we.soak

Then we soaked them.

[37]	yáas	nutáxviishtih
	then	we.scraped.them

Then we scraped them.

[38]	yáas	nukyâasiprivti	pavik
	then	we.began	the.weaving

Then we began the weaving.