[1]

pahûut u'iftakantákkanti, úmxaathti, u'ákkati, umússahitih

"How [tobacco] Feels, Smells, Tastes, and Looks"

[2]

pahûut u'iftakantákkantih xúus kúnish ár u'iftakankôotti patu'áffishahaak.

"How [tobacco] Feels" Tobacco is smooth and sticky when one feels it.

[3]

pahûut úmxaathtih káru vúra peehêeraha vúra imxathakkêem. hâari vúra axvaahkúhaanaha patóo msákkarahaak.

"How [tobacco] Smells" And tobacco stinks. Sometimes it makes a person's head ache when he smells it.

[4]

pahûut u'ákkatih peehêeraha apmáan ukrix^yúpxupti ára, úux, xára vúr apmáan u'ákkatih.

"How [tobacco] Tastes" Tobacco burns a person's mouth, it tastes bad.

[5]

vaa tá kunpíip fâat vúrava pa'úuxhaak: " úux, ihêeraha kóo úux." nanittáat mít upôovôo?ihat, pafâat vúrava úuxhaak: " iheeraháxiit k^yúnish k^yóo uux."

They say when anything tastes bad: "It tastes bad, it tastes as bad as tobacco." My mother used to say when anything tasted bad: "It tastes as bad as green tobacco."

[6]

hâari tá kunpakátkat payaaf, pakári kuntákkiritihat, kári xás tá kunpiip: " ihêeraha vúra kári k^yóo úux payaaf."

Sometimes when they taste of acorn dough, when they are still soaking it, they say: "The acorn dough tastes as bad as smoking tobacco yet."

[7]

pahûut umúsahitih payáan vúr u'íiftihaak puxxích thúkkinkunish, peheeraha'íppa, pachím uimtúppeeshahaak, vaa kári taváttavkunish.

"How [tobacco] Looks" When it is just growing, the tobacco plant is real green, when it is already going to get ripe, it is then light-colored.