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Practorthog Origgloss Translation Origorthog Notes
Nee'-tl'at ninyaa-hit diidak' shaa-uuyeehing yaa'ghitgish yaa'nii. Earth middle / it came when / east / sun under / it looked up / they say. When it came to the middle of the world, in the east under the rising of the sun it looked up again, they say. ne'.L'ut nun.ya.hut dii.duk' ca.uu.ye.huN ya'.gut.t.guc ya'.nii
---- "Too deedinkaash, too ilhtcii##," tc'in yaa'nii. ---- "Water / put on the fire, / water / hot / you make," / he said / they say. ---- "Put water on the fire, make hot water," he said, they say. ---- too de.dun.kac too sul uL.tcii tc'in ya'.nii ##gfn 83: "Sing. imp., cf. Hupa iL.tcwe (I, 278, 8; III, 276-7). It is frequently used in this manner with intransitive verbs where the needed transitive form does not exist."
"T'antghilyoos, beeksing-hiit, nshoon-manjaa'. Tc'aan-manjaa'," tc'in yaa'nii. "Devil-fish / ugly although / will be good. / They will eat it," / he said, they say. "Octopus, although ugly, will be good. They will eat it," he said, they say. t'An.t.gul.yoos bek.suN.hiit n.coo.mun.dja' tc'a.mun.dja' tc'in ya'.nii
Titbil nee'onyaan took'inhaa'. It rains / it stops increasing, / it stops raining. When it stops raining, the rainwater stops increasing. tut.bul ne.oon.yan too.k'un.ha
Diishoo' kaasyai, oohtgish! Something / is coming up, / look! Something is rising, look! dii.coo' kas.yai ooH.t.guc
Shtaa', diijii kaasyai? My father, / what comes up? Father, what is rising? c.ta' dii.kii kas.yai
"Shtaa', kalh'its-'angii." My father, / it is coming up [surprise]. "Father, it's (a star) rising!" c.ta' kAL.'uts.uN.gii
Ntohlaal-ee, ntohlaal-ee! You sleep, / you sleep. (singing) "Go to sleep, go to sleep." n.tooh.la.le n.tooH.la.le
"Naaghai, shaa beent'aah## yaah-bii'k'. Moon, / sun, / you fly up / sky in. "Moon, sun, each of you fly up into the sky." na.gai ca ben.t'a ya.bii'k' ##Singular subject, implying (presumably) that the action is to taken separately by each of the two.
Beeninlhaah## gooyaanee'! You jump up / stars. "Jump up, you stars!" be.nun.La goo.ya.ne' ##Singular subject, see above.
Ch'dohlee yiibaantaak', ch'dohlee shaa nishdaash," kaashghantghinii##. Sing / eight / sing / for me. / I will dance," / he exhorted them. Eight of you sing, sing for me as I dance," he exhorted them. tc'.dooH.le yii.ban.tak' tc'.dooH.le ca nuc.dac kac.gun.t.gun.nii ##gfn 133: "kac [kaash], plural third person of the pronoun; gun [ghan], postposition; t.gun.nii [tghinii] = Hupa duu.wen.ne. The word is said to be usually employed of public speaking.
Uudee' chan'oh'ash; ts'ii'-bii' yiihee'ash; beenohsing. Its horn / take away. / Brush in / take them. / Hide them. Take away its horns and take them in the brush to hide them. oo.de' tcun.ooH.'Ac ts'ii'.bii' yii.he.'Ac be.nooH.suN
Yooyiinak' teesing'its," yaa'nii. Way south / you ran off, / they say." They say you ran off way to the south." yoo.yii.nuk' te.suN.'uts ya'.nii
"Doo-naahish-teelee. "I will not go back. "I will not go back. doo.na.huc.tee.le [???verb stem missing]
Ch'siitcing uunaaslaalh kwint yaa'nii. Coyote / dreamed about / his cousing / they say. Coyote dreamed about his cousin, they say. tc'.sii.tcuN uu.nas.laL kwunt ya'.nii
"Nee'odin-jaa', Ch'siitcing." "You die / Coyote." "May you die, Coyote!"## ne.oo.dun.dja' tc'.sii.tcuN ##Cursing Coyote because they've figured out that he tricked them and they are now pregnant.
Ch'ee'iilee' yaa'nii. He kept singing / they say. She kept singing, they say. tc'e.iil.lee' ya'.nii
K'ai'teel-bii' ch'ee'iilee' yaa'nii. Basket-pan in / he kept singing / they say. She kept singing in the basket pan, they say. k'ai.tel.bii' tc'e.il.lee' ya'.nii
Kwtis shan naatc'eelht'ooh yaa'nii. Over him / only / she stung / they say. She only stung over him (missing him), they say. kW.tus cAn na.tc'eL.t'oo ya'.nii
Hai-hit tl'ee'-it tc'dinii yaa'nii. That is why / at night / he sings, / they say. That is why he sings at night, they say. hai.hiit tl'e'.ut ts't.dun.nii ya'.nii
Waitc'ghingeet yaa'nii. He struck over / they say. He struck over it (missing), they say. wai.tc'.gun.get ya'.nii
---- "Noowaanooyiitaagh-'angii; naahneesh noonishsing-it," yaa'n yaa'nii. ---- "I mistook you. / People / when I thought you," / they said / they say. ---- "I mistook you when I thought you were people," they said, they say. ---- noo.wan.noo.yii.taG.uN.gii na.nec noo.nuc.suN.ut ya'n ya'.nii
Kwtning diitaah toonai lhaan-ee uutcoonootciish-bang hai kwot, Diltciikninsingkwot." Next time / this side / fish / many. / You must leave / this / stream, / Yellow-pine hill stream." Next time you must leave many fish on this side of this stream, Yellow Pine Hillside Stream." kW.t.nuN dii.taH too.nai La.ne oo.tcoo.noo.tcic.buN hai kwut dul.tciik.nun.suN.kwut
---- Yoo' teelhsing yaa'nii. ---- Beads / were hanging / they say. ---- There were beads hanging, they say. ---- yoo' teL.suN ya'.nii
"Intc'aash (?)," yaa'lhilsing## yaa'nii. "You shoot," / they told one another / they say. "Shoot it!" they told each other, they say. un.tc'ac ya'.Lul.siN ya'.nii ##gfn 211: "This word was perhaps incorrectly recorded."
Uulaa' ch'neelhyiil'## naaghaa- kwaa'. It hands / she eats up / yet alive. She eats up its hands while it's still alive. oo.la' tc'n.neL.yiil' naa.ga.kwa' ##gfn 212: "This form seems to refer to customary action; tc'n.neL.yaN [ch'neelhyaang], below, to the single act."
Doo-kwinishsing. I did not know anything. I was senseless. doo.kwin.nuc.suN
Haataah doo-kwneesing. Right there / I was senseless. I was right there, senseless. ha.ta doo.kW.nee.suN

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