Fox Earns His Rest

5 Ne' ne uköhkwá' nö'kwatkwá 6 Kanyu' ne kææhkwitkë'ö 7 Teyuskeéyô ne' ne nö'kê' 8 Uæhtak uyôyakë'tö.	The fox snores hard for sleeping sound Although the sun's long up. He's tired to death for working round To fill his plate and cup.

Glossary

ne' -- [particle]

ne -- [particle]

utöeshëhtö -- it is panting, breathing hard

[u]- NsP/A prefix, -atöeshëht- pant, breath hard [Stative]

huikê -- there, that

unö'kwatkwá -- fox

katákhe's -- it runs around

ka- NsA/C prefix, -takh- run [Purposive-Habitual]

uskawakô -- in the bushes

u- NsP/X prefix, -skaw- bush, -a- Linker Vowel, -kô Internal Locative Suffix

këtáyë' -- field, meadow (is there)

k[ë]- NsA/I prefix, -it- field, meadow, -a- Linker Vowel, -yë- have something [Stative]

khu -- and, also, too, as well

heôwe -- where, the place where

nikakhwihsákhe's -- how it goes looking around for food

ni- Partitive prefix, -ka- NsA/X prefix, -khw- food, -ihsak- look for something [Dislocative-Purposive-Habitual]

ne' -- [particle]

ne -- [particle]

uköhkwá' -- it is snoring

u- NsP/X prefix, -köhkwa- snore [Stative]

nö'kwatkwá -- fox

kanyu' -- when

ne -- [particle]

kææhkwitkë's -- the sun comes out, appears

ka- NsA/C prefix, -æhkw- sun, -itkë'- something comes out, becomes visible [Habitual]

teyuskeéyô -- it has gotten tired, it is tired

te- Dualic prefix, -yu- NsP/X prefix, te...skeey- get tired [Stative]

ne' -- [particle]

ne -- [particle]

nö'kê' -- afterwards

uæhtak -- after

uyôyakë'tö -- it is working

u- NsP/C prefix, -yôyakë't- work [Stative]