Ne' huôwe ne Rama höwötiwënöôkë, teënöhsêthwas; ne' khu, n-
ënöstëönyö; wésu', khu hënötênö's: Rachel teöwênöstêni ne
kuksa'ta'shö'këô': thë'ë, khu, te'aö aayakukayë taayötahnikötönyô',
ne' kaiôni he te'shënöhe'.
Over there in Rama they heard her voice crying and weeping and
mourning greatly, Rachel mourning for her dead children, and it was
impossible for her to be willing to take comfort, because they were
no longer alive.
ne' huôwe, over there
höwötiwënöôkë, they have heard a voice höwöti-wën-aök-ë 3p/3p-voice-hear-STATIVE
cf. honoôkë.
teënöhsêthwas, they weep te-hën[ö]-ahsëthw-as DUALIC-MpA-weep-HABITUAL
tewakahsêthwë, I've wept tewakahsëthwas'ö, I've finally wept tekahsëthwaskwa', I used to weep tekahsêthwas, I weep u'tkahsêhu', I wept ëtkahsëthwaskwák, I'll keep weeping aatkahsêthu', I would weep
n-ënöstëönyö, they cry all around n-hën[ö]-asta-ö-nyö-Ø NE-MpA-cry-DISTRIBUTIVE-DISTRIBUTIVE-HABITUAL
akastá', I've cried akastaás'ö, I've finally cried kastáhak, I used to cry kastáha', I cry u'kastaë', I cried ëkastahák, I'll keep crying aakastáë', I would cry
hënötênö's, they mourn hën[ö]-atënö'-s MpA-mourn-HABITUAL
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katënö'skwa', I used to mourn katênö's, I mourn -
ëkatënö'sék, I'll keep mourning -
teöwênöstêni, she is crying for their skins te-huw[ë]-ín-asta-ä-ni-Ø DUALIC-Fs/3p-skin-cry-LINK-DATIVE-HABITUAL
see akastá'
ne kuksa'ta'shö'këô', her children that were ne ku-ksa't-a-'-shö'-kéô' NE FsP-child-LINK-NOUN.SUFFIX-PLURAL-DECESSIVE
te'aö, it is not possible
aayakukayë, she might consent aa-yaku-kayë-Ø OPTATIVE-FsP-consent-SIMPLE
see 1:19
taayötahnikötönyô', she might take comfort t-aa-y[ö]-atahnikötönyö-:' DUALIC-OPTATIVE-FsA-take.comfort-SIMPLE
akatahnikötônyö', I've taken comfort akatahnikötönyös'ö, I've finally taken comfort katahnikötönyök, I used to take comfort katahnikötönyö, I take comfort u'katahnikötônyô', I took comfort ëkatahnikötônyôk, I'll keep taking comfort aakatahnikötönyô', I would take comfort
ne' kaiôni, because ne' ka-íw-öny-Ø PARTICLE NsA-matter-make-HABITUAL
he te'shënöhe', they are no longer alive he te'-s-hën-öh-e' PARTICLE NEGATIVE-REPETITIVE-MpA-live-STATIVE
cf. 2:13