Niwakashææ'ö 01.14

01.14.01

Not far from there we lived in another house on Lake Avenue.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• te'wéê -- not far away
• akwanökek -- we used to live
• uya'tsi -- in another direction
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne -- grammatical particle
• kanyutae' -- lake
• úáte' -- street, road

01.14.02

It was on Lake Avenue that my own career in crime got under way.

• ne'hu -- there
• takatyéêt -- it was first
• akíwane'akö -- I committed a crime

01.14.03

I was already four by then and had learned about stealing.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• n-únë -- then, already
• kéí -- four
• niwakushiya'kö -- I reached that age
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• khu -- and
• kyëtéí -- I know how
• ëknösku' -- I will steal

01.14.04

There was a three-year-old living near by, but he was fenced in and could not get out.

• tuskë -- near
• tyakwanökek -- we used to live there
• thë'tyôtak -- he used to live there
• ne -- grammatical particle
• së -- three
• niaushiya'kö -- he reached that age,
• ne' kwá he -- but
• ka'ëyë'ke -- in the little yard
• ta'aö -- not possible, can't
• ëöyakë't -- he will get out

01.14.05

I went to the fence and watched him playing with the biggest spoon I had ever seen.

• tuskë -- near
• ne tekaö -- the fence
• hu'ke' -- I went over there
• akathsi'wá' -- I watched
• ne -- grammatical particle
• hutkányé -- he's playing
• atukwa'syuwanë -- big spoon
• akyé -- goodness!
• kuwánë -- it is big
• húyë' -- he has it

01.14.06

I remember it as about two feet long, and it may well have been over a foot.

• akashææ'ö -- I remember
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• nô -- probably
• kéí -- four
• niyuhtsakwët -- how many flat hands
• he níyôs -- that long
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• wai -- indeed
• ha'tekakôt -- have to
• teyuhtsakwët -- two flat hands
• he níyôs -- that long

01.14.07

I asked him if I could see it, and he trustingly handed it through the fence.

• heyáôtö' -- I asked him
• ukwényô -- can
• ëkékë' -- I will see it
• ta unë -- so then
• thakawiskô -- he easily handed it to me
• ne atukwa'shæ' -- the spoon
• haökuhtas'ö -- he finally put it through the opening

01.14.08

As soon as I got it I ran home.

• hewakenyatkææö -- I reached out and grabbed it
• sakahtêti' -- I went back home

01.14.09

I could hear him calling pathetically all the way, "Come back!"

• akaökëötye' -- I was hearing it
• wa'ukwëtáá't -- he got sad
• hakínökö -- he called to me
• tsisahkét -- come back!