Niwakashææ'ö 01.24

01.24.01

Long ago they would tell about these things.

• unëhtsi -- long ago
• ne'hu -- there, that
• yöthyunyánö -- people tell about things

01.24.02

They say the two of them set out together.

• wányahtêti' -- the two of them set out
• kyö'ö kës -- it is said

01.24.03

They were both Mingo people.

• téní -- the two of them guys
• níyô -- that manu
• huikê -- this
• tényökwe'ôwe -- the two of them are native men

01.24.04

They were probably hunters.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• túkës -- really
• nô -- probably
• tényatúwâs -- the two of them are hunters

01.24.05

Yes, I believe they were hunters, both of them.

• tényatúwâs -- the two of them are hunters
• íwí -- I think
• huikê -- this

01.24.06

So they set off into the woods.

• ta unë -- so then
• wányahtêti' -- the two of them set out
• he kahaytakô -- into the woods

01.24.07

"Hau'," said the one.

• hau' -- hi
• thusnye'ö -- he said

01.24.08

"Be quiet."

• satyeëök -- be quiet
• shô -- just

01.24.09

"What was that?"

• na'u't -- what
• huikê -- this

01.24.10

"Did you hear something?"

• ha'kwistë' -- something
• u'sáôk -- you heard
• shô -- just

01.24.11

They listened very hard for a while.

• ta'tsíhu' -- a little while
• nae -- indeed
• unötaöhtiyustö -- they listened very closely

01.24.12

They didn't hear anything.

• tha'kwistë' -- nothing
• shô -- just
• te'hutíkê -- they didn't see, find anything (variant of: teutíkê)
• wai -- indeed

01.24.13

Then all of a sudden, they say, they caught a glimpse of something the color of ash or smoke in the bushes.

• ta unë -- so then
• kyö'ö kës -- it is said
• wányatyêêkwa si -- it happened to the two of them all of a sudden
• tawatkë'ô' -- it appeared briefly
• ne ha'kwistë' -- something
• u'këë'ê' -- it's the color of ash
• ëkí -- or
• uyë'kwææ'ê' -- it's the color of smoke
• ha'kwistë' -- something
• uskawakô -- in the bushes

01.24.14

They were a little quiet for a while and just waited.

• ta'tsíhu' -- a little while
• wai -- indeed
• usthöö -- a little bit
• sányatyeëök -- the two of them were quiet again
• unënö'keæhtö -- they waited
• shô -- just

01.24.15

Once again they caught a glimpse of a gray squirrel, it's called.

• úya' u'kát -- once again
• tawatkë'ô' -- it appeared briefly
• nae -- indeed
• ne tsy'ktákö' -- a gray squirrel
• huikê -- this
• kayásö -- it is called

01.24.16

"I'll take a shot at it," the other one said. "I think it will taste good."

• ëkate'sækêni' -- I'll take a shot at it
• shô -- just
• waë' -- he said
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• së'ë -- because
• ëkáka't -- it will taste good
• íwí -- I think

01.24.17

"You can eat the brains too."

• ukwényô -- can
• wai -- indeed
• ne utsi'syöwöhta' -- the brains
• ëhsék -- you'll eat it
• khu -- and, too

01.24.18

For a long time, they say, they kept up their watch and didn't see anything.

• nae -- indeed
• nö'yönishe't -- a long time
• kyö'ö kës -- it is said
• wányathsi'wáhák -- they kept watching
• tha'kwistë' -- nothing
• te'áníkë' -- the two of them didn't see anything

01.24.19

Finally the other one said, "I guess that squirrel got away."

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne -- grammatical particle
• hekákôt -- finally
• thusnye'ö -- he said
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• nô -- probably
• u'ka'nyakë't -- it escaped
• huikê -- this
• tsyu'ktákö' -- gray squirrel

01.24.20

"Let's go home."

• ëtsityahtêti' -- we'll go home
• shô -- just

01.24.21

Now they turned around and there the squirrel sat looking at them.

• únë -- then
• wányëöténi' -- the two of them turned around
• ne'hu -- there
• íkát -- it's standing
• ne tsyu'ktákö' -- the gray squirrel
• kayásö -- it is called
• saunöthsi'waë' -- it looked at them again

01.24.22

When they turned around the squirrel ran away.

• shányëöténi' -- when the two of them turned around (variant of: thsányëöténi')
• únë -- then
• síkwá -- away
• hu'wëëhtát -- it took off running

01.24.23

"Akyé," said the one.

• akyé -- gee, gosh
• waë' -- he said

01.24.24

"Next time we go hunting, you look that way and I'll look this way."

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• n-únë -- then
• úya' ëkát -- another time, next time
• ëtsityatuwæthe' -- we will go hunting again
• únë -- then
• hëhsathsi'wáê' -- you'll look that way
• n-ís'a -- you
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ëtkathsi'wáê' -- I'll look this way
• n-í'a -- I