Niwakashææ'ö 01.25

01.25.01

My grandmother and I went berry-picking and we picked dewberries as they are called or blackberries.

• aksút -- my grandmother
• ákwe' -- we went
• wa'aknyáyákhe' -- we two went berry-picking
• ukau'kwa' -- dewberries
• kayásö -- it is called
• ëkí -- or
• utkææshæ' -- blackberries

01.25.02

I think they were in fact dewberries.

• ne'hu -- there, that
• wai -- indeed
• ukau'kwa' -- dewberries
• íwí -- I think

01.25.03

Well, while we were picking berries all of a sudden we found a rattlesnake's nest.

• ta unë -- so then
• thsiyaknyáyás -- as we were picking berries
• wa'aknyatyêêkwa si -- we noticed all of a sudden
• ne uhsikwêôt -- rattlesnake
• utehsa' -- nest
• ëhnishêôwi' -- we'll find it

01.25.04

"Let's demolish that rattlesnake nest," I said.

• ne'hu -- there, that
• ëtyatehsêthu' -- we'll destroy the nest
• ne uhsikwêôt -- the rattlesnake
• u'ki' -- I said

01.25.05

"That is the rattlesnake's home," she said.

• ne'hu -- there, that
• wai -- indeed
• tyunöhsút -- its house there
• ne uhsikwêôt -- the rattlesnake
• wa'ákë' -- she said

01.25.06

"We have to take care of it."

• ha'tekakôt -- have to
• ëhnísnyé' -- we two will take care of it

01.25.07

Then I saw the birds eating the berries, the dewberries as they are called.

• ta unë -- so then
• u'këtsi'takênô' -- I saw a bunch of birds
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• unôyôs -- they're eating the berries
• ne ukau'kwa'shö'ö -- dewberries
• kayásö -- it is called

01.25.08

"Look how many berries the birds are eating."

• satkáthu -- look
• he níyô -- how many
• nikáyaka'te' -- that many berries
• wésu' -- a lot, many
• utíkhö' -- they're eating them
• ne tsi'të'ööshö'ö -- the birds

01.25.09

"Will there be enough berries for us?"

• nae -- indeed
• utahôtö' -- there will be enough of it
• ëyöknyatô's -- we'll have enough of it

01.25.10

"The dewberries are the birds' livelihood," she said.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ukau'kwa' -- dewberries
• unôhe' -- they are alive
• ne tsi'të'ööshö'ö -- the birds
• wa'ákë' -- she said

01.25.11

"You can eat corn."

• ukwényô -- can
• unëö' -- corn
• ëhsék -- you'll eat it