Niwakashææ'ö 01.30

01.30.01

Bass street was on the south side of town.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne tyunénö'kwá -- there towards the south
• nö'wôti -- on that side
• tkanötayë' -- the town there
• huikê -- this
• Tsyutæætö' -- bass
• Úáte' -- street, road

01.30.02

There were people living even further south, but the woods started behind our house.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• wai -- indeed
• háhu' nö'wôti -- beyond, on the far side
• ëtyék kwá -- towards the south
• ahsö' -- still
• thatinökek -- they used to live
• ne' kwá he -- but
• háhu' nö'wôti -- beyond, on the far side
• ökwanöhsút -- our house
• ëkahatöníák -- the growing woods

01.30.03

There was first the row of fig trees, five of them, each smaller than the next.

• ne'hu kës -- there, in those places
• wis -- five
• wai -- indeed
• níyô -- that many
• ëkëötayëthwahsék -- planted trees
• ne kanö'kwa' -- fig (??)
• úya' -- another
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• kanö'kwai's -- the milk spills out
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ha'tewaké -- each one
• niwa'aa -- it is small
• nö'wö'he't -- it became that size

01.30.04

I was small enough to climb up in the branches of the largest one without breaking them.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• niku'uu -- I'm tiny
• nikya'tu'tê -- that's my kind of body
• thiyukwenyô -- it was unexpectedly possible
• ëkæ'thë' -- I will climb
• ne kuwanë -- it's big
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• te'watætsöö' -- it doesn't break

01.30.05

I would break off a small, dark fig and watch the milk oozing out from the severed neck.

• akáyakwas'ö -- I finally got a fruit
• wátsí -- it's dark
• niwa'aa -- it's small
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• akathsi'was'ö -- I finally watched it
• ne unö'kwa' -- the milk
• niyui'ö -- how it spilled out
• ne kánya'tsya'kö -- the broken neck