Niwakashææ'ö 01.34

01.34.01

There were two things to do on the fallen tree.

• tekní -- two
• na'u't -- what, thing
• ukwenyônö' -- it was possible
• nëhsátyé' -- you will do it
• ne káôta' -- the tree

01.34.02

Above it a cluster of grape vines hung from the living oaks.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• tkáte' -- it's present there
• wahkwaishæníyôt -- a hanging cluster
• ne únyökwi'sæ' -- grape
• u'öhsa' -- vine
• kaka'tés -- the tall oak

01.34.03

A grape vine is a wonderful thing to launch out on and swing downward so it looks like the earth will swallow you up, but then be caught up with the ground receding again so high above the pokeweed, and then back again.

• wíyú -- it is wonderful
• nae -- indeed
• ne únyökwi'sæ' -- grape
• u'öhsa' -- vine
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• wai -- indeed
• ukwényö -- it is possible, can
• ëhsétye' -- you will fly
• yöëtsate'kwá -- towards the ground
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• aayê' -- it seems
• niyu'tê -- the kind it is
• ësas'á' -- it will swallow you up
• n-ëyöëtsáték -- the earth will continue to be there
• ne' kwá he -- but
• he'tkë -- up
• sasétye' -- you fly again
• he u'sheæ' -- pokeweed (perhaps also: u'shéâ')
• sasétye' -- you fly again
• khu -- and

01.34.04

The purple berries on the pokeweeds still tremble where I brushed against them.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne u'sheæ'ê' -- it's purple
• úyátsis -- dark berries
• u'tyuni'ék -- it began to tremble
• he u'kwísat -- where I glanced up against it

01.34.05

That was something a boy could do alone on the warm afternoons after school.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• wai -- indeed
• na'u't -- what, thing
• ukwenyônö' -- it was possible
• shaksa'tát -- one boy, by himself
• nööötyé' -- he might do it
• unénö' -- it's warm
• hekææhkwá'a -- afternoon
• kanyu' -- when
• sááyö' kës -- he frequently got back
• hënöteyëstahkwa' -- school