Niwakashææ'ö 01.36

01.36.01

My mother taught me to mark the sassafras trees in the summer when the leaves were on them.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne nu'yë -- my mother
• wa'ökhyúwi' -- she told me about it
• aakhwahá' -- I might tie it around it
• ne unösta'shæ' -- sassafras
• kaaítö' -- trees
• këhéne -- in summer
• kanyu' -- when
• kanëhtôtö' -- it has leaves on it

01.36.02

Then in the fall when the sap ran down, I could dig them for the roots and keep them for winter.

• ta unë -- so then
• këökne -- in the fall
• kanyu' -- when
• wa'së's -- it falls down
• ne úânö' -- the sap
• ukwenyöskô -- it is easily possible
• aakekteu'kwát -- I might dig for roots
• aakatéwatë' -- I might store them away
• ne kushéne -- in winter

01.36.03

I kept a pungent root in my pocket all the time, sometimes chewing on a bit of it.

• tyawë'ö -- always
• akökeshæ'ke -- in my pocket
• akektéâyë' -- I have a root
• uka'ö -- it is delicious
• nikasënu'tê -- the kind of smell it has
• usthöö -- a little bit
• wai -- indeed
• aakashúku' kës -- I might frequently chew on it

01.36.04

The next year I knew how to tell the bark without marking.

• hesakááhu' -- the next year (lit. "the cycle passed again")
• kyëtéí -- I know
• wai -- indeed
• niyu'tê -- the kind it is
• ne usnö' -- the bark
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• thë'ë -- not
• tewakatöëtsúni -- I need it
• aakhwahá' -- I might tie it around it