Niwakashææ'ö 01.38

01.38.01

There were violets growing in the shade under the fig trees.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne tewaténya'tsa's -- violet
• utôní -- it's growing
• utëönushækô -- in the shade
• nö'kôkwá -- underneath
• ne kanö'kwai's -- fig
• kaaítö' -- trees

01.38.02

The ground was damp and cool, but I was not allowed to go barefoot.

• ne'hu -- there
• uehta'ke -- on the ground
• ushatë'ö -- mist has fallen
• te'unénö' -- it's not warm
• khu -- and
• ne' kwá he -- but
• ta'aö -- can't
• aawakaska'shö'ö'he't -- I might get barefoot

01.38.03

Hookworm.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• ne kuhsi'tayénôs -- hookworm (lit. "it grabs people's feet")

01.38.04

We didn't have hookworm in West Virginia.

• nae -- indeed
• te'kanöke' -- it doesn't live
• ne kuhsi'tayénôs -- hookworm
• ne Työtahsehtahkwa'ke -- in West Virginia

01.38.05

Maybe that's why we were more afraid of it than the locals.

• ne' -- grammatical particle
• nô -- maybe
• ne kaiôni -- that's why
• akwashániskwa' -- we used to be afraid of it
• he niyu'tê -- than
• ne thatinöke' -- they live there
• thiteatishánis -- they're unexpectedly not afraid of it

01.38.06

We kept the violets under control, though.

• te'wésu' -- not much
• nae -- indeed
• te'utôní -- it's not growing
• ne'hu -- there
• ne tewaténya'tsa's -- violet

01.38.07

As fast as they spread, we ate them.

• thsiyutôní -- as it grows
• shô -- just
• ne' -- grammatical particle
• únë -- then
• kakwékö -- all
• nae -- indeed
• wa'ákwák -- we ate it
• shô -- just