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The Sun, Chiricahua Apache Text

excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes

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9. The Sun as told by Lawrence Mithlo

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9. The Sun as told by Lawrence Mithlo

"Inside of the Sun, two cottonwood trees stand erect."

(9.1)[1]
"Jígonaa'áé bigheeshíͅ, t'iis naaki 'óó'á."
'iłk'idáne daandígo yaadaagoołndí.
"Inside of the Sun, two cottonwood trees stand erect."
say the old people [when] they tell about it.
 
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(9.1) Linguistic Notes

1. jígonaa'áí [also heard jíͅgonaa'áí 'the sun'. Possibly a compound of jíͅgo 'being day, during the day' [cf. jíͅíͅ' 'day'], naa'á 'a round object moves about' [3rd person cont. imp. with prefix naa- 'about' of -'aa 'a round object moves'] and -í relative.

2. 'iłk'idáͅne 'the old people'. 'iłk'idáͅ 'long ago' [part.] plus -ne 'people of such and such a group'.

Linguistic Notes by Harry Hoijer

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(9.1) Linguistic Notes

1. jígonaa'áí [also heard jíͅgonaa'áí 'the sun'. Possibly a compound of jíͅgo 'being day, during the day' [cf. jíͅíͅ' 'day'], naa'á 'a round object moves about' [3rd person cont. imp. with prefix naa- 'about' of -'aa 'a round object moves'] and -í relative.

2. 'iłk'idáͅne 'the old people'. 'iłk'idáͅ 'long ago' [part.] plus -ne 'people of such and such a group'.

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