Old Apache Customs, Chiricahua Apache Text excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes |
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Our grandfathers lived in the dirt, they say.
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Our grandfathers lived in the dirt, they say.
(39.2)[2]
Daanahitsóyéí dáłeezhíighe'yá daahindáná'a.
Dátł'ohná beekooghaͅshíͅ dá'ádaa'ílaa.
Tł'oh bégoos'eelyá naasjé.
Ch'ide yá'édiͅ.
Beekooghaní yá'édiͅ.
Dooha'shíͅ ła'jóláhát'éda.
'Iban 'ádaat'éí gotł'aazhiͅ k'édaadeesdizná'a.
Naagołtiͅgo, tóí gok'izhiͅ nkeedanlíͅ.
Zas naałtiͅgo, zasí gokázhiͅ naadaałtiͅ.
Hago, dákoͅoͅná daagoch'ide.
Daanahitsóyéí dáłeezhíighe'yá daahindáná'a.
Dátł'ohná beekooghaͅshíͅ dá'ádaa'ílaa.
Tł'oh bégoos'eelyá naasjé.
Ch'ide yá'édiͅ.
Beekooghaní yá'édiͅ.
Dooha'shíͅ ła'jóláhát'éda.
'Iban 'ádaat'éí gotł'aazhiͅ k'édaadeesdizná'a.
Naagołtiͅgo, tóí gok'izhiͅ nkeedanlíͅ.
Zas naałtiͅgo, zasí gokázhiͅ naadaałtiͅ.
Hago, dákoͅoͅná daagoch'ide.
Our grandfathers lived in the dirt, they say.
Their houses were made only of grass.[1]
They lay on grass that had been spread out.
There were no blankets.[2]
There were no tents.
None could be secured anywhere.
Things like deerskin were wrapped about them, they say.
When it rained, the water flowed down upon them.
When it snowed, the snow fell on them.
In the winter, only the fire was their blanket.
Their houses were made only of grass.[1]
They lay on grass that had been spread out.
There were no blankets.[2]
There were no tents.
None could be secured anywhere.
Things like deerskin were wrapped about them, they say.
When it rained, the water flowed down upon them.
When it snowed, the snow fell on them.
In the winter, only the fire was their blanket.
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(39.2) Linguistic Notes
1. bégoos'eelyá 'that had been spread out'. pass. perf. of 0é-go- ...[si- perf.]-'oł 'to spread out' [act. with go- place object ?].
2. 'iban 'ádaat'éí 'things like deerskin'. -ban 'tanned skin'. Distrib. 3rd person of 'á-ni-...-t'é 'to be so' [imp. neut. intr.].
3. nkeedanlíͅ 'it flowed down'. nkee- 'down'; da- > daa- distrib.; nlíͅ '[water] flows' should read ńlíͅ [ni- perf. neut. intr.].
4. zas naałtiͅgo 'when it snowed'. zas 'snow' plus naałti 'it rains' [imp, neut. intr. with prefix naa- 'down'].
5. hago 'in the winter'. ha 'winter'.
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