Coyote and Blue Bunting, Mescalero Apache Text excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes |
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Then, rolling a cigarette, he sat down facing him.
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Then, rolling a cigarette, he sat down facing him.
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'Ákoo, nát'ohí yiidisgo, goch'iͅiͅneesdá.
'Áshíͅ nágo koͅoͅí baach'íń'iͅiͅ.
Nágo ná'ch'iłt'oh.
Nágo ch'iishké.
'Ákoo, nát'ohí yiidisgo, goch'iͅiͅneesdá.
'Áshíͅ nágo koͅoͅí baach'íń'iͅiͅ.
Nágo ná'ch'iłt'oh.
Nágo ch'iishké.
Then, rolling a cigarette, he sat down facing him.
And then he gave [Coyote] a light.
Then he [also] smoked.
And the two sat there.
And then he gave [Coyote] a light.
Then he [also] smoked.
And the two sat there.
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(1.13) Linguistic Notes
1. nát'ohí yiidisgo 'rolling a cigarette'. nát'oh 'tobacco followed by yiidis 'he rolls it' means 'cigarette'.
2. koͅoͅí baach'íń'iͅiͅ 'he gave him a light'. koͅoͅ- 'fire'. Note again that the theme -'iͅiͅ is used of a known object [see note 1.4, §2]. In Chir., the theme -ł-t'aa 'to handle fire' [act. tr.] would be used.
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