From there Coyote went on farther along the road.
(2.1)[1]
'Áshíͅ ndásá Shóͅóͅdé 'íńtin
hołghołná'a.
Shá'óͅóͅ'áͅnégo, kóͅóͅhégo choołhiłná'a.
Nńyáná'a.
'Iyéłch'áͅná'a.
'Iyáahee yidoosts'áͅná'a.
Dá'iłk'áyeejiͅ náá'iyaałts'íͅíͅłná'a.
Dásíshá'ii'áhyágo 'iyáahee dihndígo 'idoosts'áͅná'a.
From there Coyote went on farther along the road.
The sun having set, it was becoming a bit dark.
He stopped.
He listened.
He had heard something.
He kept hearing it again at intervals.
He had heard something making a noise directly to the west.
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(2.1) Linguistic Notes
1. kóͅóͅhégo choołhiłná'a 'it was becoming a
bit dark'. kóͅóͅhé "little, a bit' [part.].
choołhił, prog. of chaa- |...[hi-
perf.]-ł-gheeł 'to become dark' [act. intr.].
2. yidoosts'áͅná'a 'he had heard it'. 3rd
person perf. with 3rd person obj. of di-|...[si- perf.]-ts'íͅ 'to hear' [act. tr.]. The perfective paradigm is
irregular: Sg. 1. disíts'áͅ; Sg. 2. disínts'áͅ; Sg. 3. yidoosts'áͅ or yidoots'áͅ
[also, rarely, yidiists'áͅ]; Sg. 3a. ch'idoosts'áͅ or ch'idoots'áͅ [and ch'idiits'áͅ]; Du. 1. disiͅiͅts'áͅ.
Since di-|, found in many verbs having to do with sound, generally takes the
hi- perfective [e. g., 'ádóͅóͅndii 'he has said so'] it is possible that the above
paradigm represents a stage in the shift from the hi- perfective to the si-
perfective.
3. dá'iłkáyeejiͅ 'at intervals, one after
another'. dá- 'just'; 'ił- reciprocal; -káyee- ?;
-jiͅ 'to' [pp.; cf. Chir -zhiͅ].
