Coyote and Turtle, Mescalero Apache Text excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes |
Coyote and Turtle, Mescalero Apache Text | ||
Just as [Beetle] said:
Just as [Beetle] said:
He also said:
"Wait!"
to him, He also said:
"Wait! You will not get away from me again!"
he
said[2].[_]
(4.11) Linguistic Notes
dooshaa'isdánádáda 'you will not get away from me again'. The negative of the 2nd person imp. of 0aa-'isdá-ná-...[hi- perf.]-dá 'one person gets away from, escapes from' [act. intr.]. See Linguistic Note to Chiricahua text 15.8, §2.
[A literal translation of the Apache construction would read: "'Wait!' he [Beetle] said to him. Also [Coyote]: 'Wait!' he had said, 'You will not get away from me again!'--MEC]
Coyote and Turtle, Mescalero Apache Text | ||