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Coyote and Turtle, Mescalero Apache Text

excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes

4. Coyote and Turtle as told by Charles Smith

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Coyote pounced on him.

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Shóͅóͅdé goch'iͅiͅdahdiiłghoná'a.
Goosiłná'a.
Da'ch'ookaͅaͅgo, dándásé kee'niiłghałná'a.
'Áłghałná'ago:

"Hóohgo 'ooshghaał!"

ndiná'a.

Coyote pounced on him.
He took hold of him.
As he begged, Coyote went right on eating him.
When he had finished eating, he said:

"I have eaten well!"

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(4.12) Linguistic Notes

goch'iͅiͅdahdiiłghoná'a 'he pounced on him'. goch'iͅiͅ 'toward him' plus the 3rd person perf. of dah-di-|...[ni- perf.]-l-ghee 'one person jumps, one person moves upward' [act. intr.]. dah-di-| 'upward'; - l-ghee 'one person moves'.