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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

Ethnological Notes Morris Opler

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Then [Coyote] arose.

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'Ákoo náshdiigijná'a.
Bich'iͅiͅch'iiłteená'a.
Bídó goch'iͅiͅhiiłteená'a.
'Iłch'iͅnch'íń'áájná'a.

"Shóͅóͅdé!"

'ákoo 'iłzénách'iisndiiná'a.
Dá'iłk'ishíͅ 'iłch'óótaͅná'a.
'Óós'ahgoda, náá'iłch'idachiná'a.

Then [Coyote] arose.
He started toward [Turtle].
He also started toward [Coyote].
They stood facing each other.

"Friend!"

[they said] and embraced each other.
They held each other tightly.
After a while, they released each other.

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(4.29) Linguistic Notes

náshdiigijná'a 'he arose'. 3a person perf.of ná-di-|...[ni- perf.]-d-géésh 'to arise, to jump up' [act. intr.]. ná-di-| 'upward'; -d-géésh 'to move'.