Coyote and the Creation, Mescalero Apache Text excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes |
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"And now the varieties of mountain lion:
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"'Iͅiͅshíͅ 'ídóí 'igáał'aashé:
- 'ídóítsee'áłdoͅoͅye,
- 'ídóíbitseenndeedzí,
- náshgojé,
- 'ídóíłkijí,
- náshgojéłikijí,
- náshgojétseenndeedzí,
- náshgojétsee'áłdoͅoͅdí,
- 'igáał'aashé.
"And now the varieties of mountain lion:
- Short-tailed mountain lion,
- long-tailed mountain lion,
- wild cat,
- jaguar,
- spotted wild cat,
- ocelot,
- lynx,
- [and] all other kinds.
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(5.57) Linguistic Notes
'ídóí 'mountain lion'.
'ídóítsee'áłdoͅoͅye 'short-tailed mountain lion'. tsee- 'tail'; 'áłdoͅoͅ ye 'it is short' [cf. note 5.3, paragraph 5].
'ídóíbitseenndeedzí 'long-tailed mountain lion'. nndeedz 'it is. long'.
náshgojé 'wild cat' [no analysis].
'ídóíłkijí 'jaguar'. łikijí 'it is spotted'.
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