Coyote and the Creation, Mescalero Apache Text excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes |
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"Turquoise, if you do not cause trouble,
(5.94)[94]
"'Idishtł'ish, doonaagóńłt'édago, díík'eeńyóo
doo'iyáach'é'ádóͅóͅł'iͅiͅłda. Híbíká, 'izee 'ánishłaa.
'Tséghánánségo' ngózhídaał. 'Íyaͅaͅda,
dooha'iyáaháńbich'iͅiͅ'áńt'édadaał. Bíká 'izee
'ánishłaa.
"Turquoise, if you do not cause trouble, you will not do anything in
vain anywhere. Therefore, I have made you a medicine. They
will call you 'a group is moving through rock.' Therefore, you will
not be indifferent to anyone. That is why I have made you a
medicine.
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(5.94) Linguistic Notes
1. 'idishtł'ish, a synonym for datł'ijee 'turquoise'. No analysis.
2. doonaagóńłt'édago 'if you do not cause trouble'. naagóńłt'é, 2nd person of naa-gó-di-...-ł-t'é 'to be evil, bad' [imp. neut. intr.].
3. tséghánáségo 'a group moving through rock'. tsé 'rock'; ghá- 'through'; ná-...-ł-zé 'a group moves' [act. intr.]. n- ?.
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