The Killing of the Monsters, Mescalero Apache Text ::

The Killing of the Monsters, Mescalero Apache Text

excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes

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(8.37)[37]

"'Iyáabaͅncha?"

"Why are you weeping?"

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(8.37) Linguistic Notes

'iyáabaͅncha 'why are you weeping?' 'iyáabaͅaͅ 'for what reason' plus the 2nd person imp. of -cha 'to weep' [act. intr.].

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