Old Apache Customs, Chiricahua Apache Text excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes |
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| 39.1. |
| 39.2. |
| 39.3. |
At that time, there were only arrows.
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| 39.4. |
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| 39.6. |
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At that time, there were only arrows.
(39.3)[3]
'Ádáͅ, dák'aaná.
nDé bik'a' k'aast'áͅ.
'Áí k'aaí bilátahee tséí hiisk'aashgo k'ádaas'áͅ.
Daagok'a' dá'áíbee, naagojinłdzoo.
Dá'áíbee, biͅiͅ, náa'tsíli, dáhaadí daajiyáͅí, beenaadaajiłtsee.
'Ádáͅ, dák'aaná.
nDé bik'a' k'aast'áͅ.
'Áí k'aaí bilátahee tséí hiisk'aashgo k'ádaas'áͅ.
Daagok'a' dá'áíbee, naagojinłdzoo.
Dá'áíbee, biͅiͅ, náa'tsíli, dáhaadí daajiyáͅí, beenaadaajiłtsee.
At that time, there were only arrows.
The Indians' arrows were feathered.
Those arrows had sharpened stones set into their tips.
With just those arrows of theirs, they went to war.
With those only, deer, cattle, [and] anything that they ate, they killed.[3]
The Indians' arrows were feathered.
Those arrows had sharpened stones set into their tips.
With just those arrows of theirs, they went to war.
With those only, deer, cattle, [and] anything that they ate, they killed.[3]
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(39.3) Linguistic Notes
1. k'aast'áͅ 'they were feathered'. k'aa 'arrow' plus the pass. perf. of ...[si- perf.]-t'áͅ 'to feather an arrow' [act. tr.].
2. hiisk'aashgo 'sharpened'. Pass. perf. of hi-|...[si- perf.]-k'ash 'to sharpen' [act. tr.].
3. k'ádaas'áͅ 'they were set in'. Distrib. pass. perf. of k'á- |...[hi- perf.]-'aa 'to set a round object in' [act. tr.]. k'á- ?. The text form has the si- perf. because of the distrib. prefix. Note that the text form lacks the -d- classifier.
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