Coyote and Turtle, Mescalero Apache Text excerpted from Chiricahua Apache Texts, with Ethnological Notes |
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"Very well.
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"'Óowó. Ts'isteełnndéne 'igáał'áshéne dooha'dáͅ 'iyáada
ch'é'ágoyóͅóͅł'iͅiͅda. Nát'ohí nansh'iͅiͅ. Dá'áshíͅ síndá
'íłtsé."
"Very well. The Turtle people of whatever group have at no time
failed to do anything. I will give you tobacco. Sit down right
there first."
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(4.34) Linguistic Notes
Literally, the second line of this passage is as follows: "The Turtle people / those of all kinds / at no time / anything / they have done so to it in vain."
'igáał'áshéne is composed of 'igáał'á 'kinds, varieties, species' [no analysis]; -shé 'side, party'; -ne 'people of such and such a group'.
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