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se λi pīja; se λi tāpon mīsi; se λi pīja; se λi tāpon mīsi R PREP NAME R PREP NAME N.AN.CO SE PROPER SE PROPER child Here's Piya (Coyote); Here're Tapon's (Cottontail's) children. pa λi pīja sarōña anāste; pa λi pīja sarōña anāste R PREP NAME N.3P N.ST PA PROPER eye black Piya has shiny black eyes. tema jajēra mo sarōña ien ñatta ā λi tāpon mīsi; t- ema jajēra mo sarōña ien ñ- atta ā λi tāpon mīsi R AFF N.SG CASE N.3P REL R AFF CASE PREP NAME N.AN.CO SE.PAST 3SG.BEN game BEN eye that NI 3PC.A A PROPER child He saw the game that Tapon's children were playing. ē ñatta sarōña jatūrja rū sōlle ēmma rā jūra mē aþ ñatta jarūsa rā sarōña jacāwa; ē ñ- atta sarōña jatūrja rū sōlle ēmma rā jūra mē CONJ R AFF N.3P N.SG PREP N.3P MOD PREP N.SG MON and NI 3PC.A eye up & down from head out to air into aþ ñ- atta jarūsa rā sarōña jacāwa CONJ R AFF N.SG PREP N.3P and NI 3PC.A return to eye socket They were taking their eyes from their heads and throwing them up into the air and then catching them in their eye sockets. throwing and catching is implied by the parallel uses of jatūrja and jarūsa. jatūrja contains the "up and down" component and jarūsa means "returned". tema jakīñen to jajēra mo λi pīja; t- ema jakīñen to jajēra mo λi pīja R AFF N.SG CASE N.SG CASE PREP NAME SE.PAST 3SG.BEN want SRC game BEN PROPER Piya wanted to play. ñamma sarōña jatūrja rū sōlle ēmma rā jūra mē; ñ- amma sarōña jatūrja rū sōlle ēmma rā jūra mē R AFF N.3P N.SG PREP N.3P MOD PREP N.SG MOD NI 3SG.A eye up & down from head out to air into He took his eyes out from his head and threw them up into the air. ñi sarōña jelūra tō jasēnette janīra; ñi sarōña jelūra tō jasēnette janīra R N.3P N.SG CASE N.SG N.SG NI eye hanging INS tree branch His eyes hung on a sēnette tree branch. Lit: His eyes became suspended in air by means of a sēnette tree branch. ē ñamma jamēþa jārrāna ew ñamma sarōña jatāra wā; ē ñ- amma jamēþa jārrāna ew ñ- amma sarōña jatāra wā CONJ R AFF N.SG N.SG CONJ R AFF N.3P N.SG MOD not NI 3SG.A tree shake not NI 3SG.A eye fallen NEG He shook the tree but he didn't make his eyes fall down. tetme ē jamārienni ī jawēri jariēnneþi; t- etme ē jamārienni ī jawēri jariēnneþi R AFF CONJ N.PL CONJ N.PL N.PL SE.PAST 3PC.SRC;3SG.BEN and laugh and name funny They laughed at him and called him funny names. ē tema janūra to jāo mo λi pīja ē ñamma sāim mīrieni; ē t- ema janūra to jāo mo λi pīja ē ñ- amma sāim mīrieni CONJ R AFF N.SG CASE PN CASE PREP NAME CONJ R AFF PN N.AN.CO and SE.PAST 3SG.BEN anger SRC that BEN PROPER and NI 3SG.A 3PC pursued Piya got angry and chased after them. Lit: Piya experienced anger from this and he made them pursued tō wā pa sāen ancē ja ñamma maþāli wā tō jāo ñi sāen rūjapēxa; tō wā pa sāen ancē ja ñ- amma maþāli wā tō jāo ñi sāen rūjapēxa CONJ MOD R PN N.ST REL R AFF N.AN.CO MOD CONJ R PN N.LOC because NEG PA 3SG ability that NI 3SG.A seized NEG so NI 3SG away He did not have the ability to catch them so he left. ñamma sarōña jatāelle tō jamēþa anmētti cī; ñ- amma sarōña jatāelle tō jamēþa anmētti cī R AFF N.3P N.SG CASE N.SG N.CO MOOD NI 3SG.A eye new INS tree resin HORT He had to make new eyes from tree resin. tō jāo pa λi pīja sarōña anlō; tō jāo pa λi pīja sarōña anlō CONJ R PREP NAME N.3P N.ST Therefore, Piya's eyes are yellow now. se jatōrren; se jatōrren R N.SG SE finished The end.
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