XML version dated February 14, 2024. © Douglas R. Parks, Indiana University.
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Magpie, Snowbird, and Coyote
Matthew White Bear
| nakutákUx | – | tiNAhaápI– | kawáhtš | – | na | – | nooteéʾaʾ | hirustaaká. |
| When perched on it | – | this tree– | Magpie, | – | and | – | then he came | Snowbird. |
| – | hawá | nooWIšitičituuʾá. |
| – | Also | then they (du) got together |
| – | na | noowitee- | česwaátaʾ | – | sčiríhtš | hawá | – | wenakúʾU. |
| – | And | then he | came out of the brush | – | Coyote | also | – | his being. |
| noowitiRAh- | čituuʾá. |
| Then they | got together. |
| wenakupsiʾaáNA | – | wenakunaaninoosiʾaáNA | – | noowiti- | waákoʾ |
| When it became wintry | – | when it became blizzardy, | – | then he | said |
| kawáhtš | atíštIt | nikutaatItkaáhuʾ | nakUhutáWI | weNItkutákUx. |
| Magpie: | "Well | I always sleep | when it is windy | when I am perched on it. |
| nakuhnaakaʾíwo | atíštIt | nikunootaatItkaáhuʾ. |
| When the tree sways back and forth, | well | that is where I always sleep." |
| noowitiwaákoʾ | – | irustaaká | atíštIt | – | nikutaatItkaáhuʾ | niinakooxaatAhnoswaáWI. |
| Then he said | – | Snowbird: | "Well | – | I always sleep | where the snow drifts over the manure. |
| atíštIt | nikunootaa- | títka. |
| Well | that is where | I sleep." |
| tsu | – | sčiríhtš | – | nootiitiiwísAt. |
| But | – | Coyote | – | then it was his turn. |
| noowitiwaákoʾ | čeésuʾ | atíštIt | nikutaatItkaáhuʾ | iinakuraaxItčiRAhpaníhtU | witiNItkiísA. |
| Then he said: | "Myself | well | I always sleep there | where the ice is slick | when I lie down. |
| atíštIt | nikunootaatítka. |
| Well | then that is where I sleep." |
| witiwaákoʾ | wah | toxtaakItkáwa. |
| One said: | "Now | let's go to sleep!" |
| hirustaaká | nootíʾAt | – | čeésuʾ | – | nihnawaákAhu | atíštIt | nikutaatItkaáhuʾ. |
| Snowbird | then he went | – | himself | – | where he was saying: | "Well | that is where I always sleep." |
| na | kawáhtš | noo- | titawiítIt. |
| And | Magpie | then | he perched on (a tree). |
| tsu | sčiríhtš | nootičitAhaʾiíšAt. |
| But | Coyote | then he went on the ice. |
| noowitičitAhaʾús. |
| Then he lay down on the ice. |
| tiwehnaaheešá | noowiteéʾaʾ | hirustaaká. |
| When morning came | then he came | Snowbird. |
| nooWIšiti- | čituuʾá | kawáhtš. |
| Then they (du) | got together | Magpie. |
| sčiríhtš | kanawiteeWIsaáhuʾ. |
| Coyote | he was not arriving. |
| wešoh- | nihnuníkUx | hUhtiísuʾ | nooWIšitiRAxwíʾAt |
| After | they (du) waited for him, | finally | then they went to find him |
| niiʾAhnawaákAhu | noowitiraaxItčiRAhpanít. |
| where he was saying: | "There the ice is slippery." |
| na | noowitiišá | sčiríhtš | wehnitkAxítIt | naáNIt. |
| And | there he lay | Coyote | while he proceeded to sleep | really (permanently)! |
| a | či | weešanustatatAhuuté. |
| And | here | he was now stuck to the ice! |
| weešaanáNIs. |
| He was now frozen. |
| noowetuhnaánuʾ. |
| Now that is all. |