XML version dated February 14, 2024. © Douglas R. Parks, Indiana University.
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Coyote and Artichoke
William Deane, Jr
| sčiríhtš | noowitíʾAt | kananiraanaánus | nakuRAsáʾUx. |
| Coyote | then he went, | as usual | his being hungry. |
| hatúhkAt | noowitiwaákoʾ | tatiíʾI | šitihkakáʾus |
| Behind | then it said: | "I am | to be bitten." |
| čą́ą́ | noowituutapítaahAt. |
| "Say!" | Then he turned around. |
| a | noowitiišá | tšuúxIt. |
| And | there it was lying | an artichoke. |
| witiwaákoʾ | – | noošiʾaxkuhtakoósuʾ. |
| He said: | – | "I won't take just a bite!" |
| – | čituú | noo- | witiihuuʾiwáNIt. |
| – | All of it | then | he swallowed it. |
| noowitíʾAt. |
| Then he went on. |
| číkuʾ noowehniiWIsátA | číkuʾ– | na | – | noowiteéti. |
| However far he had gone | some– | and | – | then he just farted. |
| wewiteeNAxkačiiNItkUxuunukaaráʾ. |
| Now his heels were thrown up into the air. |
| noowitiikaskáWI. |
| Then he looked back. |
| noowitiwaákoʾ | aaráh | kaakUsunaahé. |
| Then he said: | "Say, | that felt nice!" |
| anuú | štoh | noowitíʾAt. |
| Then | again | then he went on. |
| noowiteéti. |
| Then he farted. |
| noowi- | teéti. |
| Then he | farted. |
| – | noowiteehuunukaaráʾ. |
| – | Then he was thrown into the air. |
| – | witičiškaranuuwaʾá | tiwehneékUt. |
| – | He hurt his shins | when he landed. |
| noowitiihUhkoohaáhkAt. |
| Then he ran onto a flat. |
| kaapiniwóx | tiwitiráh- | kUx. |
| Buckbrush | there was a growth | of it. |
| noowituhnaanuuníkUt. |
| Then he grabbed them. |
| wah | škuuxatí. |
| "Now | let me fart!" |
| tiwehnaátI | noowitiRAhkúxIt | kaapiniwóx. |
| When he farted, | then he pulled them up | the buckbrush. |
| kanawitaaxinaʾá | tiwehneékUt. |
| It really hurt him | when he fell! |
| noowitiihuuniriwátAt | wehnaraaNAxwé. |
| Then he jumped up | as he looked for a way. |
| a | noowi- | tikanítkUx. |
| And | there | was a rock there. |
| noowitskaniituuníkUt. |
| Then he grabbed the rock. |
| wah | škuuxatí. |
| "Now | let me fart!" |
| tiwehnaátI | – | weeneeNUhuunukaaraʾá | – | wee- |
| When he farted | – | when he was thrown far up in the air | – | when |
| neehUhtakaáhAt | tiwehneeʾá | tiwehneeʾá | witipAxahtáʾIt | kanítš. |
| he fell down, | as he came, | as he came | he crushed his head | (on) the rock. |
| wah | nikutiraačítA | nakihtatataroósI | čiíšuʾ | niinakukanítkUx |
| Now | this is the reason | their lying next to it | bones | where a rock is |
| wehnihkootíkA | tšuúxIt. |
| his having been killed by it | an artichoke. |