Warm Springs, Oregon
January 11,20017
Numu Language Lessons
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Ikmyawai auku iwa
fikwstmi nakrfit anwteht
warfichi pnaxshtya ku
pawiySkwshtiknxa chau
tkw'iikw pankrfmxa
That is the way the
seasons were put in
order. But once in awhile
they get out of
order.
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Anch'i au iwSta shatrrfitki
ku pcinaxsh it'uxt'uxta
wala itamc'fc'ita kushxi
la'ak itwSnanata
It might rain, hail
or snow in the summer
time.
PSnaxsh iySnawixa kturiiin tq'nukwt kunam
atk ita xaslumaman
a pawSlak'itisha ktu tuxwnpa
Ttr7 Sometimes frost
lJl comes too early, and you
see the stars moving fast
in the sky.
Xasluma paxtusha
fikwstmitash anwfcht
wariichimaman kwnk'iin
auku chau kttu iwiyanawita tq'nukwt
The stars are trying to keep frost from
coming too soon. The stars work hard to keep the
seasons in order.
Hufm panachichnxa t'uxt'uxna tamck'ina puuina
pasc'atna ku shwat'ashna tunxtunxpa anw'ichtpa
tichamyau
Esa ka paatoosooba mago'o nobeana, oobe mea'a.
Wolf was carrying the bag of stars to put in
the sky.
Esa ki mani, tabe
uweoo, mago'o oo
kumaba.
Wolf be
came tired, so he
took a nap, his
bag beside him.
Etza'a oo mayuoo, oosoo Esa
meo, "ki mago'o kwitu
poonepana!
Coyote found him and wolf
told him not to look in the bag.
The winds help bring
rain, hail, snow, fog
and clouds tothe earth
at differetirtimesof the
year.
Kunkush iwa an axwai miyuux anwkht
wanichimam'ipa
And so it goes. The sun is still ruler over
all the seasons.
Wednesday
Etza'a meo sooname, "He mago'o kwi, nu sukwa
mitu poone!"
Curious Coyote decided to look in the bag
anyway.
Yise oosoo a
tsakwonowse
paatoosooba
ku'owke!
As he opened
the bag all the
stars began coming
out.
Paatoosooba kuase tooehano koomeba wi aata'a!
The stars scattered all over the sky in every
direction, not in the design patterns!
Thursday
Paiute Language Lesson
Monday
ETZA'A NO PAATOOSOOBA
Onosoo ka teepu
matabooese.
Long ago when the
earth was made.
Soo Esa, Etza'a meo
netamma, u
toogoonakwa poonena
suda soonamekwe ka
paatoosooba tsakuase!
Wolf told coyote he
will be sad when he looks
up at the stars.
Soo Etza'a yise
yagayakwe, pumesoo
suda manena
sooma'yuna.
And so to this day,
he remembers what he did
and he cries!
Oo manena, oosoo Etza'a
nonotse toogoonakwatu
poonekatu wohepunne.
That's why you see
coyote always howling as
he is looking up!
Wolf was carrying the bag of stars to put in
the sky.
Esa ki mani, tabe uweoo, mago'o oo kumaba.
Wolf became tired, so he took a nap, his bag
beside him.
Etza'a oo mayuoo, oosoo Esa meo, "ki mago'o
kwitu poonepana!
Coyote found him and wolf told him not to
look in the bag.
Etza'a meo sooname, "He mago'o kwi, nu sukwa
mitu poone!"
Curious Coyote decided to look in the bag
anyway.
Yise oosoo a tsakwonowse paatoosooba ku'owke!
As he opened the bag all the stars began
coming out.
Paatoosooba kuase tooehano koomeba wi aata'a!
The stars scattered all over the sky in every
direction, not in the design patterns!
Soo Esa, Etza'a meo netamma, u toogoonakwa
poonena suda soonamekwe ka paatoosooba
tsakuase!
Wolf told coyote he will be sad when he looks
up at the stars.
Soo Etza'a yise yagayakwe, pumesoo suda manena
sooma'yuna.
And so to this day, he remembers what he
did and he cries!
Oo manena, oosoo Etza'a nonotse toogoonakwatu
poonekatu wohepunne.
That's why you see coyote always howling as
he is looking up!
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Kadoo'oo paatoosooba komeba witu.
There was no stars in the sky.
Osoo Esa unu woikute,
no'oko paatoosooba pesa
matabooese.
Wolf worked hard to de
sign the stars.
Tuesday
Friday
Onosoo ka teepu matabooese.
Long ago when the earth was made.
Kadoo'oo paatoosooba komeba
DW h witu
Ah There was no stars in the
sky.
x-sJ Osoo Esa unu woikute, no'oko
paatoosooba pesa matabooese.
Wolf worked hard to design
the stars.
Esa ka paatoosooba mago'o
nobeana, oobe mea'a.
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think of the New KWSO
Radio format.
Happy New Year!
from the Language Staff,
Consultant
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