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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 2003)
Spilyay Tyn^oo, Warm Springs, Oregon Page 8 January 23, 2 0 0 3 THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES LANGUAGE LESSON------------------------------- Legends Sahaptin pa'flamaitsha ku ikwn auku pinauwitain patt'usha. Aikwsmi ku xtwaimami atau awacha palyawat. aaminwa isapk'usixana Aikws, Anaku Aikws Iwuxina Apapktl'aktl’a H ow C o tto n ta il Lost His Fingers Anaku iwacha ksks Aikws iwacha payu qw’shm aswan. Ku chautuyau iwacha paikta. Chi naxshpa tkw’ipa, anaku Aikws iwaqitshana ptaptana ku wiyatniin iwiyaninwiyanina wautukawaskni. When C ottontail was small, he was a very naughty boy. He would n o t do as he was told. One day as C ottontail was looking fo r clover, he wan dered away from camp, The stick ■ - game is a guessing game. The stick game players played w ith bones. Two bones are hidden, and then the guesser makes a guess. C ottontail and his friends liked stick game. But C ottontail always cheated. Aikwsmi pusha Spilyatxuin patalaxitknxana, "Chaunam wiyat winata wautukashkni." Ku iwacha chaaau paikta Aikws. Ku ayayat kaatnam twin pachaxupaiya kw'alalin. C ottontail's grandfather, Old Coyote, had warned him, "D on't go o u t o f cam p." But C ottontail did no t mind. A nd his beautiful, long tail was b it o f f b y the monster! Aikws kwniin auku ishuwina. Kwniin auku itxanana paikta pushapa. Ku axwai awacha laxsimk'a shuwit Aikwsmi. C ottontail learned his From then on he listened to his grand father. But Cotton tail s till had one more lesson to learn. Ku Aikws itwanâna tkwâinptyau. Kushxi itwanâna np’iwityau. Ku pa'itt'iyawiya yâamashna ku xlak pawnpa nusux. Ku tt'aaxw kâkya tanânma paka’wiya. C ottontail went hunting with the hunters. He went fishing with the fishermen. They killed many deer and they i caught many salmon. A ll the animal people had a big I feast, Ku kakya tananma patq'iwiya tunxtunx fq’iwit. ; Wsalilt wata shp'auwit patq'iwixana, ktishxi patq'iwixana waixtitpama tq'iwit. Atautxau awacha palyawat. The animal people played many different gafries. ‘ They liked to play hunting [games and ball games, and also they played running [games. The favorite game o f all was the stick game. Âtt'ushanam palyâwatpa. Ku patq'iwixana palyawatama tkmaki. Anakwna âwa napt tkmâ But Porcupine's Thunder song helped! As C otto ntail started to open his hand, the lightning flashed and struck C ottontail's fingers! Kütikâta ku AikvVs ânch'axi ishuwina. Chau niix iwâ tq'iwit anamkü wâta sapk'usitâ. Kwniinata chiküuk tkw'iyau âwa Âikwsmi châutun apâptkt'aktt'a. So i t was, C ottontail learned another lesson. It is no t fun to play with people who cheat. That is why, to this day, the C ottontail rabbit doesn’t Ku ishatkni pa'aicha Ms, Tiskai, Shash, ku Wishpush. Ku ishat pawacha K'aalas, Wisqaqa, Aikws, ku Washki. Anakumun Shash itt'unxana Aikwsna, kuta kuuk isapk'usixana ¡ttajmaxana tkma anaku chau pawachixa Si)a6hin Aikwsna. Porcupine, Skunk, Beaver and Chipmunk sat on one side: And, the o th er side was Raccoon, Robin, C ottontail, and Squirrel. Every time Porcupine would guesS, CotfohtaiT' would cheat, and would switch the bones When Porcu- ’ pine was no t looking. f\ Paiute Vocabulary List: Ku adku Aikwsna panakwinana pawiyak'uktyau alain Xuxuuxtxuin anakwna iwa Nch'i Wan a. One da yjJo tton tail's grandmother, Old Raven, took him to a gathering tha t was beside the Coluiybia River. Küta kuuk Shashmi walptaikash âwapaatana. Ana'ai Aikws chauwiyat icâxlpnxana apâp kukuuk nawinata ilat'kkuma ku pâtaimaiya apâpktt'aktt'à Âikwsna. « Shash itmiyuna, "aunash ashapashuwita Aikwsna." Ku Shash iwalptaika palyawatash nawitanmi walptaikt anakumun pnmin awacha itamacht tkma. Anaku iwalptaiknxama pnmin walptaikash Shashmi, kukuuk ilat'ukwnxama, nch'iki iwinaxama nawinata. Porcupine decided, "I'll teach C ottontail a lesson. " Whenever i t was time to hide the bones, Porcupine sang his Thunder gambling song. As Porcupine sang his song, big streaks o f lightning would come down. Kwanâni papâlyawana, auku tkma awiyat'ana Aikwsmiyau. Shashin c'âac'aa pâwachishana Âikwsna anàku tkw'iikw itt'una. Ku ânch'axi isapk'usiya Aikws. As the game went on, the boneswent to C d tto n ta ifs ' side. Porcupine was watching C ottontail very closely, and so he guessed correctly. But C ottontail cheated again. Esa matapooe patoosooba koomeba tubenguse mago’o woakuse Ku’owka Tupoonese Yaga Soopedakwatoo Wolf Created Stars sky to ask bag to lie down go out! to wake cries to know Ya tamme natugooyoonakwe! Te nakapunne! Today we bring you a Paiute Legend “The Wolf, Coyote and the Stars". Enjoy the legend! Ka Esa No Etza’a Paatosooba Natugooyoonakwe Wolf, Coyote, and Stars Legend 1. Ka onosoo A long time ago 2. Osoo Esa ka teepu matapooe. The wolf made the earth. 3. Obenakwa osoo patoosooba ka koomebanaga namatapooekwe. Afterwards he was going to place the stars in the sky.
