January 8, 2004
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THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES LANGUAGE LESSON
Spi!y3y Tyrooo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Iskintwa gayuya
iqwashqw'ashba f
luiaqwr
gangadaga
gachduksdamit
watutba fk'ap
gachuxa.
Gachulkchamit
iitxashu watufba
jlskintwa duwi gachdux madnux k'aya dan
;itk acha gatuwi idiac ilakwityamt qwatxala
idiac'ilakwit. K'aya dan itiak'acha.
When Bear went to Crane's place, Crane was already
cooking over a fire he had fixed just right. He was
roasting the clams. Crane was doing it just like Bear,
but there was no fat dripping from his bony legs be
cause his legs were too skinny and they had no fat.
Ojdauba daya wigwa
amiglglaya iskintwa
yuqw'iu
yaxulgaxaimat
idiapapakwn kwaish
dati'ci. Kwapt qidau
ngi amiglglaya
iqw'ashqw'ash yatutxwilal witalaba Swachi
wiqafba awachi wimatba, yatutxwilal itchqwaba
daminwa ixt ngi iyaqwit. Chsh chsh chiux .
iiyac'ilaqwit chawigwalkt idiapsh.
Legends
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4. Ooka mago'okwi mu hanena
He kept them in a bag
5. Osoo Etza'a oonow
kemowgese, yise, hemma u
hane? Meoo tubengu?
Coyote came along, and asked
what are you doing?
6 . Yise, ooka oo mago'o kwitoo
nepoonewunu.
And wanted to see what was in the bag.
7. Osoo Esa Ka Etza'a meo "Ki maka mago'o
kwitoo poonepana".
The wolf told Coyote "Don't look into the
bag".
8. Osoo Esa u'nutse'e pahona'yina, ka unu
woakuse.
The wolf was very tired from his work.
9. Oonow habes'e u'uweka.
So he lied down and fell asleep.
So that's why you see Bear
sleeping with his paws tucked
under him... his paws are still
warm. And that's why you see
iCrane standing in the lakes or
drivers or streams, always -,
standing in the water on one -
jeg. He is cooling his bony
legs and burnt feet.
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Vocabulary List:
Esa
matapooe
patoosooba
koomeba
tubenguse
mago'o
woakuse
Ku'owka
Tupoonese
Yaga
Soopedakwatoo
. ni:iuiixtln.:F.n
1 0. Osoo Etza'a ki tunakana ka mago'o
kwitoo poo'newunne.
The coyote
wasn't listening
went ahead and
looked inside the
bag. .. ...
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.
1 1 . Oosoo ka
mago'o
tsakonase
patoosooba
Ku'owke!
As he opened the bag, out! came the stars!
1 2. Osoo Esa ka tuboonese meo ka Etza'a
nema'e
When the wolf woke up he told the coyote..
13. Ha'otu'wau
mani? Ka mago'o
tsakona!
What have you
done? You
opened the bag!
1 4. Yise u ka
patoosooba
tsakua!
Now you've let
the stars out.
1 5. nonotse u
koomeba tametoo poo'neyina !
Everytime that you look up into the sky
1 6. U tu'tu'ha numa'yina, u yagakwe!
You will feel sad and cry!
1 7. Meno'o tea osoo Etza'a ka koomeba
tametoo pooneyina yagakatukwe.
So everytime the the coy
ote looks into' the sky he
cries.
1 8 . Osoo oo
soopedakwatuna, osoo ki
tunaka, ka patoosooba
saku'ase.
He cries, because he knew it
was wrong to let the stars out.
The moral of this story is: always listen and
you won't be sorry for doing something
wrong.
Ichishkiin
As told by Naiyashash (Adeline Miller).
Awacha ayayat palyawat. Patq'iwlxana
taaminwa ku Nusuxyaiin pa'ishnxana Asmysina.
Stickgame was a beautiful game. They
played this game all the time and
Salmon alwavs beat Eel.
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4) Auku ilaxwaixsha auku
ancrvaxi fci'iwitat'ashaiksh.
Asmyai auku inawa
tt'itiyamash auku ishta
! chikuuk.
.t'j Eels always would be
'trr hot to play, he would
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ifcwu jk. onrl hp wnu n ca "I am
going to beat you this
time."
Kumish auku anch'axi pafq'iwisha auku anch'axl
pa'ishsha Nusuxyaiin, shnuwai au pa'ishsha
Asmyaina.
Salmon would say,"Ok", they would play
again and he would beat eef, poor thing
he would beat him again.
Asmyai axwaitiya auku inawa autiyamash auku
ishat'asha chikuukmash au ishta.
Eel wouldn't give up, he would say,"l
want to beat you, I will beat you this
time."
Auku Nusuxyaiin pa'nsha cnaunamun pa'tshta
autiq'anamai nawa chunam mun pa'isnta
skaunashwa. Chauu inch'axishaiwa skau.
Papatanawiixsha.
They would argue back and forth.
Salmon would say,"You will never beat
me I am very skified in this game", and
eel would say,"l am skilled too.
li au auna anch'a palyawasha, autiya auku
anch'a pa'ishna Nusuxyaiin Asmyaina.
Ok let s play again, they played again
but salmon beat him again.
Auna laxsimq'a au tq'wita chiq'ash auwa
laxsimk'a pipsh pipsh ashau chauwiyat putsha.
Eel said, Let's play one more time, I
just have one more little bone left, I am
loosing.
Ipalyawaxana qw'ai auku pipsh pnmiin
itamapnixana chimash au ishshaiksh chikuuk
ku ttaaxw nash tt'i ishtuxta pipsh Asmyai
inawa, Nusuxyaina 'nxa.
Eel would bet his bones in the stick
game, so he was to his last bone and
he said," I am betting my bones! and I
will win back all my bones this time.
Chi auku anch'a pafq'iwiya, au pata'iwi kwanq'a
ku chanq'a chi auku Nusuxyaiin pa ishn tt'aaxw
pipsh.
Tney played again, the game went this
way and that way, but salmon won all
his bones.
Kwnkiin iwa chikuuk asm chau tun awa pipsh
aukwlau awa shiyatsim.
Thats why Eef has no bones today, he
just has tnat shoe string like down his
back we call shiyat.