čaptíkʷɬ 1: coyote and deer (10)

Question 1

sqʷsqʷasíaʔ

Answer 1

children / offspring

Question 2

cn̓p̓uƛ̓m̓

Answer 2

come out of the bushes

Question 3

cn̓cəqcəqikn̓

Answer 3

sitting on their backs

Question 4

pəpəqpiq

Answer 4

little white things

Question 5

n̓sl̓sal̓íkn̓

Answer 5

spots on their backs

Question 6

cwar̓

Answer 6

fire

Question 7

spʔul̓

Answer 7

smoke

Question 8

kʷil̓l̓st

Answer 8

to sit some people down

Question 9

kɬəʔam̓

Answer 9

near

Question 10

ckm̓n̓tim̓

Answer 10

take more than one for oneself

Question 11

kslilxʷ

Answer 11

spots on the body / spots on the fur

Question 12

tʔap

Answer 12

dirty

Question 13

wr̓isl̓p̓m̓

Answer 13

make a fire with wood

Question 14

wram̓

Answer 14

make a fire

Question 15

ksl̓xʷʔus

Answer 15

big fire / large round thing

Question 16

n̓t̓w̓stus

Answer 16

stand in front of the fire

Question 17

c̓ix̌ʷt

Answer 17

spark

Question 18

kw̓tnínaʔ

Answer 18

put something over something

Question 19

x̌silxʷ

Answer 19

nice fur

Question 20

q̓ʷʔilx

Answer 20

to dance

Question 21

n̓ƛ̓ʔus

Answer 21

fire goes out / burns low

Question 22

lut pn̓kin̓

Answer 22

never

Question 23

n̓q̓m̓sc̓inm̓

Answer 23

to admire

Question 24

war̓əl̓x

Answer 24

they are sooty

Question 25

sƛ̓aʔcínm̓ nʔɬ sqʷsaʷasíaʔs x̌stmisəl̓x iʔ skʷəkʷlal̓ l̓ x̌əx̌súlaʔxʷ

Answer 25

Deer and her children were enjoying the sun in a meadow

Question 26

kiʔ cn̓p̓uƛ̓m̓ sn̓k̓lip

Answer 26

Then Coyote came out of the brush

Question 27

“waý, sn̓txʷus sƛ̓aʔcínḿ”, cut sn̓k̓lip

Answer 27

“Hello, cousin Deer,” said Coyote

Question 28

caʔkʷ c̓x̌iɬ itíʔ isqʷsqʷasíaʔ cn̓cqəqikn̓ t pəpəqpiq n̓sl̓sal̓íkn̓

Answer 28

I wish my children had little white spots like that sitting on their backs

Question 29

cut sƛ̓aʔcínm̓, “way̓ caʔkʷ c̓x̌iɬ itíʔ asqʷsqʷasíaʔ x̌əx̌sx̌ásaʔt iʔ ksn̓cəqcəqikn̓s”

Answer 29

Deer said, “Your children can have pretty spots like that on their backs”

Question 30

“nínwiʔs cún̓maʔn̓stn̓”

Answer 30

“Later I will show you”

Question 31

“ɬə cəcámaʔt isqʷsqʷasíaʔ kn̓ wr̓isl̓p̓m̓, ksl̓xʷʔus iscwa̓r̓”

Answer 31

“When my children were small I built a fire, my fire was big.”

Question 32

l̓ spʔul̓ n̓t̓w̓stusn̓ isqʷsqʷasíaʔ

Answer 32

In the smoke I stood my children

Question 33

iʔ t c̓ix̌ʷt kw̓tətnínaʔ l̓ sn̓k̓mikn̓s ixíʔ kiʔ pəpəqpiq iʔ sn̓sl̓sal̓íkn̓s

Answer 33

The sparks landed on their backs and so their spots are little and white

Question 34

sn̓k̓lip wram̓ t ksl̓xʷʔus

Answer 34

Coyote made a big fire

Question 35

kʷil̓l̓sts iʔ sqʷsqʷasíaʔs kɬəʔam̓ l̓ aʔ cwar̓, l̓ spʔul̓

Answer 35

He sat his children near the fire, in the smoke

Question 36

ixíʔ sq̓ʷʔilxs uɬ n̓kʷnim̓s

Answer 36

Then he started dancing and he sang

Question 37

ilíʔ uɬ n̓ƛ̓ʔusaʔ cwar̓

Answer 37

Then the fire burned low

Question 38

sn̓k̓lip ckm̓n̓tis iʔ sqʷsqʷasíaʔs tl̓ spʔul̓

Answer 38

Coyote took his children from the smoke

Question 39

taʔɬt t̓iʔ war̓əl̓x

Answer 39

They were very sooty

Question 40

lut ckslilxʷ t pəpəqpiq

Answer 40

They did not have fur spotted with white

Question 41

sn̓k̓lip iʔ sqʷsqʷasíaʔs t̓iʔ q̓ʷy̓q̓ʷʕay̓ uɬ tʔap

Answer 41

Coyote’s children were black and dirty

Question 42

ʕ̓ay̓m̓t sn̓k̓lip

Answer 42

Coyote was angry

Question 43

lut pn̓kin̓ ɬn̓q̓m̓sc̓inm̓s iʔ scn̓sl̓sal̓íkn̓s sƛ̓aʔcínm̓ iʔ sqʷsqʷasíaʔs

Answer 43

He never again admired the spots on the backs of deer’s children

Question 44

ʕapnáʔ sn̓k̓lip ckl̓kil̓sts sƛ̓aʔcínm̓

Answer 44

Now Coyote chases Deer

Question 45

nax̌m̓ɬ lut pn̓kin̓ t̓a ckʷn̓nusts

Answer 45

But he never catches her