The hare escapes

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(14-1)   
pulun-de:-n'E     terike:-de:     modo-l'El-Ni.    
old.man-DIM-COM   old.woman-DIM   sit-EV-3PL  

There was an old woman with an old man.


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(14-2)   
irk-i-n     c'olGErE-d     O:-lE     O:-n'e:-l'El-Ni.    
one-0-ATTR   hare-GEN   child-INSTR   child-PROPR-EV-3PL  

They had a hare as a child.


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(14-3)   
irk-i-n     c'olGErE-d     O:-n'e:-l'El-Ni,     leN-d-o:l'-i-t     leN-d-o:l'-i-t     modo-l'El-Ni.    
one-0-ATTR   hare-GEN   child-PROPR-EV-3PL   eat-INTR-DES-0-SS.IMPF   eat-INTR-DES-0-SS.IMPF   sit-EV-3PL  

They had a hare. They were always starving.


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(14-4)   
SaSi-gE     d'E     n'E-leme-de:     El=ig-u:-j.    
trap-LOC   DP   NEG-what-DIM   NEG-catch-INTR-3SG  

They never caught anything in the trap.

Comment:
SaSil is a triangle shaped trap for hare and willow ptarmigan.


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(14-5)   
pulun-de:     d'E     SaSi-gi     l'E-lEk     l'E-lEk     l'EgE    
old.man-DIM   DP   trap-3   be-PRED   be-PRED   DP  
Ojl'E,     ugurc'E-k     Ojl'E.    
no   skis-PRED   no  

The old man didn't have a trap and didn't have any skis.

Comment:
The old man had a trap, but did not have skis, so he could not hunt well.


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(14-6)   
ugurc'E-gi     Ojl'E-dE-gE     ugurc'Era:-k     lon-c'i:-l'El-mElE.    
skis-3   no-3-DS   poplar-PRED   take.down-ITER-EV-OF.3SG  

Because he didn't have any skis he went to cut down a poplar tree.

Comment:
Skis were made of poplar, which is called ugurc'Era: literally 'ski tree'.


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(14-7)   
keb-ej-dE-gE     c'olGEra:-de:     tude     epe:-n'E     pOn'-o:-l'El.    
leave-PERF-3-DS   hare-DIM   he.GEN   grandmother-COM   put-RES-EV  

When he went away, the hare remained with his grandmother.


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(14-8)   
pOn'-o:-l'El,     ta-N     l'ElEk     terike:-de:     [tude     epe:]    
put-RES-EV   that-ATTR   DP   old.woman-DIM   he.GEN   grandmother  
tude     epe:     l'E-lE     ninba:-lE     pOm-u-du-l'El     l'ElEk    
he.GEN   grandmother   be-INSTR   board-INSTR   roll-0-INTR-EV   DP  
c'olGEra:-de:     {okno}-gEt.    
hare-DIM   window-ABL  

It remained. Then it started sliding down from the window on the grandmother's sewing board.

Comment:
Ninba: is a special board women used for cutting skins and an attribute of some shamans, see Text 39.


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(14-9)   
pOm-u-du-t     pOm-u-du-t     ta:-t     eged-ej-llE     tude     epe:-Nin    
roll-0-INTR-SS.IMPF   roll-0-INTR-SS.IMPF   there-ADV.ABL   look.out-PERF-SS.PERF   he.GEN   grandmother-DAT  
mo-llE     mOd-i-s',     epe:     pu:     ped'e     pu:    
say-SS.PERF   hear-INTR-3SG   grandmother   INTJ   smell   INTJ  
ped'e     pu:     ped'e     mon-dEllE.    
smell   INTJ   smell   say-SS.PERF  

It kept sliding, the looked inside and said to the grandmother: "Grandmother, fu."

Comment:
Pu: ped'e 'fie, ugh' is an interjection of disgust related to the word ped'el 'smell'. On the stem pOm(e)- see (2-1).


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(14-10)   
met     epe:     mE=keb-e-s'E.    
I   grandmother   AFF-leave-PERF-1SG  

Grandmother, I am leaving.


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(14-11)   
met     n'anmE-lEk     mE=lej-mE,     tit-kE     legul     Ojl'E.    
I   willow-PRED   AFF-eat-OF.1/2SG   you.PL-LOC   food   no  

I eat the willow bushes and you don't have any food."


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(14-12)   
Sej-r-ej-l'El.    
escape-NONIT-PERF-EV  

And it ran away.


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(14-13)   
terike:-de:     ibil'E-llE     ibil'E-llE     tude     noGi:-lE     tude    
old.woman-DIM   cry-SS.PERF   cry-SS.PERF   he.GEN   thimble-ACC   he.GEN  
mided'E     amlE-daj-l'El-mElE.    
needle   swallow-PERF-EV-OF.3SG  

The old woman cried and swallowed her needle and her thimble.

Comment:
The Accusative marker on the word 'thimble' is used by mistake.


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(14-14)   
ta:-t     am-da:-l'El     {pol}     bude:.    
there-ADV.ABL   die-INTR-EV   floor   on  

She died on the floor.


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(14-15)   
d'E     l'E-l'El     pulut-ki     kel-l'El,     pulun-de:-de:     kel-l'El.    
DP   be-EV   old.man-3   come-EV   old.man-DIM-DIM   come-EV  

Her husband the old man came.


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(14-16)   
Or-n'e:-nu-l'El     tude-l,     tude     terike:-de:     ed-e:-S-mElE     [tude],    
shout-PROPR-IMPF-EV   he-NOM   he.GEN   old.woman-DIM   call-TR-CAUS-OF.3SG   he.GEN  
pa:     pa:     pa:,     Ojl'E.    
woman   woman   woman   no  

He started calling his wife: "Wife!", but there was no answer.

Comment:
Pa: is a form of address to a woman of the same age or older, related to the word paj 'woman'.


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(14-17)   
ta:-t     qol-l'El,     {pol}     bude:     qod-o:-j,     am-d-o:-l'El.    
there-ADV.ABL   go-EV   floor   on   lie-RES-3SG   die-INTR-RES-EV  

There she was, lying on the floor dead.


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(14-18)   
ta:-t     pulun-de:-de:     tude     ugurc'Era:-gElE     Sej-rE-l'El-u-m     numO-Nin.    
there-ADV.ABL   old.man-DIM-DIM   he.GEN   poplar-ACC   enter-TR-EV-0-TR.3SG   house-DAT  

Then the old man brought in his skis inside.

Comment:
Here the word ugurc'Era 'poplar' is used instead of ugurc'E 'ski' by mistake.


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(14-19)   
...     c'olGEra:-de:     kel-l'El,     {okno}-d     aNil'-gEn     eged-ej-l'El.    
...   hare-DIM   come-EV   wondow-GEN   opening-PROL   look.out-PERF-EV  

That hare came and looked in the window.


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(14-20)   
o:     l'ElEk     qa:qa:     ke:-s'Ek?    
INTJ   DP   grandfather   come-2SG  

"Grandfather, have you returned?"


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(14-21)   
ke:-s'E.    
come-1SG  

"I have returned.


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(14-22)   
c'olGErE     kel-u-k,     kel-u-k,     qa-NidE     qon?    
hare   come-0-IMP   come-0-IMP   what-ADV.DIR   go  

Hare, come. Where did you go?"


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(14-23)   
mo-llE     mOd-i-s',     e:     pu:     ped'e     pu:    
say-SS.PERF   hear-INTR-3SG   INTJ   INTJ   smell   INTJ  
ped'e     pu:     ped'e.    
smell   INTJ   smell  

It said: "Fu, fu, fu.

Comment:
See (14-9).


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(14-24)   
tit-kE     legul     Ojl'E.    
you.PL-LOC   food   no  

You don't have any food.


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(14-25)   
met     n'anmE-lEk     mE=lej-mE,     mE=Sej-r-e-s'E.    
I   willow-PRED   AFF-eat-OF.1/2SG   AFF-escape-NONIT-PERF-1SG  

I eat the willow bushes and I am escaping."