The crow

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(47-1)   
mit     {uc'astok}-kE     modo-t     c'umut     ul'egE     kOude:-nu-jli    
we   area-LOC   sit-SS.IMPF   all   grass   beat-IMPF-1PL  
{s'emja}-n'E.    
family-COM  

We lived on the mowing lot and mowed the grass, our whole family.


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(47-2)   
mit     molGa:-d     O:     o:-d'o:n-pE-lEk     irkil'l'E     irkil'l'E-n    
we   six-ATTR   child   be-SUBN-PL-PRED   together   together-ADV  
o:-d'o:n.    
be-SUBN  

There were six children of us, we were together.


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(47-3)   
mit-kEt     mido-t     juk-o:-me:-d'E-gE     irk-i-n     omni:-k     l'E-Ni-l.    
we-ABL   roam-SS.IMPF   small-V-QUAL-IMPF.PART-LOC   one-0-ATTR   people-PRED   be-PL-SF  

Not far from us there lived a family.


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(47-4)   
ta:     juk-o:     irk-i-n     kOj-de:     kOj     o:-d'E    
there   small-V   one-0-ATTR   young.man-DIM   young.man   be-IMPF.PART  
O:-n'E-Ni.    
child-PROPR-3PL  

They had one son, a small boy.

Comment:
The word juko: is an uninflected verb which functions as secondary predicate.


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(47-5)   
c'umut     ul'egE     kOudE-din     keb-ej-nun-nu-Ni,     mit     n'aGa:    
all   grass   beat-SUP   leave-PERF-HAB-IMPF-3PL   we   together  
ta-N     O:-n'E     n'E=pOn'-o:-t     ta-N     O:     l'E-t    
that-ATTR   child-COM   REC-put-RES-SS.IMPF   that-ATTR   child   be-SS.IMPF  
pOn'-a:-nu-nun-d'i:li     jO:-t.    
put-INCH-IMPF-HAB-1PL   see-SS.IMPF  

Everybody used to leave to mow the grass, and we used to stay with that child to look after him.


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(47-6)   
ta-N     O:     es'e:-gi     jO:-lu-gE     ujl'-E     l'E-llE    
that-ATTR   child   father-3   see-1/2-DS   work-ACC   be-SS.PERF  
kOudE-llE     c'eme-j-dEllE     n'E-leme     a:-t     ...     El=jO:-t    
beat-SS.PERF   finish-PERF-SS.PERF   NEG-what   make-SS.IMPF   ...   NEG-see-SS.IMPF  
El=leg-u-t     parna:     abut-Ek     tabud-E     qoj-na:-l-a:-l'El-u-m     uZo:-lE.    
NEG-eat-0-SS.IMPF   crow   container-PRED   that-ACC   fire-INCH-0-INCH-EV-0-TR.3SG   gun-INSTR  

That boy's father didn't use to do anything when he finished his work. After dinner he started shooting his gun at a crow's nest without looking at it.

Comment:
In the form qojna:la:l'Elum the first Inchoative marker is lexicalized.


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(47-7)   
[ta-N]     ta-N     parna:     l'E-l     abut-n'E-l     Sa:l    
that-ATTR   that-ATTR   crow   be-AN   container-PROPR-AN   tree  
{palatka}-gEt     Ej=ju:kE     oG-o:-l'El.    
tent-ABL   NEG-far   stand-RES-EV  

There was a tree with a crow's nest standing not far from the tent.


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(47-8)   
tude-l     parna:     O:-gElE     [noj     noj-mu-Nin]     l'E-llE    
he-NOM   crow   child-ACC   leg   leg-BP-DAT   be-SS.PERF  
noj-gi     joGor-ta:-l'El-mElE.    
leg-3   wound-TR-EV-OF.3SG  

He wounded the leg of the crow's chick.


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(47-9)   
met     es'e:     emej-n'E     n'aGa:     tude-gElE     moN-Ni,    
I   father   mother-COM   together   he-ACC   say-3PL  
parna:     El=aj-nu-lE-k     n'E-qajin,     n'anc'-o:d-Ek.    
crow   NEG-shoot-IMPF-PROH-IMP   NEG-when   sin-SUBN-PRED  

My father and mother said to him: "Never shoot the crow, this is a sin.


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(47-10)   
e-di-N     l'E     [er-c'E-lEk     er-c'E     ...]     er-c'o:n-gElE    
PRON-this-ATTR   DP   bad-IMPF.PART-PRED   bad-IMPF.PART   ...   bad-SUBN-ACC  
l'EgE     ed-e:-s'-tE-m.    
DP   call-TR-ITER-FUT-TR.3SG  

This calls down trouble."


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(47-11)   
ta-N     noj-dE     joGor-n'E-l     parna:     O:     jO:-lu-gE    
that-ATTR   leg-3   wound-PROPR-AN   crow   child   see-1/2-DS  
jO:-t     mOd-i:li,     e-dO:n     [er-c'o:d-Ek     er-c'o:d-Ek]     er-c'o:n-gE    
see-SS.IMPF   hear-1PL   PRON-that   bad-SUBN-PRED   bad-SUBN-PRED   bad-SUBN-LOC  
kude=moZu:-Ni.    
become-PROSP-3PL  

We saw the crow's chick with the wounded leg and felt that something bad would happen.


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(47-12)   
joulE-mE     ta-N     juk-o:-d'E     O:-gE     O:-de:     noj-gi    
evening-TEMP   that-ATTR   small-V-IMPF.PART   child-LOC   child-DIM   leg-3  
puke:-l'e:-l'El.    
swell-INCH-EV  

In the evening their small boy's leg became swollen.


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(47-13)   
ta-N     es'e:-gi     ta-N     tude     O:-gElE     l'E-Nin    
that-ATTR   father-3   that-ATTR   he.GEN   child-ACC   be-DAT  
{pos'olk}-E-Nin     kOud-ej-din     jaqa-j.    
village-0-DAT   take.away-PERF-SUP   reach-3SG  

His father went to take that boy to the village.