Saying farewell

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(8-1)   
noNo:n     {provoZat}-Ej-No:-l     c'ugO     qon-t-a:-i:li<e>     jo:jE.    
what.for   see.off-0-VR-ANR   road   go-TR-INCH-1PL   INTJ  

Why shall we go on the way, on which we see them off?


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(8-2)   
O:r-pE-<n>de:     qoN-Ni-pE-gE     juku-noda:     l'E-j<e>.    
child-PL-DIM   go-PL-PL-DS   small-bird   be-3SG  

There was a little bird when the young people were leaving.

Comment:
The word jukunoda: 'small bird' is here pronounced as jukunda:.


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(8-3)   
tanta:     mere-j,     tanta:     tanta:     c'aN-d-a:-jli     taN    
there   fly-3SG   there   there   touch-INTR-INCH-1PL   DP  
jo:.    
INTJ  

It flew there and we went there.

Comment:
In this sentence and further in the song the word tanda: 'there' is pronounced as tanta: ~ tanto:.


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(8-4)   
c'aN-d-a:-dEllE     d'E     c'ugO     niNe:     El=qon-nu-j<e>.    
touch-INTR-INCH-SS.PERF   DP   road   soul   NEG-go-IMPF-3SG  

We went there, but my soul didn't go on the road.

Comment:
The Nominative form c'ugO is used adverbially here and in sentence (8-6).


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(8-5)   
O:-No:-l     {sovs'em}     l'e:-l'El-dE-jnE     n'aGanbo:-d'E     kunel'     jo:jE    
child-V-AN   {completely}   be-EV-3-DS.COND   five-IMPF.PART   ten   INTJ  
n'EmolGil-de:     l'e:-l'El-dE-jnE     tanta:     Et=     ...     o:-jE.    
year-DIM   be-EV-3-DS.COND   there   IR-   ...   be-1SG  

If I had been very young, fifty years old, then I would have done it.


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(8-6)   
c'uge:     laNi-dE     {zIr'anka}     laNi<e>     laNi<e>     d'E    
on.the.way   to-ADV.DIR   Zyrjanka   to   to   DP  
c'ugO     met     {provoZaj}-s'i:-dEllE     c'ugO     El=pOn'-o:-d'E-jo:.    
road   I   see.off-DEL-SS.PERF   road   NEG-put-RES-1SG-INTJ  

I wouldn't have stayed seeing them off on the road to Zyrjanka.

Comment:
Zyrjanka is the name of a settlement, at present the administrative center of the Verkhnekolymskij district.


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(8-7)   
ta-N     c'om-o:-n     ju:<N>kE-n     ju:ku     jo:     c'om-o:-d'E    
that-ATTR   big-V-ADV   far-ADV.LOC   far   INTJ   big-V-IMPF.PART  
ta-N     {rejs}-E     met     jOul-u:-l     jOul-u:-l     c'ugO    
that-ATTR   trip-0   I   love-INTR-AN   love-INTR-AN   road  
tanta:     {vs'o     ravno}-No:-n     {provoZajet}.    
there   all   the.same-VR-ADV   see.off  

On the long road I am looking so very far away, but I will see them off on my dear road anyway.

Comment:
The form ju:ku stands for ju:kE 'far'.


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(8-8)   
nojl-a:     daGanE     qon-nu-<N>t     tanta:     nu:-dEllE     El=pOn'-o:-d'E.    
leg-INST   still   go-IMPF-SS.IMPF   there   find-SS.PERF   NEG-put-RES-1SG  

I will find them anyway by walking with my feet. I will not stay.

Comment:
The vowel a: in the first word is the result of the lengthening of the Instrumental suffix -E ~ -lE.


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(8-9)   
leme-de:-gE     ta:nE     c'ugO     iNd'i:-p-lEk     met-kE<N>     Ojl'E.    
what-DIM-LOC   INTJ   road   sinew-PL-PRED   I-LOC   no  

Why don't I have enough strength for that road?

Comment:
Lemede:gE here has the meaning 'why'.