Niwakashææ'ö 01.25


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01.25.01

Aksút ákwe' wa'aknyáyákhe' ukau'kwa' kayásö ëkí utkææshæ'.

My grandmother and I went berry-picking and we picked dewberries as they are called or blackberries.


01.25.02

Ne'hu wai ukau'kwa' íwí.

I think they were in fact dewberries.


01.25.03

Ta unë thsiyaknyáyás wa'aknyatyêêkwa si ne uhsikwêôt utehsa' ehnishêôwi'.

Well, while we were picking berries all of a sudden we found a rattlesnake's nest.


01.25.04

"Ne'hu ëtyatehsêthu' ne uhsikwêôt" u'ki'.

"Let's demolish that rattlesnake nest," I said.


01.25.05

"Ne'hu wai tyunöhsút ne uhsikwêôt," wa'ákë'.

"That is the rattlesnake's home," she said.


01.25.06

"Ha'tekakôt ëhnísnyé'."

"We have to take care of it."


01.25.07

Ta unë u'ketsi'takênô' ne' unôyôs ne ukau'kwa'shö'ö kayásö.

Then I saw the birds eating the berries, the dewberries as they are called.


01.25.08

"Satkáthu he níyô nikáyaka'te' wésu' utíkhö' ne tsi'të'ööshö'ö."

"Look how many berries the birds are eating."


01.25.09

"Nae utahôtö' ëyöknyatô's?"

"Will there be enough berries for us?"


01.25.10

"Ne' ukau'kwa' unôhe' ne tsi'të'ööshö'ö," wa'ákë'.

"The dewberries are the birds' livelihood," she said.


01.25.11

"Ukwényô unëö' ëhsék."

"You can eat corn."


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