na'wa:*-ne'in

there used to live

me:tsah-xosing-xw

really

niwho:n

good

ch'ixonehł'e:n

to look upon

'a:'unt'e:

he was

haya:ł

[and]

hay

that

k'ehłtsa:n

young lady

tin

a lot

ch'ixwe'ilyo'

she always liked him

haya:ł

[but]

xong 'e'n

as for him

xowh do'n

probably

do: ch'ixolyo'

he didn't like her

haya:ł

[and then]

There once was a really good-looking person, and a young lady liked him a lot. But as for him, he probably didn't notice her. And then ...

ning'isde'tł'-te:

they're going to have a dance

ch'idiwilye'-te:

they're going to have the deerskin dance

ma:n

for that reason

Because they're going to have a dance, they're going to have the deerskin dance ...

'a:ya:xoł-ch'ide:ne'

they told her

ła:n

a lot

de:di

of it

nunt'oh

stir

haya:ł

[and then]

... they told her, "Stir a lot (of acorns)!" And then ...

tehk'ime:tł'

she threw it into the water

q'ut

[now]

hayahujit

[and]

ta'na:n

water

me'

in it

sixa:n

it has

haya:ł q'ut

[now]

tse:

rocks

dahsilay

they are on it

q'ut

[now]

niwingwho'n

they are ready

haya:ł

[and then]

ya'wilay

she picked them up

tehch'iwime:tł'

she threw them in

She threw acorn dough into the water. The basket had water in it already, and the rocks were ready on the fire. She picked up the rocks and threw them in.

haya:ł

[and then]

na:'ust'oh-te:

she's going to stir it

And she was going to stir it.

hayi-me:q'

right about then

ch'iqa:l

he is walking by

hay-de:di

this

xo'osday

man

hay

the one

tin

so much

ch'ixolyo'

she likes him

And right about then there's this man walking by, the one that she liked so much.

ła'ay-xw q'ut

all at once

ch'ixone:ł'e'n

she looked at him

hayi

[him]

wha:ne:

just

ch'ixone:ł'e'n

she looked at him

hay ch'iqa:l

as he walked by

do: mina:na'wiliwh

she forgot*

hay na:'ust'oh-te:-ne'in

she's supposed to be stirring

All at once she looked at him and looked at him as he walked along, and she forgot she was supposed to be stirring her acorns.

haya:ł

[and then]

dungwho'owh

somebody

ch'iqa:l

was walking by

'a'de:ne'

and they said

Somebody else was walking by, and they said:

wa:k'inilit

it's burnt through

me:w

underneath of it

ch'e:wilin

it's running out

sa'xa:wh

acorn soup

"It's burnt through - the acorn soup is running out the bottom."

hayahujit

then

na'ne:ł'e'n

she looked at it

Then she looked at it.

de:-de:

[look!]

wa:k'inilit

it's burnt through

haya:ł

[and then]

hay na:mitł'a'-ding

after that

hayi mich'in'-ding

for that reason

ya'xo:ngwhe'

they named him

hayi-xw

that [way]

(Look how) it's burnt through. Afterwards, because of that they named him that.

xoch'in'-ding

because of him

wa:k'ilit

it burns through

na:xowehsye'

his name became

They renamed him "Because of Him It Burns Through."