na:ya'dehłyay-e:

(he sees) people are standing there

diywho'owh

something

ya'nehł'e:n-e:

they're looking at it

nikya:w

large

k'isxa:n

tree standing there

A group is standing there and they're looking at something, a large tree standing there.

xwe:di gya'awh 'un'

I wonder what it is

ch'ondehsne'

he's thinking

ch'iningyay

he went over there

He's thinking, "What is it?" and went over there.

de:de:

he realizes

yo:w yiduq

way up there

kiyiq'

there's a hole

me'

in it

xa:wilin

it's running out

ta:ya'dina:n

they're drinking

He realizes that there's a hole in it way up there. There's water running out and they're drinking it.

ta'na:n

water

tin

really

niwho:n

good

ch'e:wilin

it is running out

na:na:łiwung

all the different people

hayah

there

xoda'

their lips

no'ohłqeh

they stick them

Really good water is running out of it. Each one sticks their lips up there.

ta:ya'una'n

they always get a drink

yo:w-xw

away

xe'e:na'tindil-e:

they walk away

They always leave after they have a drink.

hayah

over there

ch'iningyay

he went

'aht'ing

everybody

xe'e:na'widyay-mił

after they walked away

xoda'

his mouth

dahch'iwiłqe:t

he stuck it up

hayah

there

He went over there. After everybody left, he stuck his mouth up there.

ch'ite:t'ot' ch'ite:t'ot'

he sucked and sucked on it

hay

that

ta'na:n

water

-ts'eh

he realizes

tin niwho:n

it's so good

siq'uts'

cold

xa:wilin

it's running out

He sucked and sucked on it (without letting up). That water tasted so good, it was really cold running out.

ła'ay-xw q'ut

all at one time

mine:jixomił

[after a while]

ya:nawhdiqeh

I'm going to pull away

ch'ondehsne'

he thought

de:de:

he realized

xoda'

his lips

k'e:nt'a'n

they were stuck to it

milchwe:n

they grew to it

hayah

right there

After a while, "I'm going to pull away," he thought. He realized his lips were stuck to it there.

hayah

there

na'wiłtsis

he hung

haya:ł

and then

He hung there, and then ...

xosa:wehsle'n xosa:wehsle'n

it kept running into his mouth

hay

the

ta'na:n

water

yiwiding-hit

after a while

xomit'-ne'in

his belly used-to-be

k'iwimut'

it burst

The water kept running and running into his mouth. After a while, his belly (used-to-be) burst.

hayah

there

xa:t'i

still

na:'ułtsis

he is hanging

diywho'-ma:n

finally

dahungwho' sa'a: siling' hijit

a long while after

na:na:dłiq'

it fell off all mushy

hay xonist'e'-ne'in

his body used-to-be

haya:ł

and then

k'its'ine'

bones

whung

only

xe'e:na:wehsle'n

they were laying there

He was still hanging there by his lips, when finally, not long after, what used to be his body fell to the ground. And then only bones were laying there.

mine:jixomił

after a while

q'ut

as usual

tindil

they were coming along

hay

the

t'ehxich'e:

girls

'a:ya:diwe:ne'

they said

xwe:di gya'awh 'ung'

I wonder what

xontehł-taw

Coyote

'a't'e:n

he did

xontehł-taw

Coyote

ye: xots'ine' nehwung

it looks like his bones

After a while, as usual, some girls were coming along and they said: "I wonder what coyote did? This looks like his bones!"

'a:

ah

ch'ide:ne'

he said

sa'a:-dzi-xolung

a long time

whikiwingwung'

I slept

hayahujit

[then]

ninis'a:n

hill

na:miwina:

around it

ya:na'te:diła:d-e:

he went skipping along

"Ah!" he said, "I've been sleeping a long time!" And he went skipping along around the hill.