dahungwho'-dun'-din

a long time ago

ch'in do'n

it is told

ch'idehłts'e:

they lived

xonsehł-chwiw

Dove

xochwo:

his grandma

na:y

and

A long time ago, it is told, there lived the Dove and his grandma.

mine:jixomił

after a long while

tin

[really]

ch'iwehsyo'

he started liking it

kin-na:dle'

gamble

After a long while, he started liking to gamble.

kin-na'ule'

he would always gamble

ła' je:s

all day

ła'a-din

sometimes

dunłungwho'-ding

several

ye'iłxa'-e:

days

dahungwho' gya'

somewhere

kin-na'le:-xw

gambling

na'ne'ida:wh

he comes home

He would gamble all day long. Sometimes he would be gone for several days gambling somewhere, then he comes home.

mine:jixomił

after a while

'aht'ing-xw 'unt'e:

everything

xowun-nixohsle'

he lost it

diywhe'eh-ne'in

nothing

do:-xohsle'

it was left

After a while he lost everything, there was nothing left.

haya:ł

[and then]

hay xochwo:

his grandma

wun na:'undiy

he came back to her

'a'de:ne'

he said

Then he came to his grandma and he said:

na'k'idilyay do'n

necklace

no:ne:la:-te:

I'm going to put it down

haya:ł

[then]

na:na:ne:la:-te:

I will win it back

diywho'-ji

some things

nixohsle'-ne'ing

they were lost

"I'm going to put down your necklace, that way I will win back what I Iost."

daw

no

yixoł-diwe:ne'

she told him

hay do:-k'iwile:

they old lady

haya:ł

[and]

hayi-heh

even then

hayi

[that]

xoq'eh

off of her

ch'e'nilay

he took it off

haya:ł

[and then]

ch'itehslay

he took them

The old lady told him "No!" but even then he took it off of her, and he took them (the beads).

haya:ł

so

hayi mił

with them

kin-na:'usle'

he gambled

So he gambled with that (the beads).

daw

nope

hayi-ne'ing

that used-to-be

xowun-nixohsle'-e:

away from him - it was lost

Nope, he lost it.

haya:ł

so

na:'undiy

he went back

So he went back.

'a'de:ne'

he said

de:di

this time

na:ne:la:-te:

I'm going to win it back

He said, "This time I'm going to win it back!"

hay kya'

that dress

no:nehłkyohs-te:

I'm going to put it down

nikya'

your dress

That dress - I'm going to put your dress down.

daw

no

yixoł-diwe:ne'

she told him

"No," she told him.

haya:ł

[and]

hayi-heh

even then

xowun

off of her

ch'idiwiłtsa:s

he ripped it off

xokya'-ne'in

her dress

haya:ł

[and then]

Even then he ripped the dress right off of her.

yineh

under the ground

ch'iwiltsil

she wriggled

hayah

there

ya'wehs'a'

she sat

yineh

under the dirt

She wiggled herself into the ground, and she sat there under the dirt.

hayahujit

and then

hay kya'

the dress

ch'itehłkyo:s

he took it

haya:ł q'ut

and then

kin-na:'usle'

he started gambling

And then he took the dress and he started gambling.

hayi-ne'ing

it (now it is gone)

xowun-na:niwehsdilay

he lost it

He lost it.

hayah-wint'e:

right after that

yo:w je:nah-xw

way up

dahch'iwingxits'

he flew up there

ch'iwinchwiw

he started crying

haya:ł

[and then]

But then right after that, he flew way up there and he started crying.

hayi-ma:n

for that reason

ch'ina:n'

it is said

de:di ye:

even now

xonsehł

summertime

'e'iliw-mił

when it becomes

da:ywho'-ding gya'

in some place

dahya'a'a'

he sits up there

ch'e'ichwiw

he cries

haya:ł

[and then]

hay xochwo:-ne'ing 'e:n'

as for his grandmother used-to-be

xa:t'i

still

yineh

in the ground

ya'wing'ay

she is sitting

xokya' do:-na:xole:n

she has no dress

haya:ł

[and then]

It is said that for that reason, even now, when it becomes summertime, he always sits someplace and he starts crying. As for his grandmother, she's still sitting in the ground, she has no more dress.

hayi-ma:n

for that reason

hayah-wint'e:

but then

xowh do'n

I guess

na:na:xonehłtse:tł'

it hit him

But then for that reason, I guess it hit him hard.

hayi wha:ne:

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That's it, end of yarn!