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are you listening?

axamisâ

yes

ee

the Gorwaa at that time said the Green River

gorwaa booloodáʔ ta kahiyíʔ Yaaʔeér Qantsaar

the Green River?

Yaaʔeér Qantsaareê

The Green River

Yaaʔeér Qantsaar

listen up

iiʔaa-qamiimee

I am listening

a axamiís

The Green River is one, okay?

Yaaʔeér Qantsaar a wák ari

in this land where they lived there was no hoe

ayasí kuwa hootiyiʔ kurmo kaahh

they were not farming

ta dooslasliitiká

what did they eat?

gár ta ʕaʕaayiyîʔ

the cows, in the morning, when they went out, the milking was done, they were let out, the calves were kept away

yiikwa matlatleeroo birna tiʔiitiyíʔ lootooroo ka hheʔeés kin geemáy damay kin ilaaʕ

did you hear?

aga axasî

I heard

a axaás

the calves were kept away

damay kin ilaaʕ

the cows were left, there was no person to tend the cattle [i.e. there was no need of one]

yiikwa aqo kin geemay heé deʔeéngw awu i kaahh

did you hear?

aga axasî

I am listening

a axamiís

you (pl.) if the cows when they go, you tie a cloth around the neck of your children

kuungáʔ yiikwa birna tlayiyíʔ naʕiʔihúng isa warqamaʔ in tsegaʔ

you (those) of your house you tie, Bu'ú (those) of his house he ties, I (those) of my house I tie

kuúng oo doʔowók in tsek Buʔú kós ngin tseek aní kweʔeéʔ in tseek

the children of people?

naʕiʔí muukoo xay

yes

ee

why were they tied with cloths?

gár kis warqamaʔ tsegiiti a milá ga

he'll say it - you listen up, you don't make the discussion slow

ngi ooʔ kuúng iiʔaa-qamiimee kuúng axweesani ma tligimisaar

hey! he's going fast

karra inós in gaanslín

moreover, don't say "did you hear?"

sleeme mu babawaar aga axasî

cloths, you tie them - that one you tie him, cloths they are tied on the necks of the children

warqamaʔ in tsek koqáʔ un tsek warqamaʔ kin tseek gawá isoó naʕiʔì

because if the sun reaches there

asma loʔaa bira daláʕ dirqáʔ

yes

ee

what will the children eat?

naʕiʔi gár ʕaayiyaʔ

is there food?

faʕaa i deeroô

the children, what they ate is milk in troughs

naʕiʔi gár ʕaayiyaʔ a uluwa bará maringee

the children were let go, now it is milk that you(pl.) drink

naʕiʔi kin geemay alkwi a uluwa u wahanáʔ

they edges, they will hold from there

waweeri ngin amorqaʔwa ohiyaʔ

and until they returned to there, it was this way until they were full

mpaka ire amorqaʔi amorqaʔi kiʕiyáʔ aqo idorí mpaka ire aaxiyíʔ

it was like this until you are full, if they were hungry they would return to the troughs, milk in troughs

mpaka aqo idorí an axaxind bira qwariitiyíʔ aqo in kiiʕiyáʔ bará maringee uluwa bará maringee

have you heard?

aga axasî

I have heard

aga axaás

then

aluwoo

when the sun arrives there

loʔaa bira daláʕ ay dirqáʔ

there

dirqáʔ

and so you(pl.) would go out, everyone would fetch their child

karra an tleeraʔ umó heewoo naʕaywós ngin ileehh

they would go to sort them

ngin wagweedár ay

the thing that they sorted is your children, it is your children, it is not your cattle

gár ta wagweediiti a naʕaʔwók a gadáʔ naʕaʔwók a yiikwaookáng

it is the children

a naʕiʔi

do you hear it, young man?

axamisee garmawí

I hear

a axamiís

you(pl.) sort out the children

naʕiʔi in wagweedáʔ

you say mine, the cloths, its colours are this

kwa kat kweʔeéʔ warqamaʔ kalaywós a kwí

Bu'ú said mine, mine, its colours are this

Buʔu aga káh kweʔeéʔ kweʔeéʔ kalaywós a kwí

I said mine, its colours are this

aní a káh kweʔeéʔ kalaywós a kwì

so that means (that) these cloths, this thing in the past is like a brand?

ina maana warqamasí gasí aáng a daʕatoô

a sign

alamaa

a sign

alamaa

it is so they do not get lost

a gidaba minda qwariyiʔ

children, after all, won't they get lost if they have no cloth, if they are taken by their fellow?

naʕiʔi aluwoo qwariyaʔakeê birka warqamaʔ konaká birka artlay nee koqáʔ

if this white cloth here you tied the leg like this one here of something of this colour?

abar warqamosí ʕawaákw una tsek yaaʔee ador kwisí oo gár kalaysî

yes

ee

me, mine is this one

aní kweʔeéʔ a kwì

and now it is thus, when we are sitting here

hindí ya tawa iwitaán diriyee

you, isn't yours here a mixed colour?

kuúng garók tisí a mardadirookeê

yes

ee

Bu'ú's isn't it white?

ar Buʔu ka ʕawaakweekeê

yes

ee

mine isn't it black?

teʔeéʔ ka booʕeekeê

yes

ee

hey, didn't Bu'ú know that his here is white?

hheʔee Buʔu tós tin ʕawaakw ngin xuuikeê

you, (that) yours is this one, don't you know?

kuúng tók tisí a xuikeê

I, (that) mine is this one, don't I know?

aní teʔeéʔ tin a xuuakeê

is it not like this?

a idoriheekeê

it is like this

a idosí

okay

hayya

it was this way

idodáʔ a idorí

the milk was milked and it was poured into troughs

uluwa kin lootin kire kuʔuus bará naqimaʔ

milk, in troughs

uluwa bará maringeè

the children, it was such that they drank like cattle

naʕiʔi aqo ngin wahan idór yiikwa

there was no food

faʕaa kàhh

you, if you farmed, was there sorghum?

kuúng bar dooslaslit balaangw i deeroô

this land, it was called the land of Haymú Muhanga

ayasí ta kahi ayá Haymú Muhanga

did you hear?

aga axasî

I am listening

a axamiís

that land was called, it was the land of Haymú Muhanga

ayadáʔ ta kahi a ayá Haymú Muhanga

Haymu was the leader of this land

Haymú an uurusumó ayasí

okay?

xáy

look

aree

Haymú they said is the leader of this land

Haymú ta kahi a uurusumó ayasí

Haymú Muhanga

Haymú Muhanga

the reason that these people were wealthy is this

gár muukí kas daqaree tas idorí

the reason the cattle were like this is (that) Haymú was a traditional doctor

yiikwa kas idorí a Haymú a qwaslarumo

hey, don't whisper!

ma sasahhaamaar harge

their traditional doctor

qwaslarumó doʔìn

their traditional doctor, hey?

qwaslarumó doʔinee xay

of the people

oo xooroò

of the people

oo xooroo