tigre_y_perro

'We had many dogs.'

kawpoy ij pa:ko di' pa:koy'łi.

'And we walked in the forest, and the dogs found the jaguar.'

Che iloniy'łi noj cham̍mo che manaye'ij pa:ko oj rulrul.

And the jaguar was angry on the ground, on the dirty ground of the forest, a [vehucal].'

che jayna sutu:ka oj rulrul noj łakam̍ba, noj cho'eswaj di' łakam̍ba di' cham̍mo, wawankwammo.

The jaguar was angry!

sutu:ka oj rulrul.

'He didn't climb up any more, no, because it was standing on the ground.'

jayna kaj rey welełwa'as noj ari:wa, ka:, bo enłabał oj rulrul.

And it was [acosado] by the dogs, the dogs that bit it.'

che munłekaya'as ij pa:ko, ij pa:ko di' lam̍kaya'as.

'And the it made "jeee", it made "jeee", as it fought with the dogs.'

Che asko "jeee" jampa'as, "jeee" jampa'as, noj sut-, jarawa'as nij pa:ko.

'..., and then the dog was here, in front of it, the dog.'

Ka'de jayna, che jeyna oj pa:ko ney, noj burada'as oj pa:ko.

The dog went here, and when it saw the big dog, it did like this, look, madam.

joycheł oj pa:ko noj bura.., che noj dewajnawa'as oj mere' pa:ko, jampa'as ney ja' łan̍ senyo:ra.

'It did like this.'

Jampa'as ney.

It put the dog under its armpit.

chutachoła'as oj pa:ko noj chowita'as

'And the dog's head came out here, the head of the dog.'

che oj bakwakwa'oj pa:ko ney chi:chi, oj bakwakwa'oj pa:ko.

And the buttocks of the dog were in the front of the jaguar, and its head here.'

che oj chinki'oj pa:ko noj burada'as oj, burada'oj rulrul, che oj bakwakwa'as ney.

And when it held the dog, and then it did like this, the jaguar turned around.'

che noj jayna e'ewwa'as oj pa:ko, jayna jeya'as ney, volye oj rulrul.

'It did like this, it searched for the dog's head.'

jampa'as ney, salna'as oj bakwakwa'oj pa:ko.

so that it could catch the head of the dog with its mouth.

bo oj jay-, oj yoyo'wa'as oj bakwakwa'oj pa:ko nij jayna noj kwa:na'as.

The dog was like this.

jayna nokopa oj pa:ko.

It did like this so that it could hold the head of the dog in order to kill it.

jampa'as ney jayna, bo oj e'ewwa'as oj bakwakwa'oj pa:ko bo oj tikoynawa'as.

But then we arrived, the father of my children arrived, when it turned around, when it wanted to catch the head of the dog.

jmmjm'm, ban jayna jo'yajiy'łi jayna, jo'yaj kuj, kuj eney, pa:pa ij majni jayna

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nos volyewa'as nokopa nos didi' yoyo'wa'as os bakwakwa'os pa:ko, jayna nasko

'In a moment he ran there and shot the jaguar in the ear [oído].'

po:raka ja:yi'us che manna'us noj chochobakwa'oj pa:k-, oj rulrul.

'Then it didn't hold the dog anymore.'

jayna kaj yoyo'wa'as oj pa:ko.

When he had shot it, the dog came free.'

jayna noj mamanwa'us, jayna chi:chi oj pa:ko.

'It was alive, it (the jaguar) hadn't hurt it.'

ite'ni, kaj jana'wita'as.

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