Ch'4d4goda '1dail1n1'a. 'they didn't know what to do with him'. Literally: 'they did so to him in vain'.

     1. t['oh y1'4d8sh9 'where there was no grass'. t['oh 'grass'. y1- 'absolutely' plus '4d8 'there is none' and the postposition -sh9 'from'.

     2. 'iy1ash8 yiy3sh8 'what does he eat?'. 'iy1a 'what'; - sh8, interrog. encl. yiy3, 3rd person imp. with 3rd person obj. of ...[hi- perf.]-y3 'to eat' [act. tr.].

     3. y1taa'00ⁿdiln1'a 'they had made gravy for him'. y1- 'for him' plus 3rd person perf. of taa-'i-...[hi- perf.]-ⁿd77[ 'to make gravy'. taa- incorporated form of t0 'water' [?]; 'i- indef. obj. [?]; -ⁿd77[ 'to handle several objects'. In the next line of the text is found the 2nd person dual imp. of this verb. Cf. also -taaⁿdile 'gravy'.

     4. bich'88nj7]k3n1'a/ 'they put it before him'. bich'88/ 'toward him' plus 3a person perf. of ni-ni- ...[ni- perf.]-kaa 'to put down something in a container' [act. tr.].

     5. 'ik'e'4][chozhn1'a. 'he began to eat'. Perf. of 'ik'ee-'i'ni-...[ni- perf.]-[-ch00sh 'to begin to eat a grass-like substance' [act. intr. ?]. The theme occurs only with this prefix complex.

     1. n1go [i'] hik'e'00'an1'a 'he untied him'. 3rd person perf. of k'e-'i- ...[hi- perf.]-'a 'to untie, to loosen' [act. intr. ?]. The pronoun before k'a- appears only in the 3rd person. The theme occurs only with this prefix complex.

     2. b7ch97 'his nose'. -ch9 'nose' requires a high toned prefix.

     3. 'in1'iist'in1'a 'he put a rope around it'. 3rd person perf. with indef. obj. of O-n1...[si- perf.]- t'4 'to put a rope around' [act. tr.]. n1- 'around'.

     4. hik'idahneesd1n1'a. 'he sat on him'. hik'i 'on him' plus the 3rd person perf. of dan-ni-...[si- perf.]- daa 'one sits down upon' [act. intr.; dah- 'upon'; ni- terminative].

     5. n11n1[i']go 'others also'. n11n1- 'again, also'; [i' 'one, the other'; -] relative; -go subordinating.

     6. dahn1dii[ghon1'a 'they got on him'. 3rd person iter, of dah-di- |...[ni- perf.]-l- ghee 'to go up, to get on' [act. intr.; dah-di- | 'upward'].

     7. naab00ⁿdiln1'a 'they were thrown off'. perf. of naa-0-...[hi- perf.]-ⁿd77[ 'several are thrown off' [pass.; naa- 'off, down']. Here the theme -ⁿd77[ 'to handle several objects' is used to refer to several people. Note, too, that though this is a passive verb there is no sign of the -d- classifier [see Grammatical Sketch, 7].

     1. The second and third lines of this passage are literally as follows: "Down [a hill] / away from each other / he whipping him / he ran with him. / From a distance / to here again".

     2. ha'daajiistsasgo 'he, whipping him'. This is apparently a 3a person si- perf. form with a prefix complex ha-'i-daa- and a stem -tsas. Cf. ni- ...[si- perf.]-[-tsis 'to whip' [act. tr.].

     1. bitsilesh9 'on his anus'. -tsile 'anus'.

     2. d1h00jaab4deesjiizhn1'a/ 'evidently pitch has been rubbed on it'. d1h00-/ emphatic proclitic; jaa/ 'pitch' plus 04-di-...[si- perf.]-jish 'something is rubbed on one' [pass.; 4- 'against, on'; di- ?].