Chiricahua Apache Text


14. Coyote and the Rolling Rock
Sam Kenoi


(14.1)
'&]tin n11n0o[gho[n1'a.
Ts4ntsaa7 si'37 yaah7[ghon1'a.
{i' '1a[jindin1'a:
"'Aa7 ts4 naagh17 '1t'4."
bi[jindin1'a.


(14.2)
"'Iy1ahee? Haaee ts4 naagh1n1!"
goo[ndin1'a.


(14.3)
"'Aa7 ts47 dook'ejich88da."
bi[jindin1'a.


(14.4)
N1go '1ndin1'a:
"'Iy1ahee? Haaee ts4 naagh1n1!"
ndigo Ts47 hik'eesch22n1'a.


(14.5)
N1go gh1h1ch'4[ghon1'a.
Ts4 bike'ch'4]m11zn1'a.
Yaan1dii[ghon1'a.
D1bik4ts7nee homasn1'a.
D1s7bindzile7 yeen1daadii[ghon1'a.
D1'1gh1t'4ndah, Ts47 d1bik4ts7nee homasn1'a.


(14.6)
N1go Ma'ye7 '1ndin1'a:
"D1s7shih1tide7 been1diishghod3 dansh=='9n1?"
Ts47 yii[ndin1'a


(14.7)
N1go d1s7'itisgo yeehii[ti7 yeen1dii[ghon1'a.
D1'1gh1t'4ndah, Ts47 d1bik4ts7nee homasn1'a.


(14.8)
N1go 'ii'1]y1 yaa'1ho[ghon1'a.
Ts47 'ii'1n7 bid1d4]m11zn1'a.
Ts47 '1bii[ndiin1'a:
"D77d77, h2h sh1n1[ndaa!"
bii[ndin1'a.


(14.9)
N1go Ma'ye7 d77k'eh k1n1y00[nd11n1'a.
'!koo Ts47 si'3ny1 nn1]m11zn1'a.