Chiricahua Apache Text


15. Coyote and Beetle
Sam Kenoi

(15.1)
'!sh9 nd1s1 ch'4n11n11[ghon1'a.
nD1s4ee G0lizhn[chin4 yaat['aa'i['1go yaah7[ghon1'a, d1s7'7]tiny1.

(15.2)
N1go Ma'ye7 '1ndin1'a:
"'Ik'ah hish3n1go naash1."
yii[ndin1'a.
"H2h nishgha[."
yii[ndigo hich'88siz9n1'a.

(15.3)
N1go G0lizhnchin47 'abii[ndin1'a:
"'I[ts4da, haast88, doodaanndida! Koy1 ndii7t['1hy1 'iy1ahee daajindi7 'iy4shts'3."


(15.4)
N1go Ma'ye7 '1bii[ndin1'a:
"H2h! 'Iy1adaajindi7 shi[g0[ndiigo! '!]deeda nishgha[."
bii[ndin1'a.

(15.5)
N1go G0lizhnchin47 '1bii[ndin1'a:
"'Aash9 h1n4 ts4 hik'eesch22n] d1kogo h1daashdighaa[. Daajii[h4 daajindi hi[ch'a'."


(15.6)
N1go Ma'ye7 '1bii[ndin1'a:
"H22sh2, '7[ts4. D1'88sh9 shiba's7nd1! '!ghaee 'iy1a'ist'enn7'887 baan1nshd1."

K'as2 '1sh=-[gho[d3, ts4 hik'eesch22n1'a.
N1'a7 '1i[ndi.

(15.7)
T'3y1 yaan1[ghoy1, n1y00[nd1n1'a.
"Shiba's7nd1"
goo[ndi7nee n1[ghon1'a.
Dooha'y1adan1'a.
Baaha'zha[ghon1'a.

(15.8)
N1go '1d0dziin1'a:
"Mai bishke'! 'I[k'id3 'i[gha[nee baa'isd1n0odz1!"
ndin1'a.