Chiricahua Apache Texts


8. The Quarrel Between Thunder and Wind
Lawrence Mithlo

(8.1)
K'adi d77d77 [igo '1n1ng00t'887 'i[k'id3 ndii '1gojil1d3.

(8.2)
}[ch'i'7 'Iihndiide7bi[ d1[e'naa'jiziin1'a.
'!7 d1h1goohndii 'i[ch'88go[g00t -- n1'a.
'!koo 'i[k'1ja[ghon1'a.

(8.3)
"Iy1ab22 'i[k'1ja[gh00'7 'i[ch'88go[g00t -- 7 'Iihndiide7 }[ch'i'7 '1yii[nd7:
"Sh7n1 sheeg0zh= nd7 doojo] ndeedeeda."
}[ch'i'7 bi[jind7n1'a.

(8.4)
'!koo N[chi'7 '1goo[nd7n1'a:
"nD7n1 neeg0zh= ] nd7 h99y22da, ]za'y1 nch'3n1d4shdz1."
}[ch'i'7 'Iihndiide7 yii[nd7n1'a.

(8.5)
'!koo }ch'i'7 ]za'y1 nii'g1shb22y1 goch'3'in00dz1n1'a.
N1go doo][ch'i'dan1'a.
D1goosdo n11n00[t'een1'a.

(8.6)
'!koo 'Iihndiide], "Sh7n1 sheeg0zh=," nd7n], [3go naago[t8go '1g0s8 ndah d1goosdo n11n00[t'een1'a.
Doo'nt'3dan1'a
Doog0zh=dan1'a.
}[ch'i'] doohaaeeda N1go 'Iihndiide] doobi[g0zh=d1na'a.

(8.7)
N1go 'its'os 'in1itsin1'a.
'Its'os7 bik1zh8 }[ch'i'7 ch'4dah1shdees'9n1'a.

(8.8)
N1go doogo[g0zh=dan1'a.
}[ch'i'7 bich88'i'j00['a'n1'a.
'!a[jind7n1'a:
"Shik'is6, nd7doohaaeeda n1go doog0zh=da. Doo'nt''3da. D1goosdo'4goosdo. H99y22da, nooshk22 shan1]nd1.

'*8sh9nd1se, d1nah7[k'eh ndiibik1ee naheeg0zh=daa[. D1[e'naa'iidziidaa[. D1[e'hoot'ashdaa[. Nahk'ehgo, n1'nt'9daa[."
'iihndiide7 goo[nd7go, goosk22n1'a.

(8.9)
'!koo N[ch'i'7 kaan1j1n1'a.
Gojoon11n1sndeen1'a.
'!7bee, naago[t8go, daa'dihnd7go ][ch'i'bi[.
D1[e'ja'ash n11n00[t'ee.