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\title{Plants, Christmas in Anvik}
\author{Belle Deacon}
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Recorded by Jim Kari.  Recording on ANL0778.wav. This text
is the only item on that recording.

Recording length: 08:32

Translation by Edna Deacon and Lucy Hamilton.

Transcription by Sharon Hargus.

\bigskip 

JK:  1991 with Belle Deacon and Nellie Wharton in Fairbanks.

\section{Plants}

\ldots 

(some noise of Belle fumbling with the microphone?)

\gll Xilegg nixodhiɬ yitots'i, gaghtlghanh xotl'ogh xiɬdik, getiy ngi'in nguqogg    xigide'on'       ts'ixiyiɬ tux xiɬdi, gag xiɬdi ninalyayh.
spring {it's getting to be} then {snow melts} after then very   out {on earth}  {it's sunnny} then during then berry then {they're growing back}
\glt `In the spring after the snow melts, the berries grow when there's lots of sunshine.'\footnote{\em nguqogg \em from \em ngin' qogg}
\glend
%xotl'ogh `after'

\gll Axaxiɬdik xiɬdi dandhu'on detthat xiɬdi tr'iniha.
then  then  salmonberry first then {we pick}
\glt `Then salmonberries are the first thing we pick.'
\glend

'cause

\gll Iy niniɬjikdi xo'in q'ayit dit'anh \em that dandhu'on.
it {it rots to ground} because {right away} {(people) do} {} salmonberry
\glt `People do that right away because salmonberries rot to the ground.'
\glend
%***check translation

\gll Yitotl'ogh xiɬdik niɬyagh che tr'iniha {sanh duxodhil ts'in'}.
{after that} then blueberry also {we pick} {during the summer}
\glt `After that we pick blueberries all summer long.'
\glend

\gll Xeyts'in' {xits'i xodhiɬ} xiyiɬ che iy niɬyagh che niɬteyh.
fall     {it's getting to be} then again it blueberry again {it's overripe}
\glt `When it's getting to be fall the blueberries get soft.'
\glend
%BD ne\teyh

\gll Axaxiɬdi yiggiy dinathdloy cheche tr'iniha.
then  that {high-bush cranberry} {again and again} {we pick}
\glt `Then we pick high-bush cranberries.'
\glend

\gll Yitots'in' nondiniy    yiɬ tr'iniha.
then       {red currant} too {we pick}
\glt `We pick red currants too.'
\glend

\gll Axaxiɬdik dandiggiy che, iy che getiy ngizrenh, dandiggiy.
then      raspberry too  it too very {it's good} raspberry
\glt `Raspberries are very good too.'
\glend

\gll {Gag veda} yiɬ tr'iniha.
{black currant} too {we pick}
\glt `We pick black currants too.'
\glend

\gll Iy cheche iy yitr'iɬvatr xineg.
it too it    {we cook them} nicely
\glt `That's good cooked too.'\footnote{for example, as jam}
\glend

\gll Yitots'in' xiyhdi xonet nontr'alyayh.
then winter for        {we keep them} 
\glt `We keep them for wintertime.'
\glend

\gll Shaxil vitux tr'idriyh ts'i yitr'iɬvatr {just like} gashigh xit'an.
sugar  {in it} {we sprinkle} and {we cook them} {} white people
\glt `Sugar is mixed in with them and we cook them just like white people.'
\glend

\gll Gilegiq dughot yuxudz didinaxi'ne ts'i xughot iy tr'iɬvatr. 
book {according to} all {it tells us} and {according to} it {we cook}
\glt `It's written on the (recipe) book and we cook according to that.'
\glend
%ED  gilegiq ghot

\gll Iy che getiy ngizrenh.
it too very {it's good}
\glt `That's very good (tasty) too.'
\glend

\gll Axaxiɬdik xeyts'in' nuxodhiɬ tux xiɬdik, ngido' {Nts'ini'an ghun' deloy} ts'itr'itidiɬ.
then autumn {it's coming} when then downriver {Bonasilla Mt.}          {we go to}
\glt `When it was getting to be fall we would go downriver to Bonasilla Mountain.'
\glend

\gll {Yit xiɬdi} deloy q'idz dixinaɬt'adi sre' tr'inihiɬ.
then mountain on {how many} {I wonder} {we camp}
\glt `I don't know how many nights we camped on the mountain.'
\glend

\gll Nenhtl'it getiy long tr'iniha niɬanht'asr yiɬ, xiyhdi xonet.
{low-bush cranberry} really lots {we pick} {blackberry} too winter for
\glt `We picked lots of low-bush cranberries and blackberries too for winter.'
\glend

\gll Yitots'in' xisrghed yiɬ tr'iniha, go sanh tux.
then rosehips too {we pick} here summer during
\glt `We picked rosehips too here during summer.'
\glend

\gll Agidet iy vixelan sanh tux.
{that's all} it {the ones that are} summer during
\glt `That's all there is in the summer.'
\glend

'n 

\gll Getiy iy, getiy ngizrenh, xiyhdi xonet. 
very it very {it's nice} winter for
\glt `It's very nice for winter.'
\glend

\gll Go nenhtl'it iy tetth'ok yet tr'iniha ts'i.
here {low-bush cranberry} it basket in {we're picking} 
\glt `We picked cranberries in birchbark baskets.'
\glend

\gll Tetth'ok chux tux doghnontr'idiniha', sraqay itlanh dong, sidithniqaye.
basket big in {we fill up picking} child {I am} {in the past} {my parents}
\glt `When I was a child, my family and I filled them to the top.'
\glend

\gll Yitots'i iy xiɬdik iy {edi xeydi} tr'iɬnonh, cause vanhgiq xiɬdi iy axa xinetth'ax edi.
then it then it {all winter} {we eat} {} {ice cream} then it with {they make} {throughout (winter)}
\glt `We ate them all winter because they always made ice cream with them.'
\glend

\gll \em{Cause} {nuxo'o' dit'anh} ts'ixiyiɬ iy gag getiy long {axa dixit'anhdi} xo'in.
{}    {masked dance} then it berry very many {they use} for
\glt `Because when they held masked dances, they needed a lot of berries.'
\glend
%BD says duxo'o'

\gll Agidet.
{{that's all}}
\glt `That's all.'
\glend

Well, we'll listen to it.

\section{More on plants}

\gll (Xile)got iy, {niɬtiy gaga'} andhiginix, q'odet gag uxinisayh dong.
{I forgot} it {bog cranberry} {I forgot} {just now} berry {I'm talking about} {in the past}
\glt `I forgot bog cranberries when I was talking about berries just now.'\footnote{\em niɬtiy gaga', \em lit. `crane's berries'}
\glend

\gll Yitots'i {niɬtiy gaga'} iy getiy liniyh. 
then  {bog cranberry} it very {it's tasty}
\glt `Bog cranberries are delicious.'
\glend

just like 

\gll Nenhtl'it q'idingit'a ine' getiy liq'ets.
{low-bush cranberry} {it's like} but very {it's sweet}
\glt `They're like low-bush cranberries but very sweet.'
\glend

\gll Axaxiɬdi {ngin' qotl} che andhiginix.
then     nagoonberry too {I forgot}
\glt `And I forgot about nagoonberries too.'
\glend

\gll Dandhu'on q'idingit'a iy. 
salmonberry {it's like} it 
\glt `It's like salmonberries.'  
\glend

\gll Vit'on' deggudz iy niyaxiy,                   engithegh {shinh qogg.}
{its leaves} {it's short} it {that which grows} out flat
\glt `(The kind that) grows out in the flat has short leaves.'
\glend

\gll Agidet.
{{that's all}}
\glt `That's all.'
\glend

\section{Christmas time}

\gll Ngidigg srixno' xeydantr'ididix axaxiɬdik.
up      river   {we spend winter} then
\glt `We used to spend the winter up the river (Anvik R.).'
\glend

\gll {Q'inodle chux} ghonixidhik tux xiɬdi  qay xits'antr'itididiɬ.
Christmas {it's getting close to} when then village {we start to return to}
\glt `When it was close to Christmas we would go back to the village.'
\glend

\gll Yuxudz niyithdaldhiyh tux getiy xetl'itth ts'i.
just     {snow is deep} when really {it's hard} 
\glt `When the snow was deep it was very hard.'
\glend

\gll Iɬt'et ɬek notthi oyh yet, vinotthi tr'odiɬ      ts'i vinotthi tr'ixaghntl'i'ith.
continuously dog {ahead of} snowshoe in {ahead of it} {we walk} and {ahead of it} {we broke trail}
\glt `We walked ahead of the dogs in snowshoes and broke trail for them.'
\glend
%BD says i\t'ek

because
 
\gll Sidadr yiɬ sichidlqay yiɬ xutl yedidltth'e.
{my younger sister} and {my younger brothers} and sled {they sit in}
\glt `My younger sister and younger brothers sat in the sled.'\footnote{Belle's younger brothers were Lucius and Wilfred.}
\glend

\gll Axaxiɬdi singonh che yitl'oy ndidhit hingo ne--- sito' yiɬ xiɬdi ɬek notthi tr'o'isr.
then {my mother} again {behind it} {she stands} while {} {my dad} and then dog ahead {we du. are walking}
\glt `My mother stood behind it (sled) while my dad and I walked ahead of the dogs.'
\glend

\gll Axaxiɬdi {Ithchax xichux} ntr'indiɬ xin-gidiɬchith ts'in'.
then  {(place)} {we reach} {we put up tent} 
\glt `Then when we reached \em Ithchax Xichux \em we would put up a tent.'\footnote{Ithchax Xichux, lit. 'big area under evergreen tree'}
\glend

\gll Axaxiɬdi yitots'i xiɬdi---
then     then     then  
\glt `Then---'
\glend

\gll Oh, {Dotith xingithdi} xidettha tr'inihiɬ xotl'ogh xiɬdi {Ithchax xichux} chenh.
{} {Long Portage} first {we camp} after then (place) too
\glt `Oh, first we camped at \em Dotith Xingithdi \em and after that \em Ithchax Xichux.'\footnote{\em Dotith xingith `Long portage, Goblet Ck.'}
\glend

\gll Yit xits'i xiɬdi tthidangith nixidhik xiyiɬ xiɬdi, Tthachinht'ot qay tr'inxidaldhiyh.
there from then  midnight    {it's getting to be} then then {Village Slough}   village     {we came around corner}
\glt `Then around midnight we would come around the corner to the village from Village Slough.'
\glend

\gll {Dotith ting} xiyetr'antididiɬ ts'i do'ot   qay tr'inxidaldhiyh.
{Portage Trail}       {we come back out} and {just over here} village {we came around corner}
\glt `We would come back out at Portage Trail and then come around the corner to the village just over here.'
\glend

\gll Xintl-'anh tux ngitthe gashigh yigideq'un' xizronche qunagh.
{I'm looking} when down {white people} lights apparently lamp
\glt `I looked down and there were the mission lights, lamps I guess.'
\glend

\gll Yuxudz sidigits'eyh.
just   {I'm happy}
\glt `I was just happy.'
\glend

\gll {Xogh entlnix} q'oche cause xutl {ye'isdo'ts'i,} ischox xiyozr ts'in'.
{I get tired} {very} {}            sled {I didn't sit in} {I'm big} pretty being
\glt `I got tired because I didn't sit in the sled, being so big.'
\glend

\gll Tthiganhvisr       xiɬdik soxo iɬtse  iy yet xiɬdi ghisoɬ viq'i.
{pointed snowshoe} then   {for me} {he makes} it in then {I'm walking} {after him}
\glt `I'm walking behind him in pointed snowshoes that he made for me.'
\glend
%RC

\gll Iiy! {Q'inodle chux} ghonixidhik tux engithegh srixno' {yuxudz yeg} xigidigheghiɬ    xiq'i.
{(amazement)}  Christmas {it comes} when      {out on} river    actually           {ice lifted up} {it looks like}
\glt `It looked like the ice lifted up out on the river at Christmas time.'
\glend

\gll Qunagh xit'ache longh.
lamp   beautiful lots
\glt `There were lots of beautiful lanterns.'
\glend

\gll Iy che qunagh xaɬne, \em{lantern}.
it too lamp  {they call it}
\glt `They call lanterns \em qunagh \em too.'\footnote{kerosene lantern with chimney}
\glend

\gll Edi \em{Christmas} ts'antr'itididiɬ tux, ngitthing yit xiɬdi getiy sraqay yiɬ xeɬedz {all kinds of game} dit'anh.
every {} {we go back} when down      there then really children too well {} do
\glt `When we went back every Christmas the kids played all kinds of games down there.'
\glend

\gll Xotl'ogh che, che xigililongh   ts'ixiyiɬ.
afterwards too {} {they hold feast} {then}
\glt `Afterwards they had a feast.'
\glend

\gll Q'ode xiɬdi yuxudz xik'ots'idz nixidalningh.
Now   then   just   {different} {it happened}
\glt `Now it's not like that any more.'
\glend

\gll Axaxiɬdik eniggantr'ididiɬ.
then      {we went back}
\glt `Then we went back (up the river).'
\glend

\gll Dina' neg  yiɬ dinatl'ogalyayh.
doll  nice too {they gave us something}
\glt `They gave us nice dolls too.'
\glend

\gll Dinadhondhidloy nilugguy yit dinatl'o'alyayh.
necklace        beaded   there  {they gave us}
\glt `They gave us beaded necklaces.'
\glend

\gll Dithitl'enath da'ak neg yiɬ dinatl'o'alyayh.
cloth         parka nice too {they gave us}
\glt `They gave us nice parkas too.'
\glend

\gll Axaxiɬdi yuxudz q'ixalniyh tux xiɬdi, ngiyiggi traɬtth'e che nuxo'o' ditit'eyh.
then     all    {they finish} when then down kashim too     {masked dance} {it starts}
\glt `Then when they were finished, the masked dance would start in the kashim.'
\glend

\gll Axaxiɬdi sinq'adh xighela' yit ɬogot.
then     {my partner} {there was} there truly
\glt `I had a partner there.'
\glend

JK:  hmm

\gll {Diyin Łats Dhith} {xiydighene' hanh} sinq'adh ngilanh.
{(personal name)} {the one they called} {my partner} {he is}
\glt `My partner was called \em Diyin Łats Dhith.'
\glend

\gll Axaxiɬdi ngiyiggi   nuxo'o' dontit'eyhdi xiɬdi.
then     {down in} {masked dance} {it starts} then
\glt `Then the masked dance would start down in (the kashim).'
\glend
%insubordinate

\gll Tth'ok ye sits'i xiyeguqoyh, {vitthigits'igh xelan} yiɬ, viladok yiɬ, viq'idathdlo hiy.
plate in {to me} {he/she brings in food} {hooded parka} and scarf and {they're on it} it
\glt `He brought me food on a plate, an overparka and scarf on it too.' 
\glend

\gll {Xotl'ogh tux} xiɬdi q'ixalniyh tth'ok xiɬdi dina'oqo tthanxiytalyayh.
afterwards  then {they finish} plate then {for us} {they start to take outside}
\glt `After they finished they would start taking the plates back out.'
\glend

\gll Axaxiɬdik ngiyigg che xiyetr'itidiɬ axaxiɬdik, Nanek gilek ditit'eyh.
then      {down in} too {we go in kashim} then       {} singing {it starts}
\glt `Then when we would go in the kashim \em Nanek \em would start.'
\glend

\gll Axaxiɬdik dizro dinaɬt'an sre' xiɬdi xixinalyayh.
then      {}    {how many people} {I wonder} then {they're doing native dancing}
\glt `I don't know how many people were dancing.'
\glend

\gll Engithi che {niɬk'otr'ith'izrts'in'.}
out    too {we don't go out to middle}
\glt `We never went out {and danced}.'\footnote{They just sat and watched.}
\glend

\gll Dina'oxo {Nanek} {idiqadi} xiyan' niɬk'otr'o'isr.
{for us}  {} {it's purchased} only {we go out to middle}
\glt `The only time we would go out there was when the song was purchased for us.' 
\glend

\gll Yuxudz xo'in xiɬdi {niɬk'otr'ith'izrts'in'.}
thus   for   then  {we don't go out to middle}
\glt `For that reason we wouldn't go out there any other time.'
\glend

\gll Uxuxuyiɬ xiɬdi dina'oxo xigalyayh.
suddenly then {for us} {they bring in things}
\glt `Then suddenly they would bring things in for us.'
\glend

\gll Axaxiɬdi yit xiɬdi dinatseye engithit xiɬdi q'idh ntr'o'isr.
then    there then {our grandmothers} out then beside {we go out}
\glt `Then we would go out dancing (beside) our old grandmas out there.'
\glend

\gll ``Gila.''
{{go on}}
\glt ```Hurry. Right now.'''
\glend

\gll An cheche an dithitl'enath da' xiviniydaɬchith, {vitthigits'igh xelan.}
they too they cloth parka      {they dressed up in} {hooded parka}
\glt `They too are dressed in cloth overparkas.'
\glend

\gll Axaxiɬdi {yit xiɬdi} {giq'i anh} {dinanoghɬ dixi'ne} iy xiɬdi iy yuxudz tr'iɬzreyh xiq'i.
then     then {the masked one}  {they're telling us} it then it {} {we're taking} {it looks like}
\glt `They tell us about the mask (dance motion), and then we can do it.'
\glend

\gll Che idiqat hiy.
too {it's bought} it
\glt `It too (the song) was (already) purchased.'
\glend

\gll Yitots'i getiy xeɬedz dixit'anh.
then  really well {they're doing}
\glt `They're having a really good time.'
\glend

\gll Axaxiɬdi nod xinihiɬ xiyiɬ xiɬdik ngi'egh xiyiɬ q'itr'ididaɬ.
then     {twice} {they spend night} then then outside then {we go around}
\glt `They would spent two nights (in the village) and then we went around outside again.'
\glend

\gll {Dina'oxoldhidye} dina'itoɬxiɬzrisr ts'in'.
{our tea partners} {they give us tea}
\glt `Our tea partners would give us tea.'
\glend

\gll Axaxiɬdi yitotl'ogh xiɬdi ton-gataɬdix   che.
then     {afterwards} then {they do it over again (next night)} too 
\glt `Then they do would do it again the next night.'
\glend

\gll Yit cheche gitr'ixit'an      gileg cheche ixidile, ts'i iy cheche, iy che {niɬk'otr'ith'izrts'in'}.
it too {native from somewhere} song too {they sing} and it too it too {we don't go out to the middle}
\glt `They also sang songs from other villages, and we didn't go out to the middle (during that) either.'
\glend

because

\gll Dina--- vaxa    dina'oqo xidiqat ts'ixiyan' niɬk'otr'ito'isr.
{}    {with it} {for us} {they pay}  only  {we will go out to the middle}
\glt `We only went out to the middle when they paid us.'
\glend

\gll Ngiyixi xit'ogh xiyan' tr'ididltth'e.
down    underneath only {we sit}
\glt `We just sat underneath.'\footnote{under the bench; bench as wide as the floor}
\glend

oh

\gll Ngiyixi xit'ogh xiyan' tr'ididltth'e.
down    underneath only {we sit}
\glt `We just sat underneath.'
\glend

\gll Yuxudz xo'in xiɬdi {niɬk'otr'ith'izrts'in'.}
thus   for   then   {we don't go out to middle}
\glt `So we don't go out to the middle of the floor.'
\glend

\gll Ngu'o xiɬdi xidoy cheche ngiyixi ngin tr'idiggisr ts'ixiyan' xiyentr'ididiɬ.
over  then  door  too    down    floor  {we're crawling} only {we go in}
\glt `We just crawled on the floor from the doorway when we went in the kashim.'
\glend

\gll {Go dadz} dixighaɬchuxdi srisr dhith xididiniɬchedh ts'i ngiyixi {q'an' t'ogh} ngiyigg traɬtth'et.
{this way} {so big}      bear skin   {curtain door} and  down   ? inside kashim
\glt `There was a bear skin this big hanging over the door and down inside the kashim.'\footnote{hair side facing in, skin side out in Shageluk}
\glend

\gll Q'odet xiɬdik xidondiditey yan' xethdlat.
now   then door  only  {they have}
\glt `Now they only have a regular door.'
\glend

\gll Agidet.
{{that's all}}
\glt `That's all.'
\glend

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