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ŁUQ'A CH'K'EZDELGHAYI |
PUTTING UP FISH |
1. Tahbił tanełkiz. |
I set the net in the water. |
2. Łuq'a shegh dighilagh. |
A fish swam in to me. |
3. Dich'anełtan. |
I took it out. |
4. Ch'u ghest'uts', |
And I cut it, |
5. ch'u nunghestseq'. |
and made it into strips. |
6. Balik zełchin. |
I made balik |
7. Nutin'at nutiha tsiq' tughełu. |
I put it in brine for two hours. |
8. Yethdi chuq'eya ch'u esni eł bet'uh idghełq'en. |
Then I kept a fire of birch and cottonwood under it. |
9. Łq'ich'idi jani yethdi nunghełu, |
I did that for nine days; then I took it down, |
10. ch'u nanłghal. |
and I bundled it. |
11. Ch'u dghaznigi yidgheshchet. |
And I put it in the cache. |
12. Yethdi heyi niłtu. |
Then it's for winter. |