muːsa hummad taːhir /
Musa Hummad Tahir
muːsa	hummad	taːhir	/
muːsa	hummad	taːhir	/
Musa	Hummad	Tahir	.
N.PROP	N.PROP	N.PROP	.

180

oːn idoːjkʷaːniːb /
at Doykwan,
oːn	idoːjkʷaːniːb			/
oːn	i=	doːjkʷaːn	=iːb	/
PROX.SG.M.ACC	DEF.M=	Doykwan	=LOC.SG	.
DEM	DET=	N.PROP	=POSTP	.

1192

mheːj da /
three men
mhaj	da	/
mhaj	da	/
three	man\PL	.
NUM	SBJ.N.M	.

522

kam amaːb /
riding camels
kam	ʔamaːb			/
kam	ʔam	-a	=b	/
camel\PL	ride\MID	-CVB.MNR	=INDF.M.ACC	.
N	V1.DER.TR	-.	=REL	.

501

rhaːn ini /
I saw, he said.
rhan		ini		/
rh	-an	i-	ni	/
see	-PFV.1SG	3SG.M-	say\PFV	.
V2.TR	-TAM.PNG	PNG-	V1.IRG.TR	.

Musa Hummad Tahir said; at Doykwan, I saw three men riding camels.

aːnda ʃoːkanaːb dheː itʔiːːːn /
The men seemed to me to be hunters.
aːnda		ʃoːkanaːb			dheː		itʔiːn			/
aː=	nda	ʃoːk	-ana	=b	dh	=eː	i-	tʔi	-in	/
DEF.PL.M.NOM=	man\PL	hunt\INT	-N.AGN	=INDF.M.ACC	DIR	=POSS.1SG.ACC	3-	resemble\PFV	-PL	.
DET=	N.M	V1.DER	-N.V	=DET	POSTP	=PRO	PNG-	V1.IRG.TR	-PNG	.

The men seemed to me to be hunters.

ʃaːt han ibiriːna dheː itʔiːn /
It seemed to me they also had meat.
ʃaːt		han	iːbiriːna			dheː		itʔiːn			/
ʃaː	=t	han	iː-	biri	-na	dh	=eː	i-	tʔi	-in	/
meat	=INDF.F	also	3-	have\AOR	-3PL	DIR	=POSS.1PL.ACC	3-	resemble\PFV	-PL	.
N.F	=DET	PTCL	PNG-	V1.IRG.TR	-PNG	POSTP	=PRO	PNG-	V1.IRG.TR	-PNG	.

It seemed to me they also had meat.

aːn iʃoːkana itʔineːti ʃoːte# /
These hunters, that the gun
aːn	iʃoːkana			itinʔeːti					ʃoːte#	/
aːn	i=	ʃoːk	-ana	i=	ti=	nʔeː	=t	-i	ʃoːte#	/
PROX.PL.M.NOM	DEF.M=	hunt\INT	-N.AGN	DEF.M=	DEF.F=	fire	=INDF.F	-GEN	FS	.
DEM	DET=	V1.DER	-N.V	REL=	DET=	N.F	=DET	-CASE	FS	.

iʃoːkeːn /
are hunting.
iʃoːkeːn			/
i=	ʃoːk	-eːn	/
DEF.M=	hunt\INT	-IPFV.3PL	.
REL=	V1.DER.TR	-TAM.PNG	.

These hunters shoot with guns.

tiʃaːtiːb naːt kihiːnhoːk /
They don't give you any meat at all.
tiʃaːtiːb				naːt		kihiːnhoːk					/
ti=	ʃaː	=t	=iːb	naː	=t	ki=	i-	hiː	-n	=hoːk	/
DEF.F=	meat	=INDF.F	=LOC.SG	thing	=INDF.F	NEG.IPFV=	3-	give\PFV	-PL	=OBJ.2SG	.
DET=	N.F	=DET	=POSTP	N.F	=DET	PTCL=	PNG-	V1.IRG.DITR	-PNG	=PRO	.

They don't give you any meat at all.

areː /
Then
areː	/
areː	/
then	.
PTCL	.

Then

toːʃeːdlibnaːːː /
they sold the meat.
toːʃa		idlibna			/
toː=	ʃa	i-	dlib	-na	/
DEF.SG.F.ACC=	meat	3-	sell\PFV	-PL	.
DET=	N.F	PNG-	V1.TR	-PNG	.

they sold the meat.

baraː akoː /
They, so,
baraː	akoː	/
baraː	akoː	/
3PL.M.NOM	become\CVB.SMLT	.
SBJ.PRO	PTCL	.

1121

hoːj adgʷagʷ ini /
I followed them, he said.
hoːj	adgʷagʷ		ini		/
hoːj	a-	dgʷagʷ	i-	ni	/
ABL.3	1SG-	catch_up\MID.PFV	3SG.M-	say\PFV	.
PRO	PNG-	V1.DER.TR	PNG-	V1.IRG.TR	.

So, I followed them, he said.

jhaːnhoːk jhaːnhoːk ajjihoːb /
When I said: 'Hey! hey!'
jhaːnhoːk		jhaːnhoːk		anihoːb			/
jhaːn	=hoːk	jhaːn	=hoːk	a-	ni	=hoːb	/
ADRF.PL	=OBJ.2SG	ADRF.PL	=OBJ.2SG	1SG-	say\PFV	=when	.
PTCL	=PRO	PTCL	=PRO	PNG-	V1.IRG.TR	=CONJ	.

When I said: 'Hey! hey!'

oːn oːkaːm /
this camel
oːn	oːkaːm		/
oːn	oː=	kaːm	/
PROX.SG.M.ACC	DEF.SG.M.ACC=	camel	.
DEM	DET=	N	.

692

igoːjaːkaːb /
the weaker
igoːjaːkaːb					/
i=	goːj	-a	=ka	=b	/
DEF.M=	be_unable\INT.PFV	-CVB.MNR	=CMPR	=INDF.M.ACC	.
DET=	V1.DER	-.	=POSTP	=DET	.

dheː isangadniːt /
they made it stop towards me
dheː		isangadnit					/
dh	=eː	i-	s-	angad	-n	=it	/
DIR	=POSS.3PL.ACC	3-	CAUS-	stop\PFV	-PL	=COORD	.
POSTP	=PRO	PNG-	V1.DER-	V1.IRG.INTR	-PNG	=CONJ	.

they made the weaker camel stop towards me

eːkam jʔadgirakaːb /
the stronger camels
eːkam		jʔadgirakaːb					/
eː=	kam	i=	adgir	-a	=ka	=b	/
DEF.PL.M.ACC=	camel\PL	DEF.M=	be_able	-CVB.MNR	=CMPR	=INDF.M.ACC	.
DET=	N	DET=	V1	-.	=POSTP	=DET	.

358

suːr ibeːni galeːljaːn ini /
they drove forward, he said.
suːr	ibeːni				galeːljaːn		ini		/
suːr	i-	beː	-n	-i	galeːl	-jaːn	i-	ni	/
before	3-	go\INT.PFV	-PL	-L	drive_cattle	-PFV.3PL	3SG.M-	say\PFV	.
ADV	PNG-	V1.DER.IRG.TR	-PNG	-.	V2.TR	-TAM.PNG	PNG-	V1.IRG.TR	.

they drove forward the stronger camels, he said.

hoːj adgʷigʷt ja iraːnej oːn aneːb /
I followed them: 'Gosh, me
hoːj	adgʷagʷt			ja	iraːnej	oːn	aneːb	/
hoːj	a-	dgʷagʷ	=t	ja	iraːnaj	oːn	aneːb	/
ABL.3	1SG-	catch_up\MID.PFV	=COORD	ADRF	gosh	PROX.SG.M.ACC	1SG.ACC	.
PRO	PNG-	V1.DER.TR	=CONJ	PTCL	EXCM	DEM	PRO	.

gidiri mʔatam hiːnheːb /
give me something to put in the pot!'
gidiri		mʔatam		hiːnheːb			/
gidir	=i	m-	ʔatam	hiː	-n	=heːb	/
pot	=POSS.1SG.ACC	N.AC.SING-	fix	give	-IMP.PL	=OBJ.1SG	.
N.M	=PRO	N.V-	V1	V1.IRG.DITR	-TAM.PNG	=PRO	.

ajjihoːb /
when I said,
anihoːb			/
a-	ni	=hoːb	/
1SG-	say\PFV	=when	.
PNG-	V1.IRG.TR	=CONJ	.

I followed them. When I said: 'Gosh, me give me something to put in the pot!'

geːːː /
so,
geː	/
geː	/
DM	.
PTCL	.

hinin naːt kambari eːnheːb /
'We have nothing', they told me.
hinin	naːt		kanbari			eːnheːb		/
hinin	naː	=t	ka=	n-	bari	eːn	=heːb	/
1PL.NOM	thing	=INDF.F	NEG.IPFV=	1PL-	have\IPFV	say\PFV.3PL	=OBJ.1SG	.
PRO	N.F	=DET	PTCL=	PNG-	V1.IRG.TR	V1.IRG.TR	=PRO	.

they told me: 'We have nothing',

harʔa ibeːneːbka /
Each time they went behind,
harʔa	ibeːneːbka					/
harʔa	i-	beː	-n	=eːb	=ka	/
behind	3-	go\INT.PFV	-PL	=REL.M	=DISTR	.
POSTP	PNG-	V1.DER.IRG.TR	-PNG	=CONJ	=POSTP	.

Each time they went behind,

gidiri mʔatam hiːnheːb anit /
I said: 'Give me something to fix my pot!' and
gidiri		mʔatam		hiːnheːb			anit			/
gidir	=i	m-	ʔatam	hiːn	-n	=heːb	a-	ni	=t	/
pot	=POSS.1SG.ACC	N.AC.SING-	fix	give	-IMP.PL	=OBJ.1SG	1SG-	say\PFV	=COORD	.
N.M	=PRO	N.V-	V1	V1.IRG.DITR	-TAM.PNG	=PRO	PNG-	V1.IRG.TR	=CONJ	.

I said: 'Give me something to fix my pot!' and

daluːkabka /
each time approaching more
daluːkabka				/
daliːw	=ka	=b	=ka	/
near	=CMPR	=INDF.M.ACC	=DISTR	.
ADJ	=POSTP	=DET	=POSTP	.

akajeːbka /
I was each time,
akajeːbka			/
akaj	=eːb	=ka	/
become\CVB.SMLT	=REL.M	=DISTR	.
V1.IRG.TR	=CONJ	=POSTP	.

each time I was approaching more,

hinin /
'We
hinin	/
hinin	/
1PL.NOM	.
PRO	.

562

naːt kinheːhoːk eːnheːb /
won't give you anything', they told me.
naːt		kinheːhoːk				eːnheːb		/
naː	=t	ki=	n-	heː	=hoːk	eːn	=heːb	/
thing	=INDF.F	NEG.IPFV=	1PL-	give\PFV	=OBJ.2SG	say\PFV.3PL	=OBJ.1SG	.
N.F	=DET	PTCL=	PNG-	V1.IRG.DITR	=PRO	V1.IRG.TR	=PRO	.

they told me: 'We won't give you anything.'

gidiri mʔatam hiːnheːb /
'Give me something to fix my pot (on the fire to cook)!
gidiri		mʔatam		hiːnheːb			/
gidir	=i	m-	ʔatam	hiː	-n	=heːb	/
pot	=POSS.1SG.ACC	N.AC.SING-	fix	give	-IMP.PL	=OBJ.1SG	.
N.M	=PRO	N.V-	V1	V1.IRG.DITR	-TAM.PNG	=PRO	.

'Give me something to fix my pot!

ja aːndaj ani /
oh, men!' I
ja	aːndaj			ani	/
ja	aː=	nda	-i	ani	/
ADRF	DEF.PL.M.NOM=	man\PL	-VOC	1SG.NOM	.
PTCL	DET=	N.M	-CASE	SBJ.PRO	.

oh, men!' I

ontʔa /
so,
ontʔa	/
ontʔa	/
now	.
PTCL	.

so,

tiraːtti dhaːj guːdtanhoːb /
when my demands were increasing,
tiraːtti				dhaːj	guːdtanhoːb			/
ti=	raːt	=t	=i	dhaːj	guːd	-tan	=hoːb	/
DEF.F=	ask\N.AC	=INDF.F	=POSS.1SG.NOM	DIR	be_much	-PFV.3SG.F	=when	.
DET=	N.V	=DET	=PRO	POSTP	V2.INTR	-TAM.PNG	=CONJ	.

when my demands were increasing,

jaː takej /
'Oh, man!
ja	takej		/
ja	tak	-ej	/
ADRF	man	-VOC	.
PTCL	N.M	-CASE	.

'Oh, man!

wʔajjiːsoːk eːjaːj biddijeːk /
you are looking for trouble,
wʔajjiːsoːk					eːjaːj***		bitdijeːk				/
w=	ʔaj	=jiː	-s	=oːk	eːjaː	-i	bi=	t-	di	=eːk	/
DEF.SG.M=	hand	=ABL.SG	-ABL	=POSS.2SG.ACC	come\PFV	-L	OPT=	2SG.M-	say\NEG..OPT	=if	.
DET=	N.M	=POSTP	-SUFX	=PRO	V2.IRG.TR	-.	PTCL=	PNG-	AUX.VOL	=CONJ	.

you are looking for trouble,

hinin naːt neːjaːhoːk kindej /
since we won't give you anything.
hinin	naːt		niːjaːwhoːk			kindej				/
hinin	naː	=t	niː-	jaːw	=hoːk	ki=	n-	di	=aj	/
1PL.NOM	thing	=INDF.F	FUT.PL-	give\AOR	=OBJ.2SG	NEG.IPFV=	1PL-	say\PFV	=CSL	.
PRO	N.F	=DET	TAM.PNG	V1.IRG.DITR	=PRO	PTCL=	PNG-	AUX.FUT	=CONJ	.

since we won't give you anything.

tʔareːtiji saka idinheːb /
Do as you like', they told me.
tʔareːtiji				saka		idinheːb				/
t=	areː	-ti	=ji	sak	-a	i-	di	-n	=heːb	/
DEF.F=	like	-N.AC	=REL	do	-IMP.SG.M	3-	say\PFV	-3PL	=OBJ.1SG	.
DET=	V2.TR	-N.V	=CONJ	V2.TR	-TAM.PNG	PNG-	V1.IRG.TR	-PNG	=PRO	.

Do as you like', they told me.

eːn jʔadim eːneːti /
These are the words they said.
eːn	jʔadim		eːneːti			/
eːn	i=	ʔadim	eːn	=eːt	=i	/
PROX.PL.M.ACC	DEF.M=	word\PL	say\PFV.3PL	=REL.F	=COP.3SG	.
DEM	DET=	N.M	V1.IRG;tr	=CONJ	=PRED.N	.

toːna nuːn /
that only.
toːna		nuːn	/
toː=	na	nuːn	/
DEF.SG.F.ACC=	thing	only	.
DET=	N.F	PTCL	.

These are the only words they said.

uːn an han /
I also
uːn	ani	han	/
uːn	ani	han	/
PROX.SG.M.NOM	1SG.NOM	also	.
DEM	SBJ.PRO	PTCL	.

I also

tibaraː ibiriːneːt /
that they had
tibaraː		iːbiriːneːt				/
ti=	baraː	iː-	biri	-n	=eːt	/
DEF.F=	3PL.M.NOM	1SG-	have\AOR	-L	=REL.F	.
REL=	SBJ.PRO	PNG-	V1.IRG.TR	-.	=CONJ	.

107

toːnʔi tʔiːteːtoː /
the gun like that
toːnʔi		tʔiːteːtoː				/
toː=	nʔi	tʔi	-it	=eːt	=oː	/
DEF.SG.F.ACC=	fire	resemble	-VN	=REL.F	=POSS.3SG.ACC	.
DET=	N.F	V1.IRG.TR	-N.V	=CONJ	=PRO	.

nʔi iːbiːraːjt /
since I had a gun
nʔi	iːbirajt			/
nʔi	iː-	biri	=ajt	/
fire	3SG.M-	have\AOR	=CSL	.
N.F	PNG-	V1.IRG.TR	=CONJ	.

since I had a gun like the gun that they had,

digeːtiːt /
I went back and
digeːtiːt		/
dig	-eːtiːt	/
turn_back	-CVB.SEQ	.
V2.INTR	-.	.

I went back and

jhaksi ani toːnʔi /
I took my gun
jhaksi			ani	toːnʔi		/
jhak	-s	-i	ani	toː=	nʔi	/
get_up	-CAUS	-AOR.1SG	1SG.NOM	DEF.SG.F.ACC=	fire	.
V2.INTR	-V2.DER	-TAM.PNG	SBJ.PRO	DET=	N.F	.

I took my gun

malja areː /
Then,
malja		areː	/
mali	-a	areː	/
two	-ORD	then	.
NUM	-NUM	PTCL	.

Then,

wʔibliːs anʔalant /
I cursed them to the devil and
wʔibliːs		anʔalant			/
w=	abliːs	anʔal	-an	=t	/
DEF.SG.M.NOM=	devil	curse	-PFV.1SG	=COORD	.
DET=	N.M	V2.TR	-TAM.PNG	=CONJ	.

I cursed them to the devil and

iʃa ʔadgeː /
I went back leaving them,
iʃa		adgi		/
ʔiʃ	-a	a-	dgi	/
let	-CVB.MNR	1SG-	turn_back\PFV	.
V1.TR	-.	PNG-	V1.INTR	.

I went back leaving them

ini /
he said.
ini		/
i-	ni	/
3SG.M-	say\PFV	.
PNG-	V1.IRG.TR	.

he said.

bak tʔiːteːt /
Something like that
bak	tʔiːteːt			/
bak	tʔi	-it	=eːt	/
thus	resemble	-VN	=REL.F	.
DEICT.MNR	V1.IRG.TR	-N.V	=CONJ	.

Something like that

nawoː anaw ini /
I did not get their meat.
nawoː		anaw		ini		/
naw	=oː	a-	naw	i-	ni	/
meat	=POSS.3SG.ACC	1SG-	lack\REFL.PFV	3SG.M-	say\PFV	.
N.M	=PRO	PNG-	V1.DER.TR	PNG-	V1.IRG.TR	.

I did not get their meat.

malja doːraːb assinihoːb aːn aːnda /
Then, when I found these men
malja		doːraːb			asinihoːb***			aːn	aːnda		/
mali	-a	doːr	-a	=b	a-	sini	=hoːb	aːn	aː=	nda	/
two	-ORD	time	-PL	=INDF.M.ACC	1SG-	wait\PFV	=when	PROX.PL.M.NOM	DEF.PL.M.NOM=	man\PL	.
NUM	-NUM	N.M	-.	=DET	PNG-	V1.TR	=CONJ	DEM	DET=	N.M	.

Then, when I found these men

itoːʃ habijaːːːj /
who had refused me the meat
itoːʃa			habijaj		/
i=	toː=	ʃa	habi	=aj	/
DEF.M=	DEF.SG.F.ACC=	meat	fobid\PFV.[3SG.M]	=CSL	.
REL=	DET=	N.F	V1.TR	=CONJ	.

who had refused me the meat

tidhiːtiːb isniːnheːb ini /
I found them at Dhee, he said.
tidhiːtiːb				isiniːnheːb				ini		/
ti=	dhiː	=t	=iːb	i-	sini	-n	=heːb	i-	ni	/
DEF.F=	Dhee	=INDF.F	=LOC.SG	3-	wait\PFV	-PL	=OBJ.1SG	3SG.M-	say\PFV	.
DET=	N.PROP	=DET	=POSTP	PNG-	V1.TR	-PNG	=PRO	PNG-	V1.IRG.TR	.

I found them at Dhee, he said.

iʈʔani salaːmjaːnheːb /
They greeted me warmly
iʈʔani***				salaːmjaːnheːb			/
i-	ʈʔa	-n	-i	salaːm	-jaːn	=heːb	/
3-	hit\PFV	-PL	-VN	greet	-PFV.3PL	=OBJ.1SG	.
PNG-	V1.TR	-PNG	-N.V	V2.BORR.ARA.TR	-TAM.PNG	=PRO	.

They greeted me warmly

ʃaːwi baraː /
Then, they
ʃaːwi	baraː	/
ʃaːwi	baraː	/
then	3PL.M.NOM	.
PTCL	SBJ.PRO	.

Then, they

ʃaːki da whaːʃ jʔaːb kiːkeːn /

have not come hunting on my land,

ʃaːki

whaːʃ

jʔaːb

kiːkeːn

ʃaːk

-i

haːʃ

jʔ

-a

ki=

-eːn

hunting

-GEN

man\PL

DEF.SG.M.NOM=

land

come

-CVB.MNR

=INDF.M.ACC

NEG.IPFV=

become\PFV

-PL

N.M

-CASE

N.M

DET=

N.M

V2.IRG.TR

-PRF

=DET

PTCL=

PNG-

AUX.PRF

-PNG

have not come hunting on my land,

an han ribijaː /
I refused as well**
ani	han	ribja***		/
ani	han	rib	-ja	/
1SG.NOM	also	refuse	-PFV.3SG.M	.
SBJ.PRO	PTCL	V1.TR	-TAM.PNG	.

hoːj jhakaːb kaːki //
to look for them.
hoːj	jhakaːb			kaːki			//
hoːj	jhak	-a	=b	ka=	a-	ki	//
ABL.3	get_up	-CVB.MNR	=INDF.M.ACC	NEG.IPFV=	1SG-	become\PFV	.
PRO	V.INTR	-PRF	=DET	PTCL=	PNG-	AUX.PRF	.

I did not go to look for them either.