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Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Ashan katka se rey kipia se itelpuchtzin.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Once there was a king; he had a son.
Pero kenemej tesu mawiltia ka afuera, muchijki entristeser.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
But, since he didn't play outside, he became sad.
Kilwia ne inan ma tinakan ne reynaj; kilwia ne inan: Tiut tiyawit tipashaluat nepa ka kujtan Tiut tiawit aber su timuchiwa alegrar chupi.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
His mother -- we mean the queen --, his mother said, "let's go take a walk there in the woods". "Let's go see if you won't cheer up a bit."
Nepa ka se llanura, ajsiket chan se anciano, chan se shuretzin.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
There on the plain they arrived at an old man's house, a little old man.
Ne reynaj bidaj kimati ka kichijket atender.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
The queen felt good that he attended them.
Jaika (Yajika) ja (ka) tesu pajti.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yaja, ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél, yajika
Translation
"So, he doesn't get better."
Pwes nepa ka tiutak witzet.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
And towards the afternoon they came.
Kalikat ne yey pipiltzitzin se inmijmichintzitzin, wan ne seyuk kalika se itapajsul ne wilutzin mareño.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The three boys brought some little fish, and the other brought a nest of the mareño bird.
Kilwia ne shuretzin: Shikida ka muchiwa alegrar, kita ne wilutzitzin.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
The old man told her, "look, he's happy to see the little birds".
Ka nepa, ka nepa kitemuat se inmichintzin wan ne seyuk ne itapajsul ne wijwilutzin.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
There, over there they looked for some fish and the other one for a bird's nest.
Kilwia ne inan: Shikida, shikida, nalwika se nuwilutzin.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: alwika
Translation
He said to his mother, "look, look, I brought a little bird".
Ini ja (ka) niknekiskia katka, nimawiltia.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
"That's what I wanted, to play."
Ini ja nimuchiwa falta katka.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"That's what I was missing."
Tejemet tiawita, kilwia ne shuretzin: Shakan, pero te shikelkawa, cualquier rato shiwala wan ne mutelpuchtzin; ka nikan nemit ne iamigitus pal mawiltia.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
"We're going now", said the old man; "you go too, but don't forget, come anytime with your son; here are his friends to play with".
Ikuka kielnamik ne iamigitus kilwia; Naj, kilwia, na nikelnamiki ne nuamigitus ka tiyajket tipashaluat ka nepa ka orillas ka itejtenpan ne lagoj.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Then he remembered his friends; he said, "I", he said, "I remember my friends, how we went to walk there on the shores of the lake".
Nikelnamik ka anmejemet (anhejemet) annuamigitus.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
"I remembered you, that you are my friends."
Jaika ja nimitzinnutza.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: yaja
Translation
"That's why I called you."
Niu nimitzinmaka se pwestoj, se kargoj.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
"I am going to give you a position, an office."
Taja tiu tinaka de ministro.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Taja tiu tinaka de ministro. Taja seyuk ministro. Wan taja seyuk ministro.
"You will be a minister, you will be another minister, and you will be yet another minister."
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Ashan katka se takat munamiktij.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Once there was a man who got married.
Tesu kimati katka ka ne isiwaw se brujaj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
He didn't know that his wife was a witch.
Ka tajtayua kuchi nemi.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
In the nights he is sleeping.
Naka ne ikwerpoj, se maya ne itzuntekun.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Her body remains and only her head goes.
Witz ka madrugada ne itzuntekun.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Witz ka madrugada ne itzuntekun. Teya su welik musalua.
The head came in the morning; she was no longer able to attach herself.
Kichijki luchar peroj tesu welik, pejki chuka, pejki chuka.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
She strove to do it, but she couldn't; she began to cry, she began to cry.
Yajki ka tiupan chan ne palej, ma kimaka ne konsejoj ken kichiwaskia.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél, maka
Translation
Yajki kitajtani seyuk konsejoj. Yajki ka tiupan chan ne palej, ma kimaka ne konsejoj ken kichiwaskia.
He went to ask for more advice; he went to the church, to the priest's. He should advise him how he should do it.
Sepa ne tzuntekumat tesu kineki naka ten tiupan, tesu kineki.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The head did not want to stay outside in front of the church, she didn't want to.
Yajki ka dentroj ne takatzin.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Kitalij ne ichaketaj ne takatzin, ne kinaktij. Yajki ka dentroj ne takatzin.
The man put his jacket down for her; there he left her; the man went inside.
Kilwia ne palej ka ne isiwaw brujaj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
He told the priest that his wife was a witch.
Naja tesu nikmati, peroj nechilwijket ka nusiwaw brujaj, ma niktalij kwidado.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
"I don't know, but they told me my wife is a witch, that I should be careful."
Ka madrugada witz, witz sepa.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
"In the morning she came, she came again."
Ashan nechilwia ne palej asu nikpia se nufinkita, ma niyu iwan, wan ne chijchiltik tzaput ma kikwa ne ujuksik, wan tami ma kimaka wan ne chijchikajtuk pal nikmiktia.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: maka
Translation
"Now the priest told me that if I have a farm that I should go with her that she eat the red custard apples that are ripe, and then I should hit her with the hard ones in order to kill her."
Ka kanaj kalmutijtiwit se masat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Who knows from where a deer was startled.
Ikuka mukupin ne tzuntekun, Ne nakak.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Then the skull let go; it stayed there.
Al fin de tanto, wakik ne masat, wan yaja, ne tzuntekumat, yawia miki ka iseltzin tik ne kebrada.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Finally the deer dried up and she, the skull, was going to die all alone there in the canyon.
Kitek, kitek, wan kiwikak ka ichan.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
She cut it off, she cut it and took it home.
Kitalij ka nepa.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Kitalij ka nepa. Pak ka tik (sic) tzinkal kitalij.
She put it over there, in the corner of the house she placed it.
Pak ka tik (sic) tzinkal kitalij.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Kitalij ka nepa. Pak ka tik (sic) tzinkal kitalij.
She put it over there, in the corner of the house she placed it.
Kabal tapanik ka tajku tayua, ma tikinakan ne "medianoche", tikaki tajku tayua.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Then it split open in the middle of the night, let's say at midnight; you hear it at midnight.
Ajka puchut, ajka puchut, ajka puchut, yajki sepa ne puchut ka ajku.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Pejki ne inlama kiwijwilanij ne ajamakitas, wan tami. Ajka puchut, ajka puchut, ajka puchut, yajki sepa ne puchut ka ajku.
Their grandmother began to hang the hammocks. Afterwards, "up silk-cotton tree, up tree up, tree"; the silk-cotton tree went back up.
Kikwat ne takwal ka yut tapewiat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Kikwat ne takwal. Kikwat ne takwal ka yut tapewiat.
They ate the food, they ate the food that they went to catch.
Ne iishwiuwan teya su kinmaka ne takwal, se maya ne ienamorado sentakwat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
She no longer gave the food to her grandchildren; she only ate together with her lover.
Sanka kinilwia, tesu takwajtiwit.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
She lied; they had not eaten.
Yuwan kitajtamejchiwat ne witzkuyul pal ne naka, ne naka yu miki.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Yuwan kichiwat ne sanjo. Yuwan kitajtamejchiwat ne witzkuyul pal ne naka, ne naka yu miki.
"Go make a trench; go sharpen güiscoyols (thorny palms) so he'll stay there, stay there, he's going to die."
Talikat masat, wan sanka.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Shikida nanita!, kilwiat. Talikat masat, wan sanka.
"Look, gramma", they said to her, "we brought a deer", and it was a lie.
Nikmati ka mitzinmakatuk ne konsejoj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Ja! Nikmati ka mitzinmakatuk ne konsejoj. Ne chimpe mitzinmakatuk ne konsejoj.
"Ha, I know that the youngest child has advised you, he has advised you."
Kineki kimiktia katka.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
She was wanting to kill him.
Yu kimaka se mordida.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: maka
Translation
She was going to bite him.
Panuk kitak ka kitantia nemi ne itan, kitantia nemi ne itan.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
He went by and saw that she was sharpening her teeth, she was sharpening her teeth.
Mas ka tiutak, witzaya wan ne itapak.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Later in the evening she was coming with her wash.
Ka panu ne iashish tzumpan kal, tesu tikmiktisnekit.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Kilwijket: Shikida lama, tiut tiyawit se apwesta. Ka panu ne iashish tzumpan kal, tesu tikmiktisnekit.
They said, "look grandmother, we're going to make a bet; whoever passes his/her piss on top of the house we don't want to kill".
Ka te panu ne iashish nepa, tiut tikmiktiat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
"Whoever does not get his/her piss there we are going to kill."
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Keman inat yejemet ka yawi panu urakan, segun yejemet inat ka tik ne ejekat panu ne witzet hombres wan siwatket al aire con tal de que witzet kwikat elut pal yejemet kiwikat, kunij ne mijmil nakak bien quebrado, bien aplastado, varias mazorcas desfigurado en un aspecto de como buba, yajane mazorcas kwikat ne Chiltiupanekos sekun nutatanoy wan nu noyaj kichiwket kontar.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
When they say there is going to be a big storm, so they say, in the wind that comes by there come men and women in the wind such that they come to carry off ears of corn for them to eat. Thus the milpas were left broken, quite flattened, with many ears of corn disfigured with a look like pustules. Those were the ears of corn that the Chilteopaners took, according to my grandfather and my grandmother.
Kunij ne takat ke kikutamin kitzki ne chumpipi kwika ka ichan, inmediatamente kichiwki ordinar iswaw ma kimikti ne chumpipi pal kikwat, entonces ne isiwaw kimiktij ne chumpipi, kichiwki desplumar wan kichiwki ne komidaj, wan kikwajket.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Then the man who caught and grabbed the turkey took it to his house. Immediately he ordered his wife to kill the turkey so they could eat it. So his wife killed the turkey, plucked it, and made the food, and they ate it.
Pero, tay yejemet muchiwket afijar ka ne iujumiyu ne chumpipi, ne plumas te kikwaj pelu, entonces nakak pensativo muchi ne jwamilia tayika te kikwaj pelu ne ujumit ni ke ne plumaj.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél, tika
Translation
But what they noticed was that the dog did not eat the turkey's bones and feathers. Then the whole family was left puzzled because the dog wouldn't eat the bones nor the feathers.
A los tres dias ka panutuk ne urakan wan kikwajtiwit ne chumpipi. walajket ume takamet wan se siwat kitemuat, kunij ajsiket ichan ne takat kaj kikutaminki por que yejemet poco mas o menos kimatiata katka kaj kikutamin.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
On the third day after the storm had passed and they had eaten the turkey, there came two men and a woman to look for it. They arrived at the house of the man who had caught it because they more or less already knew who had caught it.
Pero yejemet te inaket la verdad sino ajsiket ankilwijket si por casualidad kitztuk se siwapil panuk ka ne cerca ikal ne diaj panuk ne urakanasoj.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
But the did not tell the truth, but rather arrived asking if by chance he had seen a girl pass near his house the day of the big storm.
Kunij yaja kitzki wan kwikak ka ichan, wan kilwij isiwaw ma kimiktij wan kichiwki se komidaj wan kikwajket.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Then he caught it and took it home and told his wife to kill it and make the food, and they ate it.
Los tres ajsiket kan nemi ne plumas wan ne wejwesuj ka te kikwajtuk pelu.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
The three came to where the feathers and bones were that the dog had not eaten.
Kunij yemet (yejemet) kianket ne wesuj kichiwket se puniuj wan kitajtanket se bateya wan se buen puniuj at wan se carreton ileraj kiminket ka ikajku.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Then they picked up the bones, made a pile, and asked for a trough and a lot of water and a spool of thread, and they throw it into the air.
Al ratito tikwini,kan (kwak)(keman) tikwinik yaja kita ka maya kimak bueltaj en la buelta ke kimaka muciwket elevar wan muchiwket desaparecer.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél, maka
Translation
Soon it thrundered. When it thundered he saw that it just turned around. In the turn that it made it raised and disappeared.
Kienej (kiane) kwikaket ne siwapil por ke ne takat en el momento ke kitak ne kichiwket la prueba kitak perfectamente ka se siwapil hermosa kiski tik ne wesuj wan ne plumaj.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Actually, they took the girl because at the moment the man saw that they tried this, he saw perfectly (well) that a beautiful girl came out of the bones and feathers.
Yajika neurakaneros witzet de Chiltiupan, witzet kwikat elut pal kikwa, pero kunij muchiwket jregar por ke kimiktijket se siwapil wan kikwajket.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yajika
Translation
So, the "hurricaners" in reality come from Chilteopan; they come to take ears of corn to eat. But they were screwed up, because they killed the girl and ate her.
Kienej nechiwtuk kontar nutatanoy wan nunoyaj, wan esta fecha siempre panu urakan pero tejemet teya keman tikitaket su walkuwetzi se, yajiika an nikchiwa kontar nuamikuj pal kwika como recuerdo ini kwentuj. <arco>
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
That's what my grandfather and grandmother told me, and big storms always come, but we never saw if one came to fall. So, today I am telling this to my friend so he can take this story with him as a remembrance.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
An trece de julio y dia de San Antonio nin ninemi nuchan tisennemit a la par wan se nuamikuj, witz wejka, yaja kineki kikaki kwentos tay tik nutechan kikchiwtuk suceder.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: wejka
Translation
Today, the 13th of July and St. Anthony's day, I am here in my house together with my friend who comes from far away. He likes to hear stories about what has taken place in my town.
An niyaw nikchij kontar ka nin nemi se chulet ke yaja propio yaja nechilwijtuk ka inan ne iteku né tik arkuj nemit.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Today I'm going to tell him that there is an old man here who himself has told me that his mother and his father are there in the arch. (There is a natural rock-arch very near Santo Domingo de Guzmán.)
Yajika keman yaja mayana , ina isel, "por el ultimo nikmai kan nemi nuteku, kan nemi nunan."
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yajika
Translation
So when he was hungry, he said to himself, "finally I know where my father is, where my mother is".
niyaw niktajtani tay nikwa, por ke yejemet kipiat deber nechmakat an ka nimayana.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
I'm going to ask them for something to eat, because they have to give it to me now that I'm hungry.
Kunij kikwij ikalabus (ikalkabus) wan imataw yawi ka né Arkuj.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Then he grabbed his machete and his net-bag, and went there to the arch.
Yajika niwitz.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yajika
Translation
Nimayana, nunan. Yajika niwitz.
"I'm hungry, mother; that's why I've come."
Kunij ne inan kalaki, mientras ne inan kalaki kalwika mas pan, yaja pejki kikwa ne tortaj kimakatuk inan.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: alwika
Translation
Then his mother went inside. While his mother was going in to bring more bread, he began to eat the sandwich his mother had given him.
Kalwika inan uk nawi pan onbron, kitaij tik imataw wan walaj.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: alwika
Translation
His mother brought four more big buns. He put them in his bag and left.
Desde luego ka nin tik numataw ojonbron plastas pal toroj witz, yaja nikwaj tesu pan.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Therefore, here in my bag are big cowpies; that's what I ate, not bread.
Pero keman niyaw nimukwepa niyawi niyaw nikajwa ne nunan tayika yaja nechmakatuk.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, tika
Translation
But when I go back there, I'm going to chew out my mother for what she has given me.
Yejemet ka kipiat tumin, yajika ne yajket kimakat fin tik Arkuj, wan naj te nechajkawilijket tumin, maya pobresaj.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél, yaja, yajika
Translation
They are the ones who have money. That's why they went there to end up in the arch. And they didn't leave me money, just poverty.
Yajika kwak niyaw nimukwewpa niyawi ka Arkuj, niyaw niknutza nuteku pal nikajwa.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél, yaja, yajika
Translation
Therefore when I go back to the arch, I'm going to speak to my father to chew him out."
Kienej kilwia katka ne ipilawan.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
This is what he told them.
Al fin keman yaja kineki miki ka mayana wan te kipia kishtia se espejuj tay oraj takipini.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Finally, when he wanted to die because he was hungry and because he had nothing, he got out a mirror while it was lightning.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Nuamikuj ikustuj na nikchiwa kontar cuentos de cosas ke chiwki suceder nin tik nutechan, an nikchij kontar una cosa ke nutatanoy nechiwki kontar Ya nechilwij ka nin tik tutechan kaj de mala suerte kimutiat, kisa se animal ke yejemet kilwiat "Tzuntekumat".
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Nuamikuj ikustuj na nikchiwa kontar cuentos de cosas ke chiwki suceder nin tik nutechan, an nikchij kontar una cosa ke nutatanoy nechiwki kontar Ya nechilwij ka nin tik tutechan kaj de mala suerte kimutiat, kisa se animal ke yejemet kilwiat "Tzuntekumat". Yajika nutatanoy nechchiwki akonsejar kaj te ma ninejnemi tayua porke tamutiat.
My friend likes me to tell him stories about the things that have taken place in my town. Now I'm going to tell him something that my grandfather told me. He told me that in our town unfortunately one can be frightened. There's a creature they call the "skull". So, my grandfather advised me not to walk at night because they terrify you.
Yajika nutatanoy nechchiwki akonsejar kaj te ma ninejnemi tayua porke tamutiat.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yajika
Translation
Nuamikuj ikustuj na nikchiwa kontar cuentos de cosas ke chiwki suceder nin tik nutechan, an nikchij kontar una cosa ke nutatanoy nechiwki kontar Ya nechilwij ka nin tik tutechan kaj de mala suerte kimutiat, kisa se animal ke yejemet kilwiat "Tzuntekumat". Yajika nutatanoy nechchiwki akonsejar kaj te ma ninejnemi tayua porke tamutiat.
My friend likes me to tell him stories about the things that have taken place in my town. Now I'm going to tell him something that my grandfather told me. He told me that in our town unfortunately one can be frightened. There's a creature they call the "skull". So, my grandfather advised me not to walk at night because they terrify you.
Keman yaja yawi katka derechoj ne kayej, yaj kiski iishpan Siwanawal.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
When he was going down the street the Siguanaba (a siren-like supernatural being in the form of a woman) came out in front of him.
Tayika te?
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, tika
Translation
Tayika te? Naja niLionaj!
"Sure, I'm Leonarda."
Kan kilpij, kilwia: Bueno, an tiawit ka muchan.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Kan kilpij, kilwia: Bueno, an tiawit ka muchan. Tiawit tikitat su cierto kaj taja tiLionaj!
When he tied her, he said, "OK, now let's go to your house to see if it's true that you are Leonarda".
Pwes, tiawit tikitat ka naj nikalaki nuchan.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
"OK, let's go see that I will enter my house."
Wan Lionaj kichiwtuk sentir sujsul sesek, yajika muketztuk peyna bien tayua; kitatia tit pal panu isesek.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yajika
Translation
Kwikak ne siwat ichan neyuk siwat itukay Lionaj. Wan Lionaj kichiwtuk sentir sujsul sesek, yajika muketztuk peyna bien tayua; kitatia tit pal panu isesek.
He took the woman to the house of the other woman named Leonarda and (this) Leonarda had been very cold. So she had gotten up late at night to light the fire to get over being cold.
Kunij, keman ajsik ne takat ke kwika ne siwat ilpijtuk wan isinidor.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Kunij, keman ajsik ne takat ke kwika ne siwat ilpijtuk wan isinidor. Kilwia: "Nana Lionaj!"
Then, when the man arrived who brought the woman tied with his belt, he said, "Doña Leonarda".
Aj, nin nalwika se siwat tina kaj taja.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: alwika
Translation
"Oh, I bring a woman here who says that she is you."
Ka ne niknamik tik kayej ka ne kajkuik.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
"I ran into her there in the street, up there."
"Tayika te?
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, tika
Translation
"Tayika te? NiLionaj."
"'sure, I'm Leonarda.'"
Al descuido nikilpij wan nusinidor wan nin nalwika pal niwitz nikita su cierto ka tesu tinemi."
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél, alwika
Translation
"On the sly I tied her up with my belt and I'm bringing her here to see if it's true that it's not you."
Tayika te?
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, tika
Translation
Tayika te? Naj nin (ni)nemi, mas bien nisekmiki.
"Sure, I'm here, but I'm cold."
Yajika nimuketzki niktatia tit pal nimututunia.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yajika
Translation
"That's why I got up to light the fire to warm up."
Pero antes de que ya musutuma, tay ora pejki kichij jwersaj pal yawi, muchiwa fijar ne takat ka ne siwat ne iijikshi tesu iijikshi ken pal jentej, sino ke iijikshi puru iijikshi tijlan.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
But before she got untied, when she began to struggle to go, the man noticed that the woman's feet were not like people's feet, rather they were really chicken feet.
Yajika, an nuamikoj nikchij kontar pal kimati ka nemi Tzuntekumat wan nemi Siwanawal, pal kaj te kipia balor kimutia.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél, yaja, yajika
Translation
Therefore, now, I told my friend so that he will know that the "skull" exists and that the Siguanaba exists, for whoever is not brave will be frightened.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Ne Sipitiyuj nikishmati nusan ka kisa tajtayua nusan wan nusan a las doce de la noche.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
The sipitillo, I know him too; he comes out at night too, at midnight.
Kaj kichij konvenir kichiju kanar nusan, ashta kimaka tutunik keman kinmutia, yajne (yaja ne) kilwiat Sipitiyuj.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: maka
Translation
Whoever it pays, can come out ahead, also. He even gives a fever to those he frightens. That one is called "the Sipitillo".
Varios tesu kishmatket ma ka kichij konvenir kisa, kisa con la noche, las doce de la noche, tayuwa.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél
Translation
Many haven't known that it doesn't pay to go out at night, at midnight.
Ne syujti ne nupiltzin kimutij ka yajki kimutiat tzanat ne tik ne mil, yajika kimutij a, ina kitak ne Sipitiyuj, ina.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: ika, ka, ka3, ká2, katiawél, yaja, yajika
Translation
Once my son was terrified when he was going to frighten off grackels there in the cornfield. So he was frightened; he says he saw the sipitillo.
Yajika ya kishmati nusan ne Sipitiyuj.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: yaja, yajika
Translation
That's how he came to know the sipitillo also.
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