In Our Languages: Northern Pomo

In Our Languages: Northern Pomo

Dinner Blessing

As told by Edna Campbell Guerrero
Submitted by Erica Carson

mamu:l
You,

yaʔma-ʔenamo:w
our Father

ʔal maʔa xa:pʰit’ayatilnamu:l dashadiʔim
accept this poor, humble food.

t̪ o: xa:pʰit’am
Have pity on me,

xa:pʰit’ayekʰe ʔa: na
I am to be pitied.

Jaʔ masan t̪ʰin
I am not a rich person.

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k’o sho:w
I do not have things.

pʰik’a kal kʰe sho:w
I lack baskets and beads.

nan min nant̪ e xa:pʰit’ayaltil ʔa: mit̪ o ʔal min
Even so, humble, I offer this to you,

mili t̪ o: mit̪ o xapʰit’a:kakʰe
with this, you will take pity on me.