{"id":8312,"date":"2018-07-13T09:56:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T17:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/?p=8312"},"modified":"2018-07-13T13:54:44","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T21:54:44","slug":"in-our-languages-esselen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/in-our-languages-esselen\/","title":{"rendered":"In Our Languages: Esselen"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Our Languages (Esselen)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kakalu-ichi (Crow Sister)<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Deborah A. Miranda<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Kakalu<\/span><\/p>\n

crow,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

neneyisi kakaw<\/span><\/p>\n

walking crow,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

an-siawa-ke\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n

don\u2019t cry\u2014<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ka neme mashaipa nish efe?<\/span><\/p>\n

are you hungry my friend?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A\u2019kxi,<\/span><\/p>\n

Arise,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

loliki tanaichi:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>
\n<\/span>pretty older sister:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

nomen\u2019k makukx,<\/span><\/p>\n

call your companions,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

iyu enemanu.<\/span><\/p>\n

come with me.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kames ictunine,<\/span><\/p>\n

I dream of you,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

nemmishipa alaki,<\/span><\/p>\n

your black eyes,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

nemex alaki shawa asanax.<\/span><\/p>\n

your black tears.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nish ichi,<\/span><\/p>\n

My sister,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

mute ka iw\u2019sin watin<\/span><\/p>\n

let\u2019s go<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

sihapa malpa hano imita.<\/span><\/p>\n

make gossip in the sky.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Kakun, shekesipsha, shewker<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Chickenhawk, sparrowhawk, red tailed hawk<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

sihapa-lala panantonak oi siawa.<\/span><\/p>\n

will make jealous cries.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Let ampa-lala powapisi.<\/span><\/p>\n

We will eat wind.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Nemulam let ma\u2019ali nenilala. <\/span><\/p>\n

We will not go back.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Let asumpa-lala, mefpayisi\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n

We will fly, dancing\u2014<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

ike, mefpayisi, ichi! Ike.<\/span><\/p>\n

yes, dancing, sister! \u00a0Yes.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Our Languages (Esselen) Kakalu-ichi (Crow Sister) By Deborah A. Miranda   Kakalu crow, \u00a0 neneyisi kakaw walking crow, \u00a0 an-siawa-ke\u2014 don\u2019t cry\u2014 \u00a0 ka neme mashaipa nish efe? are you hungry my friend? \u00a0 A\u2019kxi, Arise, \u00a0 loliki tanaichi:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pretty older sister: \u00a0 nomen\u2019k makukx, call your companions, \u00a0 iyu enemanu. come with me.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":8315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,401],"tags":[419,420,355],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-8312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-in-our-languages","tag-deborah-miranda","tag-esselen","tag-in-our-languages"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mirandad.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8312"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8312"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8318,"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8312\/revisions\/8318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8312"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfromnativecalifornia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=8312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}