What's like what

[iad58]

It is known that the Hupa are acorn eaters. But man doth not live by acorns alone, and they do know about other meat:

na:de’tł’-nehwa:n [=‘pine nuts-they resemble’] beans (modern)
qo:-nehwa:n [=‘worms, maggots-it resembles’] rice
k’itse:qe:ch’e’-nehwa:n [=‘a skull-it resembles’] squash, pumpkin
k’imit’-nehwa:n [=‘a belly-it resembles’] watermelon
k'ich'e:q'e' nehwa:n [=‘intestines / it resembles’] hot dogs, sausages
k'iyehch'o' nehwa:n [=‘eel strings / it resembles’] spaghetti (cooked)
k’ina’ch’ixixe:l’-nehwa:n [= ‘(berry of) Solomon’s Seal-it resembles’] tomato
k’iqude’-tse:l-nehwa:n [=‘willow root-[blood-it resembles=red]’] beet
k’iqude’-xong’-nehwa:n [=‘willow root-[fire-it resembles=orange]’] carrot
me'ist-nehwa:n na:ng'e:tł' [=‘pestle-resembling / hanging down’] pears

nułmiwh mik'iwiyul' [=‘monkey / its food’] bananas

k’iłixun [=‘what tastes good’] deer meet, venison

Comments

[platonicus.livejournal.com]

А откуда у них слово "обезьяна"? Это же Северная Америка, нет?

[iad.livejournal.com]

Это Калифорния. Слово означает ‘it swings around’. Как-то получилось, что хупы сперва познакомились с обезьянами, а потом уже с бананами.