KUYEL: VIRUELA
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j; ja` taj ech' kuyele k'usi
ja` taj ech' k- u - y
-el -e k'usi
! that pass 1E- month - and -NOM -CL what
What was that epidemic of "kuyel" like?
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x; mu`nuk ich'i ta jbek'taltik nan mu jna`
mu y- u`un
-uk i- ch'i ta
NEG 3E- agency -IRREAL CP- grow PREP
j- bek'tal -tik nan
mu j- na`
1E- flesh -PLINC perhaps NEG 1E- know
I'm not sure, some kind of skin disease I think.
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j; ji`
ji`
yes
Yeah.
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x; k'u x`elan taj kuyel chalik une
k'u x- `elan taj
k- u - y
-el
what ASP- be that 1E- month -
and -NOM
ch- y- al -ik un -e
ICP- 3E- say -PL PT -CL
What was that disease they call "kuyel" like?
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m; .
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muk'tik-
muk' -tik
large -PLINC
They were big.
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xi smuk'tikil
xi s- muk'tikil
say,thus 3E- size
About this big.
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sak-k'uyanik chk ch'iuk
sakk'uyan -ik
chk
white_in_clumps -PL like
ch'i -uk
grow -IRREAL
They would form big whitish clumps when they grew.
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x; kere
kere
boy
Gee!
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m; chak chin
chak chin
like,want skin_rash
Like a rash.
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x; aa
aa
yes
12
m; sak-k'uyanik
sakk'uyan -ik
white_in_clumps -PL
Whitish clumps
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jpat jxokontik
j- pat j- xokon -tik
1E- back 1E- side -PLINC
all over our bodies.
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x; kere
kere
boy
Gee!
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m; mu xa stak' xipuch'iotik
mu xa s-
tak'
NEG already 3E- answer
x- i- puch'i
-otik
ASP- CP- lie_down -1APLI
We couldn't even lie down.
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x; a bweno
a bweno
ah good
Okay.
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m; oy toj tzo:tz ch`ak'batik jlom
oy toj tzotz
ch- ak' -b-
-at -ik
exist too_much strong ICP- give -BEN- -PASS
-PL
jun- lom
one- NC[group]
Some people were given really serious cases.
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solel xch'oet is spat ikom
solel x- ch'oet li s- s- pat
only ASP- punctured ART3E-
3E- back
i- kom
CP- remain
Their backs were just filled with holes.
19
xk'a`et tajmek
x- k'a`et ta
j- mek
ASP- rotting PREP one- NC[time]
20
x; kere
kere
boy
Gee!
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m; ja` me-
ja` me
! DESID
That's right.
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xi:- . ya`el chka`ie
xi ya`el ch-
k- a`i -e
say,thus it_seems ICP- 1E- hear -CL
That's they way I heard it.
23
mu jna`be smelol lek
mu j- na` -be s- melol
lek
NEG 1E- know -BEN 3E- proper_way good
I don't really know the truth of the matter.
24
x; kere yu`nan vo`ne xa un
kere yu` nan vo`ne xa
un
boy be_able perhaps long_ago already PT
Boy, that must have been a long time ago.
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m; vo`ne kere:
vo`ne kere
long_ago boy
A long time, indeed!
[
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x; yu`un vo`ne che`e
y- u`un
vo`ne che`e
3E- agency long_ago then
Yes, it was a long time ago.
27
m; vo`ne
vo`ne
long_ago
Long ago.
28
x; kere
kere
boy
Gee!
29
m; k'u no van xal li mol rominko ulo`etik
k'u no van
xal li mol rominko
what only perhaps+Q say ART old,large Domingo
ulo`etik
visitor
Why, old Domingo the Chamula tells about it.
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va`i ja` o la . choti
av- a`i ja` o la choti
2E- hear ! then EVID sit_down
You heard, that he had just learned to sit then.
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k'u nan smuk'ul taj ichoti
k'u nan s- muk'ul taj
i- choti
what perhaps 3E- size that CP-
sit_down
At what age did he learn to sit?
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ja` nan chk unen tzeb ((he he he))
ja` nan chk unen tzeb
! perhaps like small girl
Perhaps the size of your little girl.
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x; yu`nan ja` yech nan chk le`e
yu` nan ja` yech nan
chk
be_able perhaps ! thus perhaps like
le` -e
that,there -CL
Perhaps he was no bigger than that child.
34
m; ja` un
ja` un
! PT
Right.
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x; ch`albat xa ya`iik un yu`van
ch- `al -b- -at
xa y- a`i -ik un
ICP- say -BEN- -PASS already 3E- hear -PL PT
yu`van
after_all
So he was told, they say.
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m; ja`o la lichoti va`i xi
ja`o la
l- -i- choti av- a`i
just_then QUOT CP- -1A- sit_down 2E- hear
xi
say,thus
"That's when I was able to sit," he says, as you have heard.
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x; a bweno
a bweno
ah good
Okay.
38
m; i` pero
ii pero
yes but
Ah, but...
39
vo`ne che`e
vo`ne che`e
long_ago then
That was indeed long ago!
40
mol xa li . nel xa li mol rominko
mol xa li
nel xa
li
old,large already ART finished already ART
mol rominko
old,large Domingo
And he's now old, old Domingo is now finished.