015. The Crow Girl

Told by William, October 11, 1913. ntbk. VII: 51;

A Nuuchahnulth joke.

15.1
ʔaaqinħak 
ʔaqin 
what? 
-ħaˑk 
2s.INTERR 
why are you? 
ħiħisčink 
ħiħisčinkʷ 
have blood on the calves 
having blood on the calves 
k̉eeʔinqees 
k̉eeʔinqas 
Crow-Daughter 
-ee 
VOC 
Crow-Daughter 
. 

'Why do you have blood on your calves, Crow-daughter?'

15.2
hacsa 
hacsa2 
1s.INFER-PRT 
it seems that I am 
numa 
numa 
menstruate 
menstruating 
. 

'It seems that I am menstruating.'

A modified form of nomaˑk 'tabooed', used as a euphemism for ʕic̉aˑt 'menstruating' which cannot be used in presence of women.