KUYEL: VIRUELA

Lo que sigue es una transcripción de la interacción sobre la viruela (kuyel en tzotzil), con un análisis y glosas (en inglés) morfema por morfema.   Para volver a ver el video, escoge una liga: REAL VIDEO (0.7Mb),  transcripción de video sincronizada; sólo el  sonido (formato MP3, 0.3Mb), o el sonido sincronizado con la transcripción.

 

  1  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?

  2  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.

  3  j;   ji`

          ji`

          yes

          Yeah.

  4  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?

  5  m;   .

  6       muk'tik-

          muk'  -tik

          large -PLINC

          They were big.

  7       xi smuk'tikil

          xi       s-  muk'tikil

          say,thus 3E- size

          About this big.

  8       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.

  9  x;     kere

          kere

          boy

          Gee!

          [

 10  m;   chak chin

          chak      chin

          like,want skin_rash

          Like a rash.

 11  x;   aa

          aa

          yes

 12  m;   sak-k'uyanik

          sakk'uyan       -ik

          white_in_clumps -PL

          Whitish clumps

 13       jpat jxokontik

          j-  pat  j-  xokon -tik

          1E- back 1E- side  -PLINC

          all over our bodies.

 14  x;   kere

          kere

          boy

          Gee!

 15  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.

 16  x;   a bweno

          a  bweno

          ah good

          Okay.

 17  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.

 18       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!

 21  m;   ja` me-

          ja` me

          !   DESID

          That's right.

 22       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.

 25  m;   vo`ne kere:

          vo`ne    kere

          long_ago boy

          A long time, indeed!

                [

 26  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.

 30       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.

 31       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?

 32       ja` nan chk unen tzeb ((he he he))

          ja` nan     chk  unen  tzeb

          !   perhaps like small girl

          Perhaps the size of your little girl.

 33  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.

 35  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.

 36  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.

 37  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.