Hakihakànink

In The Garden - Conversation between Nora Dean and Lucy Blalock . . . 1964 . . . [Original sound file is from an 8 mm movie film.]

English:

There are strawberries here,

Lenape:

Nora: Tehim yushe tali,

English:

and onions, and these

Lenape:

òk ulepënàk, òk yuki

English:

peas. They are already tall

Lenape:

tùkòlàkwsita. Mèchi yushe kwënahukuk

English:

potatoes. The white people say, "Irish potatoes."

Lenape:

hopënisàk. Shëwanàkw luwe, "Irish potatoes."

English:

The Delawares brought (these) grasses a while ago,

Lenape:

Wàni Lënape wèski pwètuneyo skiko.

English:

I wish I owned a cow,

Lenape:

Kwèlaha wèhshùmwis nulhala,

English:

then I would graze her there.

Lenape:

Na hànk ntiasin në ta tali.

English:

The grass is overgrown. Um, there is a lot there,

Lenape:

Lucy: [Apt]alskwe. N: Um, xaheli yushe tali,

English:

[because] it was put there what white people call, "Fertilizer."

Lenape:

ikahatasu Shëwanàkw luweyok, "Fertilizer."

English:

It looks good. Um-huh. It looks like it will rain. It will rain again.

Lenape:

L: Wëlinakòt. N: Um-huh. Alàshi xu sukëlan. L: Sukëlan làpi.

English:

When there is a big wind, are you too afraid of it?

Lenape:

N: Enta xinkwi kshàxink, kèpe hàch kwitàmën nën?

English:

No, I am not very afraid.

Lenape:

L: Ku ta, Ntahi kwitamu.

English:

Here is some Lamb's Quarters [a plant]. Have you ever eaten this? L: Um-huh.

Lenape:

N: Shè lah yu xkànësak. Këmihëmichi hàch yushe? L: Um-huh.

English:

What is this? Seems like a gourd, or maybe not?

Lenape:

N: Kèku hàch yushe? Alàshi a ta xkànakhàkw, shihàch ku? L: Um-huh.

English:

Is that Shëwàsko? N: Shëwàsko, um-huh. L: White people call it "Dock." Um-huh, it tastes good.

Lenape:

L: Shëwàsko hàch nën? N: Shëwàsko, um-huh. L: Shëwanàkw tëluwèntàmën "Dock." N: Um-huh, winkanu.

English:

Look at this copper, or is it? A rope, perhaps.

Lenape:

Pëna yushe màxkahsën, shihàch ku? L: Alàhshi tùkòpi, konaèt.

English:

L: A cat is washing his face. I have heard what the old people said, "When a cat is washing his face

Lenape:

L: Pushis ksinkwe. Ni mpihpëntàmëmën luweyok awèninkahke, "Ènta na pushis ksinkwèt

English:

you will have someone visit, someone will visit you from way off."

Lenape:

kata xu kiikàmëke, awèni xu kiikàmùkw òhëlëmi wènchiaichi."