Hōcąk Syllabic Text — The Bugged Raccoon

Hōcąk Text — The Bugged Raccoon

narrated by John Greengrass

Original Recording — The Bugged Raccoon 00.00.00-02.55.227.

Stylistic Features

	hapaxlegomena: heegų́ = žeegų́, "perhaps this/that"; higų́ in the sense of "perhaps"; hūsīk for hūksīk, "hazel"; hoją̄, "thicket" [Shigley], "line, row" [Miner] (cf. hoja, "where they grow"); hēi, "arrrgh!" an exclamation expressing fear and frustration; kwē, a variant of kē, "not"; teegų́ (< tée-higų́), "perhaps this"; žeegų́ (< žée-higų), "perhaps this/that".
	rare words: wāzánąną́, "noise".
	unique contractions: geegų́ (< ga’á-heegų́); gų́įge (< gų̄́-žigé); hagoré, "occasion" (< hagá-horé).

Abbreviations:

ᴀᴜx	auxiliary verb ų́ų, "do, make, have, be"	ɪɴᴛʀ	intransitivizer wa-
ᴄᴀᴜs	auxiliary verb híi, "cause" or "allow"	ʟᴏᴄ	locative suffix -eǰą
ᴄᴏɴᴊ	conjunctive suffix -anąga	ɴᴇɢ	negative particle hįké, hąké, ké
ᴄᴏɴᴛ	continuative suffix	ɴᴇɢ	negative suffix -nį
ᴅᴇᴄʟ	declarative sentence final, length + -ną	ɴᴏᴍ	nominalizer
ᴅᴇᴍ	demonstrative suffix -ga	ᴘᴀss	passivizing suffix -(h)ire
ᴅᴜʙ	dubitative suffix	ᴘɴ	personal name suffix -ga
ᴇᴍᴘʜ	emphatic -gi-	ᴘᴏs	positional continuative
ɢɴ	gnomic suffix -gaǰą	ʀᴇᴅ	reduplication
ʜs	hearsay suffix	sᴜʙ	subordinating suffix
ɪɴᴛᴇɴs	intensivizer -xǰį

The morphemes are, if free, accented as they would be if used as words. Morphemes showing no accent mark are bound.

Explanation of Connectives

Higų́-words

higų́ "perhaps"
gų́ų = higų́
žeegų́ = žée "this, that" + higų
heegų́ = žeegų́
geegų́ = ga’á "that" + heegų́
higé ∿ žigé, "again"
gų́įge = gų́ų (= higų́) + žigé
teegų́ = tée "this" + higų́

Other Connectives

hagoré, "occasion" = hagá, "time, occurrence" (past or future) + horé, "place" (noun).
hagoréą, hagoréižą = hagoré + hižą́, "one."

Key to Rows:

Miner's Text

Line Number in Miner

Miner's Text

Miner's Analytic Text

Miner's Analytic Translation

Miner's Standard Translation

Audio Corresponding to the Text

Text Revised by Shiela Shigley

Rapidly Spoken Hōcąk

Standard Spoken Hōcąk

Translation

hagoréą

wakenį́ka

éeǰowe’ųą́kšgųnį́.

mą́ą́ǧosgáižą

éeǰowe’ųą́ki,

éeǰa-

howé-

ų́ų-

ąk-

šgųnį.

mą́ą́x-

hosgá-

hižą́

éeǰa-

howé-

ų́ų-

ąk-

gi,

[From time to time]

Little Raccoon

there

go (about)

ᴀᴜx

ᴘᴏs: horizontal

ᴅᴜʙ

field

open, clear

one

there

go (about)

ᴀᴜx

ᴘᴏs: horizontal

sᴜʙ

Sometimes

Little Raccoon

he usually went around there.

An open field

while he was going around there,

Bugged Raccoon Audio 00.00-02.6

00.15.2-17.8

Goréą

waraiyą̄,

Wakēı̨̄ka

ējaowé’ųą́k šųnų́n',

mą̄ǧosgāiyą

ējaowé’ųą́ki,

Hagorḗa,

wažą̄r̨aižą̄,

Wakḗįka,

ēja howe’ųą́k šųnų́n',

mą̄ǧosgāižą

ēja howé’ųą́ki,

Once upon a time,

a certain

Little Raccoon

used to be going around there,

a prairie

as he'd be going around there,

hagoréegų,

éeǰa

rahežé,

hagoréegu,

waazaawaa

waazánąną́

nąąxgų́

žeegų́,

rahé

žé,

[...]

[now then]

there

on the way going

ʜs

noise

hear

[...]

00:18.97-21.63

00.25.8-27.9

goreą,

egų,

goreą

egų,

ēja

rahēžé.

Goreą

ēgų̄

wāzāwā–wāzānąną

ną̄xgų̄že,

ēgų̄

hagorēižą,

ēgų̄,

ēja

rahēžé.

Hagorēižą

ēgų̄

wāzānąrą

ną̄xgų̄že,

ēgų̄

so at times,

then,

[so at times,

then,]

there

he'd be going along.

Once

[then]

noise

he heard,

and

heegų́

nąąžį́

kirijéánągá,

heegų́

waaną́xgųxgų́

geegų́,

heegų́

gų́įge

ees’áže.

kirijé-

anąga,

wa-

haną́xgų́

+ ʀᴇᴅ

ée-

s’a-

že

[...]

stand

stop

ᴄᴏɴᴊ

[...]

ɪɴᴛʀ

listen, hear

[...]

speak, say

cont

ʜs

00.25.8-27.9 (cont.)

00.35.4-38.0

hēgų̄

žigē

hēgų̄

ną̄žı̨̄

kirijeāka

hēgų̄

waną̄xgų̄n’,

nųįge

ēgų̄,

hēgų̄,

gų̄įgē

e s’áre.

hēgų̄

žigē

hēgų̄

ną̄žı̨̄

kirijeāka

hēgų̄

waną̄xgų̄n’,

nųnįge,

ēgų̄,

gų̄įgē*

ē s’āre.

then

he stood

bolt upright

and

he listened to it,

but,

well,

[then]

it must have still been speaking.

* or ēgų̄ žigē.

gų́įge

waazánąną́

nąąxgų́gi,

heegų́

hagoréą

geegų́,

weežé:

nąąxgų́

wa-

ée-

že

[...]

hear

sᴜʙ

[...]

ɪɴᴛʀ

speak, say

ʜs

00.38.6-42.9

00.43.6-47.6Z

Nųįge

ēgų̄

wāzā–wāzānąną

ēgų̄

ną̄xgų̄gi

egų

[goreege]

hēgų̄,

[ē]

hagoréą

egų,

wēžé:

Nųnįge

ēgų̄

wāzānąną

ēgų̄

ną̄xgų̄gi,

ēgų̄

[goreege]

hēgų̄

hagoréą

ēgų̄,

wēžé:

Nonetheless,

then,

the noise

[then]

when he heard,

well,

[then]

[at one time]

then

it said:

11			12
wakéįgroō,*	wakéįgroō,	wakenį́gra,†	wakenį́gra:	mą́ą́ǧosgá		ǰaaną́nągré
				mą́ą́x-	hosgá	ǰaaną́ga-	ąk-	re
"Little raccoon,	little raccoon,	little raccoon,	little raccoon:	field	open, clear	how many	ᴘᴏs: horiz.	sᴜʙ
00.50.0-56.9				00.57-01.03.81
"Wakēįgrōō	Wakēįgrōō,	Wakēnı̨̄gra,	Wakēnı̨̄gra,	mą̄ǧōsgā		jāną̄kāgrē,
"Wakéįgᵉrō-ō,	Wakéįgᵉrō-ō,	Wakēnı̨̄gᵉra,	Wakēnı̨̄gᵉra,	mą̄ǧōsgā		jāną̄kāgrē,
"Little Raccoon,	Little Raccoon,	Little Raccoon,	Little Raccoon:	prairies		however many,

* "A word-final vowel is changed to an overlong oo under certain conditions, including the need to attract someone's attention by calling him." p. 100, §5.
† "The nominalizer -ra is used in direct address." p. 100, §5.

12 (cont.)

hąkíižą

nįhehánįįną,

hé

wakéįgroō,

wakéįk.

éegi

heegų́

nųųwą́kše.

hąké-

hižą́

nįhé

ha-

nį-

ną,

nųųwą́k

že

ɴᴇɢ

one

exist; be thus

ᴄᴀᴜs (1p sg)

ɴᴇɢ₂

ᴅᴇᴄʟ

hé

little raccoon

little raccoon."

Then

[...]

run.

00.57-01.03.81 (cont.)

01.08.3-11.6

hą̄kēižą

nı̨̄he hanįną.

Hēi

hēi,

Wakēįgrōō,

Wakēįk."

Ēgi

ēgų̄

nų̄wą̄kš’.

hą̄kēižą

nı̨̄he hanįną.

Hēi

hēi,

Wakéįgᵉrō-ō

Wakēįk."

Ēgi

ēgų̄

nų̄wą̄kše.

not one

I have not missed.

Hēi

hēi,

Little Raccoon

Little Raccoon."

And

so then

he ran.

heegų́

nųųgíwąkǰįžé.*

gų́ų

huuksíkǰaižą́

éeǰa

mįįkí,

huuksíguǰanąká

nųų-

gi-

wąk-

xǰį-

že

huuksík

(ho)ǰa-

hižą́

mį́įk

huuksík-

(ho)ǰa-

nąk-

[...]

run

ᴇᴍᴘʜ

run

ɪɴᴛᴇɴs

ʜs

[...]

hazel bush

line, row

one

there

lie

sᴜʙ

hazel bush

line, row

ᴘᴏs: squat

ᴅᴇᴍ

01.08.3-11.6 (cont.)

01.12.3-17.1

Egų

nų̄gíąkjįž'

ēgų̄,

hēgų̄

goreą

hūksík

hoją̄ra

ēja

mı̨̄k

hēgų̄

goreą

hūksík

hoją̄nąka

Egų

nų̄gíyąkjįže,

ēgų̄,

hagorēižą

hūksík

hoją̄ra

ēja

mı̨̄k(šąną)

hēgų̄

hagorēižą

hūksík

hoją̄nąka

he ran away,

and,

after a point

hazel

thicket

he lay down

[and]

eventually

hazel

that thicket

* the text has, nųų̄gíwąkǰįžé.

17 (cont.)

éeǰa

híi.

hagoréą

éeǰa

hiižé.

heegų́

hąké

nįgoowáire

pįįnį́gi,

híi

že

nįgé-

howé-

(h)ire

pį́į-

nį-

there

arrive going

[...]

there

arrive going

ʜs

[...]

ɴᴇɢ₁

somewhere

ᴘᴀss

good, alright, possible

ɴᴇɢ₂

sᴜʙ

01.12.3-17.1 (cont.)

01.17.7-24.0

goreą

ēja

hīž’.

Hēgų̄

kwē

nįgō-howīré

pı̨̄gi

egų

goreą

hagorēižą

ēja

hīže.

Hēgų̄

kē

nįge howīré

pı̨̄gi,

egų

hagorēižą

eventually

there

he came.

not

place to go through

that was good

and so

[eventually]

20							21
éeǰeegų́		rookǰįéǰookewežé.					gų́ų		xatabrá		hakirúčačás,
		rook-	xǰį-	éeǰa-	hokewé-	že			xatap-	ra
[...]		inside, n.	ᴇᴍᴘʜ	there	enter	ʜs	[...]		brush, growth	ɴᴏᴍ	be criss-crossed, like scissors,
01.17.7-24.0 (cont.)							01.24.9-28.1
ēja	ēgų̄,	rōksiējokéwé				žēgų̄,		hēgų̄	xátáprākīrūcacaš,
ēja	ēgų̄,	rōksiēja	hokéwé			žēgų̄,		hēgų̄	xátápra		hākīrūcacaš,
then	so,	deep there	he entered			that way,		and	the brush		it was thickly intertwined,

22				23
hagoréą	éeǰa	mįįną́kše.					mįįną́ki,				heegų́
		mįįną́k-	že.				mįįną́k-	gi
[...]	there	sit	ʜs				sit	sᴜʙ			[...]
01.24.9-28.1 (cont.)				01.30.6-34.1
hagoréą	ēja	mı̨̄ną́kšąn'.		Goreą	egi	ēja	mı̨̄ną́k'ąn'.		Goreą,	igé
hagorēižą	ēja	mı̄ną́kšąną.		Hagorēižą	egi	ēja	mı̨̄ną́kšąną.		hagorēižą,	žigé
[for some time]	there	he sat.		Finally,	[then,]	there	he sat.		And then	again

23 (cont.)						24
zaaną́nąká			higé		nąąxgų́;
zaanąną	ąk-	ga
noise	ᴘᴏs:horiz	ᴅᴇᴍ	again		hear
01.30.6-34.1 (cont.)						01.34.8-37.4
zāną̄ ną́ka				goreą	ną̄xgų̄že,	gorē	egi	ēgų	zāną̄nąš.
zāną̄ ną́ka				hagorēižą	ną̄xgų̄že,		egi	ēgų	zāną̄nąš.*
that sound				[sometime]	he heard,	[sometime]	then	again	it made a noise.

* zāną̄nąže?

24 (cont.)							25
higé		nąąxgų́gi,		higé	eežé:		"Wakéįgroō,	Wakéįgroō,	Wakenį́gra,
		nąąxgų́-	gi		ée-	že
again		hear	sᴜʙ	again	say, speak	ʜs	"Little raccoon	little raccoon	little raccoon
01.34.8-37.4 (cont.)							01.37.7-42.4		01.37.7-42.4
	Goreą	ną̄xgų̄gi,		[įgų̄įgé]	ēže:		"Wakēįgrōō,	Wakēįgrōō,	Wakēįgra,
	Hagorēižą	ną̄xgų̄gi,		higų žige	ēže:		"Wakéįgᵉrō-ō,	Wakéįgᵉrō-ō,	Wakēįgra,
	Then	listening to it,		again	it said:		"Little Raccoon	Little Raccoon	Little Raccoon

Wakenį́gra:

huuksík

jaaną́nągré

hakíižą

nįhehánįįną,

hé

wakéįgroō,

wakéįk.

ǰaaną́ga-

ąk-

hąké-

hižą́

nįhé

ha-

nį-

ną

Little raccoon:

hazel bush

how many

ᴘᴏs: horiz.

sᴜʙ

ɴᴇɢ

one

exist; be thus

ᴄᴀᴜs (1p sg)

ɴᴇɢ₂

ᴅᴇᴄʟ

"hé

hé

little raccoon,

little raccoon.

01.42.5-49.1

01.49.2-52.6

Wakēįgra,

hūsīk*

jāną́kāgre,

hą̄kēižą̄

nı̨̄he hanįną,

Hēi

hēi,

Wakēįgrō-ō,

Wakēįgra

Wakēįgᵉra,

hūsīk

jāną́gāgre,

hą̄kēižą̄

nı̨̄he hanįną,

Hēi

hēi,

Wakēįgᵉrō-ō,

Wakēįgᵉra

Little Raccoon,

hazels

however many,

not one

I have not missed,

"Hēi

hēi,

Little Raccoon

Little Raccoon.

* for unknown reasons, he says hūsīk here rather than the expected hūksīk.

hą́,

higéegų

nųųwą́kšé.

gų́ų

nųųgíwąkǰįžé.

téegų

xéižą

éeǰanąkí

nųųwą́k

že

nųų-

gi-

wąk-

xǰį-

že

xee-

hižą́

éeǰa-

nąk-

hą́,

[...]

run

ʜs

[...]

run

ᴇᴍᴘʜ

run

ɪɴᴛᴇɴs

ʜs

[...]

hill

one

there

ᴘᴏs: squat

sᴜʙ

01.52.9-56.3

01.56.3-02.02.3

"Hué!"

hihē

hegų̄

nųwą̄kše,

egų,

nų̨̄gíyą̄kjįže,

žēgų̄,

hēgų̄,

hagoréyą

egų

xē

ēja ną́ka

hagoréyą

"Hué!"

hihē

hegų̄

nųwą̄kše,

egų,

nų̨̄gíyą̄kjįže,

žēgų̄,

hēgų̄,

hagorēižą

egų

xē

ēja ną́ka

hagorēižą

"Hué!"

and

he ran,

and

he ran like heck,

and

then,

finally

[then]

hill

that there

then

31 (cont.)

nįįžópoǧią́

éeǰa

ǰeegí

rookǰįéǰa

hagioikéwegí,

nįįš-

ho-

pox-

hižą́

ǰee-

róok-

xǰį-

eǰa

hagi-

hoikéwe-

rock

hole

one

there

ᴘᴏs:vert.

sᴜʙ

inside, n.

ɪɴᴛᴇɴs

ʟᴏᴄ

enter

sᴜʙ

01.56.3-02.02.3 (cont.)

02.02.8-07.47

nı̨̄žopōxiyą

jēga

egų

ejōikēn',

egų

rōksiéja

egų,

rōksiéja

egoikēigų

nı̨̄žopōxižą

ēgi

egų

ēja

hoikeweną,

egų

rōksiéja

egų,

rōksiéja

egų hoikewe egų

a cave

and

[so]

there

he went in,

well

deep inside

and,

deep inside

[this way] he went, and

hagoréegų

hokawás

rōgéǰa,

heegų́

éeǰa,

éeǰeegų́

mį́įkše.

róok-

eǰa

mį́įk-

že

[...]

be dark

inside, n.

ʟᴏᴄ

[...]

there

[...]

lie

ʜs

02.07.47-10.5

02.12.5-17.9

hagoréą

egų,

hēja

goreą

okāzrōgeja,

egų

hagoréą

egų,

ēja

hagoréyą

mı̨̄kšą́n'.

hagorēižą

egų,

hēja

hagorēižą

hokāzrōgeja,*

egų

hagorēižą

egų,

ēja

hagorēižą

mı̨̄kšą́ną.

eventually

then,

there

eventually

in the dark,

[and]

finally

then,

there

finally

he sat.

* or hokawasrōgeja.

hagoréige

waazánąną́

žigeánąxgųžé.

žigé

éeže:

žigé-

hanąxgų-́

že.

ée

že

noise

again

hear

ʜs

Again

say, speak

ʜs

02.12.5-17.9 (cont.)

02.18.9-20.1

Goreą

žige

wā–zāną̄ną

ige

agoreyą

anąxgų̄gi

gorē

ige

ēgų̄

'rāk

goreą

ēžé,

Hagorēižą

žigē

wā–zāną̄ną

žige

hagorēižą

hanąxgų̄gi

hagorēižą

žige

ēgų̄

[hirāk?]

hagoreižą

ēžé,

After a bit

again

the noise

[again]

[after awhile]

he heard the noise, and

then

again

[and]

for the last time

it said,

37			38
wakéįgroō,	wakéįgroō,	wakenį́gra,	wakenį́gra:	nįįžópox			ǰaaną́gągré			hakíižą
				nįįš-	ho-	pox	ǰaaną́ga-	ąk-	re	hąké-	hižą́
"Little raccoon	little raccoon	little raccoon	little raccoon	rock	in	hole	how many	ᴘᴏs: horiz.	sᴜʙ	ɴᴇɢ	one
02.21.6-25.9				02.26.1-33.9
"Wakēįgrōō,	Wakēįgrōō,	Wakēįgra,	Wakēnı̨̄gra,	nı̨̄žōpōx			jāną̄gāgrē			hą̄kēižą
"Wakéįgᵉrō-ō,	Wakéįgᵉrō-ō,	Wakēįgᵉra,	Wakēnı̨̄gᵉra,	nı̨̄žōpōx			jāną̄gāgrē			hą̄kēižą
"Little Raccoon	Little Raccoon	Little Raccoon	Little Raccoon	caves			however many			not one

38 (cont.)

nihehánįįą,

hé

wakéįgroō,

wakéįk.

Wakegá

éeǰa

nąąxgų́gaǰą́.

nįhé

ha-

nį-

įą,

Waké

nąąxgų

gaǰą.

exist; be thus

ᴄᴀᴜs (1p sg)

ɴᴇɢ₂

[one,]

hé

Little Raccoon

Little Raccoon.

Raccoon

ᴘɴ

then

hear, understand

ɢɴ

02.26.1-33.9 (cont.)

02.34.0-37.2

02.38.4-40.5

nı̨̄he

hanįną.

Hēi

hēi,

Wakēįgrō,

Wakēįk.

Wakēįka

ēgų̄,

ēja

ną̄xgų̄ gąją,

nı̨̄he

hanįną.

Hēi

hēi,

Wakéįgᵉro-o,

Wakēįk.

Wakēįka

ēgų̄,

ēja

ną̄xgų̄ gąją,

I have not missed.

Hēi

hēi,

Little Raccoon

Little Raccoon.

Little Raccoon

then,

there

hearing that,

* or ną̄cawa hopox.

43*

nąąčáwa

hopoǧréǰa

horučgágaǰą́,

tée

žeegų́

čaarásgapkéižą

éeǰanąkí,

hé!

woogítek

ho-

pox-

re-

eǰa

ho-

ručgá-

gaǰą

čaarásgapké

hižą́

éeǰa

nąk

gi,

ear

hole

ɴᴏᴍ

ʟᴏᴄ

pick

ɢɴ

this

[...]

tick

one

there

ᴘᴏs: squat

sᴜʙ

be angry

02.41.1-44.4

02.44.5-46.9

02.46.9-48.7

ē,

ną̄c–ną̄cowopox

ēja

rucgā gają

tē

cārásgápke

ēja ną́k,

hēgų̄

wōgīték

ną̄cowopox

ēja

rucgā gają

cārásgápke

ēja ną́k,

hēgų̄

wōgīték

he felt in his ear

here

he felt, and

here

woodtick

sitting there,

and

he was angry

* Miner starts 43 with woogítek.

43 (cont.)
hegųąnį́gugí			hegųąną́ąč		rugagásse!
hegų-	hąnį́gú-	gi	hegų-hąną́ąč		rugagás	že.
[...]	take, bring out	sᴜʙ	[...]	all	tear	ʜs.
02.46.9-48.7 (cont.)
hēgų̄	nı̨̄guk'		hēgų̄	aną̄jirogāgās,			egų̄.
hēgų̄	hanįgugi		hēgų̄	haną̄c	hirogāgās,		egų̄.
and	he pulled it out		and	all	he chewed to pieces,		so.

Source:

Kenneth L. Miner, "Short Modern Winnebago Text with Song," Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 7 (1982): 91-103. https://doi.org/10.17161/KWPL.1808.3619

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