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Search: nigi. 3 total hits in 3 transcripts.
The fairy and the ten bald spirits (1)
uti bei bi: belie bize uti, wei-nigi eme: bie, b’a eme-weŋ-ki-ni.
this fairy be.PRES.PTC fairy perhaps this hight-ABL come.PST.PTC be.PRES.PTC sky come-CAUS-PST-3SG
этот fairy быть.PRES.ПРИЧ fairy perhaps этот hight-АБЛ прийти.ПРОШ.ПРИЧ быть.PRES.ПРИЧ небо прийти-CAUS-ПРОШ-3ЕД
She was probably just a fairy, she had come from above and then returned to the sky.
Она, наверное, просто бэле была, сверху пришла, на небо вернулась.
The fox with ten tails (1)
kä-la-ni em’e, merge a:-zi a:-zi e:-nigi {gotovila} aŋi=de aŋi-gi-e-ni cek-cek esi-gi-e-ni.
near-LOC-3SG come.PF hero good-INST good-INST below-ABL {get:ready.PST} INDEF=FOC INDEF-REP-PST-3SG ready.RED.IDEO become-REP-PST-3SG
near-ЛОК-3ЕД прийти.ПРФ hero хороший-INST хороший-INST below-АБЛ {get:ready.ПРОШ} INDEF=ФОК INDEF-REP-ПРОШ-3ЕД ready.RED.IDEO become-REP-ПРОШ-3ЕД
The fox came closer to the hero and he prepared, sat on guard.
Лиса близко к нему подбежала, егдигэ снизу приготовился, начеку сидит.
Zabdala, an extraordinary snake (1)
ceze=de zabdala=da sita-ni bi-mi, bi-mi=de ma, bi emuge do:-nigi-ni lukta:-k sin-a-wa wonde-zeŋe-i ceze zabdala=da sita-ni bi: si.”
really=FOC snake=FOC child-3SG be-INF be-INF=FOC REFR be cradle in-ABL-3SG untie.PST-EXPR you-0-ACC throw-FUT-1SG really snake=FOC child-3SG be.2SG you
really=ФОК snake=ФОК ребенок-3ЕД быть-INF быть-INF=ФОК REFR быть cradle в-АБЛ-3ЕД untie.ПРОШ-EXPR ты-0-АКК бросать-ФУТ-1ЕД really snake=ФОК ребенок-3ЕД быть.2ЕД ты
If you are indeed the son of a snake, I will untie you from the cradle and throw you if you are indeed the son of a snake.»
Если ты и правда змеиный сын, я отвяжу тебя от люльки и брошу, (если) ты и правда змеиный сын.»
The meaningless element "ma", glossed as REFL, is added for metric reasons.