SIERRA POPOLUCA SPEECH—FOSTER AND FOSTER 39 
“for this reason”), porketi?iga < porque+tiiga 
(“because”’), si?iga <Q sit iga that (expression 
translated by ‘if’; in Popoluca ‘if’? is mé°iga). 
Spanish prepositions which are replacing Popoluca 
forms are para and con, used with the appropriate 
thematic affixes of the verb which in Popoluca 
express these concepts, e. g., para mimié for you 
(mimié 2d. per. pron. mié prefixed as stative verb), 
ku?n iyé"mo with his wife (?iyé'mo his wife). The 
Spanish agentive suffix -e7o, in the form -tero, is 
often attached to Popoluca verb or noun stems to 
form an agentive noun, e. g., ?e¢téro dancer (*e¢ 
dance, yo'Sa'téro worker (*yoSa: work), taktéro 
house builder (tak house). 
SPECIMEN TEXT AND ANALYSIS 
STORY OF A WITCH 
winak (1) hé?m (2) pA-sin (3) 
Once upon a time the men 
puhyahpa (4) ?iga (5) nAwat (6) 
went out as witches. 
nakyahpa (7) hé-yi (8) hi?ma (9) 1 (10) 
They went taking a walk far away, and 
hé?m (2) iwatyé-mo (11) da (12) 
the his wife not 
%ihd?don (13) ti (14) ?7imé?¢pa (15) 
she knew what he was seeking 
*iwadaya (16) *ImA?mA?ypa (17) mié (18) 
her husband. She said to him *YOu; 
hart (19) mis<?ba (20) da (12) 
where do you go?” Not 
nawat (6) 
witch. 
?inmatpa (21) hé?m (2) 
he spoke to her the 
hé?ti?m (22 
She herself 
?ikusui¢pa (24) 
?iwaty6é-mo (11) 
his wife. 
siéte (26) 
i?7{-Spa (23) 
saw him 
¢u’°a'né?om (25) 
She spied on him. She had already stayed up seven 
at night 
ndée (27) 71 (10) ?dokma (28) 1?f-Spa (23) 
nights and then she saw it 
*hakpa (29) ?ik6-so (30) 71 (10) 
he cut it off, his knee. And 
ndmpa (31) *iyé6"mo (32) si?aba?m (33) 
she said his wife, “Right now 
ihd?do?na:p (34) ti (14) = ®anawada?ypa (35) 
he will know what I will do with it.” 
71 (10) ?okma (28) moh (36) ihd's (37) 
And then she began to think. 
ndmpa (31) wa: (38) hiwi (39) 1 (10) 
She said “It is good chile.”’ And 
moh (36) imo¢a’y (40) °1°{-Sum (41) 
she began to grind it. She then saw 
ha’d (42) ié4g (43) ~—iptty (44) ~—s»h?m (2) 
where he left his leg the 
nawat (6) nd&mpa (31) yé-mo (45) 
witch. She said woman 
hiwi (39) °iganam (47) 
chile.” while 
°ankdodayd?ypa (46) 
“T will insert in it for him 
nakné? (48) hi?ma (9) 
he has gone far away. 
hésak (49) sé‘t (50) kukéhak&?m (51) 
When he returned n the morning 
71 (10) moh (36) ikkA?m (52) iké-so (30) 
and began to put on his knee, 
dam (53) namag¢ta:p (54) 71 (10) ?dkma (28) 
no longer it is seized with it. And then 
7ina?mA?ypa (17) ?iwatyé-mo (11) yti'sa (55) 
he said to her his wife “Wake up. 
2K&(56) 7 (57) diy (58) ti (14) 
I who knows what 
?annaska?né? (59) 71 (10) da (12) h&ypa (60) 
has happened to me.’’ And not she speaks 
®iwatyémo (11) 71 (10) ?dkma (28) moh (36) 
his wife. And then he began 
anwéhi (61) ndmpa (31) sA?ap (62) Ae (56) 
to shout. He said, “Now I, 
hu?¢a'p (63) anakké?m (64) ampuy (65) 
how will I do to put on my leg?’’ 
porké (66) hé? (67) puhyahpa (4) 
Because they they go out 
¢u?ké?m (68) ?anhAypa (69) *iwihyah (70) 
at night. They make noise walking. 
?imatonyahpa (71) ?anhaypa (69)  %ndk (72) 
They hear it make noise (as) he goes, 
hé?am (73) trinl6?ka¢ (74) porké (66) 
just the trinlo?ka¢ because 
?anhsypa (75) *iptiy (44) ?iga (76) 
it makes noise his leg that 
?itupsné? (77) i (10) he?yikma (78) 
because of this 
porké (66) 
he has removed. And 
71éakh6?ypa (79)  ?%iwatyé-mo (11) 
it angers her his wife because 
*iku?tpa (80) tant&-wa (81) ndmpa (31) 
he eats our brothers. She spoke 
*iy6'mo (32) sA?aba?m (33) ihd?do?nA:p (34) 
his wife “Right now he will know 
