Treat the Pine-Tip Well

Start Time	Passamaquoddy-Maliseet	English
00:01	Ktahcuwi yaq ktolewestuwamannuk	They say we have to talk
00:03	knicannuk,	to our children,
00:05	you know, naka nekomaw nicanuwa.	you know, and they to their children.
00:10	Ktahcuwi-na wikuwamkomtultipon.	And we have to be visiting with each other.
00:13	Ya, ya.	Yes, yes.
00:14	Naka kuskicinuwatuwawolotinen.	And speak our language.
00:17	Nit keti-sikeyik.	That's what's going to be hard.
00:18	Tahalu mecimiw, aha.	Just like before, yes.
00:19	Nit keti-sikeyik.	That's what's going to be hard.
00:21	Etoli-ksonuwiki nit-tehc	Whenever I am baby-sitting,
00:22	ntiyali-skicinuwokawolotinen.	we will dance all around.
00:24	An ci etoli-ksonuwikiyin nekom wikuwak.	So when you baby-sit at her house.
00:28	Ma-te ktolintu, tehpu kotumahs?	You don't sing, just drum?
00:31	Aha, ma-te nihtawintu.	Yes, I don't know how to sing.
00:32	Nahahte wot mehci-yuhuk.	I just finished telling her that.
00:38	Tuhtuwas-olu tan?	What about the pine-tip dance?
00:40	Muste nit ma nihtawehtuwon.	I don't even know how to do that.
00:41	Nama?	No?
01:02	Eci-wihqaceyik, Eliss.	It was so much fun, Alice.
01:04	Ya.	Yes.
01:05	Eci-wihqaceyik neket	It was so much fun that time at the
01:06	Smithsonian apintultiyek.	Smithsonian when we went to sing.
01:08	U ya, coqahk-al-ote, wikuwaceyu.	Oh yes, of course, it was fun.
01:10	On ehta	And so
01:12	nit etolintuwatomek nit tuhtuwas,	we sang that pine-tip song,
01:13	on Eliss 'titomon,	and Alice said,
01:15	"Nilun-oc ntolintuwatomonen, kil knatk."	"We will sing it, you go dance."
01:20	On ehta natkan.	And so I danced.
01:21	On ehta,	And, well,
01:23	'piluwatokehtun kekesk.	she sang it a little differently.
01:24	Nekom?	Her?
01:25	Aha. On ntoli-tpitahasin,	Yes. And I thought,
01:27	tan ktolalokittiyewoleyuwanen	how the heck does one take
01:29	tuhtuwas?	good care of a pine-tip?
01:32	On ehta,	And so,
01:33	nit etolokay, etolokay nit...	as I danced, as I was dancing...
01:35	etolokat, etolokat tuhtuwas...	as the pine-tip was dancing...
01:38	on ehta ntitomon,	and I said,
01:39	"Ah, ktahcuwi-woleyuwan.	"Ah, we have to take good care of it,
01:40	Ah, ktahcuwi-woleyuwanen tuhtuwas."	Ah, we have to take good care of the pine-tip."
01:43	On ehtahc nit ntolehtun.	And I would do this to it.
01:45	"Ktahcuwi-woleyuwan tuhtuwas."	"We have to take care of the pine-tip."
01:48	Etutalokittiyelomit nekom.	She was laughing so darn hard.
01:50	Etolintaq?	While she was singing?
01:51	Etolintaq etolokay nil.	While she was singing, I was dancing.
01:55	Etoli-malikimit.	She was laughing at me.
02:00	Siki-Eliss.	Alice is such a trickster.
02:04	Wihqaceyu mecimiw	It used to be fun
02:05	yaliyawolotiyek, yalintultiyek.	going around, singing around.
02:08	Wihqaceyu.	It was fun.
02:09	Wihqaceyu nit wen elluhket.	It's fun to do that.
02:13	Kil-lu tan, Eliss, kotuwint?	What about you Alice, are you going to sing?
02:15	U, ya. Temonu-te.	Oh yes. In a little while.
02:18	Temonu-te kisopote?	Will the drum be warm soon?
02:19	Kisopote?	It's warming up?
02:21	Ktotoli-ksihposomon?	Are you warming it up?
02:26	Temonu-te kisessu?	Is it almost ready?
02:27	Iya.	Yes.
02:29	Temonu-te wolacqessu?	Will it slide well in a bit?
02:31	Wolacqessu...	Slide ...
02:35	Nehe, ksankewopultinen.	Okay, let's sit quietly.
02:36	Aha.	Yes.
02:46	Nomocintehkomuhsic tuhtuwas.	Dance sideways, pine-tip.
03:01	Qey hayuwanehu, qey hayuwanehu.	Qey hayuwanehu, qey hayuwanehu.
03:27	Wiwonihtehkomuhsic tuhtuwas.	Dance around, pine-tip.
04:01	Kuleyuwaniya yaq tuhtuwas.	Treat the pine-tip well, they say.
04:38	Kulokehkimaniya yaq tuhtuwas.	Teach the pine-tip well, they say.
05:14	Kakawtehkomuhsic tuhtuwas.	Dance fast, pine-tip.
05:41	Wu!	Whoo!
05:43	Beautiful!	Beautiful!
05:44	I mean, eci-wolihtaqahk!	It sounds so wonderful!
05:48	Eluwe-te...	Almost...
05:49	Nit-te nmacentun.	I started to sing.
05:50	Kat-olu!	Of course!
05:51	Eluwe-te...	Almost...
05:52	Etutalokittiyentu!	I was singing like crazy!
05:55	Naka ma knihtawintuwon?	And you don't know how to sing?
05:56	Naka ma nihtawintuwon.	And I don't know how to sing.
06:02	Sesolahki-te totolihtehson nkat.	My leg suddenly started moving.
06:04	Etuttehsok 'kat.	Her leg was just a-going.
06:06	- Etuttehsok.	- Her leg was just a-going.
06:11	Pisessu-te kpokahkonumok?	It goes right into your bloodstream.
06:13	Kat-olu, iya.	Of course, yes.
06:15	Ktahcuwi. Ktuhkehtunen.	We have to ... We will wake it up.
06:17	Nita, iya.	Yes, you're right.