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169. Glossed Verse: A Yukar Heroic Epic and a Kamuy Yukar God-Song
What are the distinctive features of Hokkaido Ainu heroic epics and divine epics in narration, meter, and refrain?
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The divine epic: kamuy yukar, oyna, and Chiri Yukie
What is the divine epic genre in Hokkaido Ainu and what are its regional names?
In kamuy yukar, the sex assumed by certain personified animals or inanimate objects is fixed by convention. (Kindaichi & Chiri 1936)
The sakehe refrain
What is the sakehe refrain and what role does it play in kamuy yukar?
hancikiki sake-he ci=kar
refrain sake-POSS 1PL.EXCL.A=make
‘(hancikiki!) — [we] brewed sake.’
Number-agreement override in the verse register
How does number agreement differ between everyday and verse register in Saru/Chitose Ainu?
k=ek
1SG.S=come.SG
‘I come.’
ek=an
come.SG=4.S
‘I come. (verse; hero-narrator)’
Applicative case-marking
How does the verse register mark locatives and goals differently from everyday Ainu?
tanto Ukurmem ta ku=sirepa
today Ukurmem LOC 1SG.A=arrive
‘Today I arrived at Ukurmem.’
kamuy menoko uni-hi tane anakne a=ko-sirepa na
divine woman house-POSS today TOP 4.A=APPL-arrive FIN
‘Now I arrived at the goddess's house.’