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AD-2 Spindle Riddle

No attempt was made to elicit this riddle every-
where, but it occurred spontaneously with great frequency.
It is probably general to all dialects. Like the
unjafia saying, it illustrates different usages of -sa
and -sina (and variants). The riddle shows more stylis-

tic variation than does the saying.

AD-2.1 Northern dialects
AD-2.11 Juli (version 1)

Kuna.s kuna.s muy.ka.sa wal.j g"ip.t.iri.x?
what turn very swell

apu.w.
spindle

‘What, what turning swells up? A spindle.’

AD-2.12 Juli (version 2)

Ma: tawaqu.x t'uga.sa t"uga.sa wal q'ip.t.i.xa.
A girl dance very swell] 33

S

Uka.x kuna.sa? Qapu.w.
that what Spindle

 

‘A young girl dancing, dancing becomes pregnant.
What is that? A spindle.'