Ainu (Southern Hokkaido), Example 224

Kimatekan wa.
kimatek=an
be.surprised=IND.S
wa
and
(Having heard that it was the squirrel), I was surprised/scared.
Comment:
Satoo (1998: 20); Satoo, Tomomi. 1998. “Kinezumi (ezorisu) ga onna o kadowakasu hanashi." [A story of a squirrel who kidnapped a woman].” Watanabe, Hitoshi, Minoru Ooshima, Hideo Kirikae & Tomomi Satoo (eds.) Ainu minzoku bunkazai choosa hookokusho 18. Sapporo: Hokkaido kyooiku iinkai, 15-29.
Type:
Naturalistic spoken
Source:
Satoo 1998.0: [20]