shaa1n a1sunShaa ndooʾ-hit, dii neeʾ ninʾisdikʾeeʾ yaaʾnii, uudeeʾ nchaagh nees.Then, while the sun did not exist yet, this earth## got up, they say, with its large horns.GT01 2.1"Diishaang shaa-bang?""What will be the sun?" GT02a 10.10Yaah-biiʾingʾ kowinsilh yaaʾnii, ghintʾee shaa kaanaash.It became warm in the sky now, they say, the sun coming up.GT02a 10.9"Uunaasiilaal-ee shaa,""I dreamt about the sun."GT04 2.1Shaa uuyeeh##tcʾninyaa yaaʾnii.He came underneath the sun.GT04 3.6"Shaa teeghiin-ee," chʾinaa-yee."He carried away the sun," someone says.GT04 4.2Teesghiin yaaʾnii, shaa.He carried the sun off, they say.GT04 7.1"Naaghai, shaa beentʾaah yaah-biiʾkʾ.""Moon, sun, each of you fly up into the sky."GT04 9.1Uudaaʾ shaa teesghiin yaaʾnii.It carried the sun along in its mouth, they say.GT04 NB1 alternate 11.2Shaa kaanaash tlʾeeʾdangʾ yiiskaan yaah.The sun comes up in the sky at dawn in the morning.GT04 NB1 alternate 16.1Shaa kaasyai yaaʾnii.The sun came up, they say.GT34 8.1Shaa-ndiin-ee.The sun shines.GT37 8.6syndjiing naaghaisunshaa-sʾaangsun1.1.1Suncomp.shaa tcʾeenoonyaiafternoonshaa-ndiin1sunshine2moonshaamoonGNb4 20.8synnaaghai 1moonshaa tlʾeeʾnaaghaimoonShtcghiitcinGrandfather Moon (address)ShtcooGrandmother Moon (address)tlʾeeʾnaaghaimoon1.1.1.1Mooncomp.shaa ʾingaang-kwaangnew moonshaa yaash ʾingaan-eenew moonder.ShaaMoon (character)3month"Like the Mountain Maidu, the Kato named only the fall, winter, and spring months. The summer months were nameless. Kroeber has suggested that since the people had sufficient food in the summer they saw no need for naming these months. The Kato started counting in September when the buckeyes (laci) began to fall. .... Kroeber, The Valley Nisenan, 264." (Loeb, p.20)Laashiiʾlhgaitc shaaBuckeyes White month (September/October)GNb4 55.1Haagheeʾ-kwosh, naakaaʾ shaa beeʾodin-kwosh.Perhaps after a while, perhaps after two months.GT10 45.38.4.1.4Monthder.ShaaneeschowDecember/Januaryʃʷaːʃaːxaˑ "light (sun or moon)"sha 'sun'Source forms: s͡hacaca, caʿcasˑācacaLaashiiʾlhgaitc shaan aSeptember/Octobernaaghai shaa beediin-een awaning crescent moonnoonii shaa yiilhchitn aeclipseshaang1n asunshine

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