Phoebe Maddux: Parts of the Tobacco Plant (1932)
Primary participants: Phoebe Maddux (speaker), John P. Harrington (researcher)
Date: 1932
Project identifier: JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g
Publication details: John Peabody Harrington, Tobacco Among the Karuk Indians of California (1932), pp. 50-52
Additional contributor: Karie Moorman (annotator)
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| [1] | imnak | káru | ámtaap |
| coal | also | dust |
| Charcoal and Ashes |
| (heading) |
| [2] | iheerah-éemnak |
| tobacco-coal |
| tobacco charcoal |
| [3] | iheerah-áamtaap |
| tobacco-dust |
| tobacco ashes |
| [4] | p-eheeraha-'úhthaam-sa |
| the-tobacco-garden-PL |
| Tobacco Plots |
| (heading) |
| [5] | úhthaam |
| garden |
| any garden, orchard, or plantation; a tobacco plot |
| [6] | uhtháamha |
| plant |
| to plant, to sow |
| [7] | iheeraha-'úhthaam |
| tobacco-garden |
| tobacco plot |
| [8] | iheeraha-'uhthamhí-ram |
| tobacco-plant-place |
| tobacco garden |
| [9] | pá-mitva | iheeraha-'uhthamhí-ram-hanik |
| NOMZ-former | tobacco-plant-place-ANC |
| former tobacco plot |
| [10] | p-eehêeraha | u-'íif-tih-irak |
| the-tobacco | 3s(>3)-grow-DUR-where |
| place where tobacco grows |
| [11] | imkánvaan |
| woman's.name |
| woman's name; Phoebe Maddux |
| [12] | pífapu |
| seedling |
| any volunteer plant |
| [13] | iheeraha-pífapu |
| tobacco-seedling |
| volunteer tobacco plant |
| [14] | sah-'ihêeraha |
| downhill-tobacco |
| wild tobacco |
| [15] | pa-'éepuum |
| the-root |
| Root |
| (heading) |
| [16] | iheeraha-'éepuum |
| tobacco-root |
| tobacco root |
| [17] | eepúm-'anamahach |
| root-little |
| rootlet |
| [18] | eepum-tunvêech |
| root-small.(pl.) |
| rootlets |
| [19] | eepum-'afivîich |
| root-very.bottom |
| bottom of the root |
| [20] | 'afivîich |
| very.bottom |
| the very bottom |
| [21] | ishchâachip |
| roots.used.in.basketry |
| used in basketry; refers to the top of the bull pine root |
| [22] | pa-'uhípih |
| the-garden |
| Stalk |
| (heading) |
| [23] | suuf |
| backbone |
| fish backbone; pith |
| (Harrington: "most common word for referring to the stalk of a plant; commonly used to reference the stem of a flower; never used to refer to the stem of a leaf") |
| [24] | áhup |
| wood |
| wood, stick |
| (Harrington: "can be used to refer to the stalk of a plant") |
| [25] | mú-suuf |
| 3sPOSS-backbone |
| its stalk |
| [26] | mu-'áhup |
| 3sPOSS-wood |
| its stalk |
| [27] | súfan |
| small.of.the.back |
| refers to the backbone of animals other than fish |
| [28] | ikchúrahaha |
| deer.backbone |
| refers to the backbone of a deer from which the ribs have been cut |
| [29] | ávan |
| husband |
| husband, male |
| (Harrington: "applied to leafless stalks of scouring rush, in contradistinction to leafy ones") |
| [30] | asiktávaan |
| woman |
| woman, female |
| (Harrington: "applied to stalks which are bare, like the sprout, but have a bunch of leaves at the base") |
| [31] | itáhar-avan |
| ten-husband |
| ten men |
| [32] | itráhyar | pa-'ávan |
| ten | 3sPOSS-husband |
| 10 stalks |
| (Harrington: "the series of cardinal numeral with -ávan postpounded cannot be used as a means of enumerating the stalks of plants that may be referred to as ávan") |
| [33] | kúpat |
| sprout |
| a young, succulent sprout or stalk, especially one which has just come up and is still leafless |
| [34] | uhípih |
| tobacco.stem |
| tobacco stem |
| [35] | iheeraha-'ípa |
| tobacco-tree |
| tobacco plant |
| [36] | ikutunvá-ra-muu |
| between.joint-- |
| joint in a stem |
| [37] | vâaram-as | pa-mu-'ikutunvá-ra-muu |
| long-PL | the-3sPOSS-between.joint-- |
| The sections between its joints are long. |
| [38] | áptiik |
| branch |
| limb, branch (of a tree) |
| [39] | iheerah-aaptik-tunvêech-as |
| tobacco-branch-small.(pl.)-PL |
| little tobacco branches |
| [40] | mu-tik-tunvêech-as |
| 3sPOSS-branch-small.(pl.)-PL |
| its little branches |
| [41] | aptík-ar |
| branch-having |
| It has many branches. ; It is branchy. |
| [42] | ú-ptiik-hi-tih |
| 3s(>3)-branch-DENOM-DUR |
| It has branches, limbs. |
| [43] | unúhyaach-as | pa-'uhípih | sú' | kúnish | árunsa-sa |
| circle-PL | the-tobacco.stem | inside | sort.of | empty-PL |
| The tobacco stems are round [in section] and empty inside. |
| [44] | ákthiip-kunish | akthip-'iváxra | pa-'uhípih | pa-t-u-vaxrá-haak |
| barley-like | barley-dry | the-tobacco.stem | the-PERF-3s(>3)-be.dry-when |
| They are like ákthiip [grass sp.], like dry ákthiip, the tobacco stems, when they get dry. |
| [45] | u-súruvara-hi-tih |
| 3s(>3)-make.hole.in-ESS-DUR |
| It is hollow. |
| [46] | u-suruvára-a-hi-tih |
| 3s(>3)-make.hole.in-INDEF-ESS-DUR |
| They (tpl.) are hollow. |
| (Harrington: "suggests a larger cavity than the tobacco stems have") |
| [47] | pa-mú-maan |
| the-3sPOSS-skin |
| Bark |
| (heading) |
| [48] | máan |
| skin |
| skin; bark |
| [49] | mú-maan |
| 3sPOSS-skin |
| its skin, its bark |
| (Harrington: "used to refer to the outside of the tobacco stem") |
| [50] | u-máan-hi-tih |
| 3s(>3)-skin-DENOM-DUR |
| It has skin. ; It has bark. |
| [51] | imyaat | kúnish | u-p-iyáa-tunva-ra-moo-hi-tih |
| fur | sort.of | 3s(>3)-ITER-put.(pl.)-together-in-to-ESS-DUR |
| It is like fur all compressed together. |
| [52] | tharúfeep |
| peelings.from.willow.sticks |
| peelings of hazel sticks and willow sticks (used in basketry) |
| [53] | pa-mú-suuf |
| the-3sPOSS-backbone |
| Pith |
| [54] | suuf |
| backbone |
| fish backbone, pith of a plant stalk |
| [55] | p-eheeraha-'ípa | u-súuf-hi | su' |
| the-tobacco-tree | 3s(>3)-backbone-DENOM | inside |
| The tobacco plant has pith inside. |