Ararahih'urípih
A Dictionary and Text Corpus of the Karuk Language

Vina Smith: Biscuits (2015)

Primary participant: Vina Smith (speaker)
Date: 2015
Project identifier: VS-23
Publication details: Unpublished (recorded by Andrew Garrett, Erik Maier, and Line Mikkelsen on March 25, 2015)

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Note: This anecdote is about 3 minutes long, and was spoken mostly in English and partly in Karuk. Only Karuk sections are transcribed below. All audio is amplified.

Text display mode: paragraph | sentence | word | word components

[1] pi'êep    naní-taat    mu-sára    t-óo    kyav   
long.ago    1sPOSS-mother    3sPOSS-bread    PERF-3s(>3)    make   
Long ago my mother made her bread.
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download |  Play

[2] vúra    xára    xás    vúra    t-u-'íf   
Intensive    long.time    then    Intensive    PERF-3s(>3)-grow   
And after a long time it raised.
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[3] máh'iit    t-u-'íf    xás    vúra    t-óo    kyav    saraxútnahich   
morning    PERF-3s(>3)-grow    then    Intensive    PERF-3s(>3)    make    pancake   
In the morning it raised, and she made pancakes.
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[4] Biscuits    káru    t-óo    kyav   
Biscuits    also    PERF-3s(>3)    make   
She made biscuits too.
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