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

Violet Super: Why the eel has no bones (1989)

Primary participants: Violet Super (speaker), Monica Macaulay (researcher)
Date: July 14, 1989
Location: Orleans, CA
Project identifier: VSu-06
Original recording held by American Philosophical Society: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/audio:4538

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[1] akráa    itíhaan    vúra    kun-íthtii-tih   
eel    always    Intensive    3pl(>3s)-gamble-DUR   
They were always gambling (with) Eel.
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[2] koovúra    kun-chífich   
all    3pl(>3s)-beat   
They were winning everything.
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[3] chavúra    tá    xára    kun-íthtiit   
finally    PERF    long.time    3pl(>3s)-gamble   
In the end they gambled for a long time.
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[4] xás    pâanpay    xás    pa-mu-'ípi    káru    vúra    chavúra    vaa    káru    kun-chífich   
then    after.while    then    the-3sPOSS-bone    also    Intensive    finally    so    also    3pl(>3s)-beat   
And after a while, finally they also won his bones.
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[5] ítam    víri    vaa    kumá'ii    ú-peen    tá    púfaat    mu-'ípih   
earlier.today    so    so    because.of    3s(>3)-say.to    PERF    nothing    3sPOSS-bone   
That's why it says he doesn't have any bones.
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[6] xás    koovúra    tá    kun-chífich   
then    all    PERF    3pl(>3s)-beat   
They won them all.
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[7] And that's it.