Mamie Offield: "The Greedy Father" (1957)
Primary participants: Mamie Offield (speaker), William Bright (researcher)
Date: 1957
Project identifier: WB_KL-24
Publication details: William Bright, The Karok Language (1957), pp. 218-219, Text
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Additional contributor: Olga Pipko (annotator)
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| [1] | pa-thufkírik | mu-hrôoha | xákaan | kun-'íin-anik |
| the-owl.sp. | 3sPOSS-wife | both | 3pl(>3s)-(two).be-ANC |
| Owl and his wife lived together. |
| [2] | xás | táay | pa-mukun-túnviiv |
| then | much | the-3plPOSS-children |
| And they had many children. |
| [3] | t-óo | tkaanvar | pa-'ávansa | kookamáh'iit | vúra | t-óo | tkaanvar |
| PERF-3s(>3) | spear.fish | the-man | every.morning | Intensive | PERF-3s(>3) | spear.fish |
| The man went to spear fish, every morning he went to spear fish. |
| [4] | púyava | pa-tée | kxurára-haak | yiimúsich | vúra | t-óo | kpêehva | pa-t-u-'ípak |
| you.see | NOMZ-PERF | evening-when | little.ways.off | Intensive | PERF-3s(>3) | shout | NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-come.back |
| When it was evening, he would shout a little ways off as he returned. |
| [5] | xás | t-óo | piip | axichapipúniishich |
| then | PERF-3s(>3) | say | children-tail |
| He would say, "Little children-tail." |
| [6] | púyava | tá | kun-'aachíchhiivrik |
| you.see | PERF | 3pl(>3s)-be.glad.to.see |
| Then they were glad to see him. |
| [7] | púyava | vaa | tá | kun-xúriha | p-áaxiich |
| you.see | so | PERF | 3pl(>3s)-be.hungry | the-child |
| The children were hungry. |
| [8] | kúkuum | vúra | t-u-'ípak | vaa | t-óo | piip | axichapipúniishich |
| again | Intensive | PERF-3s(>3)-come.back | so | PERF-3s(>3) | say | children-tail |
| The next time he returned, he would say, "Little children-tail." |
| (Bright: "From (basic) axiicha 'child' plus pipúniishich, a distorted double diminutive of ípun 'salmon tail.' Cf. footnote to sentence 21 of text WB_KL-23") |
| [9] | kári | xás | u-xús | pa-mukún-taat | hûut | áta | kúth | pa-'ípun | vúra | kích | t-u-'avíkvu-ti | pa-t-u-'ípak-ahaak |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-think | the-3plPOSS-mother | how | maybe | because.of | the-salmon.tail | Intensive | only | PERF-3s(>3)-take.(one.object)-DUR | NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-come.back-when |
| And (the children's) mother thought, "Why, I wonder, is he carrying only the tail when he returns?" |
| [10] | kári | xás | u-xús | chími | kan-máh-i |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-think | soon | 1s(>3)-see-IMPER |
| And she thought, "Let me watch him." |
| [11] | t-u-thaxústay |
| PERF-3s(>3)-suspect |
| She suspected him. |
| [12] | kári | xás | t-u-'asimáchishrih-vunaa | p-áaxiich |
| then | then | PERF-3s(>3)-put.to.sleep-PL | the-child |
| So she put the children to bed. |
| [13] | kári | xás | uum | u-'áasish | ahinám-tiimich |
| then | then | 3.SG | 3s(>3)-lie.down | fireplace-very.edge |
| And she went to bed, at the edge of the fire. |
| [14] | kári | xás | vúra | pu-'ikviit-h-ára | káruma | kúnish | ú-kviit-hi-tih |
| then | then | Intensive | NEG-sleep-NEG | in.fact | sort.of | 3s(>3)-sleep-DUR |
| But she didn't sleep, the truth was she sort of slept (in pretense). |
| [15] | kári | xás | axmáy | u-p-vôonfuruk | pa-thufkírik |
| then | then | suddenly | 3s(>3)-ITER-enter.a.house | the-owl.sp. |
| And suddenly Owl came in again. |
| [16] | kári | xás | yôoram | u-p-ikrîish |
| then | then | to.one.side | 3s(>3)-ITER-sit.down |
| And he sat down in the rear of the house. |
| [17] | kári | xás | vúra | vaa | káan | ú-krii |
| then | then | Intensive | so | there | 3s(>3)-live |
| And he sat there like that. |
| [18] | kári | xás | u-xús | áta | ú-kviit-hi-tih |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-think | maybe | 3s(>3)-sleep-DUR |
| And he thought, "I guess she's asleep." |
| [19] | kári | xás | áak | ú-kuukirih |
| then | then | in.the.fire | 3s(>3)-stick.into.fire |
| And he stuck a stick in the fire. |
| [20] | kári | xás | ú-yuunka | pa-mu-hrôoha |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-poke.with.long.object | the-3sPOSS-wife |
| And he poked his wife (with it). |
| [21] | kári | xás | vúra | pu-'itxâarihv-ara |
| then | then | Intensive | NEG-open.eyes-NEG |
| And she didn't wake up. |
| [22] | kári | xás | u-xús | miník | áta | t-óo | kviit-ha |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-think | of.course | maybe | PERF-3s(>3) | sleep |
| So he thought, "I guess she's asleep, all right." |
| [23] | kári | xás | kíxumnipaak | kúuk | u-'uum | pa-sípaam | u-thaanêe-rak |
| then | then | corner.of.house.pit | to | 3s(>3)-arrive | NOMZ-grinding.slab | 3s(>3)-put-where |
| And he went to the corner, where the grinding slab lay. |
| [24] | kári | xás | u-'êechip |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-pick.up |
| And he picked it up. |
| [25] | kári | xás | u-saníshuk-va | pa-'áama |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-take.out-PL.ACT | the-salmon |
| And he took out the salmon (from underneath). |
| [26] | kári | xás | ta'ítam | u-'áv-aheen |
| then | then | so | 3s(>3)-eat-ANT |
| So then he ate it. |
| [27] | kári | xás | yiivári | kúuk | u-'íipma | kúkuum | u-p-ítkaanvar |
| then | then | rather.far | to.there | 3s(>3)-return | again | 3s(>3)-ITER-spear.fish |
| Then he went away again, he went to spear fish again. |
| [28] | kári | xás | pa-'asiktâan | u-vôonsip |
| then | then | the-woman | 3s(>3)-get.up |
| Then the woman got up. |
| [29] | kári | xás | ú-snak | pa-sípaam |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-put.aside | the-grinding.slab |
| And she pushed aside the mortar. |
| [30] | kári | xás | u-saníshuk-va | pa-'áama |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-take.out-PL.ACT | the-salmon |
| And she took out the salmon. |
| [31] | kári | xás | ta'ítam | u-'ákih-vunaa-heen | pa-mu-túnviiv |
| then | then | so | 3s(>3)-give.(things).to-PL-ANT | the-3sPOSS-children |
| Then she gave it to her children. |
| [32] | ta'ítam | kun-pá-xtiiv-pu-naa | aachíchhar | vúra | kun-p-ihmarápiithva |
| so | 3pl(>3s)-ITER-(athletic).game-DENOM-PL | happy | Intensive | 3pl(>3s)-ITER-run.around.(pl.) |
| So they played again, they ran around again happily. |
| [33] | kári | xás | yiimúsich | vúra | u-kpêehva | axichapipúniishich |
| then | then | little.ways.off | Intensive | 3s(>3)-shout | children-tail |
| Then he shouted a little ways off, "Little children-tail!" |
| [34] | kári | xás | pa-'ûumukich | u-'uum | kári | xás | u-xús | hûut | kúth | pa-pu-kana-'aachichhîivrik-tih-ara |
| then | then | NOMZ-near | 3s(>3)-arrive | then | then | 3s(>3)-think | how | because.of | NOMZ-NEG-3pl>1s-be.glad.to.see-DUR-NEG |
| Then when he got near, then he thought, "Why aren't they happy to see me?" |
| [35] | kári | xás | p-oo-'íipma | xás | u-p-vôonfuruk | iinâak |
| then | then | NOMZ-3s(>3)-return | then | 3s(>3)-ITER-enter.a.house | indoors |
| And when he got there, he crawled inside again. |
| [36] | kári | xás | á' | ú-kxiiptak | thîivakar |
| then | then | above | 3s(>3)-fly.on.top.of | drying.rack |
| And he flew up onto the drying rack. |
| [37] | kári | xás | ú-muus-ti | pa-mu-sípaam |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-look.at-DUR | the-3sPOSS-grinding.slab |
| And he looked at his grinding slab. |
| [38] | kári | xás | u-píip | hûu huhûu | kúnish | nani-sípaam | t-u-yuunhí-tih |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-say | owl's.cry | sort.of | 1sPOSS-grinding.slab | PERF-3s(>3)-be..lopsided-DUR |
| And he said, "hûu huhûu, my grinding slab is sort of crooked." |
| [39] | kári | xás | u-píip | hári | t-i-'áhachaku-naa | pa-mi-túnviiv |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-say | sometime | PERF-2s(>3)-withhold.from-PL | the-2sPOSS-children |
| Then (his wife) said, "You held out on your children at various times. |
| [40] | koovúra | mí-myaahti | vaa | i-kupí-tih-eesh | fátaak | á' | i-kûuntakoo-vish |
| all | 2sPOSS-life | so | 2s(>3)-do-DUR-FUT | somewhere | above | 2s(>3)-sit.(on)-FUT |
| All your life you will be doing that, you will sit on something above. |
| [41] | víri | pa-yaas'ára | hûutva | t-u-'íin-ahaak | víri | pa-yaas'ára | kâarim | t-u-kúph-aak | vaa | kári | xás | ík | i-chuuphí-tih-eesh |
| so | the-rich.person | somehow | PERF-3s(>3)-exist-when | so | the-rich.person | bad | PERF-3s(>3)-do-when | so | then | then | must | 2s(>3)-speak-DUR-FUT |
| However (long) Mankind exists, when Mankind does bad, then you will have to speak. |
| [42] | hûutva | kóo | mí-myaahti | pa-t-i-'ív-ahaak | púra fâat | vúra | îin | aam-tíh-eesh-ara |
| somehow | as.much.as | 2sPOSS-life | NOMZ-PERF-2s(>3)-die-when | nothing | Intensive | TOPIC | eat-DUR-FUT-NEG |
| All your life, when you die, nothing will eat (you). |
| (Bright: "Two Karok assertions are involved here: the first, that the owl's cry is a sign that someone has done evil; the second, that no wild animal will eat a dead owl.") |
| [43] | kúna | naa | naa | káru | pa-nini-túnviiv | páy nanusúruk | kúuk | tá | nu-pávyiihma |
| in.addition | 1sg. | 1sg. | also | the-1sPOSS-children | underground | to | PERF | 1pl(>3)-go.back.to.(pl.) |
| But I, I and my children, we are going underground. |
| [44] | hûutva | kóo | yaas'ára | u-'íin-ahaak | víri | yaas'ararée-thvaaykam | ni-vúrayvu-tih-eesh |
| somehow | as.much.as | rich.person | 3s(>3)-exist-when | so | rich.person-front | 1s(>3)-go.around-DUR-FUT |
| As long as Mankind exists, we will be around in front of rich people. |
| [45] | víri | vaa | ku-thítiim-tih-eesh | pá-naa | kâarim | tá | ni-xus | p-eeshvirip-shúruk | p-oo-fyúku-tih-at | yakún | na | vaa | pee-shvírip |
| so | so | 2pl(>3)-hear-DUR-FUT | NOMZ-1sg. | bad | PERF | 1s(>3)-think | the-Jeffrey.pine-under | NOMZ-3s(>3)-go.around-DUR-PAST | you.see | 1sg. | so | the-Jeffrey.pine |
| You will hear it, when I feel sad, when (someone) goes around under pine trees, because I am Pine." |
| (Bright: "The reference is to the sad sound made by wind in the pines.") |
| [46] | xás | pa-sárum | víri | vaa | pa-'ásip | kun-víik-tih |
| then | the-Jeffrey.pine.root | so | so | the-bowl | 3pl(>3s)-weave-DUR |
| And they weave the baskets of pine roots. |
| [47] | víri | vaa | yaas'ararée-thvaaykam | u-vúrayvu-tih-eesh |
| so | so | rich.person-front | 3s(>3)-go.around-DUR-FUT |
| They will be around in front of rich people. |