Lottie Beck: "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (1957)

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[1]	á 'iknêechhan	pirishkâarim	mu-hrôoha
	falcon	grizzly	3sPOSS-wife

Duck Hawk's wife was Grizzly Bear.

[2]	ka'tim'îin	kun-'iin
	Ishi.Pishi.Falls	3pl(>3s)-(two).be

They lived in Katimin.

[3]	á 'iknêechhan	pa-mu-'îin	u-kyâa-nik
	falcon	the-3sPOSS-falls	3s(>3)-make-ANC

Duck Hawk made his falls (there).

[4]	xás	pa-'áraar	p-oo-'îin-hi-ti	víri-va	mu-súrukam	kun-'írunaa-tih
	then	the-human	NOMZ-3s(>3)-falls-DENOM-DUR	so-so	3sPOSS-under	3pl(>3s)-go.(pl.)-DUR

And the people traveled behind where the falls were.

(Bright: "That is, the falls were so high, and their top jutted out so far, that it was possible to cross the river by walking underneath them.")

[5]	xás	u-xús	tishráam	kan-vâaram-i
	then	3s(>3)-think	valley	1s(>3)-go-IMPER

And he thought, "Let me go to Scott Valley."

[6]	xás	káan	askitávaan	u-tápkuup
	then	there	woman	3s(>3)-like

He liked a woman there.

[7]	u-'ípak	kúkuum
	3s(>3)-come.back	again

He came back again.

[8]	vúra	u-pvâaram
	Intensive	3s(>3)-go.back

He went away again.

[9]	vúra	xára	t-u-sínmoo
	Intensive	long.time	PERF-3s(>3)-be.absent

He was away for a long time.

[10]	pâanpay	pirishkâarim	t-u-thítiv	káan	t-u-'iimníhva
	after.while	grizzly	PERF-3s(>3)-hear	there	PERF-3s(>3)-have.love.affair

Finally Grizzly Bear heard he was having a love affair there.

[11]	xás	kóova	ú-xviipha	pa-'îin	u-páktaapsip
	then	so	3s(>3)-be.angry	the-falls	3s(>3)-turn.on.end

And she was so mad, she tipped the falls up on one end.

(Bright: "This is the origin of á'uuyich, the hill known in English as Sugarloaf. As stated in sentence 26, this hill is the present-day home of Duck Hawk; see Kroeber, 1946, pp.13-14.")

[12]	xás	u-pvâaram
	then	3s(>3)-go.back

Then she went away.

[13]	káruma	á 'iknêechhan	u-'ípahoo-tih
	in.fact	falcon	3s(>3)-go.back-DUR

The fact was, Duck Hawk was coming back.

[14]	tishravará'iivreer	t-u-p-ikfúkuvraa
	Etna.Mountain	PERF-3s(>3)-ITER-climb.over

He came over Etna Mountain.

[15]	pa-mu-'îin	hôoy	ník	ú-xaak-tih
	the-3sPOSS-falls	where	a.little	3s(>3)-make.noise-DUR

There was no sound of his falls.

(Bright: "Lit., 'Where were his falls sounding somewhat?' This is an instance of the way in which Karok uses a question stylistically to express a negative.")

[16]	vúra	vaa	u-'ípahoo-tih
	Intensive	so	3s(>3)-go.back-DUR

He was coming back like that.

[17]	asa'urúh'iivreen	u-p-itshîiprin
	placename	3s(>3)-ITER-look.up

He caught sight of it at asa'urúh'iivreen (a hill near Katimin).

[18]	yáh naa	pa-nani-'îin	tá	kun-páktaapsipree-heen
	surprise	the-1sPOSS-falls	PERF	3pl(>3s)-turn.on.end-ANT

"yáh naa, my falls have been tipped up on end."

(Bright: "yáh naa is an interjection occurring only in this text, according to the informant.")

[19]	aseeshtákak	u-'íipma
	placename	3s(>3)-return

He got to aseeshtákak (a spot near Katimin).

[20]	pirishkâarim	t-u-p-aatíraa	ka'tim'iin-károom
	grizzly	PERF-3s(>3)-ITER-carry.uphill.on.back	Ishi.Pishi.Falls-uphill.upriver

Grizzly Bear was carrying (her belongings) uphill from Katimin.

[21]	xás	u-xús	chími	kan-kúniihk-i
	then	3s(>3)-think	soon	1s(>3)-shoot.at-IMPER

And he thought, "Let me shoot her!"

[22]	âapun	ás-ak	u-pathakhíish
	on.the.ground	rock-Locative	3s(>3)-kneel.down

He kneeled down on a rock.

[23]	p-oo-'áaksur	pirishkâarim	sáruk	u-ikyívunih
	NOMZ-3s(>3)-release..(arrow)	grizzly	downhill	3s(>3)-fall.downward

When he released the arrow, Grizzly Bear fell downhill.

[24]	yánava	sáruk	t-óo	krivrúuhnih
	visible	downhill	PERF-3s(>3)	roll.downhill.from.here

He saw her roll downhill.

[25]	xás	vaa	vúra	payváheem	pa-mu-pathakhíram	káan	kun-máh-eesh
	then	so	Intensive	nowadays	the-3sPOSS-kneeling-place	there	3pl(>3s)-see-FUT

And nowadays his kneeling-spot can be seen there.

[26]	káru	á'iknêechhan	á'uuyich-ak	u-krii
	also	falcon	Sugarloaf-Locative	3s(>3)-live

And Duck Hawk lives in Sugarloaf.