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

Lottie Beck: "The Kidnapped Child" (1957)

Primary participants: Lottie Beck (speaker), William Bright (researcher)
Date: 1957
Project identifier: WB_KL-61
Publication details: William Bright, The Karok Language (1957), pp. 272-273, Text 61
Additional contributor: Olga Pipko (annotator)

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[1] avansáxiich    vúra    uum    hitíhaan    u-xrára-tih   
boy    Intensive    3.SG    always    3s(>3)-weep-DUR   
A little boy was always crying.

[2] xás    pa-mu-tat-'îin    kun-ipêer    îikam    kúuk    uum-i   
then    the-3sPOSS-mother-TOPIC    3pl(>3s)-say.to    outdoors    to.there    arrive-IMPER   
And his mother told him, "Go outdoors!

[3] eenishrúp-ak    ixráran   
door-Locative    go.to.weep   
Go cry on the porch!"

[4] xás    îikam    ú-yfuutrupuk   
then    outdoors    3s(>3)-push.out   
And she pushed him outdoors.

[5] káan    u-xrára-tih   
there    3s(>3)-weep-DUR   
He was crying there.

[6] pâanpay    t-óo    kxáramha   
after.while    PERF-3s(>3)    be.night   
Pretty soon it got dark.

[7] vúra    vaa    kári    u-xnána-tih-ach   
Intensive    so    then    3s(>3)-weep-DUR-DIM.(verbs)   
He was still crying like that a little.

[8] axmáy    xás    u-kôoha    p-oo-xrára-tih   
suddenly    then    3s(>3)-stop    NOMZ-3s(>3)-weep-DUR   
And suddenly he stopped crying.

[9] xás    u-xús    húuka    áta    t-u-'uum   
then    3s(>3)-think    to.where    maybe    PERF-3s(>3)-arrive   
And (the mother) thought, "I wonder where he's gone?"

[10] xás    u-vôonupuk   
then    3s(>3)-leave.house   
And she went outside.

[11] víri    kún    tá    púra fátaak   
so    meaning.unknown    PERF    nowhere   
There was nothing there.

[12] káan    ník    ú-hyiiv-tih   
there    a.little    3s(>3)-shout-DUR   
She shouted some there.

[13] vúra    tá    pu-'ipmáh-ara   
Intensive    PERF    NEG-see.again-NEG   
She couldn't find (the child).

[14] xás    xára    vúra    u-pápiv   
then    long.time    Intensive    3s(>3)-look.for   
And she looked for him for a long time.

[15] yáas    u-xú-ti    naa    ni-xú-ti    tá    kun-'ípas   
then    3s(>3)-think-DUR    1sg.    1s(>3)-think-DUR    PERF    3pl(>3s)-bring.(person)   
Then she thought, "I think he's been taken."

[16] hínu páy    vúra    if   
surprise    Intensive    true   
Sure enough, it was true.

[17] kóova    u-thvuyxâaha    pa-mú-yuup    axváha    mûuk    kun-ip-táxvah   
so    3s(>3)-care    the-3sPOSS-eye    pitch    with.(by.means.of)    3pl(>3s)-ITER-seal.shut   
She grieved so for him, she sealed up her eyes with pitch.

[18] vaa    uum    vúra    pu-na-turâayvu-tih-eesh-ara   
so    3.SG    Intensive    NEG-1s(>3)-look.around-DUR-FUT-NEG   
"That way I won't be looking for him."

[19] pâanpay    vúra    tá    kêech    pa-'avansáxiich   
after.while    Intensive    PERF    big    the-boy   
After a while the boy (living with his kidnappers) got big.

[20] îikam    u-kunihîichvu-tih   
outdoors    3s(>3)-shoot.in.play-DUR   
He was outside shooting in play.

[21] xás    pá-mita    îin    kun-síitv-at    ú-peen-ti    xáyfaat    mâam    kúuk    i-kuníhivraa   
then    NOMZ-near.past    TOPIC    3pl(>3s)-steal-PAST    3s(>3)-say.to-DUR    don't!    uphill    to.there    2s(>3)-shoot.over   
And the one who stole him told him, "Don't shoot up over the hill!"

[22] xás    pa-'avansáxiich    u-xús    fâat    áta    kúth    pá-vaa    kanée-peen-tih   
then    the-boy    3s(>3)-think    what    maybe    because.of    NOMZ-so    3pl>1s-say.to-DUR   
And the boy thought, "I wonder why I was told that?"

[23] xás    mâam    kúuk    u-kúniihva    yiimúsich    vúra   
then    uphill    to.there    3s(>3)-shoot    little.ways.off    Intensive   
So he shot a little ways uphillward.

[24] xás    u-p-ávar    pa-mu-kuníhar   
then    3s(>3)-ITER-go.get    the-3sPOSS-wooden-tipped.arrow   
And he went to get his arrows.

[25] kâam    kun-ikfúyvuunish   
little.upriver    3pl(>3s)-whistle.at   
He was whistled at, a little ways upriver.

[26] u-hyárihish   
3s(>3)-stand.still   
He stood still.

[27] axmáy    xás    pa-'úuhyan    hôoyva    u-'aramsîiprin   
suddenly    then    the-word    somewhere    3s(>3)-start.out   
Suddenly a voice came from somewhere.

[28] kun-ípeen-ti    axicha-'êechkee-puh-ich    yáxa    í-krii   
3pl(>3s)-say.to-DUR    child-kidnap-having.been.-ed-DIM    look!    2s(>3)-live   
He was told, "Look, you are a kidnapped child!"

[29] u-p-ikvíripunih   
3s(>3)-ITER-run.away.downhill   
He ran back downhill.

[30] púya    mâam    kanée-peen-tih    axicha-'êechkee-puh-ich    ní-krii   
and.so    uphill    3pl>1s-say.to-DUR    child-kidnap-having.been.-ed-DIM    1s(>3)-live   
"Say, I'm told uphill, I'm a kidnapped child!"

[31] xás    kun-ipêer    hãã   
then    3pl(>3s)-say.to    yes   
And he was told (by his kidnappers), "Yes.

[32] yíiv    yúruk    xás    pa-mí-taat    ú-krii   
far    downriver    then    the-2sPOSS-mother    3s(>3)-live   
And your mother lives far downriver.

[33] p-ee-p-árihrup-ahaak    yúruk    p-ee-p-itvâavnuk-ahaak    i-máh-eesh    ú-mkuufhi-tih   
NOMZ-2s(>3)-ITER-go.away.downriver-when    downriver    NOMZ-2s(>3)-ITER-look.down.over-when    2s(>3)-see-FUT    3s(>3)-give.off.smoke-DUR   
When you go back downriver, as you look down over, you will see there is smoke.

[34] vaa    káan    pa-mí-taat    ú-krii   
so    there    the-2sPOSS-mother    3s(>3)-live   
That's where your mother lives."

[35] ta'ítam    u-pvâaram-aheen   
so    3s(>3)-go.back-ANT   
So (the boy) went back home.

[36] víri    îifuti    p-oo-p-itrûupu-ti    víri    kún    yúruk    ú-mkuufhi-tih   
so    sure.enough    NOMZ-3s(>3)-ITER-look.downriver.from.here-DUR    so    meaning.unknown    downriver    3s(>3)-give.off.smoke-DUR   
Sure enough, when he looked downriver, there downriver was the smoke.

[37] xás    u-p-ikvíriprup   
then    3s(>3)-ITER-run.off..downriver   
And he ran downriver.

[38] eenishrúpa-k    ú-skaaktak   
door-LOC    3s(>3)-jump.onto   
He jumped onto the porch.

[39] xás    u-knívniv   
then    3s(>3)-knock.(on.door)   
And he knocked.

[40] pa-mú-taat    iinâak    ú-hyiv    ka'íruu   
the-3sPOSS-mother    indoors    3s(>3)-shout    Be.quiet!   
Inside his mother shouted, "Stop it!

[41] vaa    káan    naní-'anamahach    mu-fyukúraam   
that    there    1sPOSS-little.child    3sPOSS-place.to.go.around   
That's where my little one used to stay."

[42] xás    u-píip    tá    ni-'ípak   
then    3s(>3)-say    PERF    1s(>3)-come.back   
And he said, "I've returned."

[43] ayu'âach    kanée-peen-tih    axicha-'êechkee-puh-ich    ní-krii   
it.was.because    3pl>1s-say.to-DUR    child-kidnap-having.been.-ed-DIM    1s(>3)-live   
It was because it was told to me, I'm a kidnapped child."

[44] xás    u-'árihrupuk    vaa    kích    u-pí-ti    húm    íta    húm    íta    húm    íta   
then    3s(>3)-rush.outdoors    that    only    3s(>3)-say-DUR    húm    íta    húm    íta    húm    íta   
Then she ran outdoors, she said only, "húm íta, húm íta, húm íta." (No meaning.)

[45] xás    u-píip    chími    pa-naní-yuup    nu-píkyav   
then    3s(>3)-say    soon    the-1sPOSS-eye    1pl(>3)-repair   
And she said, "Let's fix my eyes!"

[46] itahara-hárinay    t-u-taxváh-ahi-tih   
ten-year    PERF-3s(>3)-seal.shut-ESS-DUR   
They had been sealed up for ten years.

[47] ta'ítam    kun-pikyâa-heen    pa-mú-yuup   
so    3pl(>3s)-repair-ANT    the-3sPOSS-eye   
So they fixed her eyes.

[48] xás    xákaan    kun-p-iin   
then    both    3pl(>3s)-ITER-(two).be   
And they lived together again.