Mamie Offield: "The Devil and the Girl" (1957)
Primary participants: Mamie Offield (speaker), William Bright (researcher)
Date: 1957
Project identifier: WB_KL-64
Publication details: William Bright, The Karok Language (1957), pp. 276-277, Text
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Additional contributor: Shane Bilowitz (annotator)
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| [1] | áxak | kustáar-as | kun-pâakuhi-tih |
| two | sister-PL | 3pl(>3s)-gather.acorns-DUR |
| Two sisters were picking acorns. |
| [2] | kári | xás | yítha | u-piip | chími | kan-ipvâaram-i |
| then | then | one | 3s(>3)-say | soon | 1s(>3)-go.back-IMPER |
| And one said, "Let me go back home! |
| [3] | kán-p-aatishrih-i | káakum | pa-xúrish |
| 1s(>3)-ITER-carry-IMPER | some | the-shelled.acorn |
| Let me load up some of the shelled acorns! |
| [4] | chími | iim | ôok | vúra | i-krii | i-krûuntih-i | pa-xúrish |
| soon | 2sg. | here | Intensive | 2s(>3)-live | 2s(>3)-wait.for-IMPER | the-shelled.acorn |
| You stay here, wait for the (rest of the) shelled acorns!" |
| [5] | kári | xás | u-xus | tá | ná-'aathva | kip | nu-súmah-tih |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-think | PERF | 1s-be.afraid | just | 1pl(>3)-detect.a.sound-DUR |
| And (the one who remained) thought, "I'm afraid; we've been hearing some noise." |
| [6] | kári | xás | u-xus | tîi | sáruk | kan-vâaram-i | impaa-k |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-think | let... | downhill | 1s(>3)-go-IMPER | trail-LOC |
| And she thought, "Let me go downhill on the path!" |
| [7] | kári | xás | u-nhíshriih-va | koovúra | pa-'ûumukich | pa-'áthiith | impaa-k | u-nhíshriih-va |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-tie.down-PL.ACT | all | NOMZ-near | the-hazel.withe | trail-LOC | 3s(>3)-tie.down-PL.ACT |
| And she tied all the hazel branches nearby, she tied them across the path. |
| [8] | kári | xás | u-'íipma | p-oo-krîi-rak |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-return | NOMZ-3s(>3)-live-where |
| Then she went back where she was staying. |
| [9] | kári | xás | u-xus | tîi | kan-tharampûuk-i |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-think | let... | 1s(>3)-cook.acorn.soup-IMPER |
| And she thought, "Let me cook acorn soup!" |
| [10] | kári | xás | taay | vúra | u-tharámpuk |
| then | then | much | Intensive | 3s(>3)-cook.acorn.soup |
| So she made a lot of acorn soup. |
| [11] | kíri | kun-xús | taayvávan | pa-nu-'áraarahi-tih |
| I.wish | 3pl(>3s)-think | many.people | NOMZ-1pl(>3)-live.(pl.)-DUR |
| "Let them think we are a lot of people!" |
| [12] | kári | xás | a' | u-vôoruraa | iyvôoruraa |
| then | then | above | 3s(>3)-crawl.up | woodpile |
| Then she crawled up onto the woodpile. |
| [13] | kári | xás | ikxáram | axmáy | u-thítiv | axmáy | u-vôonfuruk | pa-'apurúvaan |
| then | then | night | suddenly | 3s(>3)-hear | suddenly | 3s(>3)-enter.a.house | the-sorcerer |
| Then in the night suddenly she heard it, suddenly the devil came in. |
| [14] | kári | xás | u-piip | ishávaas-ich | hôoy | áta | u-vâaram-aheen |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-say | child.of.deceased.sibling-DIM | where | maybe | 3s(>3)-go-ANT |
| And he said, "I wonder where little niece has gone? |
| [15] | íf | ta | na-xuniháyaachha |
| truly | PERF | 1s-be.very.hungry |
| I'm really hungry! |
| [16] | matêe | kan-ip-tôor-i | pa-nini-'ápuroon |
| later | 1s(>3)-ITER-count-IMPER | the-1sPOSS-magic.charm |
| Let me count my charms for a moment!" |
| [17] | kári | xás | u-yáariip-va | pa-mu-'ápuroon |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-take.(things).out-PL.ACT | the-3sPOSS-magic.charm |
| So he took out his charms. |
| [18] | páy | uum | pa-kumá'ii | axvâa-k | u-kúh-eesh |
| this | 3.SG | NOMZ-because.of | head-LOC | 3s(>3)-be.sick-FUT |
| "This one is so that (a person) will have a headache. |
| [19] | páy | uum | pa-kumá'ii | pa-vishváan | u-kúh-eesh |
| this | 3.SG | NOMZ-because.of | the-belly | 3s(>3)-be.sick-FUT |
| This one will give him a stomach-ache." |
| [20] | chavúra | u-tooríshriih-va | p-oo-kupa-kúh-ah-eesh |
| finally | 3s(>3)-finish.counting-PL.ACT | NOMZ-3s(>3)-MODAL-be.sick-Modal-FUT |
| Finally he finished counting what he would make (a person) sick with. |
| [21] | xás | u-p-iyaaráamnih-va |
| then | 3s(>3)-ITER-put.(things).into-PL.ACT |
| And he put them back in (a bag). |
| [22] | xás | u-piip | tîi | kán-paatvan |
| then | 3s(>3)-say | let... | 1s(>3)-go.bathe |
| And he said, "Let me go bathe!" |
| [23] | kári | xás | u-skákuni | pa-'asiktávaan |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-jump.downhill.from.here | the-woman |
| Then the woman jumped down. |
| [24] | kári | xás | u-'êechip | pa-'apuroon-pûuvish |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-pick.up | the-magic.charm-bag |
| And she picked up the charm-bag. |
| [25] | kári | xás | ú-kvip |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-run |
| And she ran. |
| [26] | váa | kúuk | u-kvírip-ma | pa-'ípa | u-nhíshriih-v-at | pa-'áthiith |
| so | to.there | 3s(>3)-run-to | NOMZ-PAST | 3s(>3)-tie.down-PL.ACT-PAST | the-hazel.withe |
| She ran there where she had tied the hazel branches. |
| [27] | xás | súrukam | u-'arih-rûuprih-va |
| then | under | 3s(>3)-jump-in.through-PL.ACT |
| And she ducked underneath them. |
| [28] | kári | xás | pa-'apurúvaan | u-p-vôonfuruk |
| then | then | the-sorcerer | 3s(>3)-ITER-enter.a.house |
| Then the devil came back in the house. |
| [29] | kári | xás | u-piip | nani-'ápuroon | tá | na-'êetheep |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-say | 1sPOSS-magic.charm | PERF | 2s/3s>1s-take.away.from |
| And he said, "She's taken away my charms!" |
| [30] | kári | xás | u-'áharam |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-follow |
| And he chased her. |
| [31] | púyava | pa-t-óo | kvírip-uni | pa-'áthiith | t-óo | kuuyva | mâam | xás | t-u-p-ikyívish |
| you.see | NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3) | run-down | the-hazel.withe | PERF-3s(>3) | strike | uphill | then | PERF-3s(>3)-ITER-fall.down |
| And when he ran downhill, he hit the hazel branches, and he fell back to the ground uphill. |
| [32] | púyava | kári | xás | u-'íipma | pa-'asiktávaan |
| you.see | then | then | 3s(>3)-return | the-woman |
| Then the woman arrived back at her home. |
| [33] | kári | xás | u-piip | áp | ná-'aathv-at | víri | tá | ni-'ípak |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-say | PAST | 1s-be.afraid-PAST | so | PERF | 1s(>3)-come.back |
| And she said, "I was afraid, so I came back." |
| (Bright: "ip, the adverb marking recent-past time, here occurs in the variant form ap, which has been recorded nowhere else. It is perhaps relevant that Yurok has a word ap, indicating past time.") |
| [34] | káruma | uum | yiimúsich | t-u-'íshunva-heen | pa-'ápuroon |
| in.fact | 3.SG | little.ways.off | PERF-3s(>3)-hide-ANT | the-magic.charm |
| The fact was, she had hidden the charms some distance away. |
| [35] | púyava | vúra | tá | xára | kári | xás | pa-'apurúvaan | u-mah |
| you.see | Intensive | PERF | long.time | then | then | the-sorcerer | 3s(>3)-see |
| So after a long time, then the devil found her. |
| [36] | kári | xás | u-piip | chími | nee-p-thárih-i | pa-nani-'ápuroon |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-say | soon | 2s/3s>1s-ITER-pass.to-IMPER | the-1sPOSS-magic.charm |
| And he said, "Give me back my charms! |
| [37] | mímik | koovúra | pa-nani-'arará-'uup | nu-'ákih-eesh |
| of.course | all | the-1sPOSS-human-possession | 1pl(>3)-give.(things).to-FUT |
| I'll give you my Indian treasure. |
| [38] | káru | vúra | xáat | nee-hrúuthvah-i |
| also | Intensive | may | 2s/3s>1s-make.slave.of-IMPER |
| And you may even take me as your slave." |
| [39] | kári | xás | u-p-ákih | xás | káru | vúra | ú-hruuthvah |
| then | then | 3s(>3)-ITER-give.(things).to | then | also | Intensive | 3s(>3)-make.slave.of |
| So she gave them back to him, and she took him as her slave. |