Ararahih'urípih

Phoebe Maddux: "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (1932)

Primary participants: Phoebe Maddux (speaker), John P. Harrington (researcher)
Date: 1932
Project identifier: JPH_KIM-10
Publication details: John P. Harrington, Karuk Indian Myths (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 107, 1932), pp. 27-28
Additional contributor: Erik Maier (annotator)

Note: This text has had some minor retranscriptions from Harrington's published version to reflect modern spelling. The translations have not been altered from Harrington's version.

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[1] uknîi.

Uknîi.

[2] ata háriva kun'áraarahitihanik.

They were living (there).

[3] xás yítha îim uvôonupuk.

Then one went outside the house.

[4] xás uxus: " tîi káruk kanvâarami."

He thought: "Let me go upriver."

[5] kári xas yiimúsich tu'áhoo.

Then he went a short way.

[6] chími axmay húut tu'iin, máruk utápichraa.

Then behold he slipped in upslope direction.

[7] xas yúruk kuna utápichrup.

Then he slipped in downriver direction.

[8] xas káruk kuna utápichroov.

Then he slipped in upriver direction.

[9] xas sáruk kuna utápichfak.

Then he slipped in downslope direction.

[10] xas asivsúruk su' utápichkaa.

Then he slipped in under a rock.

[11] " ée, if ôok asayâamach utháaniv."

"Oh, what a nice looking rock lying here."

[12] xas u'êechip, pa'as, pa'asayâamach.

Then he picked it up, that rock, that pretty rock.

[13] xas xára vura u'êethithun pa'as.

Then he packed that rock around.

[14] xas âapun upthárish.

Then he set it down on the ground again.

[15] xas uxus: " tîi matêe kanpútyiinkachi páy pa'asayâamachak, vúra uum yâamach pa'as.

Then he thought: "Let me do just a little bit of job on this nice rock, it looks so nice."

[16] xas upútyiinkach.

Then he did just a little bit of job on it.

[17] " tîi matêe kanipvínaxsunachi.

"Let me taste it by sticking out my tongue.

[18] yáehaeh.

Well.

[19] amayáa'ishar.

It tastes good.

[20] tîi pay kich xas kumatêeshich kuna kanpútyiinkachi."

Let me do a little bit more of job on it."

[21] xás kúkuum upvínaxsunach.

Then he tasted it again by sticking out his tongue.

[22] " ée, aaf kuna upákat."

"Oh, it tastes like manure."

[23] vookúphaanik.

He did thus.

[24] apsunmunukich xas upárihishrihanik vaa vura kaan, asivsúruk utápichkaanik.

Then he turned into apsunmunukich (snake species) right there, he went in under the overhanging rocks.

[25] kupánakanakana.

Kupánakanakana.

[26] chéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat imshîinaavish.

Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither upriver.

[27] nanivási vúrav eekiniyâach.

My back is straight.

[28] chéemyaach ík vúra atáychukinach i'úunupraveesh.

Grow early, Spring Cacomite.

[2]	ata háriva kun'áraarahitihanik.
	They were living (there).

[3]	xás yítha îim uvôonupuk.
	Then one went outside the house.

[4]	xás uxus: " tîi káruk kanvâarami."
	He thought: "Let me go upriver."

[5]	kári xas yiimúsich tu'áhoo.
	Then he went a short way.

[6]	chími axmay húut tu'iin, máruk utápichraa.
	Then behold he slipped in upslope direction.

[7]	xas yúruk kuna utápichrup.
	Then he slipped in downriver direction.

[8]	xas káruk kuna utápichroov.
	Then he slipped in upriver direction.

[9]	xas sáruk kuna utápichfak.
	Then he slipped in downslope direction.

[10]	xas asivsúruk su' utápichkaa.
	Then he slipped in under a rock.

[11]	" ée, if ôok asayâamach utháaniv."
	"Oh, what a nice looking rock lying here."

[12]	xas u'êechip, pa'as, pa'asayâamach.
	Then he picked it up, that rock, that pretty rock.

[13]	xas xára vura u'êethithun pa'as.
	Then he packed that rock around.

[14]	xas âapun upthárish.
	Then he set it down on the ground again.

[15]	xas uxus: " tîi matêe kanpútyiinkachi páy pa'asayâamachak, vúra uum yâamach pa'as.
	Then he thought: "Let me do just a little bit of job on this nice rock, it looks so nice."

[16]	xas upútyiinkach.
	Then he did just a little bit of job on it.

[17]	" tîi matêe kanipvínaxsunachi.
	"Let me taste it by sticking out my tongue.

[20]	tîi pay kich xas kumatêeshich kuna kanpútyiinkachi."
	Let me do a little bit more of job on it."

[21]	xás kúkuum upvínaxsunach.
	Then he tasted it again by sticking out his tongue.

[22]	" ée, aaf kuna upákat."
	"Oh, it tastes like manure."

[24]	apsunmunukich xas upárihishrihanik vaa vura kaan, asivsúruk utápichkaanik.
	Then he turned into apsunmunukich (snake species) right there, he went in under the overhanging rocks.

[26]	chéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat imshîinaavish.
	Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither upriver.

[28]	chéemyaach ík vúra atáychukinach i'úunupraveesh.
	Grow early, Spring Cacomite.