Ararahih'urípih

Phoebe Maddux: Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (1932)

Primary participants: Phoebe Maddux (speaker), John P. Harrington (researcher)
Date: 1932
Project identifier: JPH_TKIC-III.4
Publication details: John Peabody Harrington, Tobacco Among the Karuk Indians of California (1932), pp. 46-47
Additional contributor: Karie Moorman (annotator)

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[1] sahihêeraha káru mahihêeraha

"Downslope and Upslope Tobacco"

(title)

[2] pu'ikpíhanhara pasahihêeraha, xáat vaa ár uhêer.

That river tobacco is not strong, if a person smokes it.

[3] astíip vúr u'íifti yúxnaam.

It grows by the river in the sand.

[4] vúra pu'uhthaamhítihap.

They do not sow it.

[5] vúra yáanchiip kúkuum vúra káan tupifshîiprin.

Every year it grows up voluntarily.

[6] áraar uum vúra pu'ihêeratihara pasahihêeraha.

The Indians never smoke it, that river tobacco.

[7] kúna vúra patapasihêeraha uum kúnish axváhahar, tíik^yan ár uxváhahiti patu'áffishahaak patapasihêeraha.

But the real tobacco is pithy, it makes a person's hands sticky when one touches it, the real tobacco does.

[8] tírihsha pamupírish, ikpíhan, imxathakkêem.

It has widish leaves, it is strong, it stinks.

(typo corrected from "wildish" to "widish")

[1]	sahihêeraha káru mahihêeraha
	"Downslope and Upslope Tobacco"

[2]	pu'ikpíhanhara pasahihêeraha, xáat vaa ár uhêer.
	That river tobacco is not strong, if a person smokes it.

[3]	astíip vúr u'íifti yúxnaam.
	It grows by the river in the sand.

[5]	vúra yáanchiip kúkuum vúra káan tupifshîiprin.
	Every year it grows up voluntarily.

[6]	áraar uum vúra pu'ihêeratihara pasahihêeraha.
	The Indians never smoke it, that river tobacco.

[7]	kúna vúra patapasihêeraha uum kúnish axváhahar, tíik^yan ár uxváhahiti patu'áffishahaak patapasihêeraha.
	But the real tobacco is pithy, it makes a person's hands sticky when one touches it, the real tobacco does.

[8]	tírihsha pamupírish, ikpíhan, imxathakkêem.
	It has widish leaves, it is strong, it stinks.