Ararahih'urípih

Phoebe Maddux: Sense Characteristics (1932)

Primary participants: Phoebe Maddux (speaker), John P. Harrington (researcher)
Date: 1932
Project identifier: JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a
Publication details: John Peabody Harrington, Tobacco Among the Karuk Indians of California (1932), pp. 49
Additional contributor: Karie Moorman (annotator)

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[1] pahûut u'iftakantákkanti, úmxaathti, u'ákkati, umússahitih

"How [tobacco] Feels, Smells, Tastes, and Looks"

(title)

[2] pahûut u'iftakantákkantih

"How [tobacco] Feels"

(heading)

[3] xúus kúnish ár u'iftakankôotti patu'áffishahaak.

Tobacco is smooth and sticky when one feels it.

[4] pahûut úmxaathtih

"How [tobacco] Smells"

(heading)

[5] káru vúra peehêeraha vúra imxathakkêem.

And tobacco stinks.

[6] hâari vúra axvaahkúhaanaha patóo msákkarahaak.

Sometimes it makes a person's head ache when he smells it.

[7] pahûut u'ákkatih

"How [tobacco] Tastes"

(heading)

[8] peehêeraha apmáan ukrix^yúpxupti ára, úux, xára vúr apmáan u'ákkatih.

Tobacco burns a person's mouth, it tastes bad.

[9] vaa tá kunpíip fâat vúrava pa'úuxhaak: " úux, ihêeraha kóo úux."

They say when anything tastes bad: "It tastes bad, it tastes as bad as tobacco."

[10] nanittáat mít upôovôo?ihat, pafâat vúrava úuxhaak: " iheeraháxiit k^yúnish k^yóo uux."

My mother used to say when anything tasted bad: "It tastes as bad as green tobacco."

[11] hâari tá kunpakátkat payaaf, pakári kuntákkiritihat, kári xás tá kunpiip: " ihêeraha vúra kári k^yóo úux payaaf."

Sometimes when they taste of acorn dough, when they are still soaking it, they say: "The acorn dough tastes as bad as smoking tobacco yet."

[12] pahûut umúsahitih

"How [tobacco] Looks"

(heading)

[13] payáan vúr u'íiftihaak puxxích thúkkinkunish, peheeraha'íppa, pachím uimtúppeeshahaak, vaa kári taváttavkunish.

When it is just growing, the tobacco plant is real green, when it is already going to get ripe, it is then light-colored.

[1]	pahûut u'iftakantákkanti, úmxaathti, u'ákkati, umússahitih
	"How [tobacco] Feels, Smells, Tastes, and Looks"

[3]	xúus kúnish ár u'iftakankôotti patu'áffishahaak.
	Tobacco is smooth and sticky when one feels it.

[5]	káru vúra peehêeraha vúra imxathakkêem.
	And tobacco stinks.

[6]	hâari vúra axvaahkúhaanaha patóo msákkarahaak.
	Sometimes it makes a person's head ache when he smells it.

[8]	peehêeraha apmáan ukrix^yúpxupti ára, úux, xára vúr apmáan u'ákkatih.
	Tobacco burns a person's mouth, it tastes bad.

[9]	vaa tá kunpíip fâat vúrava pa'úuxhaak: " úux, ihêeraha kóo úux."
	They say when anything tastes bad: "It tastes bad, it tastes as bad as tobacco."

[10]	nanittáat mít upôovôo?ihat, pafâat vúrava úuxhaak: " iheeraháxiit k^yúnish k^yóo uux."
	My mother used to say when anything tasted bad: "It tastes as bad as green tobacco."

[11]	hâari tá kunpakátkat payaaf, pakári kuntákkiritihat, kári xás tá kunpiip: " ihêeraha vúra kári k^yóo úux payaaf."
	Sometimes when they taste of acorn dough, when they are still soaking it, they say: "The acorn dough tastes as bad as smoking tobacco yet."

[13]	payáan vúr u'íiftihaak puxxích thúkkinkunish, peheeraha'íppa, pachím uimtúppeeshahaak, vaa kári taváttavkunish.
	When it is just growing, the tobacco plant is real green, when it is already going to get ripe, it is then light-colored.