Ararahih'urípih

Nettie Ruben: "Coyote's Journey" (1957)

Primary participants: Nettie Ruben (speaker), William Bright (researcher)
Date: 1957
Project identifier: WB_KL-01
Publication details: William Bright, The Karok Language (1957), p. 162-167, Text 1
Additional contributor: Erik Maier (annotator)

Note: Sentences 119 through 132 were added by the informant at a later date.

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[1] káan áraar úkrii, táay vúra mupathúvriin.

A person lived there, he had a lot of strings of money.

[2] káan pihnêefich umáahtih, tóo mah poopathuvrîinati ára kaan.

Coyote saw him there, he saw the person there measuring strings of money.

[3] kári xás upiip, " hôoy imáahti peeshpuk."

And he said, "Where do you find the money?"

[4] kári xás upiip, " kahyúras."

And he said, "At Klamath Lakes."

[5] kári xás pihnêefich xás upvâaram.

So Coyote went home then.

[6] kári xás uxútih, " tîi kanparíshriihvi.

And he thought, "Let me twine string!

[7] xasík kahyúras nivâarami.

Let me go to Klamath Lakes!

[8] vaa peeshpúk nikyâareesh, íf tá nitápkuup."

I will go get that money, I have really taken a liking to it."

[9] xás vaa táay tuparíshriihva pá'aan.

So he twined a lot of string.

[10] ta'ítam ukífukvaheen pá'aan.

Then he tied the string in a bundle.

[11] kári xás uxus, " chími kan'arámsiiprini."

And he thought, "Let me start out!"

[12] kári xás u'árihroov, áan ithá'iithva, antunvêech, vaa poovúpareesh peeshpuk.

And he went upriver; the string was in a single pack, the little string, that which he was going to string the money with.

[13] víri vaa patóo thvásip tóo thvároov pá'aan.

When he had packed it up, he carried the string upriver.

[14] chavúra yíiv káruk tu'áhoo.

Finally he walked a long ways upriver.

[15] xás íshaha tóo xrah.

And he got thirsty.

[16] " vúra puna'ísheeshara."

"I won't drink."

[17] púyava tóo mah pasaamvároo.

Then he saw the creek.

[18] xás kári too xus, " puna'ísheeshara."

And he thought, "I won't drink."

[19] vúra vaa u'áhootih.

He was traveling like that.

[20] xás chavúra yíiv káruk tu'áhoo.

And finally he traveled a long ways upriver.

[21] vúra tóo xra pa'íshaha.

He really got thirsty.

[22] vúra vaa too xus, " puna'ísheeshara, naa ishpúk nikyâantih."

He thought like that, "I won't drink, I'm going to get money."

[23] kári xás chavúra tóo xrah, vúra tóo xra pa'íshaha.

And finally he got thirsty, he really got thirsty.

[24] kári xás uxus, " payêem vúra ni'ísheesh pasaamvároo nimahaak."

And he thought, "Now I'll drink when I see a creek.

[25] kári xás púyava chavúra yíiv tu'áhoo.

And so finally he traveled a long ways.

[26] vúra tá kâarim, tóo xra íshaha.

He was really bad off, he was thirsty.

[27] kári xás yánava pa'íshaha, pasaamvároo úxaaktih.

Then he saw the water, the creek was sounding.

[28] too xus, " ni'ísheesh pakáan ni'uumáhaak."

He thought, "I'll drink when I get there."

[29] kári xás poo'úum yánava tupivaxráheen pasaamvároo.

And when he arrived he saw the creek had dried up.

[30] kári xás " ii! púya íf íshaha tá néexrah."

"Oh, how thirsty I am!"

[31] kári xás uxus, " vúra tá íiv nimáhavrik."

And he thought, "I can't stand it."

[32] tóo xra pa'íshaha, vúra tuváxrah.

He was thirsty, he was so dry.

[33] kári xás uthítiv, úxaaktih, pa'íshaha úxaaktih.

Then he heard it, it was sounding, the water was sounding.

[34] kári xás uchunvákir pa'íshaha.

And he sneaked up on the water.

[35] kári xás ûumukich tu'uum.

And he got close.

[36] vúra vaa uthítiimtih, úxaaktih pa'íshaha patuchunvákir.

He heard it that way, the water was sounding as he sneaked up.

[37] xás tóo mah pa'íshaha poovúuntih.

And he saw the water flowing.

[38] vúra ûumukich vúra tu'uum

He got real close.

[39] kári xás ukvíripship, káan u'uum.

Then he broke into a run, he arrived there.

[40] yánava tupivaxráheen.

He saw it had dried up.

[41] kári xás uxus, " púya íf tá néexrah."

And he thought, "How thirsty I am!"

[42] vúra tá kâarim.

He was really bad off.

[43] vúra vaa u'áhootih, vúra tá yíiv káruk.

He was walking that way, a long ways upriver by this time.

[44] sáruk tóo tfákutih.

He looked downhill.

[45] sáruk peeshkêesh uvuunváraktih.

Downhill the river was flowing downriverward.

[46] xás uxus, " kíri páy kári vaa ni'ish."

And he thought, "I wish I could drink that."

[47] kári xás ee! vúra vaa u'áhootih, vúra tá kâarim.

And oh! he was walking that way, he was really bad off.

[48] vúra chími u'uumêesh kahyúras.

He was about to get to Klamath Lakes.

[49] kári xás yánava yíiv káruk tu'áhoo.

He saw he was a long ways upriver.

[50] kári xás yánava kúkuum káan íshaha úxaaktih, usaamvároohitih.

And he saw again the water sounding there, there was a creek.

[51] kári xás kúkuum too xus, " hôoy íf ni'uumêesh."

And again he thought, "I can't reach it."

[52] kóova íshaha tóo xrah.

He was so thirsty.

[53] kári xás kúkuum uchunvákir pasaamvároo.

And again he sneaked up on the creek.

[54] kêech, saamvaróokaam.

It was big, a big creek.

[55] xás uxus, " tîi kúuk kaníkfuukmi."

And he thought, "Let me crawl to it."

[56] kári xás pamúvaas upishnákarishuk.

And he undid his blanket.

[57] kári xás ta'ítam páy uníshaheen.

And he did this with it (wadded it up, shown by informant's gestures.)

[58] xás úmuustih, vúra uum táay pa'íshaha, vúra ûumukich.

And he looked; there was a lot of water, just close.

[59] kári xás ukvíripship.

And he broke into a run.

[60] xás kúuk upáathma pamúvaas.

And he threw his blanket at it.

[61] ámtaap kích uthívpup.

Just dust puffed up.

[62] tupiváxra pa'íshaha.

The water had dried up.

[63] kári xás uxus, " ii! vúra tá puná'uumara, vúra íshaha tá néexrah."

And he thought, "Oh, I can't reach it, I'm really thirsty."

[64] kári xás sáruk tóo tfákutih.

And he looked away downhill.

[65] vúra vaa sáruk uvuunváraktih peeshkéesh.

Downhill the river was flowing downriverward like that.

[66] ii! xás uxus, " chími vaa kan'îishi peeshkéesh."

Oh, he thought, "Let me drink from the river!"

[67] ta'ítam sáruk u'árihfakaheen.

So he went downhill.

[68] xás uxus, " púya íf kâarim tá nikúupha, pachími ísheesh.

And he thought, "How bad I do, being about to drink water.

[69] káruma kahyúras ishpúk nikyâantih."

I'm going to get money at Klamath Lakes."

[70] xás astíip uvîish.

So he went down to the bank.

[71] xás úuth utkáratih.

And he looked out to the water.

[72] xás uxus, " vúra puna'ísheeshara astíipich."

And he thought, "I won't drink right by the bank."

[73] kári xás upiip, " chími ikúrinishrihi itháriip."

And he said, "Fall down, fir tree!"

[74] tóo kúrinishrih.

(One) fell down.

[75] xás uvátakar.

And he walked out into the river on it.

[76] kári xás ishkéesh'aachip u'uum.

And he got to the middle of the river.

[77] kári xás ta'ítam ukúkuriheen.

And then he stooped down to the water.

[78] vúra uum xára pookúkuri pa'íshaha, tu'ísh taay.

He stooped down to the water for a long time, he drank a lot.

[79] kári xás poopvôonsip taay tu'ish.

And when he got up, he had drunk a lot.

[80] víri vaa vúra upikyívivraa.

So he fell over.

[81] vásihkam úuth úkyiimkar.

He fell backwards into the river.

[82] kári xás yúruk uthívruuhrup.

And he floated downriverward.

[83] chavúra tá yíiv tóo pthívruuhvarak.

Finally he floated a long ways downriver back to here.

[84] chavúra ôok ithivthaanéen'aachip tóo pthívruuhvarak.

Finally he floated back downriver here to the center of the world.

[85] kári xás yúruk utrûuputih.

And he looked downriver.

[86] yánava yúruk ifápiitsha kuntákiriti astiip.

He saw young women leaching on the bank downriver.

[87] kári xás upiip, " sah'ahupyâamach kanpárihish."

And he said, "Let me turn into a pretty piece of driftwood!"

[88] kári xás sah'ahupyâamach vaa upárihish.

And he turned into a pretty piece of driftwood.

[89] kári xás uthívruuhvarak.

And he floated down from upriver.

[90] ûumukich vúra tóo muustih pakuntákiritih.

Nearby he looked at them leaching.

[91] xás upiip, " astíipich vúra kanthivrúhi, astíipich vúra kanthivrúhi.

And he said, "Let me float to the bank, let me float to the bank.

[92] mukunsá'kukamich xasík nipthivrúhrooneesh."

I will keep floating back upriver just downhill from them.

[93] kári xás pa'ifápiit sáruk úuth utkáratih.

And the girl looked downhill into the river.

[94] xás upiip, " yáxa, éev.

And she said, "Look, dear.

(Bright: "éev (basic form êev), here translated "dear," is a term of address used by women to relatives or intimate friends.")

[95] oo! yáxa kóo yâamach sâam pasah'áhup."

Oh, look at what a pretty piece of driftwood downhill!"

[96] xás yítha upiip, " hôoy."

And (the other) one said, "Where?"

[97] xás upiip, " máva sâam."

And she said, "There downhill."

[98] xás upiip, " oo! êev, chími nútaatripaa pasah'áhup."

And (the other) said, "Oh, dear, let's hook the driftwood out!"

[99] " chémi."

"All right."

[100] ta'ítam sâam kunithvíripunih.

So they ran downhill.

[101] tá kunimúsar poopthivrúhroonatih.

They went to look at it floating back upriver.

[102] xás upiip, " chími, êev, hôoy kích ahúp'anamahach.

And (one) said, "Come on, dear, where is a little stick?

[103] vaa mûuk nutâatripaavish."

We'll hook it out with that."

[104] xás ta'ítam kuntâatripaaheen.

And so they hooked it out.

[105] xás oo! tá kuntápkuup.

And oh, they took a liking to it!

[106] oo! púya íf yâamachich pasah'áhup, tá kuntápkuup.

Oh, how pretty the driftwood was, they took a liking to it.

[107] kári xás kúuk upáathma yítha, tá kuníxtiivhar vaa pasah'áhup.

And one threw it to (another), they played with that driftwood.

[108] yâamachich pa'ahúp'anamahach.

The little stick was pretty.

[109] kári xás yítha upíip pa'ifápiit, " ããx!" upiip, " ããx! atafâat pihnêefich.

Then one girl said, "Ugh!" she said, "ugh! maybe it's Coyote.

[110] mít kunípaat ' káruk úuth tu'íimkar.'"

They said he drowned in the river upriver."

[111] kári xás úuth kunpípaathkar pasah'áhup.

And they threw the driftwood back in the river.

[112] kári xás tá kun'akíthkith pamukúnxuun, pamukuntákir.

And they took up their acorn soup, their leaching.

[113] cháva tá xánahishich yánava xákaan vúra tá kunímuutaraha.

Sure enough, in a little while they saw they were both pregnant.

[114] pihnêefich yóo kpuuhrup, kuyûum xás ukpúhish.

Coyote floated downriver, he swam ashore downriver from them then.

[115] púyava páy pihnêefich ukúphaanik.

So Coyote did that.

[116] upipshinvárihva peeshpúk káruk ukyâantih.

He forgot that he was going upriver to get money.

[117] kupánakanakana.

Kupánakanakana.

[118] pihnêefich ukúphaanik.

Coyote did it.

[119] pa'úuth kunpípaathkar thúfip xás uthivrúhish.

When they threw him back in the river, he then floated ashore at Requa.

[120] xás vúrava káan utháaniv astiip.

And he lay there on the bank.

[121] kári xás pâanpay pishpishih'îin tá kun'av.

And after a while the yellowjackets ate him.

[122] xás vúra vaa utháaniv.

And he lay there like that.

[123] chufniivkach'îin káru vúra patá kun'av.

Flies ate him too.

[124] chími vúra paasvut'îin káru patá kun'av.

Soon the ants ate him too.

[125] vúra vaa utháaniv.

He lay there like that.

[126] kári xás víri tá ípi vúra, pamu'ípi kích utháaniv.

And there were just bones by now, only his bones lay there.

[127] xás kári vúra vaa utháaniv.

And still he lay there like that.

[128] xás kári vaa vúra kích káan u'iishhíti vuutrava'áfiv.

And there was still meat there in his testicles.

[129] kári xás papishpíshi uxus, " tîi páy kan'am.

And the yellowjacket thought, "Let me eat this."

[130] kári xás vaa u'áv káan pá'iish.

And so he ate the meat there.

[131] kári xás póopar, kári xás u'árihship pihnêefich.

And when he bit it, then Coyote jumped up.

[132] xás upiip, " atutututututu!"

And he said, "atutututututu!"

[133] kári xás áhup u'ûusip.

And he picked up a stick.

[134] kári xás u'ákoonaa.

And he hit them.

[135] púyava vaa ukúphaanik pihnêefich.

So Coyote did that.

[136] xás umthavitrûuprihva.

He almost clubbed through them.

[137] víri vaa kumá'ii koovúra patûupichas pamusxíchak.

So that's why they all have small waists.

[1]	káan áraar úkrii, táay vúra mupathúvriin.
	A person lived there, he had a lot of strings of money.

[2]	káan pihnêefich umáahtih, tóo mah poopathuvrîinati ára kaan.
	Coyote saw him there, he saw the person there measuring strings of money.

[3]	kári xás upiip, " hôoy imáahti peeshpuk."
	And he said, "Where do you find the money?"

[4]	kári xás upiip, " kahyúras."
	And he said, "At Klamath Lakes."

[5]	kári xás pihnêefich xás upvâaram.
	So Coyote went home then.

[6]	kári xás uxútih, " tîi kanparíshriihvi.
	And he thought, "Let me twine string!

[7]	xasík kahyúras nivâarami.
	Let me go to Klamath Lakes!

[8]	vaa peeshpúk nikyâareesh, íf tá nitápkuup."
	I will go get that money, I have really taken a liking to it."

[9]	xás vaa táay tuparíshriihva pá'aan.
	So he twined a lot of string.

[10]	ta'ítam ukífukvaheen pá'aan.
	Then he tied the string in a bundle.

[11]	kári xás uxus, " chími kan'arámsiiprini."
	And he thought, "Let me start out!"

[12]	kári xás u'árihroov, áan ithá'iithva, antunvêech, vaa poovúpareesh peeshpuk.
	And he went upriver; the string was in a single pack, the little string, that which he was going to string the money with.

[13]	víri vaa patóo thvásip tóo thvároov pá'aan.
	When he had packed it up, he carried the string upriver.

[14]	chavúra yíiv káruk tu'áhoo.
	Finally he walked a long ways upriver.

[17]	púyava tóo mah pasaamvároo.
	Then he saw the creek.

[18]	xás kári too xus, " puna'ísheeshara."
	And he thought, "I won't drink."

[20]	xás chavúra yíiv káruk tu'áhoo.
	And finally he traveled a long ways upriver.

[22]	vúra vaa too xus, " puna'ísheeshara, naa ishpúk nikyâantih."
	He thought like that, "I won't drink, I'm going to get money."

[23]	kári xás chavúra tóo xrah, vúra tóo xra pa'íshaha.
	And finally he got thirsty, he really got thirsty.

[24]	kári xás uxus, " payêem vúra ni'ísheesh pasaamvároo nimahaak."
	And he thought, "Now I'll drink when I see a creek.

[25]	kári xás púyava chavúra yíiv tu'áhoo.
	And so finally he traveled a long ways.

[26]	vúra tá kâarim, tóo xra íshaha.
	He was really bad off, he was thirsty.

[27]	kári xás yánava pa'íshaha, pasaamvároo úxaaktih.
	Then he saw the water, the creek was sounding.

[28]	too xus, " ni'ísheesh pakáan ni'uumáhaak."
	He thought, "I'll drink when I get there."

[29]	kári xás poo'úum yánava tupivaxráheen pasaamvároo.
	And when he arrived he saw the creek had dried up.

[30]	kári xás " ii! púya íf íshaha tá néexrah."
	"Oh, how thirsty I am!"

[31]	kári xás uxus, " vúra tá íiv nimáhavrik."
	And he thought, "I can't stand it."

[32]	tóo xra pa'íshaha, vúra tuváxrah.
	He was thirsty, he was so dry.

[33]	kári xás uthítiv, úxaaktih, pa'íshaha úxaaktih.
	Then he heard it, it was sounding, the water was sounding.

[34]	kári xás uchunvákir pa'íshaha.
	And he sneaked up on the water.