Ararahih'urípih

Chester Pepper: "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (1957)

Primary participants: Chester Pepper (speaker), William Bright (researcher)
Date: 1957
Project identifier: WB_KL-12
Publication details: William Bright, The Karok Language (1957), pp. 198-199, Text 12

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[1] vaa ukúphaanik pihnêefich uum.

Coyote did this way.

[2] mâam pakúusra tuváruprav.

The sun rose just uphill.

[3] uxútih, " kumâam úkrii, pakúusrah."

He thought, "The sun is just uphill from here."

[4] xás uxútih, " vaa tá káan úkrii, pakúusrah."

He thought, "The sun's right there."

[5] pookfúkuvraa, yánava ithyáruk xás tuváruprav pakúusrah.

When he climbed up over (the ridge), he saw the sun was rising across (above the next ridge).

[6] chavúra pumahára, hôoy poo'aramsîiprivtih.

In the end he didn't find where it came from.

[7] víriva pihnêefich ukúphaanik.

Coyote did that.

[2]	mâam pakúusra tuváruprav.
	The sun rose just uphill.

[3]	uxútih, " kumâam úkrii, pakúusrah."
	He thought, "The sun is just uphill from here."

[4]	xás uxútih, " vaa tá káan úkrii, pakúusrah."
	He thought, "The sun's right there."

[5]	pookfúkuvraa, yánava ithyáruk xás tuváruprav pakúusrah.
	When he climbed up over (the ridge), he saw the sun was rising across (above the next ridge).

[6]	chavúra pumahára, hôoy poo'aramsîiprivtih.
	In the end he didn't find where it came from.