Ararahih'urípih

Julia Starritt: "The Hair in the Soup" (1957)

Primary participants: Julia Starritt (speaker), William Bright (researcher)
Date: 1957
Project identifier: WB_KL-21
Publication details: William Bright, The Karok Language (1957), pp. 212-215, Text 21
Additional contributor: Erik Maier (annotator)

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[1] asáxvu uum káan úkrii.

Turtle lived there.

[2] áxak muyáan'iiftihansa.

He had two sons (lit., young people).

[3] imustihayêepsha káru akúnvaansa.

They were good-looking and (good) hunters.

[4] xás pu'ifmâarasahara, vúra afishríhansa.

And they weren't married men, they were unmarried.

[5] xás áxak ifápiitsha kunpiip, " chími numúsanvi payáan'iiftihansa."

And two young women said, "Let's go see the young men."

[6] xás táay vúra kunsáanva.

And they carried lots.

[7] xúun káru kunsáanva.

They carried acorn soup too.

[8] xás pakáan kun'uum, yánava papihnîich kích pácheech úkrii.

And when they got there, they saw only the old man sitting alone.

[9] xás upiip, " hôoy uumkun pa'ávansas."

And they said, "Where are the men?"

[10] xás upiip, " uumkun tée p kun'ákunvarat."

And he said, "They've gone hunting."

[11] xás ikxúrar tá kunímnish.

And in the evening (the women) cooked.

[12] xás xúun káru tá kuntharámpuk.

And they boiled acorn soup too.

[13] xás upíip papihnîichich, " chími kiik'íchunvi.

And the old man said, "Hide!

[14] xáyfaat kíikmahap."

Don't let them see you."

[15] xás ta'ítam kun'íchunvaheen.

And so (the women) hid.

[16] xás kun'ípak pa'ávansas.

Then the men returned.

[17] ta'ítam kun'ávaheen.

So they ate.

[18] xás kunpiip, " yée naa, íf páy paxúun amáyav."

And they said, "Say, this is really delicious acorn soup!"

[19] xás kunpiip, " arákaas, mâa páy pamiváfish."

And they said, "Old man, here! this is your liver.

[20] xás kúkuum imáan máh'iit kunpiyâaram.

And again the next day (the young men) went away in the morning.

[21] xás papihnîich úpeenvunaa payeeripáxvuhsas, " chími kiikpiruvôonishuki."

And the old man told the girls, "Crawl out again!"

[22] xás kári kúkuum pa'ifápiitsha tá kunímnish.

And the young women cooked again.

[23] xás kári pa'ávansas patá kun'ípak ikxúrar yánava papihnîich upakurîihvutih.

And when the men returned in the evening, they saw the old man was singing.

[24] yánava upítih, " cháfich kích navíshtaantih."

They saw he was saying, "I just want a bone to gnaw on."

[25] vaa ukupapakurîihvahitih, " cháfich kích navíshtaantih."

He was singing that, "I just want a bone to gnaw on."

(Bright: "The old man, being toothless, normally ate only liver. Now that he has (as he thinks) two young women for himself, he fancies that he can chew meat from bones.")

[26] xás tá kunipêer pamukun'ákah, " yee! arákaas, hûut ti'iin.

And they said to their father, "Hey, old man, what's wrong with you?

[27] mâa páy pamiváfish."

Here, this is your liver!"

[28] xás tá kun'av.

Then they ate.

[29] xás upíip yítha pa'ávansa, " yee! páy fâat tá nimah.

And one man said, "Hey, what's this I see?"

[30] yáxa páy ifunihaxára paniníxuunak."

Look, this long hair is in my acorn soup!"

[31] xás vúra papihnîich ucháfichti pa'ípih, xás aax kích uthuufhíti poocháfichtih.

And the old man was gnawing the bones, and nothing but blood was streaming as he gnawed.

[32] xás pa'ávansa uthyúruripaa pa'ífuni pamu'ásipak.

And the man pulled the hair from his basket.

[33] xás upiip, " hôoy páy tu'aramsîip pa'ifunihaxára."

And he said, "Where did this long hair come from?"

[34] xás papihnîich upiip, " paninivup'áfiv vaa káan utakurukíshriihva, víriva tóo kyiimshur."

And the old man said, "It's curled up there at the base of the neck, it fell off."

[35] káruma uum pa'ifápiit áxak pamu'ífuni upaathrámni papátaravak.

The fact was, the young women had thrown two of their hairs into the soup-baskets.

[36] xás papihnîich vaa vúra upakurîihvutih, " cháfich kích navíshtaantih."

And the old man was singing that way, "I just want a bone to chew on."

[37] xás kári kunipêer pa'arákaas, " hûut ti'iin.

Then (the sons) said to the old man, "What's wrong with you?

[38] páy uum pumi'ífunihara."

This isn't your hair."

[39] xás kári pa'ifápiit kun'iruvôonishuk.

Then the young women crawled out.

[40] xás kunpiip, " nuu vaa nanu'ífunih.

And they said, "It's our hair.

[41] pa'arákaas íp îin kinípeerat, ' kiik'íchunvi.'

The old man told us to hide.

[42] víri íp nuxúsaat ' vaa kukupá'aapunmaheesh,' vaa íp kúth panupaathrámnihat pa'ásipak."

We thought you would know it in that way, that's why we threw them in the baskets."

[2]	áxak muyáan'iiftihansa.
	He had two sons (lit., young people).

[3]	imustihayêepsha káru akúnvaansa.
	They were good-looking and (good) hunters.

[4]	xás pu'ifmâarasahara, vúra afishríhansa.
	And they weren't married men, they were unmarried.

[5]	xás áxak ifápiitsha kunpiip, " chími numúsanvi payáan'iiftihansa."
	And two young women said, "Let's go see the young men."

[8]	xás pakáan kun'uum, yánava papihnîich kích pácheech úkrii.
	And when they got there, they saw only the old man sitting alone.

[9]	xás upiip, " hôoy uumkun pa'ávansas."
	And they said, "Where are the men?"

[10]	xás upiip, " uumkun tée p kun'ákunvarat."
	And he said, "They've gone hunting."

[11]	xás ikxúrar tá kunímnish.
	And in the evening (the women) cooked.

[12]	xás xúun káru tá kuntharámpuk.
	And they boiled acorn soup too.

[13]	xás upíip papihnîichich, " chími kiik'íchunvi.
	And the old man said, "Hide!

[15]	xás ta'ítam kun'íchunvaheen.
	And so (the women) hid.

[18]	xás kunpiip, " yée naa, íf páy paxúun amáyav."
	And they said, "Say, this is really delicious acorn soup!"

[19]	xás kunpiip, " arákaas, mâa páy pamiváfish."
	And they said, "Old man, here! this is your liver.

[20]	xás kúkuum imáan máh'iit kunpiyâaram.
	And again the next day (the young men) went away in the morning.

[21]	xás papihnîich úpeenvunaa payeeripáxvuhsas, " chími kiikpiruvôonishuki."
	And the old man told the girls, "Crawl out again!"

[22]	xás kári kúkuum pa'ifápiitsha tá kunímnish.
	And the young women cooked again.

[23]	xás kári pa'ávansas patá kun'ípak ikxúrar yánava papihnîich upakurîihvutih.
	And when the men returned in the evening, they saw the old man was singing.

[24]	yánava upítih, " cháfich kích navíshtaantih."
	They saw he was saying, "I just want a bone to gnaw on."

[25]	vaa ukupapakurîihvahitih, " cháfich kích navíshtaantih."
	He was singing that, "I just want a bone to gnaw on."

[26]	xás tá kunipêer pamukun'ákah, " yee! arákaas, hûut ti'iin.
	And they said to their father, "Hey, old man, what's wrong with you?

[29]	xás upíip yítha pa'ávansa, " yee! páy fâat tá nimah.
	And one man said, "Hey, what's this I see?"

[30]	yáxa páy ifunihaxára paniníxuunak."
	Look, this long hair is in my acorn soup!"

[31]	xás vúra papihnîich ucháfichti pa'ípih, xás aax kích uthuufhíti poocháfichtih.
	And the old man was gnawing the bones, and nothing but blood was streaming as he gnawed.

[32]	xás pa'ávansa uthyúruripaa pa'ífuni pamu'ásipak.
	And the man pulled the hair from his basket.

[33]	xás upiip, " hôoy páy tu'aramsîip pa'ifunihaxára."
	And he said, "Where did this long hair come from?"

[34]	xás papihnîich upiip, " paninivup'áfiv vaa káan utakurukíshriihva, víriva tóo kyiimshur."
	And the old man said, "It's curled up there at the base of the neck, it fell off."

[35]	káruma uum pa'ifápiit áxak pamu'ífuni upaathrámni papátaravak.
	The fact was, the young women had thrown two of their hairs into the soup-baskets.

[36]	xás papihnîich vaa vúra upakurîihvutih, " cháfich kích navíshtaantih."
	And the old man was singing that way, "I just want a bone to chew on."

[37]	xás kári kunipêer pa'arákaas, " hûut ti'iin.
	Then (the sons) said to the old man, "What's wrong with you?

[39]	xás kári pa'ifápiit kun'iruvôonishuk.
	Then the young women crawled out.