Ararahih'urípih

Lottie Beck: "The Greedy Father" (1957)

Primary participants: Lottie Beck (speaker), William Bright (researcher)
Date: 1957
Project identifier: WB_KL-23
Publication details: William Bright, The Karok Language (1957), pp. 214-217, Text 23
Additional contributor: Erik Maier (annotator)

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[1] éexri tuvîishrih.

Famine descended (on the people).

[2] xás vaa uum tá kunxúrihinaa.

And they were hungry.

[3] upíip " imáan nikríhareesh."

(A man) said, "Tomorrow I'll go fishing."

[4] xás asúuxar kun'asíshriihva.

And they went to bed without eating.

[5] imáankam yáan vúra usúpaahitih, uvâaram.

The next day it was just dawn, (and) he went.

[6] pakúusra tuváruprav.

The sun was rising.

[7] íshahak tóo mkuuhkurih.

It was shining on the water.

[8] axmáy umúuyha.

Suddenly the string attached to the fishnet quivered.

[9] víri kún amvákaam.

There was a big salmon (in the net).

[10] xás uthyúruripaa.

So he hauled it out.

[11] imvirámaam uthárishrih.

He put it down in back of the fishery.

[12] xás uxús " tîi kanimnîishi.

Then he thought, "Let me cook it!

[13] ayu'âach vúra uum tá naxúriha."

It's because I'm hungry."

[14] ta'ítam uhvíthaheen.

So he cleaned it.

[15] xás pa'ípun utâatsur.

And he cut off the tail.

[16] xás yôoram uthárish.

He put it to one side.

[17] xás tóo mnish.

Then he cooked (the salmon).

[18] víri póo'av, hínupa vúra tutháfip, xás ífuth xás úpxuuspa.

When he ate it, he devoured it (all), and (only) afterwards did he realize it.

[19] yáas upvâaramutih.

Then he went home.

[20] pa'ípun u'êechtihach.

He was carrying just the tail.

[21] yiimúsich úhyiivti " chú páy axíich pipúniich, táay íp imafúnvaansa."

Some distance (from home) he was shouting, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars."

(Bright: "pipúniich is a distorted diminutive of ípun 'salmon-tail.'")

[22] xás paaxíich tá kunithvíriprupuk.

Then the children ran out.

[23] kuníhyiivtih.

They were shouting.

[24] " yôotva, nu'áveesh, yôotva, nu'áveesh."

"Hurray, we're going to eat, hurray, we're going to eat!"

[25] imáan kúkuum upikríhar.

The next day he went fishing again.

[26] kúkuum vúra amvákaam úykar.

Again he caught a big salmon.

[27] xás káan vúra u'av.

And he ate it there.

[28] kúkuum vúra úhyiv " chú páy axíich pipúniich, táay íp imafúnvaansa."

Again he shouted, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars."

[29] xás pa'asiktávaan uxús " naa nixúti ' kin'áhachakutih.'"

And the woman thought, "I think he's holding out on us."

[30] xás kuméemaankam poopikríhar.

And it was the next day that he went fishing again.

[31] pamutúnviiv úpeenvunaa " ôok vúra kíik'iini.

She told her children, "You stay here.

[32] tá ni'áharam.

I'm following him.

[33] naa nixúti ' kin'áhachakutih.'"

I think he's holding out on us."

[34] xás póo'uum, víri kún amvákaam tóo thyúruripaa.

And when she arrived, there he had pulled out a big salmon.

[35] xás pa'ípun tóo tâatsur.

And he cut off the tail.

[36] yiivánihich uthárish.

He put it down a little ways off.

[37] xás aah tóo kyav.

Then he made a fire.

[38] ta'ítam ukrîishriheen.

Then he cooked (the salmon).

[39] chu'áveesh.

He was about to eat it.

[40] xás upikvíriproov.

Then she ran back upriver.

[41] pamutúnviiv úpeenvunaa " tu'ifuyâachha.

She told her children, "It's really true.

[42] hínupa vúra kin'áhachakutih.

He's holding out on us.

[43] chími nupikyáasiiprin, xasík nupávyiihshipreevish."

Let's get started, we're going to leave."

[44] máruk tá kunpifúkraan.

They climbed uphill.

[45] xás kunthítiv, sáruk úhyiivtih " chú páy axíich pipúniich, táay íp imafúnvaansa."

Then they heard him, he was shouting downhill, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars."

[46] astáriish.

It was silent.

[47] xás kúkuum vúra úhyiv.

Then he shouted again.

[48] iinâak ukvíripfuruk.

He ran indoors.

[49] víri kún siit kích uksahárahitih.

There only mice were squeaking.

[50] xás u'árihrupuk.

Then he jumped out.

[51] vúrava kári úhyiivti " chú páy axíich pipúniich, táay íp imafúnvaansa."

He was still shouting like that, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars."

[52] víri máruk pootrâatih.

He looked uphill.

[53] víri kún káan tá kunpifúkraan.

There they had climbed up there.

[54] xás pamuhrôoha úhyiv " káan pátha áamtih.

And his wife shouted, "Eat alone there!"

[55] vaa kúth kin'áhachakutih."

For that purpose you held out on us."

[56] hínupa ník tu'áharamunaa.

He was following them.

[57] káruma yáan u'áhachakvunaatih.

The truth was that he had just been holding out on them.

[58] páanpay vúra tá ûumukich.

Finally he was close.

[59] kári vúra úhyiivtih.

He was still shouting.

[60] xás poopáhariithvunaa pamuhrooha'îin kunipêer " yaxéek iim vaa kích ikupítiheesh.

And when he caught up with them, his wife told him, "You're going to be doing nothing but this.

[61] saamvárook aratváraf kích i'áamtiheesh.

You'll be eating nothing but mud in the creeks

[62] kúna nuu yaas'arará'uuthkam kích nu'irukúunpiithvutiheesh."

But we will be sitting around only in front of rich people."

[63] xás uxús " paniinamichtâapas kaníkfuukiraa."

And he thought, "Let me grab the littlest one."

[64] panyúrar xás upíkriivrihva.

And (the child) turned into the bear-lily.

[65] xás " payítha" kúna uxús " níkfuukiraa."

And he thought, "I'm grabbing the other one."

[66] súrip xás upíkriivrihva.

And it turned into a hazel-bush.

[67] pamuhrôoha kúna úkfuukiraa.

He grabbed his wife in turn.

[68] ishvírip xás upihyárihish.

She turned into a pine tree.

[69] kúna uum vaa vúra káan úksuusur.

He, in turn, swooped down there.

[70] vaa vúra payêem kumáheesh.

You will see him like that now.

[71] saamvaróotiim aratváraf u'áamtih.

He eats mud on the edge of creeks.

[72] pamuhrôoha káru pamutúnviiv patuvuhvúhinaahaak yaas'arará'uuthkam kunchivítahitih.

(But) his wife and his children, when there is a deerskin dance, are lined up in front of rich people.

(Bright: "The father became asaxvanish'ámvaanich 'moss-eater, i.e., the water ouzel.' The woman and the children turned into the materials used for making baskets.")

[3]	upíip " imáan nikríhareesh."
	(A man) said, "Tomorrow I'll go fishing."

[4]	xás asúuxar kun'asíshriihva.
	And they went to bed without eating.

[5]	imáankam yáan vúra usúpaahitih, uvâaram.
	The next day it was just dawn, (and) he went.

[7]	íshahak tóo mkuuhkurih.
	It was shining on the water.

[8]	axmáy umúuyha.
	Suddenly the string attached to the fishnet quivered.

[9]	víri kún amvákaam.
	There was a big salmon (in the net).

[11]	imvirámaam uthárishrih.
	He put it down in back of the fishery.

[12]	xás uxús " tîi kanimnîishi.
	Then he thought, "Let me cook it!

[13]	ayu'âach vúra uum tá naxúriha."
	It's because I'm hungry."

[18]	víri póo'av, hínupa vúra tutháfip, xás ífuth xás úpxuuspa.
	When he ate it, he devoured it (all), and (only) afterwards did he realize it.

[20]	pa'ípun u'êechtihach.
	He was carrying just the tail.

[21]	yiimúsich úhyiivti " chú páy axíich pipúniich, táay íp imafúnvaansa."
	Some distance (from home) he was shouting, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars."

[22]	xás paaxíich tá kunithvíriprupuk.
	Then the children ran out.

[24]	" yôotva, nu'áveesh, yôotva, nu'áveesh."
	"Hurray, we're going to eat, hurray, we're going to eat!"

[25]	imáan kúkuum upikríhar.
	The next day he went fishing again.

[26]	kúkuum vúra amvákaam úykar.
	Again he caught a big salmon.

[28]	kúkuum vúra úhyiv " chú páy axíich pipúniich, táay íp imafúnvaansa."
	Again he shouted, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars."

[29]	xás pa'asiktávaan uxús " naa nixúti ' kin'áhachakutih.'"
	And the woman thought, "I think he's holding out on us."

[30]	xás kuméemaankam poopikríhar.
	And it was the next day that he went fishing again.

[31]	pamutúnviiv úpeenvunaa " ôok vúra kíik'iini.
	She told her children, "You stay here.

[33]	naa nixúti ' kin'áhachakutih.'"
	I think he's holding out on us."

[34]	xás póo'uum, víri kún amvákaam tóo thyúruripaa.
	And when she arrived, there he had pulled out a big salmon.

[35]	xás pa'ípun tóo tâatsur.
	And he cut off the tail.

[36]	yiivánihich uthárish.
	He put it down a little ways off.

[38]	ta'ítam ukrîishriheen.
	Then he cooked (the salmon).

[41]	pamutúnviiv úpeenvunaa " tu'ifuyâachha.
	She told her children, "It's really true.

[42]	hínupa vúra kin'áhachakutih.
	He's holding out on us.

[43]	chími nupikyáasiiprin, xasík nupávyiihshipreevish."
	Let's get started, we're going to leave."

[45]	xás kunthítiv, sáruk úhyiivtih " chú páy axíich pipúniich, táay íp imafúnvaansa."
	Then they heard him, he was shouting downhill, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars."

[49]	víri kún siit kích uksahárahitih.
	There only mice were squeaking.