Ararahih'urípih

Mamie Offield: "The Greedy Father" (1957)

Primary participants: Mamie Offield (speaker), William Bright (researcher)
Date: 1957
Project identifier: WB_KL-24
Publication details: William Bright, The Karok Language (1957), pp. 218-219, Text 24
Additional contributor: Olga Pipko (annotator)

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[1] pathufkírik muhrôoha xákaan kun'íinanik.

Owl and his wife lived together.

[2] xás táay pamukuntúnviiv.

And they had many children.

[3] tóo tkaanvar pa'ávansa, kookamáh'iit vúra tóo tkaanvar.

The man went to spear fish, every morning he went to spear fish.

[4] púyava patée kxurárahaak yiimúsich vúra tóo kpêehva patu'ípak.

When it was evening, he would shout a little ways off as he returned.

[5] xás tóo piip " axichapipúniishich."

He would say, "Little children-tail."

[6] púyava tá kun'aachíchhiivrik.

Then they were glad to see him.

[7] púyava vaa tá kunxúriha páaxiich.

The children were hungry.

[8] kúkuum vúra tu'ípak, vaa tóo piip " axichapipúniishich."

The next time he returned, he would say, "Little children-tail."

(Bright: "From (basic) axiicha 'child' plus pipúniishich, a distorted double diminutive of ípun 'salmon tail.' Cf. footnote to sentence 21 of text WB_KL-23")

[9] kári xás uxús pamukúntaat " hûut áta kúth pa'ípun vúra kích tu'avíkvuti patu'ípakahaak."

And (the children's) mother thought, "Why, I wonder, is he carrying only the tail when he returns?"

[10] kári xás uxús " chími kanmáhi."

And she thought, "Let me watch him."

[11] tuthaxústay.

She suspected him.

[12] kári xás tu'asimáchishrihvunaa páaxiich.

So she put the children to bed.

[13] kári xás uum u'áasish, ahinámtiimich.

And she went to bed, at the edge of the fire.

[14] kári xás vúra pu'ikviit-hára, káruma kúnish úkviit-hitih.

But she didn't sleep, the truth was she sort of slept (in pretense).

[15] kári xás axmáy upvôonfuruk pathufkírik.

And suddenly Owl came in again.

[16] kári xás yôoram upikrîish.

And he sat down in the rear of the house.

[17] kári xás vúra vaa káan úkrii.

And he sat there like that.

[18] kári xás uxús " áta úkviit-hitih."

And he thought, "I guess she's asleep."

[19] kári xás áak úkuukirih.

And he stuck a stick in the fire.

[20] kári xás úyuunka pamuhrôoha.

And he poked his wife (with it).

[21] kári xás vúra pu'itxâarihvara.

And she didn't wake up.

[22] kári xás uxús " miník áta tóo kviit-ha."

So he thought, "I guess she's asleep, all right."

[23] kári xás kíxumnipaak kúuk u'uum, pasípaam uthaanêerak.

And he went to the corner, where the grinding slab lay.

[24] kári xás u'êechip.

And he picked it up.

[25] kári xás usaníshukva pa'áama.

And he took out the salmon (from underneath).

[26] kári xás ta'ítam u'ávaheen.

So then he ate it.

[27] kári xás yiivári kúuk u'íipma, kúkuum upítkaanvar.

Then he went away again, he went to spear fish again.

[28] kári xás pa'asiktâan uvôonsip.

Then the woman got up.

[29] kári xás úsnak pasípaam.

And she pushed aside the mortar.

[30] kári xás usaníshukva pa'áama.

And she took out the salmon.

[31] kári xás ta'ítam u'ákihvunaaheen pamutúnviiv.

Then she gave it to her children.

[32] ta'ítam kunpáxtiivpunaa, aachíchhar vúra kunpihmarápiithva.

So they played again, they ran around again happily.

[33] kári xás yiimúsich vúra ukpêehva " axichapipúniishich."

Then he shouted a little ways off, "Little children-tail!"

[34] kári xás pa'ûumukich u'uum, kári xás uxús " hûut kúth papukana'aachichhîivriktihara."

Then when he got near, then he thought, "Why aren't they happy to see me?"

[35] kári xás poo'íipma xás upvôonfuruk iinâak.

And when he got there, he crawled inside again.

[36] kári xás á' úkxiiptak thîivakar.

And he flew up onto the drying rack.

[37] kári xás úmuusti pamusípaam.

And he looked at his grinding slab.

[38] kári xás upíip " hûu huhûu, kúnish nanisípaam tuyuunhítih."

And he said, "hûu huhûu, my grinding slab is sort of crooked."

[39] kári xás upíip " hári ti'áhachakunaa pamitúnviiv.

Then (his wife) said, "You held out on your children at various times.

[40] koovúra mímyaahti vaa ikupítiheesh, fátaak á' ikûuntakoovish.

All your life you will be doing that, you will sit on something above.

[41] víri payaas'ára hûutva tu'íinahaak, víri payaas'ára kâarim tukúphaak, vaa kári xás ík ichuuphítiheesh.

However (long) Mankind exists, when Mankind does bad, then you will have to speak.

[42] hûutva kóo mímyaahti pati'ívahaak púra fâat vúra îin aamtíheeshara.

All your life, when you die, nothing will eat (you).

(Bright: "Two Karok assertions are involved here: the first, that the owl's cry is a sign that someone has done evil; the second, that no wild animal will eat a dead owl.")

[43] kúna naa, naa káru paninitúnviiv, páy nanusúruk kúuk tá nupávyiihma.

But I, I and my children, we are going underground.

[44] hûutva kóo yaas'ára u'íinahaak, víri yaas'araréethvaaykam nivúrayvutiheesh.

As long as Mankind exists, we will be around in front of rich people.

[45] víri vaa kuthítiimtiheesh, pánaa kâarim tá nixus, peeshviripshúruk poofyúkutihat, yakún na vaa peeshvírip."

You will hear it, when I feel sad, when (someone) goes around under pine trees, because I am Pine."

(Bright: "The reference is to the sad sound made by wind in the pines.")

[46] xás pasárum víri vaa pa'ásip kunvíiktih.

And they weave the baskets of pine roots.

[47] víri vaa yaas'araréethvaaykam uvúrayvutiheesh.

They will be around in front of rich people.

[1]	pathufkírik muhrôoha xákaan kun'íinanik.
	Owl and his wife lived together.

[2]	xás táay pamukuntúnviiv.
	And they had many children.

[3]	tóo tkaanvar pa'ávansa, kookamáh'iit vúra tóo tkaanvar.
	The man went to spear fish, every morning he went to spear fish.

[4]	púyava patée kxurárahaak yiimúsich vúra tóo kpêehva patu'ípak.
	When it was evening, he would shout a little ways off as he returned.

[5]	xás tóo piip " axichapipúniishich."
	He would say, "Little children-tail."

[6]	púyava tá kun'aachíchhiivrik.
	Then they were glad to see him.

[7]	púyava vaa tá kunxúriha páaxiich.
	The children were hungry.

[8]	kúkuum vúra tu'ípak, vaa tóo piip " axichapipúniishich."
	The next time he returned, he would say, "Little children-tail."

[9]	kári xás uxús pamukúntaat " hûut áta kúth pa'ípun vúra kích tu'avíkvuti patu'ípakahaak."
	And (the children's) mother thought, "Why, I wonder, is he carrying only the tail when he returns?"

[10]	kári xás uxús " chími kanmáhi."
	And she thought, "Let me watch him."

[12]	kári xás tu'asimáchishrihvunaa páaxiich.
	So she put the children to bed.

[13]	kári xás uum u'áasish, ahinámtiimich.
	And she went to bed, at the edge of the fire.

[14]	kári xás vúra pu'ikviit-hára, káruma kúnish úkviit-hitih.
	But she didn't sleep, the truth was she sort of slept (in pretense).

[15]	kári xás axmáy upvôonfuruk pathufkírik.
	And suddenly Owl came in again.

[16]	kári xás yôoram upikrîish.
	And he sat down in the rear of the house.

[17]	kári xás vúra vaa káan úkrii.
	And he sat there like that.

[18]	kári xás uxús " áta úkviit-hitih."
	And he thought, "I guess she's asleep."

[19]	kári xás áak úkuukirih.
	And he stuck a stick in the fire.

[20]	kári xás úyuunka pamuhrôoha.
	And he poked his wife (with it).

[21]	kári xás vúra pu'itxâarihvara.
	And she didn't wake up.

[22]	kári xás uxús " miník áta tóo kviit-ha."
	So he thought, "I guess she's asleep, all right."

[23]	kári xás kíxumnipaak kúuk u'uum, pasípaam uthaanêerak.
	And he went to the corner, where the grinding slab lay.

[25]	kári xás usaníshukva pa'áama.
	And he took out the salmon (from underneath).

[27]	kári xás yiivári kúuk u'íipma, kúkuum upítkaanvar.
	Then he went away again, he went to spear fish again.

[28]	kári xás pa'asiktâan uvôonsip.
	Then the woman got up.

[29]	kári xás úsnak pasípaam.
	And she pushed aside the mortar.

[30]	kári xás usaníshukva pa'áama.
	And she took out the salmon.

[31]	kári xás ta'ítam u'ákihvunaaheen pamutúnviiv.
	Then she gave it to her children.

[32]	ta'ítam kunpáxtiivpunaa, aachíchhar vúra kunpihmarápiithva.
	So they played again, they ran around again happily.

[33]	kári xás yiimúsich vúra ukpêehva " axichapipúniishich."
	Then he shouted a little ways off, "Little children-tail!"