Ararahih'urípih

Lottie Beck: "The Story of Madrone" (1957)

Primary participants: Lottie Beck (speaker), William Bright (researcher)
Date: 1957
Project identifier: WB_KL-35
Publication details: William Bright, The Karok Language (1957), pp. 236-237, Text 35
Additional contributor: Nina Gliozzo (annotator)

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[1] kusrípan uum itháan avansahanik.

Madrone was once a man.

[2] ararayaas'ára mu'afishríhan.

He was a rich man's son.

[3] xás mukunyûuchkamach úkrii.

And a man lived downriver across-stream from them.

[4] vúra yâamach mu'ifápiit.

His daughter was pretty.

[5] xás kâanimich kunkupa'áraarahitih.

But they lived poorly.

[6] víri ûum tá kuníshyaavha.

They barely lived through the winter.

[7] káan ník pa'ávansa u'ákunvuti káru u'ahavishkâavutih.

The man would hunt and fish there.

[8] vúrava kooyâach tu'íipma.

He would come back with just as much (as he started out with, i.e. nothing).

[9] imáankam kúkuum tuvâaram.

The next day he would go again.

[10] vúra kunpíychaaktih.

He had bad luck.

[11] vúra uum puharíxay yav kupa'áraarahitihap.

They never lived well.

[12] kusrípan uum vúra itíhaan uvunayvîichvutih.

Madrone was always wandering around idly.

[13] káruk u'árihroonatih.

He kept going upriver.

(Bright: "This seems to indicate that the girl lives upstream, in contradiction to the statement of sentence 3. Succeeding sentences are consistent with sentence 13, rather than sentence 3.")

[14] xás pa'ifápiit kôothkam utkáratih.

And he saw the girl upriver across-stream.

[15] umahunâanatih.

She saw him coming.

[16] xás ukfuyvûunish.

And she whistled at him.

[17] xás uhyárihish.

And he stopped.

[18] imáankam kúkuum vúra u'árihraa.

The next day he went up again.

[19] xás poomáhavrik úkpuuhrin.

And when she saw him coming, she swam across.

[20] hínu páy chí kunchúphiichveesh.

There they were going to chat.

[21] xás xárahirurav usínmoo kusrípan.

But Madrone stayed away too long.

[22] pamu'akah'îin kunpápivar.

His father went to look for him.

[23] xás umá " káan ishkéeshtiim kun'iin."

And he saw that they were there on the edge of the river.

[24] upípasrup pamu'aramah.

He took his child back home.

[25] xás upêer " xáyfaat ík vúra haríxay kâam kúuk i'íipma.

And he told him, "You mustn't ever go back upriver there.

[26] imtarásuun pa'ifápiit.

The girl is a bastard.

[27] púra fâat ifkírahitihara."

Nothing was paid to legitimize her."

[28] imáan upíkpuuhkar pa'ifápiit.

The next day the girl swam across again.

[29] hôoy kích kusrípan.

Where was Madrone?

[30] xanahíchyav vúra tóo kríi.

She stayed quite a long time.

[31] yúruk utrûuputih.

She looked downriver.

[32] yánava tóo kvíripraa.

She saw him run upriverward.

[33] xás upíip " chéemyaach nupíkpuuhkari.

And he said, "Let's swim across from them quickly!

[34] íp kanéepeerat ' xáyfaat ôok inaa'."

They told me, 'Don't go up there.'"

[35] xás kuníthpuuhrin.

So they swam across.

[36] xás máruk kunithvíripuraa.

And they ran uphill.

[37] pa'ifápiit mukrívraam kúuk u'uum.

They got to the girl's house.

[38] yáan vúra úkxurarahitih.

It was just evening.

[39] ithyáruk u'uhyanárahitih.

There was talking across-stream.

[40] upíip " naa nixútih tá kanapápivaruk.

He said, "I think they're coming to look for me."

[41] xás kuníthvip.

Then they ran.

[42] ithéekxaram vúra hôoyva kunikvéesh.

They spent the whole night somewhere.

[43] imáankam kunpirúviishrih.

The next day they came back down.

[44] vúrava ithyáruk u'uhyanárahitih.

There was talking across-stream.

[45] xás kusrípan upíip " chími kanipvâarami.

And Madrone said, "Let me go back home!

[46] miník ni'ípakeesh."

I'll return, all right."

[47] upíkpuuhkin.

He swam back across.

[48] xás úmuusti pamu'iish.

Then he looked at his body.

[49] tóo mxaxasúroo, tu'ur.

It was scaling off, it was peeling.

[50] kusrípan upkêevish.

He turned into a madrone tree.

[51] vaa vúra payêem kumáheesh, u'úuntih.

You will see it that way now, it is peeling.

[52] ayu'âach pa'ifápiit tée p xákaan kunikvéeshrihat.

It is because he spent the night with the girl.

[53] víri vaa vúra kumakári kumáheesh kusrípan, itíhaan kumahárinay tu'ur.

You will see him that way still, every year he peels.

[1]	kusrípan uum itháan avansahanik.
	Madrone was once a man.

[2]	ararayaas'ára mu'afishríhan.
	He was a rich man's son.

[3]	xás mukunyûuchkamach úkrii.
	And a man lived downriver across-stream from them.

[5]	xás kâanimich kunkupa'áraarahitih.
	But they lived poorly.

[6]	víri ûum tá kuníshyaavha.
	They barely lived through the winter.

[7]	káan ník pa'ávansa u'ákunvuti káru u'ahavishkâavutih.
	The man would hunt and fish there.

[8]	vúrava kooyâach tu'íipma.
	He would come back with just as much (as he started out with, i.e. nothing).

[9]	imáankam kúkuum tuvâaram.
	The next day he would go again.

[11]	vúra uum puharíxay yav kupa'áraarahitihap.
	They never lived well.

[12]	kusrípan uum vúra itíhaan uvunayvîichvutih.
	Madrone was always wandering around idly.

[14]	xás pa'ifápiit kôothkam utkáratih.
	And he saw the girl upriver across-stream.

[18]	imáankam kúkuum vúra u'árihraa.
	The next day he went up again.

[19]	xás poomáhavrik úkpuuhrin.
	And when she saw him coming, she swam across.

[20]	hínu páy chí kunchúphiichveesh.
	There they were going to chat.

[21]	xás xárahirurav usínmoo kusrípan.
	But Madrone stayed away too long.

[22]	pamu'akah'îin kunpápivar.
	His father went to look for him.

[23]	xás umá " káan ishkéeshtiim kun'iin."
	And he saw that they were there on the edge of the river.

[25]	xás upêer " xáyfaat ík vúra haríxay kâam kúuk i'íipma.
	And he told him, "You mustn't ever go back upriver there.

[27]	púra fâat ifkírahitihara."
	Nothing was paid to legitimize her."

[28]	imáan upíkpuuhkar pa'ifápiit.
	The next day the girl swam across again.

[30]	xanahíchyav vúra tóo kríi.
	She stayed quite a long time.

[32]	yánava tóo kvíripraa.
	She saw him run upriverward.

[33]	xás upíip " chéemyaach nupíkpuuhkari.
	And he said, "Let's swim across from them quickly!

[34]	íp kanéepeerat ' xáyfaat ôok inaa'."
	They told me, 'Don't go up there.'"

[37]	pa'ifápiit mukrívraam kúuk u'uum.
	They got to the girl's house.

[39]	ithyáruk u'uhyanárahitih.
	There was talking across-stream.

[40]	upíip " naa nixútih tá kanapápivaruk.
	He said, "I think they're coming to look for me."

[42]	ithéekxaram vúra hôoyva kunikvéesh.
	They spent the whole night somewhere.

[43]	imáankam kunpirúviishrih.
	The next day they came back down.

[44]	vúrava ithyáruk u'uhyanárahitih.
	There was talking across-stream.