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Nettie Ruben: "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (1957)

Primary participants: Nettie Ruben (speaker), William Bright (researcher)
Date: 1957
Project identifier: WB_KL-36
Publication details: William Bright, The Karok Language (1957), pp. 238-239, Text 36
Additional contributors: Erin Donnelly (annotator), Erik Maier (annotator)

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[1] paasmáax yúp'aaxkunish.

Towhee has red eyes.

[2] saak kuntáxraatvunaa.

They were attaching arrowheads.

[3] víriva káan úmuustih.

He was watching there.

[4] kári xás patá kunpíkyaar pakuntáxraati kári xás asmáax " tîi kan'ífiki pataxratêep."

And when they finished attaching arrowheads, then Towhee thought, "Let me pick up the scraps".

[5] kári xás utáxraatih.

Then he attached arrowheads.

[6] vúra uum tóo mchaaxripaa.

The heat was coming out (of the fire).

[7] póomuusti pootáxraati pa'áak utkírih.

When he looked at his arrowhead-attaching, he looked into the fire.

[8] púyava kumá'ii pamúyuup aaxkúnish poomchaaxrípaanik.

So for that reason his eyes are red from the heat that came out.

[2]	saak kuntáxraatvunaa.
	They were attaching arrowheads.

[4]	kári xás patá kunpíkyaar pakuntáxraati kári xás asmáax " tîi kan'ífiki pataxratêep."
	And when they finished attaching arrowheads, then Towhee thought, "Let me pick up the scraps".

[6]	vúra uum tóo mchaaxripaa.
	The heat was coming out (of the fire).

[7]	póomuusti pootáxraati pa'áak utkírih.
	When he looked at his arrowhead-attaching, he looked into the fire.

[8]	púyava kumá'ii pamúyuup aaxkúnish poomchaaxrípaanik.
	So for that reason his eyes are red from the heat that came out.