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Nettie Ruben: "The Adulterers Discovered" (1957)

Primary participants: Nettie Ruben (speaker), William Bright (researcher)
Date: 1957
Project identifier: WB_KL-39
Publication details: William Bright, The Karok Language (1957), pp. 240-241
Additional contributors: Erin Donnelly (annotator), Erik Maier (annotator)

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[1] apsunmúnukich ukitaxríharahitih.

Western Yellow-Bellied Racer (a snake) was being unfaithful to his wife.

[2] ith'aranihrôoha xákaan kun'ásimtih.

He was sleeping with another's wife.

[3] xás tóo piip, apsunmúnukich, " vúra púra kára aapúnmeeshara."

And Racer said, "Nobody will find out."

[4] xás kúkuum vúra imáan tumúsar.

So again the next day he went to see her.

[5] pa'asiktávaan káru uum tuvôonupuk.

The woman went out too.

[6] yiimúsich tóo pmah, apsunmúnukich.

She saw Racer a little ways off.

[7] káan tu'uum.

She arrived there.

[8] púyava patóo kxáramha, pa'asiktávaan tu'ípak.

And when it got dark, the woman returned home.

[9] vúra púra húun kupítihara.

(It was as if) she was doing no harm.

[10] vúra yáv pa'asiktávaan.

She was a good woman.

[11] káruma uum ukitaxríharahitih.

(But) the fact was, she was being unfaithful.

[12] xás pa'ávansa vúra uum pu'aapúnmutihara.

And the man (her husband) didn't know.

[13] xás kári kúkuum vúra imáan tá kunpithvuyrámeesh.

And again the next day they were going to meet.

[14] púyava imáan tuvôonupuk, pa'asiktávaan.

So the next day the woman went out.

[15] yanavéekva tu'áhooheen, apsunmúnukich.

She saw Racer coming.

[16] kári xás " ii!" xás upiip, " vúra ník pukín'aapunmeeshap, panukitaxríharahitih."

Then (hearing someone coming) he said, "Oh, they mustn't know that we're being unfaithful!"

[17] kári xás upiip, " chími na'íshunvi."

And he said, "Bury me!"

[18] kári xás páyuux uxyátap.

So she threw dirt on him.

[19] u'íshunva.

She buried him.

[20] púxay vúra kín'aapunmeeshap.

They were not to know.

[21] kári xás pa'asiktávaan tóo pvâaram.

Then the woman went back home.

[22] kári xás apsunmúnukich axmáy uvôonuprav.

And suddenly Racer crawled out (prematurely).

[23] xás kári " ee!" kári xás kunpiip, " uum apsunmúnukich tukitaxríharahitih."

And (people) said, "Oh, Racer is being unfaithful!"

[24] tá kun'áapunma pookitaxríharahitih.

They found out that he was being unfaithful.

[25] kári xás apsunmúnukich upiip, " payaas'ára u'iiníshrihaak, víri pa'asiktávaan vaa ukupítihaak, ukitaxríharahitihaak, xáat káru uxúti ' vúra pu'aapúnmeeshap,' víri vaa vúra kun'áapunmeesh."

Then Racer said, "When Mankind comes into existence, when a woman does this, when she is unfaithful, even though she thinks they won't find out, they will find out like this."

[1]	apsunmúnukich ukitaxríharahitih.
	Western Yellow-Bellied Racer (a snake) was being unfaithful to his wife.

[2]	ith'aranihrôoha xákaan kun'ásimtih.
	He was sleeping with another's wife.

[3]	xás tóo piip, apsunmúnukich, " vúra púra kára aapúnmeeshara."
	And Racer said, "Nobody will find out."

[4]	xás kúkuum vúra imáan tumúsar.
	So again the next day he went to see her.

[5]	pa'asiktávaan káru uum tuvôonupuk.
	The woman went out too.

[6]	yiimúsich tóo pmah, apsunmúnukich.
	She saw Racer a little ways off.

[8]	púyava patóo kxáramha, pa'asiktávaan tu'ípak.
	And when it got dark, the woman returned home.

[9]	vúra púra húun kupítihara.
	(It was as if) she was doing no harm.

[11]	káruma uum ukitaxríharahitih.
	(But) the fact was, she was being unfaithful.

[12]	xás pa'ávansa vúra uum pu'aapúnmutihara.
	And the man (her husband) didn't know.

[13]	xás kári kúkuum vúra imáan tá kunpithvuyrámeesh.
	And again the next day they were going to meet.

[14]	púyava imáan tuvôonupuk, pa'asiktávaan.
	So the next day the woman went out.

[15]	yanavéekva tu'áhooheen, apsunmúnukich.
	She saw Racer coming.

[16]	kári xás " ii!" xás upiip, " vúra ník pukín'aapunmeeshap, panukitaxríharahitih."
	Then (hearing someone coming) he said, "Oh, they mustn't know that we're being unfaithful!"

[17]	kári xás upiip, " chími na'íshunvi."
	And he said, "Bury me!"

[18]	kári xás páyuux uxyátap.
	So she threw dirt on him.

[20]	púxay vúra kín'aapunmeeshap.
	They were not to know.

[21]	kári xás pa'asiktávaan tóo pvâaram.
	Then the woman went back home.

[22]	kári xás apsunmúnukich axmáy uvôonuprav.
	And suddenly Racer crawled out (prematurely).

[23]	xás kári " ee!" kári xás kunpiip, " uum apsunmúnukich tukitaxríharahitih."
	And (people) said, "Oh, Racer is being unfaithful!"

[24]	tá kun'áapunma pookitaxríharahitih.
	They found out that he was being unfaithful.

[25]	kári xás apsunmúnukich upiip, " payaas'ára u'iiníshrihaak, víri pa'asiktávaan vaa ukupítihaak, ukitaxríharahitihaak, xáat káru uxúti ' vúra pu'aapúnmeeshap,' víri vaa vúra kun'áapunmeesh."
	Then Racer said, "When Mankind comes into existence, when a woman does this, when she is unfaithful, even though she thinks they won't find out, they will find out like this."