Ararahih'urípih

Lottie Beck: "The Kidnapped Child" (1957)

Primary participants: Lottie Beck (speaker), William Bright (researcher)
Date: 1957
Project identifier: WB_KL-61
Publication details: William Bright, The Karok Language (1957), pp. 272-273, Text 61
Additional contributor: Olga Pipko (annotator)

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[1] avansáxiich vúra uum hitíhaan uxráratih.

A little boy was always crying.

[2] xás pamutat'îin kunipêer " îikam kúuk uumi.

And his mother told him, "Go outdoors!

[3] eenishrúpak ixráran."

Go cry on the porch!"

[4] xás îikam úyfuutrupuk.

And she pushed him outdoors.

[5] káan uxráratih.

He was crying there.

[6] pâanpay tóo kxáramha.

Pretty soon it got dark.

[7] vúra vaa kári uxnánatihach.

He was still crying like that a little.

[8] axmáy xás ukôoha pooxráratih.

And suddenly he stopped crying.

[9] xás uxús " húuka áta tu'uum."

And (the mother) thought, "I wonder where he's gone?"

[10] xás uvôonupuk.

And she went outside.

[11] víri kún tá púra fátaak.

There was nothing there.

[12] káan ník úhyiivtih.

She shouted some there.

[13] vúra tá pu'ipmáhara.

She couldn't find (the child).

[14] xás xára vúra upápiv.

And she looked for him for a long time.

[15] yáas uxúti " naa nixúti ' tá kun'ípas.'"

Then she thought, "I think he's been taken."

[16] hínu páy vúra if.

Sure enough, it was true.

[17] kóova uthvuyxâaha, pamúyuup axváha mûuk kuniptáxvah.

She grieved so for him, she sealed up her eyes with pitch.

[18] "vaa uum vúra punaturâayvutiheeshara."

"That way I won't be looking for him."

[19] pâanpay vúra tá kêech pa'avansáxiich.

After a while the boy (living with his kidnappers) got big.

[20] îikam ukunihîichvutih.

He was outside shooting in play.

[21] xás pámita îin kunsíitvat úpeenti " xáyfaat mâam kúuk ikuníhivraa."

And the one who stole him told him, "Don't shoot up over the hill!"

[22] xás pa'avansáxiich uxús " fâat áta kúth pávaa kanéepeentih."

And the boy thought, "I wonder why I was told that?"

[23] xás mâam kúuk ukúniihva yiimúsich vúra.

So he shot a little ways uphillward.

[24] xás upávar pamukuníhar.

And he went to get his arrows.

[25] kâam kunikfúyvuunish.

He was whistled at, a little ways upriver.

[26] uhyárihish.

He stood still.

[27] axmáy xás pa'úuhyan hôoyva u'aramsîiprin.

Suddenly a voice came from somewhere.

[28] kunípeenti " axicha'êechkeepuhich yáxa íkrii."

He was told, "Look, you are a kidnapped child!"

[29] upikvíripunih.

He ran back downhill.

[30] "púya mâam kanéepeentih, axicha'êechkeepuhich níkrii."

"Say, I'm told uphill, I'm a kidnapped child!"

[31] xás kunipêer " hãã.

And he was told (by his kidnappers), "Yes.

[32] yíiv yúruk xás pamítaat úkrii.

And your mother lives far downriver.

[33] peepárihrupahaak yúruk peepitvâavnukahaak imáheesh úmkuufhitih.

When you go back downriver, as you look down over, you will see there is smoke.

[34] vaa káan pamítaat úkrii."

That's where your mother lives."

[35] ta'ítam upvâaramaheen.

So (the boy) went back home.

[36] víri îifuti poopitrûuputi víri kún yúruk úmkuufhitih.

Sure enough, when he looked downriver, there downriver was the smoke.

[37] xás upikvíriprup.

And he ran downriver.

[38] eenishrúpak úskaaktak.

He jumped onto the porch.

[39] xás uknívniv.

And he knocked.

[40] pamútaat iinâak úhyiv " ka'íruu!

Inside his mother shouted, "Stop it!

[41] vaa káan naní'anamahach mufyukúraam."

That's where my little one used to stay."

[42] xás upíip " tá ni'ípak.

And he said, "I've returned."

[43] ayu'âach kanéepeentih, axicha'êechkeepuhich níkrii."

It was because it was told to me, I'm a kidnapped child."

[44] xás u'árihrupuk, vaa kích upíti " húm íta, húm íta, húm íta."

Then she ran outdoors, she said only, "húm íta, húm íta, húm íta." (No meaning.)

[45] xás upíip " chími pananíyuup nupíkyav."

And she said, "Let's fix my eyes!"

[46] itaharahárinay tutaxváhahitih.

They had been sealed up for ten years.

[47] ta'ítam kunpikyâaheen pamúyuup.

So they fixed her eyes.

[48] xás xákaan kunpiin.

And they lived together again.

[1]	avansáxiich vúra uum hitíhaan uxráratih.
	A little boy was always crying.

[2]	xás pamutat'îin kunipêer " îikam kúuk uumi.
	And his mother told him, "Go outdoors!

[4]	xás îikam úyfuutrupuk.
	And she pushed him outdoors.

[7]	vúra vaa kári uxnánatihach.
	He was still crying like that a little.

[8]	axmáy xás ukôoha pooxráratih.
	And suddenly he stopped crying.

[9]	xás uxús " húuka áta tu'uum."
	And (the mother) thought, "I wonder where he's gone?"

[11]	víri kún tá púra fátaak.
	There was nothing there.

[13]	vúra tá pu'ipmáhara.
	She couldn't find (the child).

[14]	xás xára vúra upápiv.
	And she looked for him for a long time.

[15]	yáas uxúti " naa nixúti ' tá kun'ípas.'"
	Then she thought, "I think he's been taken."

[17]	kóova uthvuyxâaha, pamúyuup axváha mûuk kuniptáxvah.
	She grieved so for him, she sealed up her eyes with pitch.

[18]	"vaa uum vúra punaturâayvutiheeshara."
	"That way I won't be looking for him."

[19]	pâanpay vúra tá kêech pa'avansáxiich.
	After a while the boy (living with his kidnappers) got big.

[20]	îikam ukunihîichvutih.
	He was outside shooting in play.

[21]	xás pámita îin kunsíitvat úpeenti " xáyfaat mâam kúuk ikuníhivraa."
	And the one who stole him told him, "Don't shoot up over the hill!"

[22]	xás pa'avansáxiich uxús " fâat áta kúth pávaa kanéepeentih."
	And the boy thought, "I wonder why I was told that?"

[23]	xás mâam kúuk ukúniihva yiimúsich vúra.
	So he shot a little ways uphillward.

[24]	xás upávar pamukuníhar.
	And he went to get his arrows.

[25]	kâam kunikfúyvuunish.
	He was whistled at, a little ways upriver.

[27]	axmáy xás pa'úuhyan hôoyva u'aramsîiprin.
	Suddenly a voice came from somewhere.

[28]	kunípeenti " axicha'êechkeepuhich yáxa íkrii."
	He was told, "Look, you are a kidnapped child!"

[30]	"púya mâam kanéepeentih, axicha'êechkeepuhich níkrii."
	"Say, I'm told uphill, I'm a kidnapped child!"

[31]	xás kunipêer " hãã.
	And he was told (by his kidnappers), "Yes.

[32]	yíiv yúruk xás pamítaat úkrii.
	And your mother lives far downriver.

[33]	peepárihrupahaak yúruk peepitvâavnukahaak imáheesh úmkuufhitih.
	When you go back downriver, as you look down over, you will see there is smoke.

[34]	vaa káan pamítaat úkrii."
	That's where your mother lives."

[35]	ta'ítam upvâaramaheen.
	So (the boy) went back home.

[36]	víri îifuti poopitrûuputi víri kún yúruk úmkuufhitih.
	Sure enough, when he looked downriver, there downriver was the smoke.

[40]	pamútaat iinâak úhyiv " ka'íruu!
	Inside his mother shouted, "Stop it!

[41]	vaa káan naní'anamahach mufyukúraam."
	That's where my little one used to stay."