Ararahih'urípih

Mamie Offield: "The Devil and the Girl" (1957)

Primary participants: Mamie Offield (speaker), William Bright (researcher)
Date: 1957
Project identifier: WB_KL-64
Publication details: William Bright, The Karok Language (1957), pp. 276-277, Text 64
Additional contributor: Shane Bilowitz (annotator)

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[1] áxak kustáaras kunpâakuhitih.

Two sisters were picking acorns.

[2] kári xás yítha upiip, " chími kanipvâarami.

And one said, "Let me go back home!

[3] kánpaatishrihi káakum paxúrish.

Let me load up some of the shelled acorns!

[4] chími iim ôok vúra ikrii ikrûuntihi paxúrish."

You stay here, wait for the (rest of the) shelled acorns!"

[5] kári xás uxus, " tá ná'aathva kip nusúmahtih."

And (the one who remained) thought, "I'm afraid; we've been hearing some noise."

[6] kári xás uxus, " tîi sáruk kanvâarami impaak."

And she thought, "Let me go downhill on the path!"

[7] kári xás unhíshriihva koovúra pa'ûumukich pa'áthiith, impaak unhíshriihva.

And she tied all the hazel branches nearby, she tied them across the path.

[8] kári xás u'íipma pookrîirak.

Then she went back where she was staying.

[9] kári xás uxus, " tîi kantharampûuki."

And she thought, "Let me cook acorn soup!"

[10] kári xás taay vúra utharámpuk.

So she made a lot of acorn soup.

[11] "kíri kunxús ' taayvávan panu'áraarahitih.'"

"Let them think we are a lot of people!"

[12] kári xás a' uvôoruraa iyvôoruraa.

Then she crawled up onto the woodpile.

[13] kári xás ikxáram axmáy uthítiv, axmáy uvôonfuruk pa'apurúvaan.

Then in the night suddenly she heard it, suddenly the devil came in.

[14] kári xás upiip, " ishávaasich hôoy áta uvâaramaheen.

And he said, "I wonder where little niece has gone?

[15] íf ta naxuniháyaachha.

I'm really hungry!

[16] matêe kaniptôori panini'ápuroon."

Let me count my charms for a moment!"

[17] kári xás uyáariipva pamu'ápuroon.

So he took out his charms.

[18] "páy uum pakumá'ii axvâak ukúheesh.

"This one is so that (a person) will have a headache.

[19] páy uum pakumá'ii pavishváan ukúheesh."

This one will give him a stomach-ache."

[20] chavúra utooríshriihva pookupakúhaheesh.

Finally he finished counting what he would make (a person) sick with.

[21] xás upiyaaráamnihva.

And he put them back in (a bag).

[22] xás upiip, " tîi kánpaatvan."

And he said, "Let me go bathe!"

[23] kári xás uskákuni pa'asiktávaan.

Then the woman jumped down.

[24] kári xás u'êechip pa'apuroonpûuvish.

And she picked up the charm-bag.

[25] kári xás úkvip.

And she ran.

[26] váa kúuk ukvíripma pa'ípa unhíshriihvat pa'áthiith.

She ran there where she had tied the hazel branches.

[27] xás súrukam u'arihrûuprihva.

And she ducked underneath them.

[28] kári xás pa'apurúvaan upvôonfuruk.

Then the devil came back in the house.

[29] kári xás upiip, " nani'ápuroon tá na'êetheep."

And he said, "She's taken away my charms!"

[30] kári xás u'áharam.

And he chased her.

[31] púyava patóo kvíripuni pa'áthiith tóo kuuyva, mâam xás tupikyívish.

And when he ran downhill, he hit the hazel branches, and he fell back to the ground uphill.

[32] púyava kári xás u'íipma pa'asiktávaan.

Then the woman arrived back at her home.

[33] kári xás upiip, " áp ná'aathvat, víri tá ni'ípak."

And she said, "I was afraid, so I came back."

(Bright: "ip, the adverb marking recent-past time, here occurs in the variant form ap, which has been recorded nowhere else. It is perhaps relevant that Yurok has a word ap, indicating past time.")

[34] káruma uum yiimúsich tu'íshunvaheen pa'ápuroon.

The fact was, she had hidden the charms some distance away.

[35] púyava vúra tá xára kári xás pa'apurúvaan umah.

So after a long time, then the devil found her.

[36] kári xás upiip, " chími neepthárihi panani'ápuroon."

And he said, "Give me back my charms!

[37] mímik koovúra panani'arará'uup nu'ákiheesh.

I'll give you my Indian treasure.

[38] káru vúra xáat neehrúuthvahi."

And you may even take me as your slave."

[39] kári xás upákih, xás káru vúra úhruuthvah.

So she gave them back to him, and she took him as her slave.

[1]	áxak kustáaras kunpâakuhitih.
	Two sisters were picking acorns.

[2]	kári xás yítha upiip, " chími kanipvâarami.
	And one said, "Let me go back home!

[3]	kánpaatishrihi káakum paxúrish.
	Let me load up some of the shelled acorns!

[4]	chími iim ôok vúra ikrii ikrûuntihi paxúrish."
	You stay here, wait for the (rest of the) shelled acorns!"

[5]	kári xás uxus, " tá ná'aathva kip nusúmahtih."
	And (the one who remained) thought, "I'm afraid; we've been hearing some noise."

[6]	kári xás uxus, " tîi sáruk kanvâarami impaak."
	And she thought, "Let me go downhill on the path!"

[7]	kári xás unhíshriihva koovúra pa'ûumukich pa'áthiith, impaak unhíshriihva.
	And she tied all the hazel branches nearby, she tied them across the path.

[8]	kári xás u'íipma pookrîirak.
	Then she went back where she was staying.

[9]	kári xás uxus, " tîi kantharampûuki."
	And she thought, "Let me cook acorn soup!"

[10]	kári xás taay vúra utharámpuk.
	So she made a lot of acorn soup.

[11]	"kíri kunxús ' taayvávan panu'áraarahitih.'"
	"Let them think we are a lot of people!"

[12]	kári xás a' uvôoruraa iyvôoruraa.
	Then she crawled up onto the woodpile.

[13]	kári xás ikxáram axmáy uthítiv, axmáy uvôonfuruk pa'apurúvaan.
	Then in the night suddenly she heard it, suddenly the devil came in.

[14]	kári xás upiip, " ishávaasich hôoy áta uvâaramaheen.
	And he said, "I wonder where little niece has gone?

[16]	matêe kaniptôori panini'ápuroon."
	Let me count my charms for a moment!"

[17]	kári xás uyáariipva pamu'ápuroon.
	So he took out his charms.

[18]	"páy uum pakumá'ii axvâak ukúheesh.
	"This one is so that (a person) will have a headache.

[19]	páy uum pakumá'ii pavishváan ukúheesh."
	This one will give him a stomach-ache."

[20]	chavúra utooríshriihva pookupakúhaheesh.
	Finally he finished counting what he would make (a person) sick with.

[21]	xás upiyaaráamnihva.
	And he put them back in (a bag).

[22]	xás upiip, " tîi kánpaatvan."
	And he said, "Let me go bathe!"

[23]	kári xás uskákuni pa'asiktávaan.
	Then the woman jumped down.

[24]	kári xás u'êechip pa'apuroonpûuvish.
	And she picked up the charm-bag.

[26]	váa kúuk ukvíripma pa'ípa unhíshriihvat pa'áthiith.
	She ran there where she had tied the hazel branches.

[27]	xás súrukam u'arihrûuprihva.
	And she ducked underneath them.

[28]	kári xás pa'apurúvaan upvôonfuruk.
	Then the devil came back in the house.

[29]	kári xás upiip, " nani'ápuroon tá na'êetheep."
	And he said, "She's taken away my charms!"

[31]	púyava patóo kvíripuni pa'áthiith tóo kuuyva, mâam xás tupikyívish.
	And when he ran downhill, he hit the hazel branches, and he fell back to the ground uphill.

[32]	púyava kári xás u'íipma pa'asiktávaan.
	Then the woman arrived back at her home.

[33]	kári xás upiip, " áp ná'aathvat, víri tá ni'ípak."
	And she said, "I was afraid, so I came back."