Ararahih'urípih

Chester Pepper: "Coyote and the Sun" (1949)

Primary participant: Chester Pepper (speaker)
Date: 1949
Project identifier: WB_LA78.1-016b
Publication details: Unpublished (recorded by William Bright, 1949)
Audio Source: http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17958

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Note: This text was recorded by William Bright without Karuk transcriptions or English free translations. Free translations were provided by Vina Smith (2013).

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[1] pihnêefich uum vookúphaanik.

Coyote did that.

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[2] vaa uxúti pakúusrah hôoy tu'aramsîiprivtih.

He's wondering where the sun comes from.

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[3] mâam patusúpaaha maruk too trâa tuvásip.

When day broke, he looked uphill and it was rising uphill.

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[4] kumáam vúra hôoy upíip poo'aramsîip tuvásip.

He comes from somewhere up in the hills, he said, he comes up from there.

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[5] xás uxútih kíri vaa káan ni'uum, pakáan kúusrah hôoy u'aramsîiprivtih.

He's thinking he wants to go there, where the sun comes from.

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[6] táma ukfuukrâaheen.

Then he went up the hill.

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[7] chavúra vaa káan úum máruk ukfúkuvraa.

Then he had gotten there, up on top of the hill.

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[8] yée yáxa ithyáruk xás uvásip pakúusrah.

There was the sun coming up from across (the next hill).

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[9] kúkuum vúra u'áhoo.

Then he was walking again.

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[10] kúkuum vúra vaa káan u'uum.

Then he got there again.

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[11] kúkuum ithyáruk xás tuváasip pakúusrah.

Then the sun rose across from him again.

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[12] payêem vúra hôoyva u'aramsîiprivtih pu'aapunmuti uxúti kumâam vúra upíip poo'aramsîiprivtih.

He doesn't even know where it comes from, he was thinking it just came from up in the hill there.

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[13] víriva pihnêefich ukúphaanik.

Coyote did that.

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[14] vaa vúra kich.

That's all.

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[2]	vaa uxúti pakúusrah hôoy tu'aramsîiprivtih.
	He's wondering where the sun comes from.

[3]	mâam patusúpaaha maruk too trâa tuvásip.
	When day broke, he looked uphill and it was rising uphill.

[4]	kumáam vúra hôoy upíip poo'aramsîip tuvásip.
	He comes from somewhere up in the hills, he said, he comes up from there.

[5]	xás uxútih kíri vaa káan ni'uum, pakáan kúusrah hôoy u'aramsîiprivtih.
	He's thinking he wants to go there, where the sun comes from.

[7]	chavúra vaa káan úum máruk ukfúkuvraa.
	Then he had gotten there, up on top of the hill.

[8]	yée yáxa ithyáruk xás uvásip pakúusrah.
	There was the sun coming up from across (the next hill).

[10]	kúkuum vúra vaa káan u'uum.
	Then he got there again.

[11]	kúkuum ithyáruk xás tuváasip pakúusrah.
	Then the sun rose across from him again.

[12]	payêem vúra hôoyva u'aramsîiprivtih pu'aapunmuti uxúti kumâam vúra upíip poo'aramsîiprivtih.
	He doesn't even know where it comes from, he was thinking it just came from up in the hill there.