Phoebe Maddux: Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (1932)

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[1]

pakoovúra

pananuppírish

puyíththaxay

vúra

kúnish

vaa

kumeekyâahara

peheeraha'íppa

vúra

chishihpurith'íppa

kích

vaa

kúnish

kuméekyav

pa'apxantîich

îin

tá

kinippêer

that.of.all

our.plant

not.a.single.one

Intensive

sort.of

that

it.is.not.the.kind.of.make

the.tobacco.plant

Intensive

black.nightshade.plant

only

that

sort.of

kind.of.make

the.white.man

TOPIC

PERF

he.said.to.us

Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us

(title)

[2]	imxathakkêem
	bad-smelling

They smell strong.

[3]	púffaat	vúra	îin	áamtihap
	nothing	Intensive	TOPIC	it.eats.them

Nothing eats them.

[4]	kôokaninay	vúr	u'íiftih
	everywhere	Intensive	it.is.growing

They grow all over.

[5]	payêem	vúra	vaa	káan	taay	u'íifti	pakáan	píins	kun'úhthaamhitihirak
	now	Intensive	so	there	much	it.is.growing	that.there	beans	where.the.beans.are.planted

They grow more now where beans are planted.

[6]

vaa

vúra

púrith

umússahiti

kúna

vúra

axvíththirar

umússahiti

pachishihpúrith

uxraháthkaay

pappírish

káru

vúra

axvíththirarkunish

so

Intensive

huckleberry

it.is.looking.like.it

in.addition

Intensive

dirty

it.is.looking.like.it

the.dog.huckleberry

sour

the.leaves

also

Intensive

dirty-like

They look like huckleberries, but the dog huckleberries are dirty looking, they are sour, the leaves also are dirty looking.

[7]	vúra	purafâat-hara	úux
	Intensive	it.is.not.nothing	bitter

It is good for nothing, it smells strong.

[8]	chishíih	áta	ník	uum	vúr	u'áamti	íkkiich	áta	vóothvuuyti	chishihpúrith
	dog	maybe	a.little	3.SG	Intensive	it.eats.it	maybe	maybe	in.that.way.it.is.called	nightshade.sp.

I guess maybe dogs eat them, they are called dog huckleberries.