Phoebe Maddux: Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (1932)

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[1]	peheeraha'íppa	mupikyutunváramuu	káru	koovúra	pamúthvuy
	the.tobacco.plant	its.joints	also	all	its.name

"Morphology of the Tobacco Plant"

(title)

[2]	peheeraha'íppa	pakóo	uthvúyttiihva	pamushvitáva
	the.tobacco.plant	all	it.is.called	its.pieces

"Morphology of the Tobacco Plant"

(alternate title)

[3]	koovúra	peheeraha'íppa
	all	the.tobacco.plant

"The Plant"

(heading)

[4]	íp	nimáhat	pamiheerahappírish
	PAST	I.saw.it	your.tobacco.leaves

I saw your good for nothing tobacco weeds.

[5]	yáan	vúr	u'íkkyusunutihach	peheerahappírish
	recently	Intensive	it.is.just.pointing.up.off	the.tobacco.leaves

The tobacco is just starting to come up.

(Harrington: "said in reference to the plant or leaves when first pricking above the soil")

[6]	mupikutunváramuu
	its.joints

its joints

(Harrington: "applicable to the parts of a plant, but cannot be said of the parts of a one-piece object, like a pipe.")

[7]	pamushvitáva
	its.various.parts

its various parts or pieces

(Harrington: "applicable to the parts of a one-piece object, like a pipe")

[8]	pirísh'anammahach
	little.leaf

little leaf

(Harrington: "used especially of grotesque or useless leaves or plants, or of little weeds coming up, e.g., in a tobacco plot")

[9]	pinishtunvêechchas
	little.leaves

little leaves

(Harrington: "used especially of grotesque or useless leaves or plants, or of little weeds coming up, e.g., in a tobacco plot")

[10]	pamu'íppa
	its.plant

its stalk or plant

[11]	pamuppírish
	its.leaves

its foliage

[12]	á'yaach	vúr	uvêehrímva	poo'íifti	peehêeraha
	straight.up	Intensive	it.stands	when.it.is.growing	the.tobacco

The tobacco plant stands straight up as it grows.

[13]	á'yaach	vúra	uvêehrimva	poo'íifti	peheeraha'íppa
	straight.up	Intensive	it.stands	when.it.is.growing	the.tobacco.plant

The tobacco plant stands straight up as it grows.

[14]	kôomahich	vúra	pooveehpîithvuti	pamúptiik
	little.bit	Intensive	that.it.spreads.out	its.branches

Its branches just spread a little.

[15]	peheeraha'íppa	uum	vúra	iváxra	kúnish	koovúra	pu'ássarhara	sákriiv
	the.tobacco.plant	3.SG	Intensive	dryish	sort.of	all	not.juicy	hard

The tobacco plant is all dryish, it is not juicy, it is tough.

[16]	peheeraháaptiik	pa'uh'íppi	sákriivsha	puyâamahukich	kupeeshpáttahitihara
	the.tobacco.branch	the.tobacco.stem	tough.ones	not.easy	it.does.not.break.in.some.way

The tobacco-branches, the tobacco-stems are tough; they do not break easily.

[17]	patakikyâahaak	pa'uhíppi	tá	kunvupáksiiprin
	when.??	the.tobacco.stem	PERF	they.cut.it.up

When they pick the tobacco stems they cut them off.

[18]	káakum	vúra	a'vári	poo'íifti	káru	káakum	vúra	âapunich
	some	Intensive	high	when.plants.are.growing	also	some	Intensive	low

Some [tobacco plants] grow low, some high.

[19]	vaa	vúra	a'varittâapas	u'íifti	pa'avansa'ávahkamvari	tu'íffahaak
	so	Intensive	extremely.high	it.is.growing	towards.the.top.of.the.man	when.it.has.grown

The highest that they grow is higher than man.

[20]	vaa	vúr	upifyîimmuti	pa'avansa'ávahkamvari	tu'íffahaak
	so	Intensive	it.is.growing.far.toward.(something)	towards.the.top.of.the.man	when.it.has.grown

The highest it ever grows is higher than man.

[21]	vaa	uum	vúra	hitíhaan	araréethvaayvari	vaa	kóo	vâaramas-hitih
	that	3.SG	Intensive	always	towards.a.person's.chest	so	as.much.as	being.tall

But most of the time they come up to a person's chest.

[22]	vâaramas
	tall.ones

They are tall.