Phoebe Maddux: Parts of the Tobacco Plant (1932)

Primary participants: Phoebe Maddux (speaker), John P. Harrington (researcher)
Date: 1932
Project identifier: JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g
Publication details: John Peabody Harrington, Tobacco Among the Karuk Indians of California (1932), pp. 50-52
Additional contributor: Karie Moorman (annotator)

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[1]	imnak	káru	ámtaap
	coal	also	dust

Charcoal and Ashes

(heading)

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[2]	iheerahéemnak
	tobacco.charcoal

tobacco charcoal

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[3]	iheeraháamtaap
	tobacco.ashes

tobacco ashes

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[4]	peheeraha'úhthaamsa
	the.tobacco.plots

Tobacco Plots

(heading)

[5]	úhthaam
	garden

any garden, orchard, or plantation; a tobacco plot

[6]	uhtháamha
	plant

to plant, to sow

[7]	iheeraha'úhthaam
	tobacco.plot

tobacco plot

[8]	iheeraha'uhthamhíram
	tobacco.planting.place

tobacco garden

[9]	pámitva	iheeraha'uhthamhíramhanik
	when.previously	ancient.tobacco.planting.place

former tobacco plot

[10]	peehêeraha	u'íiftihirak
	the.tobacco	where.it.grows

place where tobacco grows

[11]	imkánvaan
	woman's.name

woman's name; Phoebe Maddux

[12]	pífapu
	seedling

any volunteer plant

[13]	iheerahapífapu
	volunteer.tobacco.plant

volunteer tobacco plant

[14]	sah'ihêeraha
	downslope.tobacco

wild tobacco

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[15]	pa'éepuum
	the.root

Root

(heading)

[16]	iheeraha'éepuum
	tobacco.root

tobacco root

[17]	eepúm'anamahach
	little.root

rootlet

[18]	eepumtunvêech
	little.roots

rootlets

[19]	eepum'afivîich
	very.bottom.of.root

bottom of the root

[20]	'afivîich
	very.bottom

the very bottom

[21]	ishchâachip
	roots.used.in.basketry

used in basketry; refers to the top of the bull pine root

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[22]	pa'uhípih
	the.stalk

Stalk

(heading)

[23]	suuf
	backbone

fish backbone; pith

(Harrington: "most common word for referring to the stalk of a plant; commonly used to reference the stem of a flower; never used to refer to the stem of a leaf")

[24]	áhup
	wood

wood, stick

(Harrington: "can be used to refer to the stalk of a plant")

[25]	músuuf
	its.fish.backbone

its stalk

[26]	mu'áhup
	its.stick

its stalk

[27]	súfan
	small.of.the.back

refers to the backbone of animals other than fish

[28]	ikchúrahaha
	deer.backbone

refers to the backbone of a deer from which the ribs have been cut

[29]	ávan
	husband

husband, male

(Harrington: "applied to leafless stalks of scouring rush, in contradistinction to leafy ones")

[30]	asiktávaan
	woman

woman, female

(Harrington: "applied to stalks which are bare, like the sprout, but have a bunch of leaves at the base")

[31]	itáharavan
	ten.men

ten men

[32]	itráhyar	pa'ávan
	ten	the.stalk

10 stalks

(Harrington: "the series of cardinal numeral with -ávan postpounded cannot be used as a means of enumerating the stalks of plants that may be referred to as ávan")

[33]	kúpat
	sprout

a young, succulent sprout or stalk, especially one which has just come up and is still leafless

[34]	uhípih
	tobacco.stem

tobacco stem

[35]	iheeraha'ípa
	tobacco.tree

tobacco plant

[36]	ikutunváramuu
	long.between-joint.sections

joint in a stem

[37]	vâaramas	pamu'ikutunváramuu
	long.ones	its.long.between-joint.sections

The sections between its joints are long.

[38]	áptiik
	branch

limb, branch (of a tree)

[39]	iheerahaaptiktunvêechas
	little.tobacco.branches

little tobacco branches

[40]	mutiktunvêechas
	its.little.branches

its little branches

[41]	aptíkar
	characterized.by.having.branches

It has many branches. ; It is branchy.

[42]	úptiikhitih
	it.has.branches

It has branches, limbs.

[43]	unúhyaachas	pa'uhípih	sú'	kúnish	árunsasa
	round.ones	the.tobaco.stem	inside	sort.of	empty.ones

The tobacco stems are round [in section] and empty inside.

[44]	ákthiipkunish	akthip'iváxra	pa'uhípih	patuvaxráhaak
	one.characterized.by.being.like.hay	one.characterized.by.being.like.dry.hay	the.tobaco.stem	when.the.drying.event.happens

They are like ákthiip [grass sp.], like dry ákthiip, the tobacco stems, when they get dry.

[45]	usúruvarahitih
	it.has.a.hole.in.it

It is hollow.

[46]	usuruváraahitih
	(a.group.of.things).has.a.hole.in.it

They (tpl.) are hollow.

(Harrington: "suggests a larger cavity than the tobacco stems have")

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[47]	pamúmaan
	its.bark

Bark

(heading)

[48]	máan
	skin

skin; bark

[49]	múmaan
	its.bark

its skin, its bark

(Harrington: "used to refer to the outside of the tobacco stem")

[50]	umáanhitih
	it.has.bark

It has skin. ; It has bark.

[51]	imyaat	kúnish	upiyáatunvaramoohitih
	fur	sort.of	.it.is.always.going.together/toward.each.other

It is like fur all compressed together.

[52]	tharúfeep
	peelings.from.willow.sticks

peelings of hazel sticks and willow sticks (used in basketry)

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[53]	pamúsuuf
	the.its.backbone

Pith

[54]	suuf
	backbone

fish backbone, pith of a plant stalk

[55]	peheeraha'ípa	usúufhi	su'
	the.tobacco.plant	it.has.pith	inside

The tobacco plant has pith inside.