Ararahih'urípih
A Dictionary and Text Corpus of the Karuk Language

Phoebe Maddux: Gum (1932)

Primary participants: Phoebe Maddux (speaker), John P. Harrington (researcher)
Date: 1932
Project identifier: JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i
Publication details: John Peabody Harrington, Tobacco Among the Karuk Indians of California (1932), pp. 54
Additional contributor: Karie Moorman (annotator)

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[1] pamuxváha   
its.pitch   
Gum
(heading)

[2] tóo    xváhaha   
its.has    be.pitchy   
It is gummy.

[3] vaa    kunippítti    imxathakkêem    ikpíhan    peheeraháaxvaha   
so    they.are.saying    bad-smelling    strong    the.tobacco.gum   
They say: "It stinks, it is strong, the tobacco gum."

[4] vaa    kári    xás    kunxúti    tóo    mtup    peehêeraha    patá    kunma    tóo    xváhaha   
so    then    then    they.are.saying    it.has    be.ripe    the.tobacco    when.[they].have    they.saw.it    it.has    be.pithy   
Then they know the tobacco is ripe, when they see it is gummy.

[5] xás    tóo    ppiip    chími    nishtúkkeesh    tóo    xváhaha   
then    it.has    say    soon    I.will.pick.it    it.has    be.pitchy   
Then one says: "Let me pick it, it is gummy."