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

Violet Super: Why the eel has no bones (1989)

Primary participants: Violet Super (speaker), Monica Macaulay (researcher)
Date: July 14, 1989
Location: Orleans, CA
Project identifier: VSu-06
Original recording held by American Philosophical Society: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/audio:4538

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[1] akráa    itíhaan    vúra    kuníthtiitih   
eel    always    Intensive    they're.gambling   
They were always gambling (with) Eel.
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[2] koovúra    kunchífich   
all    they.won   
They were winning everything.
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[3] chavúra    tá    xára    kuníthtiit   
finally    PERF    long.time    they.gambled   
In the end they gambled for a long time.
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[4] xás    pâanpay    xás    pamu'ípi    káru    vúra    chavúra    vaa    káru    kunchífich   
then    after.while    then    his.bones    also    Intensive    finally    so    also    they.won   
And after a while, finally they also won his bones.
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[5] ítam    víri    vaa    kumá'ii    úpeen    tá    púfaat    mu'ípih   
earlier.today    so    so    because.of    it.says    PERF    nothing    his.bones   
That's why it says he doesn't have any bones.
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[6] xás    koovúra    tá    kunchífich   
then    all    PERF    they.won   
They won them all.
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[7] And that's it.