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

Nettie Ruben: "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (1957)

Primary participants: Nettie Ruben (speaker), William Bright (researcher)
Date: 1957
Project identifier: WB_KL-02a
Publication details: William Bright, The Karok Language (1957), pp. 168-171, Text 2A
Audio Source: http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/17942
Additional contributors: Anna Currey (annotator), Line Mikkelsen (annotator)

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[1] káruk    iinâak    káan    tá    kun'áamvunaa   
upriver    indoors    there    PERF    they.ate   
Upriver they ate there in the living house.
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[2] kunxus    uknamxánahich    chími    nu'íhukanveesh   
they.thought    placename    soon    we.will.go.flower-dance   
They thought, "We'll go flower-dance at uknamxánahich."
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(Bright: "uknamxánahich is a pond near Camp Creek, locally known as The Frog Pond.")

[3] kári    xás    kári    púyava    iinâak    tá    kunpávyiihfuruk   
then    then    then    you.see    indoors    PERF    they.went.back.   
And then they went back into the living house.
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[4] aas    tá    kun'íishvunaa   
water    PERF    they.ate   
They ate a meal.
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[5] kári    xás    tá    kun'ímpaha   
then    then    PERF    they.decide   
And they made up their minds.
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[6] ikmaháchraam    tá    kunpavyíhish   
sweathouse    PERF    they.go.back   
They went back to the sweathouse.
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[7] kúkuum    vúra    imáan    tóo    kxáramha   
again    Intensive    tomorrow    it.has    be.night   
Again the next day it became dark.
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[8] kúkuum    vúra    vaa    kári    tá    kunpavyíhivrath   
again    Intensive    so    then    PERF    they.go.back.in   
Again they went back to the sweathouse.
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[9] axmáy    vúra    yítha    ukyívivrath   
suddenly    Intensive    one    he.falls.into.a.sweathouse   
Suddenly one fell in.
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[10] xás    upiip    yée    naa    pihnêefich    tuvôoruvrathaheen   
then    he.says    well    1sg.    coyote    he.has.come.into.the.sweathouse   
And he said, "Well, Coyote has come into the sweathouse.
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[11] pananupiykiríkir    tu'av   
our.ladder    he.has.eaten   
He ate our ladder."
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[12] chavúra    kunpamfípivrath   
finally    they.gather.in.the.sweathouse   
Finally they all gathered in the sweathouse.
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[13] xás    kunipêer    chími    árihishrih   
then    they.say    soon    sing   
And they said, "Sing!"
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[14] kári    xás    kári    ta'ítam    upakurîihvaheen   
then    then    then    so    they.sang   
And so they sang.
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[15] kári    xás    chémi    chúvaarap   
then    then    all.right    let's.go   
And (they said), "All right, let's go."
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[16] kári    xás    axmáy    vúra    upiip    ishávaas    nipthivkéevish    ishávaas    nipthivkéevish   
then    then    suddenly    Intensive    he.says    child.of.deceased.sibling    I'll.go.along    child.of.deceased.sibling    I'll.go.along   
And suddenly (Coyote) said, "Nephew, I'll go along, nephew, I'll go along."
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[17] xás    kunipiip    chémi   
then    they.said    all.right   
And they said, "All right."
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[18] kúna    vúra    xáyfaat    ík    iyúupha   
in.addition    Intensive    don't!    must    you.open.your.eyes   
But you mustn't open your eyes.
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[19] vaa    ík    vúra    panuvíitihaak   
that    must    Intensive    when.we.are.paddling   
That's the way it must be when we paddle.
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[20] vaa    ík    vúra    i'asímchaaktiheesh   
that    must    Intensive    you.will.be.closing.your.eyes   
You will have to keep your eyes closed like that."
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[21] ta'ítam    kunpávyiihshipreeheen   
so    they.went.away.again   
So they left.
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[22] chavúra    yíiv    tá    kunpávyiihma   
finally    far    PERF    they.went.back.to   
Finally they went a long ways.
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[23] kári    xás    kári    uxus    tîi    kányuuphi    apapíichyuupich   
then    then    then    he.thinks    let...    I.open.my.eyes    little.eye.on.one.side   
And (Coyote) thought, "Let me open my eyes, just one little eye."
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[24] kári    xás    xás    uyúupha   
then    then    then    he.opens.his.eyes   
And then he opened his eyes.
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[25] xás    kunívyiiship   
then    they.left   
They had left.
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[26] xás    yánava    ikmaháchraam    xás    panitháaniv   
then    visible    sweathouse    then    that.I.am.lying   
And he saw, (he said) then, "I'm lying in the sweathouse!
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[27] ii    íf    kâarim    nikupheen    paniyuuphéen   
oh!    truly    bad    I.did    when.I.opened.my.eyes   
Oh, I really did bad, when I opened my eyes!"
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[28] kári    xás    púyava    úumpan    mah'íitnihach    tá    kunpávyiihship    kúkuum    paastaah   
then    then    you.see    they.themselves    early.morning    PERF    they.left.again    again    the.ducks   
And then they, the ducks, left again in the morning.
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[29] káru    tá    kunpávyiihma   
also    PERF    they.want.back.there   
And they went back there.
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[30] káru    ithivthaneen'ípan    tá    kunpávyiihma   
also    at.end.of.world    PERF    they.want.back.to   
And they went to the end of the world.
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[31] púyava    kúkuum    vúra    kúmateech    pookxáramheesh    kúkuum    vúra    vaa    kári    kunpávyiihshipreevish   
you.see    again    Intensive    later.in.day    when.it.was.about.to.get.dark    again    Intensive    so    then    they.were.about.to.leave   
Again in the evening when it was about to get dark, again they were about to leave.
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[32] tá    iinâak    áas    tá    kunpíshar   
PERF    indoors    water    PERF    they.went.to.eat.again   
By now they went inside to eat a meal.
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[33] kúmateech    kunívyiihshipreevish   
later.in.day    they.were.going.to.leave   
Later on they were going to leave.
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[34] kun'íhukanveesh    uknamxánahich   
they.were.going.to.flower-dance    placename   
They were going to flower-dance at 'uknamxanahich.
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[35] kári    xás    kúkuum    vúra    pihnêefich    upiip    nipthivkéevish    ishávaas   
then    then    again    Intensive    coyote    he.said    I.go.along.again    child.of.deceased.sibling   
And again Coyote said, "I'll go along, nephew."
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[36] xás    kunipêer    chémi   
then    they.told.him    all.right   
And they told him, "All right."
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[37] kári    xás    kúmateech    kunpavyíhivrath   
then    then    later.in.day    they.went.back.in.the.sweathouse   
And later on they went back in the sweathouse.
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[38] ta'ítam    yée    chími    árihish   
so    well    soon    sing   
Then (they said), "Well, sing!"
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[39] ta'ítam    kun'árihishriihvaheen    pa'íhukar   
so    they.sang    the.flower.dance   
So they sang the flower-dance songs.
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[40] ta'ítam    kunívyiihshipreeheen   
so    they.left   
Then they left.
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[41] pihnêefich    ta'ítam    upthivkéeheen   
coyote    so    he.went.along.again   
Then Coyote went along.
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[42] kári    xás    kunipêer    xáyfaat    ík    iyúupha   
then    then    they.told.him    don't!    must    you.open.your.eyes   
And they told him, "Don't open your eyes.
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[43] vúra    ník    panúvyiihmahaak    xasík    vúra    iyuuphéesh   
Intensive    a.little    when.we.get.there    then.(future)    Intensive    you.will.open.your.eyes   
When we get there, then you can open your eyes."
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[44] chémi    ník    ishávaas    punáyuupheeshara   
all.right    a.little    child.of.deceased.sibling    I.won't.open.my.eyes   
"All right, nephew, I won't open my eyes."
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[45] ta'ítam    kunpávyiihshipreeheen   
so    they.left   
So they left.
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[46] chavúra    axmáy    vúra    kunvítish   
finally    suddenly    Intensive    they.paddled.to.shore   
Finally they suddenly paddled to shore.
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[47] xás    kunipêer    tá    nuvyíhuk   
then    they.told.him    PERF    we.arrived.here   
And they told him, "We've arrived here."
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[48] ee    ninithívthaaneen    ninithívthaaneen   
oh!    my.country    my.country   
"Oh, my country, my country!"
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[49] ta'ítam    úuth    upiytúykaanvaheen   
so    out.to.water    he.kicked.it.into.the.river   
And he kicked (dirt) out into the river.
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[50] panamníh'uuth    úuth    upiytúykaanva   
from.Orleans    out.to.water    he.kicked.it.into.the.river   
He kicked it out from Orleans.
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[51] katiphirá'uuth    úuth    upiytúykaanva   
from.katiphirá    out.to.water    he.kicked.it.into.the.river   
He kicked it out from kátiphirak.
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[52] ninithívthaaneen    ninithívthaaneen   
my.country    my.country   
"My country, my country!"
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[53] tishaníh'uuth    úuth    upiytúykaanva   
from.tishániik    out.to.water    he.kicked.it.into.the.river   
He kicked it out from tishánii
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[54] tuyvúk'uuth    úuth    upiytúykaanva   
from.tûuyvuk    out.to.water    he.kicked.it.into.the.river   
He kicked it out from túuyvuk.
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[55] ninithívthaaneen    ninithívthaaneen    tá    ni'ípak    ninithívthaaneen   
my.country    my.country    PERF    I.return    my.country   
"My country, my country, I've come back, my country!"
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[56] kupánakanakana    chêech    ík    vúra    ishyâat    imshírihraavish   
the.end    quickly    must    Intensive    king.salmon    you.will.shine.upriver   
kupánakanakana. Spring salmon, you must shine upriver quickly.
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[57] náyaavheesh    ík   
you.will.hurry.to.me    must   
You must hurry to me.
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[58] vúra    uum    tá    neemchitátkoo   
Intensive    3.SG    PERF    I.have.something.protrude.through.my.skin   
The bones are sticking out through my skin.
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[59] káru    chêech    ík    ataychúkinach    i'uunúpraveesh   
also    quickly    must    young.brodiaea.plant    you.will.sprout   
And young brodiaea plant, you must come up quickly.
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[60] náyaavheesh    ik   
you.will.hurry.to.me    must   
You must hurry to me.
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