Julia Starritt: "The Hair in the Soup" (1957)

Primary participants: Julia Starritt (speaker), William Bright (researcher)
Date: 1957
Project identifier: WB_KL-21
Publication details: William Bright, The Karok Language (1957), pp. 212-215, Text 21
Additional contributor: Erik Maier (annotator)

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[1]	asáxvu	uum	káan	úkrii
	turtle	3.SG	there	he.lived

Turtle lived there.

[2]	áxak	muyáan'iiftihansa
	two	his.young.men

He had two sons (lit., young people).

[3]	imustihayêepsha	káru	akúnvaansa
	good-looking.ones	also	hunters

They were good-looking and (good) hunters.

[4]	xás	pu'ifmâarasahara	vúra	afishríhansa
	then	not.married.men	Intensive	unmarried.young.men

And they weren't married men, they were unmarried.

[5]	xás	áxak	ifápiitsha	kunpiip	chími	numúsanvi	payáan'iiftihansa
	then	two	young.women	they.said	soon	let.us.go.see.them	the.young.men

And two young women said, "Let's go see the young men."

[6]	xás	táay	vúra	kunsáanva
	then	much	Intensive	they.carried.it

And they carried lots.

[7]	xúun	káru	kunsáanva
	acorn.soup	also	they.carried.it

They carried acorn soup too.

[8]	xás	pakáan	kun'uum	yánava	papihnîich	kích	pácheech	úkrii
	then	when.there	they.arrived	visible	the.old.man	only	all.alone	he.was.sitting

And when they got there, they saw only the old man sitting alone.

[9]	xás	upiip	hôoy	uumkun	pa'ávansas
	then	she.said	where	they	the.men

And they said, "Where are the men?"

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[10]	xás	upiip	uumkun	tée	p	kun'ákunvarat
	then	he.said	they	PERF	PAST	they.went.hunting

And he said, "They've gone hunting."

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[11]	xás	ikxúrar	tá	kunímnish
	then	evening	PERF	they.cooked

And in the evening (the women) cooked.

[12]	xás	xúun	káru	tá	kuntharámpuk
	then	acorn.soup	also	PERF	they.cooked.acorn.soup

And they boiled acorn soup too.

[13]	xás	upíip	papihnîichich	chími	kiik'íchunvi
	then	he.said	the.little.old.man	soon	you.guys.hide.yourselves!

And the old man said, "Hide!

[14]	xáyfaat	kíikmahap
	don't!	they.see.you

Don't let them see you."

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[15]	xás	ta'ítam	kun'íchunvaheen
	then	so	they.hid.themselves

And so (the women) hid.

[16]	xás	kun'ípak	pa'ávansas
	then	they.returned	the.men

Then the men returned.

[17]	ta'ítam	kun'ávaheen
	so	they.ate

So they ate.

[18]	xás	kunpiip	yée	naa	íf	páy	paxúun	amáyav
	then	they.said	well	1sg.	truly	this	the.acorn.soup	good-tasting

And they said, "Say, this is really delicious acorn soup!"

[19]	xás	kunpiip	arákaas	mâa	páy	pamiváfish
	then	they.said	old.man	look!	this	your.liver

And they said, "Old man, here! this is your liver.

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[20]	xás	kúkuum	imáan	máh'iit	kunpiyâaram
	then	again	tomorrow	morning	they.went.back

And again the next day (the young men) went away in the morning.

[21]	xás	papihnîich	úpeenvunaa	payeeripáxvuhsas	chími	kiikpiruvôonishuki
	then	the.old.man	he.told.them	the.girls	soon	you.guys.crawl.out.again!

And the old man told the girls, "Crawl out again!"

[22]	xás	kári	kúkuum	pa'ifápiitsha	tá	kunímnish
	then	then	again	the.young.women	PERF	they.cooked

And the young women cooked again.

[23]	xás	kári	pa'ávansas	patá	kun'ípak	ikxúrar	yánava	papihnîich	upakurîihvutih
	then	then	the.men	when	they.returned	evening	visible	the.old.man	he.was.singing

And when the men returned in the evening, they saw the old man was singing.

[24]	yánava	upítih	cháfich	kích	navíshtaantih
	visible	he.was.saying	bone.to.gnaw	only	I.want.it

They saw he was saying, "I just want a bone to gnaw on."

[25]	vaa	ukupapakurîihvahitih	cháfich	kích	navíshtaantih
	so	he.was.singing.that.way	bone.to.gnaw	only	I.want.it

He was singing that, "I just want a bone to gnaw on."

(Bright: "The old man, being toothless, normally ate only liver. Now that he has (as he thinks) two young women for himself, he fancies that he can chew meat from bones.")

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[26]	xás	tá	kunipêer	pamukun'ákah	yee	arákaas	hûut	ti'iin
	then	PERF	they.told.him	their.father	well	old.man	how	you.have.something.wrong.with.you

And they said to their father, "Hey, old man, what's wrong with you?

[27]	mâa	páy	pamiváfish
	look!	this	your.liver

Here, this is your liver!"

[28]	xás	tá	kun'av
	then	PERF	they.ate

Then they ate.

[29]	xás	upíip	yítha	pa'ávansa	yee	páy	fâat	tá	nimah
	then	he.said	one	the.man	well	this	what	PERF	I.see.it

And one man said, "Hey, what's this I see?"

[30]	yáxa	páy	ifunihaxára	paniníxuunak
	look!	this	long.hair	in.my.acorn.soup

Look, this long hair is in my acorn soup!"

[31]	xás	vúra	papihnîich	ucháfichti	pa'ípih	xás	aax	kích	uthuufhíti	poocháfichtih
	then	Intensive	the.old.man	he.was.gnawing.them	the.bones	then	blood	only	it.was.flowing.out.in.a.stream	as.he.was.gnawing.them

And the old man was gnawing the bones, and nothing but blood was streaming as he gnawed.

[32]	xás	pa'ávansa	uthyúruripaa	pa'ífuni	pamu'ásipak
	then	the.man	he.pulled.it.out	the.hair	from.his.basket

And the man pulled the hair from his basket.

[33]	xás	upiip	hôoy	páy	tu'aramsîip	pa'ifunihaxára
	then	he.said	where	this	it.had.come.from.there	the.long.hair

And he said, "Where did this long hair come from?"

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[34]	xás	papihnîich	upiip	paninivup'áfiv	vaa	káan	utakurukíshriihva	víriva	tóo	kyiimshur
	then	the.old.man	he.said	the.base.of.my.neck	so	there	it.was.curled.up	so	it.had	fall.off

And the old man said, "It's curled up there at the base of the neck, it fell off."

[35]	káruma	uum	pa'ifápiit	áxak	pamu'ífuni	upaathrámni	papátaravak
	in.fact	3.SG	the.young.woman	two	her.hair	she.threw.it.into.it	in.the.soup.basket

The fact was, the young women had thrown two of their hairs into the soup-baskets.

[36]	xás	papihnîich	vaa	vúra	upakurîihvutih	cháfich	kích	navíshtaantih
	then	the.old.man	so	Intensive	he.was.singing	bone.to.gnaw	only	I.want.it

And the old man was singing that way, "I just want a bone to chew on."

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[37]	xás	kári	kunipêer	pa'arákaas	hûut	ti'iin
	then	then	they.told.him	the.old.man	how	you.have.something.wrong.with.you

Then (the sons) said to the old man, "What's wrong with you?

[38]	páy	uum	pumi'ífunihara
	this	3.SG	not.your.hair

This isn't your hair."

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[39]	xás	kári	pa'ifápiit	kun'iruvôonishuk
	then	then	the.young.women	they.crawled.out

Then the young women crawled out.

[40]	xás	kunpiip	nuu	vaa	nanu'ífunih
	then	they.said	we	that	our.hair

And they said, "It's our hair.

[41]	pa'arákaas	íp	îin	kinípeerat	kiik'íchunvi
	the.old.man	PAST	TOPIC	he.told.us	you.guys.hide.yourselves!

The old man told us to hide.

[42]	víri	íp	nuxúsaat	vaa	kukupá'aapunmaheesh	vaa	íp	kúth	panupaathrámnihat	pa'ásipak
	so	PAST	we.thought	so	you.will.know.it.in.that.way	so	PAST	because.of	that.we.threw.them.in.them	in.the.baskets

We thought you would know it in that way, that's why we threw them in the baskets."