Nettie Ruben: "Medicine to Get a Husband" (1957)

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[1]	panamníhmaam	koovúra	tá	kunimfipíshriihva	peekxariya'ifápiitshas
	behind.Orleans	all	PERF	they.gathered.together	the.spirit.girls

All the spirit girls gathered back of Orleans.

[2]	kunthítiimti	vaa	káan	kun'ûupvunaatih	tayiith
	they.heard	so	there	they.were.digging.roots	Brodiaea

They heard that (people) were digging brodiaea roots there.

[3]	víri	kôokinay	kahyúras	tá	kun'aramsípriin	peekxariya'ifápiitshas
	so	everywhere	Klamath.Lakes	PERF	they.came.from	the.spirit.girls

They came from Klamath Lakes and everywhere, the spirit girls.

[4]	tá	kunimfipíshriihva	panamníhmaam
	PERF	they.gathered.together	behind.Orleans

They gathered back of Orleans.

[5]	kári	xás	yítha	uum	káan	u'ífanik
	then	then	one	3.SG	there	she.had.grown.up

And one (girl) had grown up there (at Orleans).

[6]	uum	vúra	kâanimich
	3.SG	Intensive	poor

She was poor.

[7]	vaa	vúra	ukupa'iifshípreenik	pakâanimich	u'iifshípreenik
	so	Intensive	she.had.been.raised.that.way	since.poor	she.had.been.raised

She had grown up that way, since she had grown up poor.

[8]	kári	xás	uxus	ii	tîi	naa	káru	kan'ûupvan
	then	then	she.thought	oh!	let...	1sg.	also	let.me.go.dig.roots!

And she thought, "Oh, let me go dig roots too!"

[9]	kári	xás	ta'ítam	u'uumáheen	panamníhmaam
	then	then	so	she.arrived	behind.Orleans

And so she arrived back of Orleans.

[10]	víri	pootúraayva	púra fátaak	vúra	yâahitihara	pakun'ûupvunaatih	peekxariya'ifápiitsha
	so	when.she.looked.around	nowhere	Intensive	she.didn't.fit.in	where.they.were.digging.roots	the.spirit.girls

When she looked around, she couldn't fit in anyplace where the spirit girls were digging roots.

[11]	víri	pooksahárahitih	kuntákaamtih	pa'asiktávaan	pakâanimich	poo'ûupvutih
	so	when.she.was.laughed.at	they.ridiculed.her	the.woman	the.poor.(one)	as.she.dug.roots

So they laughed, they ridiculed her, the woman, the poor one, as she dug roots.

[12]	pamuyáfus	á'	tóo	stakúraan
	her.dress	above	it.had	become.ripped.up

Her dress was ripped up.

[13]	víriva	yiimúsich	vúra	poo'ûupvutih
	so	little.ways.off	Intensive	she.was.digging.roots

She dug roots a little ways away.

[14]	víri	peekxariya'ifápiitsha	tá	kunpiip	íf	uxútih	nitâatrupraveesh
	so	the.spirit.girls	PERF	they.said	truly	she.thinks	I.will.dig.it.out

The spirit girls said, "She really thinks she's going to dig up something!"

[15]	víri	chavúra	tapipshítaani	kári	xás	kunpiip	peekxariya'ifápiitshas	yáxa	hûut	upítih
	so	finally	after.a.while	then	then	they.said	the.spirit.girls	look!	how	she.is.saying

Finally after a while the spirit girls said, "Look, what is she saying?"

[16]	yánava	upakurîihvutih	pakâanimich
	visible	she.was.singing	the.poor.(one)

They saw the poor one was singing.

[17]	yánava	upítih	yôotva	nini'ávan	tá	nitâatruprav
	visible	she.was.saying	hurray!	my.husband	PERF	I.dug.him.out

They saw her say, "Hurray, I've dug up my husband!"

[18]	kári	xás	pamúvaas	xás	vaa	uyxôorariv
	then	then	her.blanket	then	so	she.covered.him.with

And she covered him with her blanket.

[19]	kári	xás	vaa	kunkúupha	peekxariya'ifápiitsha
	then	then	so	they.did	the.spirit.girls

Then the spirit girls did this.

[20]	pootúraayva	yánava	koovúra	tá	púfaat	peekxariya'ifápiitsha
	when.she.looked.around	visible	all	PERF	nothing	the.spirit.girls

When (the poor one) looked around, she saw they were all gone, the spirit girls.

[21]	tá	kunipkeevíshriihva
	PERF	they.were.transformed

They were transformed.

[22]

kári

xás

uxus

payaas'ára

u'iiníshrihaak

víri

uum

káru

vúra

vaa

ukupheesh

xáat

kâanimich

then

then

she.thought

when.Humankind

it.comes.into.existence

so

3.SG

also

Intensive

so

she.will.do

may

poor

And she thought, "When Mankind comes into existence, (a woman) will do this way also, (though) she may be poor.

[23]	víriva	vúra	ávan	uthiinátiheesh
	so	Intensive	husband	she.will.have

She will have a husband.

[24]	paninipákuri	u'aapúnmahaak	víriva	vúra	ávan	uthiinátiheesh	xáat	asiktavankéem
	if.my.song	she.knows	so	Intensive	husband	she.will.have	may	a.homely.woman

If she knows my song, she will have a husband, (though) she may be a homely woman."

[25]	víri	kári	xás	yíthuk	u'uum
	so	then	then	elsewhere	she.went

Then she went elsewhere (i.e., was transformed).