Mamie Offield: "Shinny Game Medicine" (1957)

Primary participants: Mamie Offield (speaker), William Bright (researcher)
Date: 1957
Project identifier: WB_KL-54
Publication details: William Bright, The Karok Language (1957), pp. 258-261, Text 54
Additional contributor: Olga Pipko (annotator)

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[1]	iknûumin veekxaréeyav	itráhyar	mutúnviivhanik	ávansas	káru	yítha	asiktávaan
	Burrill.Peak.spirit	ten	his.children	men	also	one	woman

Burrill Peak Spirit had ten children, (nine) men and one woman.

[2]	kári	xás	kunpiip	asaxêevar	veekxaréeyav	xákaan	chími	kunímthaatveesh
	then	then	they.said	mossy	its.spirit	both	soon	they.will.play.shinny

And they said, Baldy Peak Spirit (said), "Let's play shinny together!"

[3]	yukún	uum	káru	ishímfir	asaxêevar	veekxaréeyav
	you.see	3.SG	also	brave	mossy	its.spirit

You see, Baldy Peak Spirit was tough too.

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[4]

kári

xás

paniinamichtâapas

iknûumin veekxaréeyav

pamú'arama

vaa

vúra

ukupa'ífaha

pamútiik

u'ákchaaktih

xákarari

pamútiik

u'ákchaaktih

then

then

the.smallest

Burrill.Peak.spirit

his.child

so

Intensive

he.grew.up.this.way

his.hands

it.was.closed

on.both.sides

his.hands

it.was.closed

And Burrill Peak Spirit's littlest child grew up this way, his hands were closed, both his hands were closed.

[5]	vuraakirasúruk	vúra	úkrii
	underneath.the.ladder	Intensive	he.stayed

He stayed underneath the ladder (leading into the house).

[6]	muchíshii	vúra	xákaan	kun'íifship
	his.dog	Intensive	both	they.grew.up

He and his dog grew up together.

[7]	kári	xás	kunpúuxhitih
	then	then	they.were.scabby

And they were covered with scabs.

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[8]	kári	xás	peekpihantâapas	ta'ítam	uvâaramaheen
	then	then	the.strongest	so	he.went.off

So then the strongest one went off (to play).

[9]	asaxêevar	veekxaréeyam	mú'arama	xákaan	tá	kun'îimasar
	mossy	its.spirit	his.child	both	PERF	they.grabbed.each.other.(preparatory.to.play)

He and Baldy Peak Spirit's child grabbed each other (preparatory to play).

[10]	kári	xás	uthítiimtih	pavuraakirasúruk	ikrêen	paniinamichtâapas
	then	then	he.heard	underneath.the.ladder	sitting	the.smallest

And the littlest one, sitting underneath the ladder, heard it.

[11]	kári	xás	uxus	máva	aaníhich	tá	kunchífich
	then	then	he.thought	here!	my.older.brother	PERF	they.are.beating.him

And he thought, "Look, big brother's getting beaten."

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[12]	kúkuum	vúra	yítha	uvâaram
	again	Intensive	one	he.went.off

Again one went off.

[13]	chavúra	koovúra	tá	kunívyiihship
	finally	all	PERF	they.went

Finally they all went (and were beaten).

[14]	pácheech	tóo	saam
	all.alone	he.has	remain

(The littlest one) remained alone.

[15]	kári	xás	uxus	hûut	nikupheesh
	then	then	he.thought	how	I.will.do

And he thought, "What shall I do?"

[16]	kári	xás	pamukústaan	upéer	chími	árus	vîiki
	then	then	his.sister	he.told	soon	seed.basket	weave!

And he told his sister, "Weave seed-baskets!

[17]	áxak	ík	peevíkeesh
	two	must	you.will.weave

You must weave two (of them)."

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[18]	ta'ítam	uvíkaheen
	so	she.wove

So she wove them.

[19]	kári	xás	patóo	pthith	kári	xás	upiip	tá	nípthith
	then	then	when.she.has	finish.weaving	then	then	she.said	PERF	I.finished.weaving

And when she finished weaving, then she said, "I've finished weaving."

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[20]	kári	xás	chôora	chémi
	then	then	let's.go	all.right

Then (he said), "All right, let's go!

[21]	tá	nipáatvar
	PERF	I.bathe

I'm going to bathe.

[22]	víri	panipvárupravahaak	vaa	ik	kumûuk	neethxúpeesh	pa'árus
	so	when.I.come.back.out	so	must	with.it	I.will.cover	the.seed-basket

When I come back out (of the water), you must cover me with the seed-basket."

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[23]	ta'ítam	uthxúpaheen
	so	she.covered

So she covered him.

[24]	kári	xás	poopûusur	pa'árus	ta'ítam	uhyárihishriheen
	then	then	when.he.took.off	the.seed-basket	so	he.stood.still

Then when he took off the seed-basket, he stood still.

[25]	víri	pamu'ífuni	fúrax	kích	utávahitih
	so	his.hair	woodpecker.head	only	it.was.decorated

His hair was decorated on the ends with nothing but woodpecker heads.

[26]	káru	pamútiik	yánava	káan	pamutákasar
	also	his.hands	visible	there	his.shinny-tossel

And there in his hands she saw his shinny-tossel.

[27]	yukún	vaa	xákaan	u'iifshípreenik	pamutákasar
	you.see	that	with.(one.person)	he.had.grown.up	his.shinny-tossel

You see, he had grown up with that tossel.

(Bright: "'Tossel' is what English-speaking Karok call the tákasar or double-ball used in their shinny game; it consists of two short sticks connected by a thong. For a description of the shinny game, see Text 77.")

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[28]	kári	xás	pamuchíshii	ta'ítam	úmpaan	u'iipkúriheen
	then	then	his.dog	so	3sg..emphatic	it.dived.into.the.water

So then his dog dived into the water.

[29]	ta'ítam	poopváruprav	ta'ítam	upiythúfriheen
	so	when.it.came.back.up	so	it.shook.itself

When it came back up, it shook itself.

[30]	ta'ítam	kunithxúpaheen	pa'árus	mûuk
	so	they.covered	the.seed-basket	with.(by.means.of)

Then they covered it with the seed-basket.

[31]	víri	pakunpûusur	fúrax	kích	utávahiti	pamu'ifunih'ípan
	so	when.they.took.it.off	woodpecker.head	only	it.was.decorated	the.ends.of.its.hair

When they took it off, the ends of (the dog's) hair were decorated with nothing but woodpecker scalps.

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[32]	kári	xás	upiip	chôora	chémi
	then	then	he.said	let's.go	all.right

Then he said, "All right, let's go!"

[33]	ta'ítam	u'îimasaraheen	asaxêevar	veekxaréeyav	xákaan
	so	he.grappled.with	mossy	its.spirit	with.(one.person)

So he grappled with Baldy Peak Spirit.

[34]	víri	pootâatsip	pamutákasar	yá	káruk	ithivthaneen'ípan	úkuuyva
	so	when.he.tossed.it	his.tossel	visible	upriver	at.end.of.world	it.landed

When he tossed his tossel, he saw it landed at the upriver end of the world.

[35]	ta'ítam	ukvíripshuraheen	pamuchíshiih
	so	it.ran.off	his.dog

So his dog ran off.

[36]	ta'ítam	upithvúkaheen	patákasar
	so	it.brought.back	the.tossel

And it brought the tossel back.

[37]	ta'ítam	kúkuum	kun'îimasaraheen
	so	again	they.grappled

So they grappled again.

[38]	yá	yúruk	ithivthaneen'ípan	kúna	úkuuyva	patákasar
	visible	downriver	at.end.of.world	in.addition	it.lands	the.tossel

He saw the tossel land in turn at the downriver end of the world.

[39]	yukún	uum	ikxareeyaatâapas	u'iifshípreenik	iknûumin veekxaréeyav
	you.see	3.SG	real.spirit.person	he.had.grown.up	Burrill.Peak.spirit

You see, Burrill Peak Spirit had grown up into a real ikxaréeyav.

[40]	yukún	naa	ík	káru	vaa	nikupheesh	pookúphaanik	peeknûumin veekxaréeyav
	you.see	1sg.	must	also	that	I.will.do	as.he.did	the.Burrill.Peak.Spirit

You see, I must also do that way, as Burrill Peak Spirit did.