Lottie Beck: "The Kidnapped Child" (1957)

Primary participants: Lottie Beck (speaker), William Bright (researcher)
Date: 1957
Project identifier: WB_KL-61
Publication details: William Bright, The Karok Language (1957), pp. 272-273, Text 61
Additional contributor: Olga Pipko (annotator)

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[1]	avansáxiich	vúra	uum	hitíhaan	uxráratih
	boy	Intensive	3.SG	always	he.was.crying

A little boy was always crying.

[2]	xás	pamutat'îin	kunipêer	îikam	kúuk	uumi
	then	his.mother	she.told.him	outdoors	to.there	go!

And his mother told him, "Go outdoors!

[3]	eenishrúpak	ixráran
	on.the.porch	go.to.weep

Go cry on the porch!"

[4]	xás	îikam	úyfuutrupuk
	then	outdoors	she.pushed.him.out

And she pushed him outdoors.

[5]	káan	uxráratih
	there	he.was.crying

He was crying there.

[6]	pâanpay	tóo	kxáramha
	after.while	it.has	be.night

Pretty soon it got dark.

[7]	vúra	vaa	kári	uxnánatihach
	Intensive	so	then	he.was.crying.a.little

He was still crying like that a little.

[8]	axmáy	xás	ukôoha	pooxráratih
	suddenly	then	he.stopped	that.he.was.crying

And suddenly he stopped crying.

[9]	xás	uxús	húuka	áta	tu'uum
	then	she.thought	to.where	maybe	he.has.gone

And (the mother) thought, "I wonder where he's gone?"

[10]	xás	uvôonupuk
	then	she.went.outside

And she went outside.

[11]	víri	kún	tá	púra fátaak
	so	meaning.unknown	PERF	nowhere

There was nothing there.

[12]	káan	ník	úhyiivtih
	there	a.little	she.was.shouting

She shouted some there.

[13]	vúra	tá	pu'ipmáhara
	Intensive	PERF	she.didn't.find.him

She couldn't find (the child).

[14]	xás	xára	vúra	upápiv
	then	long.time	Intensive	she.looked.for.him

And she looked for him for a long time.

[15]	yáas	uxúti	naa	nixúti	tá	kun'ípas
	then	she.thought	1sg.	I.think	PERF	they.took.him

Then she thought, "I think he's been taken."

[16]	hínu páy	vúra	if
	surprise	Intensive	true

Sure enough, it was true.

[17]	kóova	uthvuyxâaha	pamúyuup	axváha	mûuk	kuniptáxvah
	so	she.grieved.for.him	her.eyes	pitch	with.(by.means.of)	they.sealed.them.up

She grieved so for him, she sealed up her eyes with pitch.

[18]	vaa	uum	vúra	punaturâayvutiheeshara
	so	3.SG	Intensive	I.won't.be.looking.for.him

"That way I won't be looking for him."

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[19]	pâanpay	vúra	tá	kêech	pa'avansáxiich
	after.while	Intensive	PERF	big	the.boy

After a while the boy (living with his kidnappers) got big.

[20]	îikam	ukunihîichvutih
	outdoors	he.was.shooting.in.play

He was outside shooting in play.

[21]	xás	pámita	îin	kunsíitvat	úpeenti	xáyfaat	mâam	kúuk	ikuníhivraa
	then	who	TOPIC	they.stole.him	he.told.him	don't!	uphill	to.there	you.shoot.over!

And the one who stole him told him, "Don't shoot up over the hill!"

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[22]	xás	pa'avansáxiich	uxús	fâat	áta	kúth	pávaa	kanéepeentih
	then	the.boy	he.thought	what	maybe	because.of	that	they.were.telling.me

And the boy thought, "I wonder why I was told that?"

[23]	xás	mâam	kúuk	ukúniihva	yiimúsich	vúra
	then	uphill	to.there	he.shot	little.ways.off	Intensive

So he shot a little ways uphillward.

[24]	xás	upávar	pamukuníhar
	then	he.went.to.get.them.back	his.arrows

And he went to get his arrows.

[25]	kâam	kunikfúyvuunish
	little.upriver	they.whistled.at.him

He was whistled at, a little ways upriver.

[26]	uhyárihish
	he.stood.still

He stood still.

[27]	axmáy	xás	pa'úuhyan	hôoyva	u'aramsîiprin
	suddenly	then	the.voice	somewhere	it.came.from

Suddenly a voice came from somewhere.

[28]	kunípeenti	axicha'êechkeepuhich	yáxa	íkrii
	they.were.telling.him	kidnapped.child	look!	you.are

He was told, "Look, you are a kidnapped child!"

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[29]	upikvíripunih
	he.ran.back.downhill

He ran back downhill.

[30]	púya	mâam	kanéepeentih	axicha'êechkeepuhich	níkrii
	and.so	uphill	they.were.telling.me	kidnapped.child	I.am

"Say, I'm told uphill, I'm a kidnapped child!"

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[31]	xás	kunipêer	hãã
	then	they.told.him	yes

And he was told (by his kidnappers), "Yes.

[32]	yíiv	yúruk	xás	pamítaat	úkrii
	far	downriver	then	your.mother	she.lives

And your mother lives far downriver.

[33]	peepárihrupahaak	yúruk	peepitvâavnukahaak	imáheesh	úmkuufhitih
	when.you.go.back.downriver	downriver	when.you.look.down.over.again	you.will.see	it.is.giving.off.smoke

When you go back downriver, as you look down over, you will see there is smoke.

[34]	vaa	káan	pamítaat	úkrii
	so	there	your.mother	she.lives

That's where your mother lives."

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[35]	ta'ítam	upvâaramaheen
	so	he.went.back.home

So (the boy) went back home.

[36]	víri	îifuti	poopitrûuputi	víri	kún	yúruk	úmkuufhitih
	so	sure.enough	when.he.was.looking.downriver.again	so	meaning.unknown	downriver	it.was.giving.off.smoke

Sure enough, when he looked downriver, there downriver was the smoke.

[37]	xás	upikvíriprup
	then	he.ran.back.downriver

And he ran downriver.

[38]	eenishrúpak	úskaaktak
	on.the.porch	he.jumped.onto.it

He jumped onto the porch.

[39]	xás	uknívniv
	then	he.knocked

And he knocked.

[40]	pamútaat	iinâak	úhyiv	ka'íruu
	his.mother	indoors	she.shouted	Be.quiet!

Inside his mother shouted, "Stop it!

[41]	vaa	káan	naní'anamahach	mufyukúraam
	that	there	my.little.child	his.place.of.going.around

That's where my little one used to stay."

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[42]	xás	upíip	tá	ni'ípak
	then	he.said	PERF	I.returned

And he said, "I've returned."

[43]	ayu'âach	kanéepeentih	axicha'êechkeepuhich	níkrii
	it.was.because	they.were.telling.me	kidnapped.child	I.am

It was because it was told to me, I'm a kidnapped child."

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[44]	xás	u'árihrupuk	vaa	kích	upíti	húm	íta	húm	íta	húm	íta
	then	she.rushed.outdoors	that	only	she.was.saying	húm	íta	húm	íta	húm	íta

Then she ran outdoors, she said only, "húm íta, húm íta, húm íta." (No meaning.)

[45]	xás	upíip	chími	pananíyuup	nupíkyav
	then	she.said	soon	my.eyes	we.fix.them

And she said, "Let's fix my eyes!"

[46]	itaharahárinay	tutaxváhahitih
	ten.years	it.had.been.sealed.up

They had been sealed up for ten years.

[47]	ta'ítam	kunpikyâaheen	pamúyuup
	so	they.fixed.them	her.eyes

So they fixed her eyes.

[48]	xás	xákaan	kunpiin
	then	both	they.lived.again

And they lived together again.