Julia Starritt: "Salmon Fishing" (1957)

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[1]	pa'áraar	uum	pa'áama	ukupéekriihvahitih
	the.Indian	3.SG	the.salmon	he.fished.for.them.in.a.certain.way

The Indians fished for salmon in a certain way.

[2]	píshiip	imvír	tá	kuníkyav
	first	fishery	PERF	they.made.it

First they made a fishing platform.

[3]	táaskar	kunikyâaratih
	pole	they.made.it.with.it

It was made of poles.

[4]	ishkêeshak	kunvêehkurihvuti	patáaskar
	into.the.river	they.were.stuck.in	the.poles

The poles were stuck into the river.

[5]	xás	sákriv	vúra	tá	kunvêehkurihva
	then	hard	Intensive	PERF	they.were.stuck.in

And they were stuck in tight.

[6]	xás	pamukun'ikríhar	uum	taskanatunvêechas	ukyâarahitih
	then	their.fish-trap	3.SG	little.poles	it.was.made.of

And their fish-trap was made of little poles.

[7]	xás	vaa	káan	pa'urípi	unhíkahitih
	then	so	there	the.net	it.was.tied.onto

And the net was tied on there.

[8]	púyava	pakuníkriihvuti	vaa	káan	kunkûuntako	peemvirak'ípan
	you.see	when.they.fished	so	there	they.sat.on	on.top.of.the.fishing.platform

So when they fished, they sat there on top of the fishing platform.

[9]	púyava	xás	mukun'urípi	aas	tá	kunikríkurih
	you.see	then	their.net	water	PERF	they.set.it.into.water

And they set their net into the water.

[10]	xás	pa'uripih'ípan	anxára	unhîishrih
	then	the.end.of.the.net	a.long.string	he.tied.it.to

And they tied a long string to the end of the net.

[11]	pa'urípi	uum	vâaram	ukyâahitih
	the.net	3.SG	long	it.was.made

The net was made long.

[12]	ipanîich	vúra	uum	chûuyich
	very.end	Intensive	3.SG	narrow

At the far end it was narrow.

[13]	pa'ávahkam	uum	tírih
	at.the.top	3.SG	wide

At the top it was wide.

[14]	púyava	pá'aas	ukríkurihva	púyava	pa'áama	tá	kunívyiihraa	xás	urípihak	tá	kunihmáravar
	you.see	when.into.the.water	it.was.set	you.see	when.the.salmon	PERF	they.came.up	then	into.the.net	PERF	they.ran.in

So when they set it into the water, when the salmon came up, then they ran into the net.

[15]	púyava	pa'ipanîich	pa'áama	tu'uumáhaak	púyava	pa'áan	tóo	kéen
	you.see	when.at.the.end	the.salmon	it.arrived.there	you.see	the.string	it.had	move

When the salmon got to the end, the string quivered.

[16]	púyava	kári	pa'áraar	pa'urípi	upithyúruripaa
	you.see	then	the.Indian	the.net	he.pulled.it.out.again

Then the Indian pulled the net out of the water.

[17]	yanavéekva	pa'áama	su'
	visible	the.salmon	inside

He saw the salmon inside

[18]	púyava	xás	á'	tóo	thyúruraa
	you.see	then	above	he.had	pull.up

So he pulled it up (out).

[19]	xás	kári	pa'áama	áhup	mûuk	tu'ákoo
	then	then	the.salmon	wood	with.(by.means.of)	he.had.hit.it

And he hit the salmon with a stick (to kill it).

[20]	púyava	xás	mâaka	tóo	skúruhripaa
	you.see	then	little.uphill	he.had	carry.fish.ashore

Then he carried it ashore.

[21]	víriva	pa'áama	kunkupeeykárahitih
	so	the.salmon	they.caught.them.that.way

They caught the salmon that way.

[22]	kunipíti	uum	pupiykáreeshap	pakáan	asiktávaan	uvúrayvutihaak
	they.say	3.SG	they.won't.catch.it	if.there	woman	she.was.going.around

People said they wouldn't catch (anything) if a woman was around there.

[23]	asiktávaan	uum	pukáan	vúrayvutihara	peemvírak
	woman	3.SG	not.there	she.didn't.go.around	the.fishing=platform

A woman didn't go around the fishing platform there.

[24]	káru	pu'aamtíhap	káru	pishpíshih
	also	they.didn't.eat.it	also	yellowjacket

And (the fishermen) didn't eat honey either.