Julia Starritt: "Making Acorn Soup" (1957)

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[1]	paxuntápan	uum	kun'ífiktih	ípahak	kun'íiftih
	the.acorns	3.SG	they.were.picking.them	on.trees	they.were.growing

They picked the acorns, they grew on trees.

[2]	xás	patóo	mtúpahaak	paxuntápan	kunivrarasúrootih
	then	when.they	ripe	the.acorns	they.were.falling.off

And when they were ripe, the acorns fell off.

[3]	púyava	xás	kun'ífiktih
	you.see	then	they.were.picking.them

Then they picked them.

[4]	xás	tá	kunchátnak
	then	PERF	they.cracked.them

And they cracked them.

[5]	xás	kári	tá	kunsuváxrah
	then	then	PERF	they.spread.them.out.to.dry

Then they dried them.

[6]	xás	tá	kuniyvaxávax	xás	pámaan	tá	kunívyiihshur
	then	PERF	they.rubbed.the.red.skin.off.of.them	then	the.skins	PERF	they.came.off

Then they rubbed them, and the skins came off.

[7]	púyava	xás	kári	tá	kuníkrav
	you.see	then	then	PERF	they.ground.them

Then they ground them.

[8]	xás	kári	tá	kunthántap
	then	then	PERF	they.sifted.them

Then they sifted them.

[9]	xás	pa'áfrii	tóo	vrárasur
	then	the.coarse.acorn.meal	it.had	fall.off.(pl.)

And the coarse meal fell away.

[10]	xás	kári	peekpúr	uum	múrukak	kuniyváyraamnihvutih
	then	then	the.acorn.flour	3.SG	in.a.mealing.tray	they.poured.it.in.it

Then they poured the flour into a tray-basket.

[11]	xás	kári	tá	kuntákir
	then	then	PERF	they.leached.it

Then they leached it.

[12]	yúuxak	tá	kuntákir
	in.sand	PERF	they.leached.it

They leached it in sand.

[13]	xás	íshaha	kuniyváykooti	kacha'îimich
	then	water	they.were.pouring.it.onto.it	gently

And they poured water onto it slowly.

[14]	púyava	pa'íshaha	tuvunfípahaak	kúkuum	tá	kuniptákootih
	you.see	when.the.water	it.had.flown.away.completely	again	PERF	they.added.it.again

When the water flowed all away, they added it again.

[15]	púyava	patu'amayâahaak	xás	kári	tá	kunkôoha
	you.see	when.it.was.good-tasting	then	then	PERF	they.stopped

When (the flour) was good-tasting, then they stopped.

[16]	púyava	xás	tuvaxráhish
	you.see	then	it.had.drained.downward

Then it dried.

[17]	xás	tá	kun'akíchiip
	then	PERF	they.picked.it.up

Then they picked it up.

[18]	xás	kári	tá	kuníthxa	íshaha	múuk
	then	then	PERF	they.washed.it	water	with.(by.means.of)

And they washed it with water.

[19]	xás	páyuux	koovúra	tóo	mfiipshur	xás	kári	tá	kunkôoha
	then	the.sand	all	it.had	come.off	then	then	PERF	they.stopped

And all the sand came off, and then they stopped.

[20]	xás	ásip	tá	kun'akíthraamnihvutih
	then	bowl	PERF	they.put.it.into.them

And they put it into soup baskets.

[21]	púyava	yáaf	tu'árihish
	you.see	acorn.dough	it.had.become

So it became acorn dough.

[22]	yáas	chími	kuntharampúkeesh
	then	soon	they.were.about.to.make.acorn.soup

Then they were about to make acorn soup.

[23]	púyava	aah	tá	kuníkyav
	you.see	fire	PERF	they.made.it

They built a fire.

[24]	xás	pa'ás	tá	kunipárish
	then	the.rocks	PERF	they.heated.them

And they heated the rocks.

[25]	púyava	patóo	mfírahaak	páyaaf	tá	kun'ákithramni	tharámpuukravak
	you.see	when.it.had	become.hot	the.acorn.dough	PERF	they.put.it.into.it	in.the.cooking.basket

When they were hot, they put the acorn dough into a cooking basket.

[26]	xás	kári	íshaha	tá	kuníyvaayramni	pakóo	kunxúti	u'úumeesh
	then	then	water	PERF	they.poured.it.in	as.much.as	they.were.thinking	it.will.go

And they poured in water, as much as they thought would go.

[27]	xás	pa'aséemfir	tá	kunturúraamnihva
	then	the.hot.rocks	PERF	they.put.them.in

Then they put the hot rocks in.

[28]	xás	tharampúkara	mûuk	tá	kuntharámpuk
	then	spatula	with.(by.means.of)	PERF	they.stirred.acorn.soup

And they stirred the soup with a soup-stirrer.

[29]	púyava	xás	tu'íivrip
	you.see	then	it.had.boiled

So it boiled.

[30]	xás	patóo	msípishrihaak	pátanamichak	tá	kuntarívraamnihva
	then	when.it.had	cooled.down	in.soup.baskets	PERF	they.poured.it.into.them

And when it cooled off, they poured it into soup baskets.

[31]	púyava	kári	tá	kunpat
	you.see	then	PERF	they.ate.acorn.soup

Then they ate it.

[32]	púyava	vúra	páy	kóomahich
	you.see	Intensive	this	little.bit

That's all.