Julia Starritt: "Indian Clothes" (1957)
Primary participants: Julia Starritt (speaker), William Bright (researcher)
Date: 1957
Project identifier: WB_KL-86
Publication details: William Bright, The Karok Language (1957), pp. 300-301, Text
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| [1] |
ararayáfus |
uum |
vúra |
táfirapu |
ukyâarahitih |
| Indian.dress |
3.SG |
Intensive |
buckskin |
it.was.made.with |
|
The Indian dress was made of buckskin. |
| [2] |
payáfus |
uum |
vúra |
yítha |
vúra |
pufíchmaan |
| the.dress |
3.SG |
Intensive |
one |
Intensive |
deer.skin |
|
The dress was just one deerskin. |
| [3] |
xás |
vaa |
vúra |
kuniyxôorarivahitih |
| then |
so |
Intensive |
they.were.wrapped.up.in |
|
And they were just wrapped in it. |
| [4] |
xás |
pamukuntántaav |
táfirapu |
ukyâarahitih |
| then |
their.apron |
buckskin |
it.was.made.with |
|
And their apron was made of buckskin. |
| [5] |
xás |
pamukunyafusayêepsha |
vúra |
uum |
yâamach |
ukyâahahitih |
| then |
their.good.dress |
Intensive |
3.SG |
pretty |
it.was.made |
|
And their good dresses were made pretty. |
| [6] |
píshiip |
panyúrar |
utaxapkóohitih |
| first |
beargrass |
it.was.braided.on |
|
First bear-lily leaves were braided on. |
| [7] |
axyúus |
ukyâarahiti |
káru |
yuxtháran |
káru |
sápruuk |
ukyâarahitih |
| pine-nut.sp. |
it.was.made.with |
also |
abalone |
also |
olivella.shell |
it.was.made.with |
|
It was made with digger-pine nuts and abalone shell and it was made with
olivella shells. |
| [8] |
yuxtháran |
uum |
tûupichas |
utapakpákahitih |
| abalone |
3.SG |
small.ones |
it.was.sliced |
|
The abalone shell was chopped up small. |
| [9] |
mukunyáfus |
puvâaramasahara |
| their.dress |
not.long |
|
Their dresses were not long. |
| [10] |
pamukun'ápxaan |
ukyâarahiti |
sárip |
káru |
sárum |
| their.hat |
it.was.made.with |
hazel.twigs |
also |
Jeffrey.pine.root |
|
Their hats were made with hazel twigs and pine-roots. |
| [11] |
kunikxúrikarati |
panyúrar |
káru |
ikritápkir |
káru |
tíiptiip |
| they.were.decorated.with |
beargrass |
also |
maidenhair.fern |
also |
Woodwardia.fern |
|
They were decorated with bear-lily leaves and five-finger fern and chain
fern. |
| [12] |
xás |
patíiptiip |
uum |
aaxkúnish |
ukyâahitih |
| then |
the.chain.fern |
3.SG |
red |
it.was.made |
|
And the chain fern was made red. |
| [13] |
xás |
pamukun'ápxaan |
uum |
uvíkahiti |
pasárum |
mûuk |
káru |
papanyúrar |
káru |
peekritápkir |
káru |
patíiptiip |
| then |
their.hat |
3.SG |
it.was.woven |
the.Jeffrey.pine.root |
with.(by.means.of) |
also |
the.beargrass |
also |
the.five-finger.fern |
also |
the.chain.fern |
|
And their hats were woven with the pine-roots and the bear-lily leaves and the
five-finger fern and the chain fern. |