Phoebe Maddux: Gum (1932)
Primary participants: Phoebe Maddux (speaker), John P. Harrington (researcher)
Date: 1932
Project identifier: JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i
Publication details: John Peabody Harrington, Tobacco Among the Karuk Indians of California (1932), pp. 54
Additional contributor: Karie Moorman (annotator)
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pamuxváha |
Gum |
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tóo xváhaha. vaa kunippítti: " imxathakkêem, ikpíhan, peheeraháaxvaha." vaa kári xás kunxúti tóo mtup peehêeraha, patá, kunma tóo xváhaha." xás tóo ppiip: " chími nishtúkkeesh, tóo xváhaha." |
It is gummy. They say: "It stinks, it is strong, the tobacco gum." Then they know the tobacco is ripe, when they see it is gummy. Then one says: "Let me pick it, it is gummy." |