Ararahih'urípih
A Dictionary and Text Corpus of the Karuk Language

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 86


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[1]

ararayáfus uum vúra táfirapu ukyâarahitih. payáfus uum vúra yítha vúra pufíchmaan. xás vaa vúra kuniyxôorarivahitih. xás pamukuntántaav táfirapu ukyâarahitih.

The Indian dress was made of buckskin. The dress was just one deerskin. And they were just wrapped in it. And their apron was made of buckskin.

[2]

xás pamukunyafusayêepsha vúra uum yâamach ukyâahahitih. píshiip panyúrar utaxapkóohitih. axyúus ukyâarahiti káru yuxtháran káru sápruuk ukyâarahitih. yuxtháran uum tûupichas utapakpákahitih. mukunyáfus puvâaramasahara.

And their good dresses were made pretty. First bear-lily leaves were braided on. It was made with digger-pine nuts and abalone shell and it was made with olivella shells. The abalone shell was chopped up small. Their dresses were not long.

[3]

pamukun'ápxaan ukyâarahiti sárip káru sárum. kunikxúrikarati panyúrar káru ikritápkir káru tíiptiip. xás patíiptiip uum aaxkúnish ukyâahitih. xás pamukun'ápxaan uum uvíkahiti pasárum mûuk káru papanyúrar káru peekritápkir káru patíiptiip.

Their hats were made with hazel twigs and pine-roots. They were decorated with bear-lily leaves and five-finger fern and chain fern. And the chain fern was made red. And their hats were woven with the pine-roots and the bear-lily leaves and the five-finger fern and the chain fern.