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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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. |
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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. |
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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. |