Now You're Speaking Hupa: The Hupa People, Their Language

Now You’re Speaking— HUPA Na:tinixwe Mixine:whe’ The Hupa People, Their Language 2nd Edition, Revised A Pocket Handbook HUPA WORDS & PHRASES RESEARCH COMPILED BY: Hupa Indian Language Classes Victor Golla, Linguist, HSU PROJECT COORDINATOR: Jill Fletcher EDITED BY: Ray Baldy William Carpenter Calvin Carpenter James Jackson Minnie McWilliams Victor Golla Copyright © 1994 Hoopa Valley Tribal Council P.O. Box 1308 Hoopa, Calif. 95546 Quick Pronounciation Guide iii CONTENTS Acknowledgment vi Introduction xi Quick Pronunciation Guide xv Acknowledgments 1 Expressions/Slang 9 Ms. Manners 13 Mealtime 17 Foods 25 Morning Time 33 Daytime 39 Nighttime 47 iv Contents Family Terms 51 Body Parts 57 Clothes 63 Traditional Clothing 67 Household 69 Little Friends 73 Nature 79 Colors 83 Numbers 87 Hoopa Valley Village Sites 91 Index of Words 93 Index of Phrases 100 Dedicated to all the Hupa people. May they forever remain strong and proud. vi Acknowledgements ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The development of Now You're Speaking – Hupa has been a cooperative effort between community members who are interested in preserving and reviving the Hupa Language. Assistance has been received from fluent speakers, many of whom are involved in the Adult Hupa Language Class held on Wednesday nights at the Tribal Education Offices. William Carpenter’s assistance must be especially noted for informally spelling all the words and phrases in the first drafts. All of the elders, Jimmy Jackson, Minnie McWilliams, Calvin Carpenter, Herman Sherman Sr., Ray Baldy and William Carpenter patiently worked with me, Jill Fletcher. They constantly repeated phrases and words. They also had a good time listening to my many mispronunciations. Special acknowledgement to Victor Golla for all of his linguistic assistance. Victor has worked with the Hupa Language for many years and his efforts are appreciated. The Acknowledgements vii Hoopa Tribal Council adopted a standardized writing system for the Hupa Language. Tribal members, with Victor’s assistance, developed the Hupa Writing System. Victor has been standardizing the spelling of the Hupa Language for language materials that are published by or with the Hoopa Tribe. We would like to acknowledge the small matching grant for this project received from the Native California Network. Thank you for giving this project the time needed to make our first effort a success. A special thank you to the Center for Indian Community Development, Lois Risling, Jennifer George, and especially Linda McRae, Ian Cameron and Merrold Young for their assistance in the development and printing of the first edition. This second edition is a revision of the first edition. Melody George Carpenter, Marlette Grant Jackson - ITEPP and the CICD Graphics Department have contributed to the second edition. We would like to acknowledge and express appreciation for the Hoopa Tribal Education Department Staff, the Tribal Education Board and Marcellene Norton, for the assistance given to make this project successful and by taking the risk of hosting the first Hupa Language Immersion Camp. viii Acknowledgements Special thanks to Gwendolyn “Ruth” Beck, Vernon “Sonny” Pratt and Ray Baldy for their willing participation in recording the corresponding cassette for the Handbook. The corresponding tape CD and cassette follows each word as written in the Handbook. It is important to note that the