Ararahih'urípih
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ámtaap dust, (as postpound) gray; ashes

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #346 | revised Nov 07 2014

ámtaap • N • dust, (as postpound) gray; ashes

Derivatives (9)
amtáapich "earthworm"
ámtaapkunish "gray"
amtapanatunvêech "a plant, the wooly sunflower"
amtapanás'anamahach "a type of lupine, the Miniature Lupine"
amtáparas "a type of lupine, the silver lupine"
amtaparaxáras "a type of thistle"
amtápnihich "ashy place (dimin.)"
asarakávriik_vaamtáparas "a plant, fennel"
ipámtaap "gray deer"

Source: WB 89, p.317

  • ta'ámtaap. He's already ashes (said of the dead). [Reference: JPH ethno ?:140]
  • ámtaap kích uthívpup. Just dust puffed up. [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 061]

Sentence examples (19)

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  1. vúra   vaa   mu-'ánav-hanik   pa-'ámtaap  
    Intensive   that   3sPOSS-medicine-ANC   the-dust  
    Now ashes were his medicine.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  2. ta'ítam   u-pi-patva-th-vâan-aheen   pa-'ámtaap  
    so   3s(>3)-ITER-bathe-?-REFL-ANT   the-dust  
    So he rubbed ashes all over himself.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  3. pihnêefich   u-kúpha-anik   amtaap   u-pâatv-anik  
    coyote   3s(>3)-do-ANC   dust   3s(>3)-bathe-ANC  
    Coyote did that, he bathed with ashes.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  4. ámtaap   t-u-'íivtap  
    dust   PERF-3s(>3)-cover.self  
    She had put ashes on her blanket [to make it look as if she had been lying there a long time].
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  5. imnak   káru   ámtaap  
    coal   also   dust  
    Charcoal and Ashes
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  6. iheerah-áamtaap  
    tobacco-dust  
    tobacco ashes
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  7. vaa   tá   kun-pîip   pa-'amtáp-yuux   ník   yav  
    that   PERF   3pl(>3s)-say   the-dust-dirt   a.little   good  
    They thought the ashy earth is good enough.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  8. ámtaap   kích   u-thívpup  
    dust   only   3s(>3)-puff.up.(dust)  
    Just dust puffed up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  9. xás   ámtaap   kích   ú-kpuupvar   apmaan  
    then   dust   only   3s(>3)-puff.into   mouth  
    And just dust puffed into his mouth.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  10. xás   ámtaap   kích   u-kpúpusip  
    then   dust   only   3s(>3)-puff.up  
    But just dust puffed up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  11. xás   kúkuum   vúra   ámtaap   kích   u-kpúpusip   p-oo-kyívish  
    then   again   Intensive   dust   only   3s(>3)-puff.up   NOMZ-3s(>3)-fall.down  
    And again just dust puffed up when it fell.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  12. ámtaap   kích   u-kpúpusip  
    dust   only   3s(>3)-puff.up  
    Just dust puffed up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  13. ámtaap   xás   u-kpúpusip  
    dust   then   3s(>3)-puff.up  
    And dust puffed up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  14. ámtaap   xás   u-kpúpusip  
    dust   then   3s(>3)-puff.up  
    And dust puffed up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  15. xás   u-píip   amtáp-ar   vúra   kan-'árihish   xás   pa-niní-yuup   ámtaap   kam-ixyan  
    then   3s(>3)-say   dust-having   Intensive   1s(>3)-become   then   the-1sPOSS-eye   dust   3s(>3)-fill  
    And he said, "Let me become covered with ashes, and let my eyes become full of ashes.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  16. ii   xás   u-mah   yánava   ámtaap   kích   u-krítuv  
    oh!   then   3s(>3)-see   visible   dust   only   3s(>3)-be.piled  
    Oh, then she saw him, she saw just ashes lying there!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  17. pa-káan   kun-'axúpruuprih-vu-ti   pa-púufich   t-óo   mtaap-ha   káru   t-u-xahavíka-ha  
    NOMZ-there   3pl(>3s)-put.dressed.deermeat.in.through-PL.ACT-DUR   the-deer   PERF-3s(>3)   dust-DENOM   also   PERF-3s(>3)-spider-web-DENOM  
    (The part of the house) where they put in the dressed deer meat was dusty and cobwebby.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  18. kári   xás   átruup-'axyar   ámtaap   u-mûut-rupuk  
    then   then   palm--ful   dust   3s(>3)-carry.in.hand-outdoors  
    And he brought a handful of ashes outdoors.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text