Ararahih'urípih
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âapun on the ground

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #41 | revised Jun 26 2014

âapun ADV • on the ground

Derivatives (2)
âapunich "low"
apúnfaath "pine-mat manzanita"

Source: WB 120, p.319

  • kári xás kachakâach âapun upikrîish. And then Bluejay sat down on the ground. [Reference: DeA & F 3: Bluejay as Doctor 021]
  • vaa vúra káan âapun yúuxak ukûuruthun. He slid all over there that way, on the ground, in the dirt. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 054]


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  1.    ni-myáhumar   chími   âapun  
    PERF   1s(>3)-be.exhausted   soon   on.the.ground  
    "I am tired, let me down!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2.    ni-myáhumar   chími   âapun  
    PERF   1s(>3)-be.exhausted   soon   on.the.ground  
    "I am tired, let me down!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. yíiv   vúra   nu-thyuruv-eesh   chími   âapun      ni-myáhumar   chími   âapun      ni-chnahirúvuukva   chími   âapun      ni-thurirúvuukva   chími   âapun  
    far   Intensive   1pl(>3)-drag.to-FUT   soon   on.the.ground   PERF   1s(>3)-be.exhausted   soon   on.the.ground   PERF   1s(>3)-shit.all.over.self   soon   on.the.ground   PERF   1s(>3)-urinate.all.over.self   soon   on.the.ground  
    "We will drag you far away. Let me down, I am tired! Let me down, I am defecating all over myself, let me down, please! I am urinating all over myself, let me down!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  4. púxay   vúra   xay   hûut   koo   nee-thváv-ara   táma   âapun  
    not.yet   how   Intensive   how   all   1s(>3)-pack.to-NEG   then   on.the.ground  
    I could hardly pack it any distance at all, before (I had to put it) down again.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  5. kári   xás   kachakâach   âapun   u-p-ikrîish  
    then   then   bluejay   on.the.ground   3s(>3)-ITER-sit.down  
    Then Bluejay sat down.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  6. kári   xás   kachakâach   âapun   u'piiri   uum   t-u-p-ikrîish  
    then   then   bluejay   on.the.ground      3.SG   PERF-3s(>3)-ITER-sit.down  
    But Bluejay was still sitting there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  7. xas   âapun   u-p-thárish  
    then   on.the.ground   3s(>3)-ITER-put.down  
    Then he set it down on the ground again.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  8. xás   káan   xás   kun-chúuphi-naa   váa   káan   âapun   kun-ivyíhishrih-anik   pa-kun-chúuphi-naa-tih-anik  
    then   there   then   3pl(>3s)-speak-PL   so   there   on.the.ground   3pl(>3s)-get.there.(pl.)-ANC   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-speak-PL-DUR-ANC  
    And there they talked, and there they all sat down on the ground talking. They said: "What did we leave him there for in the sweathouse?"
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  9. kári   xás   u-piip   uum   vúra   vaa   páy   arara-'îin   kun-xúseen-tih   kíri   âapun   ú-yruuhriv  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   3.SG   Intensive   so   this   human-TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-think.about-DUR   I.wish   on.the.ground   3s(>3)-(sg.).lie  
    Then she said: "Someone is causing her sickness.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  10. áapun   t-óo   vrárasur  
    on.the.ground   PERF-3s(>3)   fall.off.(pl.)  
    They are falling to the ground.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Phases of Flowering (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.j.a1') | read full text
  11. apún-faath  
    on.the.ground-manzanita.berry  
    ground manzanita
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text
  12. apun-fáth-'as  
    on.the.ground-manzanita.berry-rock  
    ground manzanita pit
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text
  13. hâari   vaa   káan   vúra   mu-pîimach      kun-mah   akthiptunv-eech-iváxrah   âapun   ithivthaneen-súruk  
    sometime   that   there   Intensive   3sPOSS-next.to   PERF   3pl(>3s)-see   barley-small.(pl.)-dry   on.the.ground   land-under  
    Sometimes nearby there they see lots of wild oat straw under the ground.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text
  14. xáyfaat   âapun   i-shárishrih-eesh  
    don't!   on.the.ground   2s(>3)-put.(things).down-FUT  
    Don't put it on the floor (lots of small things).
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  15. vaa   vúra   káan   âapun   yúux-ak   u-kûuruthun  
    so   Intensive   there   on.the.ground   dirt-Locative   3s(>3)-slide.around  
    He slid all over there that way, on the ground, in the dirt.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  16. xás   âapun   u-kyívish   xás   u-krivrúhuthun  
    then   on.the.ground   3s(>3)-fall.down   then   3s(>3)-roll.here.and.there  
    And he fell to the ground, and he rolled about.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  17. xás   vúra   t-u-sáyriihva   xás   u-váxiprishuk   xás   âapun   u-krivrúhuthun  
    then   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)-be.lonesome   then   3s(>3)-flop.out   then   on.the.ground   3s(>3)-roll.here.and.there  
    Then (Coyote) was homesick, and he flopped out, and he rolled around on the ground.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  18. xás   âapun   u-kyívish  
    then   on.the.ground   3s(>3)-fall.down  
    And he fell on the ground.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  19. yánava   yítha   âapun   u-tháaniv   u-kuhí-tih  
    visible   one   on.the.ground   3s(>3)-sit   3s(>3)-be.sick-DUR  
    He saw one (girl) lying down, she was sick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  20. kári   xás   pa-'âapun   t-u-túraayva   yee   asa-yaamach-'íshara   ôok   páy   u-tháaniv  
    then   then   NOMZ-on.the.ground   PERF-3s(>3)-look.around   well   rock-pretty-extremely   here   this   3s(>3)-sit  
    And when he looked around on the ground, he thought "Well, a pretty rock is lying here!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  21. kári   xás   pa-'ás   u-thárish   âapun  
    then   then   the-rock   3s(>3)-put.down   on.the.ground  
    And he put the rock down on the ground.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  22. âapun   ás-ak   u-pathakhíish  
    on.the.ground   rock-Locative   3s(>3)-kneel.down  
    He kneeled down on a rock.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text
  23. kári   xás   âapun   t-óo   yvêesh   pa-xuun  
    then   then   on.the.ground   PERF-3s(>3)   pour.out   the-acorn.soup  
    Then she poured the acorn soup down on the ground.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  24. kári   xás   u-kyívish   âapun  
    then   then   3s(>3)-fall.down   on.the.ground  
    And (Grizzly) fell to the ground.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  25. xás   âapun   vúra   uum   p-oo-tâayhi-ti   pa-mukun-'ásip   káru   vúra   fâat   vúra   pa-kun-tâarahi-ti   pa-kun-imnísh-eesh  
    then   on.the.ground   Intensive   3.SG   NOMZ-3s(>3)-be.many-DUR   the-3plPOSS-bowl   also   Intensive   what   Intensive   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-have-DUR   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-cook-FUT  
    And on the floor were their cooking baskets and whatever else they had when they were going to cook.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text
  26. pa-'asiktávaan   uumkun   vúra   âapun   pa-kun-'áraarahi-tih  
    the-woman   they   Intensive   on.the.ground   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-live.(pl.)-DUR  
    The women sat on the ground.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text
  27. xás   âapun   pa-tákasar   t-óo   kyívish  
    then   on.the.ground   the-shinny.tossel   PERF-3s(>3)   fall.down  
    The tossel fell on the ground.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  28. âapun   ú-krii   -vaa   u-kupi-tih  
    on.the.ground   3s(>3)-live   NOMZ-that   3s(>3)-do-DUR  
    She sat on the floor as she did that.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text
  29. káan   ára   áxak   yítha   uum   fâatva   âapun   u-kyâa-tih  
    there   person   two   one   3.SG   something   on.the.ground   3s(>3)-make-DUR  
    Two people are there, one is doing something on the ground.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text