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âapun on the ground
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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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tá 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 texttá 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 textyíiv vúra nu-thyuruv-eesh chími âapun tá ni-myáhumar chími âapun tá ni-chnahirúvuukva chími âapun tá 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 textpúxay 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 textkári 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 textkári 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 textxas 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 textxás 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 textkári 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 textáapun 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 textapún-faath on.the.ground-manzanita.berry ground manzanita Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full textapun-fáth-'as on.the.ground-manzanita.berry-rock ground manzanita pit Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full texthâari vaa káan vúra mu-pîimach tá 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 textxáyfaat 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playvaa 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textyánava 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 textkári 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 textkári 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 textâapun 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 textkári 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 textkári 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 textxás 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 textpa-'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 textxás 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 textâapun ú-krii pá-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 textkáan 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