Ararahih'urípih
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ápsiih leg

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #444 | revised Nov 07 2014

ápsiih N • leg

Derivatives (8)
apap'apsîich "on one leg"
apsihihikiniyâachas "a plant, golden inside-out flower, Siskiyou inside-out flower"
apsihikxánah "gold fern"
apsihikxánahich "California lace fern"
apsihikxánamkunishichas "gold fern, goldback fern"
apsihikxánavanach "Goldenback Fern"
apsihíthyurar "leg-dragger; this is what the meadowlark calls."
apsihthákurar "bowlegged"

Source: WB 115, p.318

Note: Locative is apsiik.

  • apsíik nitápichrishuk. I twisted him (a trapped animal) out by the leg. [Reference: WB files]
  • paninípshiih áthiik tu'ívahaak, vaa kári ník puna'áhootihara. When my legs get cold, then I can't walk. [Reference: WB T93. Violet cooking 022]


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  1. xás   xára   chavúra   apsíi-k   ni-tápuchrishuk  
    then   long   finally   leg-Locative   1s(>3)-twist.out  
    After poking around a good while, I caught one by the leg and twisted him out of the hole. I put him in the sack.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  2. ápsiih  
    leg  
    leg
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  3. san-pírish   -psiih  
    leaf-plant   3sPOSS-leg  
    maple leaf stem
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  4. san-ápsiih  
    leaf-leg  
    maple leaf stem
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  5. pa-mu-pírish   vúra   p-u-'ivrárasuru-tih-ara   sákriiv-sha   pa--psii   ípam   kunish   pa-mu-pirish-'ápsii   xákaan   u-'if-shúr-oo-tih-irak   sákriiv-sha  
    the-3sPOSS-plant   Intensive   NEG-3s(>3)-fall.off.(pl.)-DUR-NEG   hard-PL   the-3sPOSS-leg   sinew   sort.of   the-3sPOSS-plant-leg   both   3s(>3)-grow-off-PL.ACT-DUR-where   hard-PL  
    The leaves do not fall off, they are tough leaf-stemmed, thier leaves are like sinew, where the leaves grow off [from the stem] is tough.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  6. pa-mu-'ápsiih   xâapk-i  
    the-3sPOSS-leg   kick-IMPER  
    Kick his leg!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  7. pa-nani-'ápsiih   t-óo   kúha  
    the-1sPOSS-leg   PERF-3s(>3)   be.sick  
    My leg hurts.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  8. hûut   t-u-'íin   pa-mi-'ápsiih  
    how   PERF-3s(>3)-experience.something.unpleasant   the-2sPOSS-leg  
    What's wrong with your leg?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  9. kuyráak   pa-mu-'ápsiih  
    three   the-3sPOSS-leg  
    It (the cat) has three legs.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  10. pa-púsihich   uum   kuyráak   pa-mu-'ápsiih  
    the-cat.(dimin.)   3.SG   three   the-3sPOSS-leg  
    The cat has three legs.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  11. púfaat   pa-mu-'ápsiih  
    nothing   the-3sPOSS-leg  
    It has no legs.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  12. pa-niní-pshiih   áthiik   t-u-'ív-ahaak   vaa   kári   vúra   pu-na-'áhoo-tih-ara  
    the-1sPOSS-leg   cold   PERF-3s(>3)-die-when   so   then   Intensive   NEG-1s(>3)-go-DUR-NEG  
    When my legs get cold, then I can’t walk.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  13. pûuhara   xáy   ápsii   née-shpat  
    no   let.not   leg   1s-be.broken  
    No, I might get a leg broken.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  14. ii   yánava   u-hyá-rishuk-va   pa--taat   -psiih  
    oh!   visible   3s(>3)-stand.(long.object)-out.of-PL.ACT   the-3sPOSS-mother   3sPOSS-leg  
    Oh, he saw his mother's leg sticking out!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  15. xás   kári   u-píip   pa-naní-pshii   ithyáruk   ni-piivkár-eesh  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   the-1sPOSS-leg   across   1s(>3)-step.out.over.(water)-FUT  
    And he said, "I'll just put my leg out across-river.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  16. xás   paa-psíh-'aachip   t-u-'uum  
    then   the-leg-middle   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive  
    And she got to the middle of the leg.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  17. xás   pa-t-óo   p-íishrav   xás   pa--pxaan   u-mchanáknak   páa-psiih  
    then   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)   ITER-drink.from   then   the-3sPOSS-cap   3s(>3)-knock   the-leg  
    And when she had drunk from it, she knocked her hat on his leg (to shake the water out).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  18. xás   u-p-ithyúrukiv   pa--psiih  
    then   3s(>3)-ITER-pull.in   the-3sPOSS-leg  
    And he pulled in his leg.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  19. kári   xás   p-oo-tharámpuk   ta'ítam   -psii   ú-kpaatrav-aheen  
    then   then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-cook.acorn.soup   so   3sPOSS-leg   3s(>3)-break.in.two-ANT  
    So when she made acorn soup, then (Doe) broke open her leg.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  20. kári   xás   ú-kpaatrav   pa--psiih   aax   kúna   u-'ínihnamnih-ach  
    then   then   3s(>3)-break.in.two   the-3sPOSS-leg   blood   in.addition   3s(>3)-drip.into-DIM.(verbs)  
    And she broke her leg, but (only) blood dribbled in.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  21. kári   xás   ú-pthaaniv   kachakâach   aayâach   ápsii   t-óo   spat  
    then   then   3s(>3)-lie.around   bluejay   it.was.because   leg   PERF-3s(>3)   be.broken  
    Then Blue Jay was laid up, it was because her leg was broken.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text