Ararahih'urípih
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ápxaan basket cap; hat (of any kind) (O'Neale, pp. 41-43)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #483 | revised Nov 07 2014

ápxaan N • basket cap; hat (of any kind) (O'Neale, pp. 41-43)

Derivatives (27; show derivatives)

Source: WB 126, p.319; TK 46.15; JPH mat 732

  • itha'ápxaan one hatful (a measure of acorns) [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 165]


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  1. pa-naní-'apxaan   uum   páah   u-thiv  
    cat.(dimin.)-1sPOSS-cap   3.SG   boat   3s(>3)-lie.(of.one.thing)  
    My hat is in the boat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  2. naa   pa-naní-'apxaan   uum   -thxuuna-tih  
    1sg.   the-1sPOSS-cap   3.SG   1s(>3)-put.over.head-DUR  
    I am wearing my hat on my head.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  3. yáxa   pa-mu-'ápxaan  
    look!   the-3sPOSS-cap  
    Look at his hat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  4. pa-'ápxaan   t-u-'íinka  
    the-cap   PERF-3s(>3)-be.on.fire  
    The hat burned.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  5. pa-'ápxaan   vúra   t-u-'íinka   ikxáramkunish  
    the-cap   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)-be.on.fire   black  
    The hat burned black.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  6. akâay   u-kyâa-nik   vaa   pa-'ápxaan?  
    who   3s(>3)-make-ANC   so   the-cap?  
    Who made your hat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about weaving a hat (VS-37) | read full text
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  7. naa   ni-kyâa-t   pa-'ápxaan  
    1sg.   1s(>3)-play-PAST   the-cap  
    I made my hat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about weaving a hat (VS-37) | read full text
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  8. ni-pikyâa-vish   pa-'ápxaan  
    1s(>3)-repair-FUT   the-cap  
    I will make another hat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about weaving a hat (VS-37) | read full text
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  9. pa-mukun-'ápxaan      kun-víik-vunaa  
    the-3plPOSS-cap   PERF   3pl(>3s)-weave-PL  
    They were weaving their caps.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  10. nuu      -pthith   pa-nunú-pxaan  
    we   PERF   1pl(>3)-finish.weaving   the-1plPOSS-cap  
    We've finished weaving our caps."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  11. xánpuut   kípa   fâat   pa--pxaan   káru   xánthiip  
    maul.oak.acorn   like   what   the-3sPOSS-cap   also   black.oak  
    Maul Oak and Black Oak had beautiful caps.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  12. xás   xuntápan   kun-ipêer   hûut   iim   u-'íina-ti   kúth   pa-pu-'ipthíth-aheen   pa--pxaan  
    then   acorn   3pl(>3s)-say.to   how   2sg.   3s(>3)-experience.something.unpleasant-DUR   because.of   NOMZ-NEG-finish.weaving-ANT   the-2sPOSS-cap  
    And they said to Tan Oak Acorn, "What's the matter with you that you didn't finish weaving your cap?"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  13. káruma   ník   apxan-yâamach-as      kun-p-ithxuná-tiih-va   yaas'arara-'îin   pu-'ithváaf-tih-eesh-ap  
    in.fact   a.little   cap-pretty-PL   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-put.over.head-DUR-PL.ACT   humankind-TOPIC   NEG-think.well.of-DUR-FUT-NEG  
    The fact is, (the others) wear pretty caps, (but) Mankind won't have much use for them.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text
  14. kári   xás   kun-p-ithxuná-siipreen   pa-mukun-'ápxaan  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-ITER-put.over.head-up   the-3plPOSS-cap  
    And they put on their basket-caps.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text
  15. koovúra   yâamach-as   pa-mukun-'ápxaan  
    all   pretty-PL   the-3plPOSS-cap  
    All their caps were pretty.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text
  16. kári   xás   uum   pa-xuntápan   uum   vúra   pu-pikyáar-ara   pa--pxaan  
    then   then   3.SG   the-acorn   3.SG   Intensive   NEG-finish-NEG   the-3sPOSS-cap  
    But Tan Oak Acorn didn’t finish her cap.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text
  17. pa-hûutva   kóo   yaas'ára   u-'íina-haak   víri   naa   vúra   kích   kaná-'aam-tih-eesh   káruma   apxan-kêemich   pa-niní-pxaan  
    NOMZ-somehow   as.much.as   rich.person   3s(>3)-exist-when   so   1sg.   Intensive   only   3pl>1s-eat-DUR-FUT   in.fact   cap-poor   the-1sPOSS-cap  
    However long Mankind exists, he will eat only me, (though) the fact is that my cap is a poor cap."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text
  18. xás   pa--pxaan   u-p-ûusur  
    then   the-3sPOSS-cap   3s(>3)-ITER-take.off  
    And she took off her hat.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  19. 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
  20. pa--pxaan   ápap-vari   xás   p-óo-thxuna-tih  
    the-3sPOSS-cap   one.side-toward   then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-put.over.head-DUR  
    And she was wearing her cap over on one side.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text
  21. pa-mukun-'ápxaan   u-kyâar-ahi-ti   sárip   káru   sárum  
    the-3plPOSS-cap   3s(>3)-make.with-ESS-DUR   hazel.twigs   also   Jeffrey.pine.root  
    Their hats were made with hazel twigs and pine-roots.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text
  22. xás   pa-mukun-'ápxaan   uum   u-vík-ahi-ti   pa-sárum   mûuk   káru   pa-panyúrar   káru   p-eekritápkir   káru   pa-tíiptiip  
    then   the-3plPOSS-cap   3.SG   3s(>3)-weave-ESS-DUR   the-Jeffrey.pine.root   with.(by.means.of)   also   the-beargrass   also   the-maidenhair.fern   also   the-Woodwardia.fern  
    And their hats were woven with the pine-roots and the bear-lily leaves and the five-finger fern and the chain fern.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text