Ararahih'urípih
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apxantínihich white man

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #500 | revised Sep 21 2014

apxantínihich N • white man Variant: apxantîich.

Literally: 'flat-cap (because of the brims on white men's hats)'

Derivation ápxaan tírih-ich
cap wide-DIM

Derivatives (16; show derivatives)

Source: WB 126.2, p.319

  • pa'apxantínihich vêetak kunivyíhuk vaa káru itráhyar ishpuk vúra takun'íshavsip. After the whites came, they started to pay him a $10 fee. [Reference: TK 231.21]

See tírih 'flat'


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  1. pa-koovúra   pa-nanu-ppírish   puyíththaxay   vúra   kúnish   vaa   kum-eekyâa-hara   p-eheeraha-'íppa   vúra   chishihpurith-'íppa   kích   vaa   kúnish   kum-éekyav   pa-'apxantîich   îin      kin-ippêer  
    NOMZ-all   the-1plPOSS-plant   not.a.single.one   Intensive   sort.of   that   3sPOSS-making-NEG   the-tobacco-tree   Intensive   nightshade.sp.-tree   only   that   sort.of   3sPOSS-making   the-white.man   TOPIC   PERF   3>1pl-say.to  
    Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text
  2.    ni-'áy   pa-'apxantínihich  
    PERF   1s(>3)-fear   the-white.man  
    I am afraid of the white man.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  3. vaa   apxantínihich-as   pa-nu-chuphuníshkoo-naa-tih  
    that   white.man-PL   NOMZ-1pl(>3)-talk.to-PL-DUR  
    We are talking to those white people.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  4. yáxa   páykuuk   káru   apxantínihich   káru   pay   apxantínihich   káru   pay   apxantínihich  
    look!   over.there   also   white.man   also   this   white.man   also   this   white.man  
    Look at the white person over there and that white person and that white person.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  5. kúnish   apxantínihich   i-musahi-tih  
    sort.of   white.man   2s(>3)-look-DUR  
    You white people look like that.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  6. apxantinihich-'ávansa   uum   kúnish   vâaram-as  
    white.man-man   3.SG   sort.of   long-PL  
    White men are tall.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  7. kári   pa-'apxantínihich      kun-kôoha   pa-kun-váthii-naa   kári   xás   pa-'áraar   afyíiv      kín-mah  
    then   NOMZ-white.man   PERF   3pl(>3s)-stop   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-fight-PL   then   then   the-human   friend   PERF   3pl>3pl-see  
    When the white men finished fighting, then they were friendly to the Indians.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text
  8. kin-ípeen-ti   kêemish   pa-'apxantínihich-as  
    3pl>3pl-say.to-DUR   something.dangerous   the-white.man-PL  
    They were told that the white men were devils.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text
  9. kun-ikvêeshri   pa-'apxantínihich  
    3pl(>3s)-spend.night   the-white.man  
    The white men were camped.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text
  10. yítha   áraar   apxantínihich   u-kyavíichvihi-tih-anik  
    one   human   white.man   3s(>3)-work.for-DUR-ANC  
    A certain Indian once worked for a white man.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text
  11. xás   p-aapxantínihich   u-píip   chími   kâam   vâaram-i   peevapithváram  
    then   the-white.man   3s(>3)-say   soon   little.upriver   go-IMPER   store  
    And the white man said, "Go upriver to the store!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text
  12. xás   p-aapxantínihich   u-píip   Oh   rope  
    then   the-white.man   3s(>3)-say   Oh   rope  
    And the white man (the storekeeper) said, "Oh, rope!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text