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apxantínihich white man
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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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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 tá 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 texttá 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playvaa 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playyáxa 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playkúnish 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playapxantinihich-'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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playkári pa-'apxantínihich tá kun-kôoha pa-kun-váthii-naa kári xás pa-'áraar afyíiv tá 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 textkin-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 textkun-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 textyítha 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 textxás 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 textxás 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