Ararahih'urípih
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ámtaap dust, (as postpound) gray; ashes

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #346 | revised Nov 07 2014

ámtaap • N • dust, (as postpound) gray; ashes

Derivatives (9)
amtáapich "earthworm"
ámtaapkunish "gray"
amtapanatunvêech "a plant, the wooly sunflower"
amtapanás'anamahach "a type of lupine, the Miniature Lupine"
amtáparas "a type of lupine, the silver lupine"
amtaparaxáras "a type of thistle"
amtápnihich "ashy place (dimin.)"
asarakávriik_vaamtáparas "a plant, fennel"
ipámtaap "gray deer"

Source: WB 89, p.317

  • ta'ámtaap. He's already ashes (said of the dead). [Reference: JPH ethno ?:140]
  • ámtaap kích uthívpup. Just dust puffed up. [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 061]

Sentence examples (19)

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  1. vúra    vaa    mu'ánavhanik    pa'ámtaap   
    Intensive    that    was.his.medicine    the.ashes   
    Now ashes were his medicine.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  2. ta'ítam    upipatvathvâanaheen    pa'ámtaap   
    so    he.bathed.himself    the.ashes   
    So he rubbed ashes all over himself.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  3. pihnêefich    ukúphaanik    amtaap    upâatvanik   
    coyote    he.did    dust    he.bathed   
    Coyote did that, he bathed with ashes.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  4. ámtaap    tu'íivtap   
    dust    were.on.her   
    She had put ashes on her blanket [to make it look as if she had been lying there a long time].
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  5. imnak    káru    ámtaap   
    coal    also    dust   
    Charcoal and Ashes
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  6. iheeraháamtaap   
    tobacco.ashes   
    tobacco ashes
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  7. vaa    tá    kunpîip    pa'amtápyuux    ník    yav   
    that    PERF    they.think    the.ashy.potato    a.little    good   
    They thought the ashy earth is good enough.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  8. ámtaap    kích    uthívpup   
    dust    only    it.puffed.up   
    Just dust puffed up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  9. xás    ámtaap    kích    úkpuupvar    apmaan   
    then    dust    only    it.puffed.into.it    mouth   
    And just dust puffed into his mouth.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  10. xás    ámtaap    kích    ukpúpusip   
    then    dust    only    it.puffed.up   
    But just dust puffed up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  11. xás    kúkuum    vúra    ámtaap    kích    ukpúpusip    pookyívish   
    then    again    Intensive    dust    only    it.puffed.up    when.it.fell.down   
    And again just dust puffed up when it fell.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  12. ámtaap    kích    ukpúpusip   
    dust    only    it.puffed.up   
    Just dust puffed up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  13. ámtaap    xás    ukpúpusip   
    dust    then    it.puffed.up   
    And dust puffed up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  14. ámtaap    xás    ukpúpusip   
    dust    then    it.puffed.up   
    And dust puffed up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  15. xás    upíip    amtápar    vúra    kan'árihish    xás    paniníyuup    ámtaap    kamixyan   
    then    he.said    ashy    Intensive    let.me.become.it!    then    my.eyes    dust    let.it.become.full.of.it!   
    And he said, "Let me become covered with ashes, and let my eyes become full of ashes.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  16. ii    xás    umah    yánava    ámtaap    kích    ukrítuv   
    oh!    then    she.saw.him    visible    dust    only    it.was.lying.in.a.pile   
    Oh, then she saw him, she saw just ashes lying there!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  17. pakáan    kun'axúpruuprihvuti    papúufich    tóo    mtaapha    káru    tuxahavíkaha   
    where    they.were.putting.dressed.deer.meat.in.through    the.deermeat    it.was    dusty    also    it.was.cobwebby   
    (The part of the house) where they put in the dressed deer meat was dusty and cobwebby.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  18. kári    xás    átruup'axyar    ámtaap    umûutrupuk   
    then    then    a.palmful    dust    he.carried.it.outdoors.in.his.hand   
    And he brought a handful of ashes outdoors.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text