Ararahih'urípih
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âapun on the ground

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #41 | revised Jun 26 2014

âapun ADV • on the ground

Derivatives (2)
âapunich "low"
apúnfaath "pine-mat manzanita"

Source: WB 120, p.319

  • kári xás kachakâach âapun upikrîish. And then Bluejay sat down on the ground. [Reference: DeA & F 3: Bluejay as Doctor 021]
  • vaa vúra káan âapun yúuxak ukûuruthun. He slid all over there that way, on the ground, in the dirt. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 054]


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  1.     nimyáhumar    chími    âapun   
    PERF    I'm.tired    soon    on.the.ground   
    "I am tired, let me down!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2.     nimyáhumar    chími    âapun   
    PERF    I'm.tired    soon    on.the.ground   
    "I am tired, let me down!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. yíiv    vúra    nuthyuruveesh    chími    âapun        nimyáhumar    chími    âapun        nichnahirúvuukva    chími    âapun        nithurirúvuukva    chími    âapun   
    far    Intensive    we.will.drag.you    soon    on.the.ground    PERF    I'm.tired    soon    on.the.ground    PERF    I'm.defecating.all.over.myself    soon    on.the.ground    PERF    I'm.urinating.all.over.myself    soon    on.the.ground   
    "We will drag you far away. Let me down, I am tired! Let me down, I am defecating all over myself, let me down, please! I am urinating all over myself, let me down!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  4. púxay    vúra    xay    hûut    koo    neethvávara    táma    âapun   
    not.yet    how    Intensive    how    all    I.cannot.pack.it    then    on.the.ground   
    I could hardly pack it any distance at all, before (I had to put it) down again.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  5. kári    xás    kachakâach    âapun    upikrîish   
    then    then    bluejay    on.the.ground    he.sat.down   
    Then Bluejay sat down.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  6. kári    xás    kachakâach    âapun    u'piiri    uum    tupikrîish   
    then    then    bluejay    on.the.ground        3.SG    he.was.sitting.down   
    But Bluejay was still sitting there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  7. xas    âapun    upthárish   
    then    on.the.ground    he.put.it.down.again   
    Then he set it down on the ground again.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  8. xás    káan    xás    kunchúuphinaa    váa    káan    âapun    kunivyíhishrihanik    pakunchúuphinaatihanik   
    then    there    then    they.talked    so    there    on.the.ground    they.went.    they.were.talking   
    And there they talked, and there they all sat down on the ground talking. They said: "What did we leave him there for in the sweathouse?"
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  9. kári    xás    upiip    uum    vúra    vaa    páy    arara'îin    kunxúseentih    kíri    âapun    úyruuhriv   
    then    then    she.said    3.SG    Intensive    so    this    somebody    they.are.thinking    I.wish    on.the.ground    she.lies   
    Then she said: "Someone is causing her sickness.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  10. áapun    tóo    vrárasur   
    on.the.ground    it.has    fall.off.(pl.)   
    They are falling to the ground.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Phases of Flowering (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.j.a1') | read full text
  11. apúnfaath   
    ground.manzanita   
    ground manzanita
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text
  12. apunfáth'as   
    ground.manzanita.pit   
    ground manzanita pit
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text
  13. hâari    vaa    káan    vúra    mupîimach        kunmah    akthiptunveechiváxrah    âapun    ithivthaneensúruk   
    sometime    that    there    Intensive    next.to.it    PERF    they.see    wild.oat.straw    on.the.ground    under.ground   
    Sometimes nearby there they see lots of wild oat straw under the ground.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text
  14. xáyfaat    âapun    ishárishriheesh   
    don't!    on.the.ground    you.put.it.down   
    Don't put it on the floor (lots of small things).
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  15. vaa    vúra    káan    âapun    yúuxak    ukûuruthun   
    so    Intensive    there    on.the.ground    in.the.dirt    he.slid.around   
    He slid all over there that way, on the ground, in the dirt.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  16. xás    âapun    ukyívish    xás    ukrivrúhuthun   
    then    on.the.ground    he.fell.down    then    he.rolled.around   
    And he fell to the ground, and he rolled about.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  17. xás    vúra    tusáyriihva    xás    uváxiprishuk    xás    âapun    ukrivrúhuthun   
    then    Intensive    he.was.homesick    then    he.flopped.out    then    on.the.ground    he.rolled.around   
    Then (Coyote) was homesick, and he flopped out, and he rolled around on the ground.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  18. xás    âapun    ukyívish   
    then    on.the.ground    he.fell.down   
    And he fell on the ground.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  19. yánava    yítha    âapun    utháaniv    ukuhítih   
    visible    one    on.the.ground    she.lies.down    she.is.sick   
    He saw one (girl) lying down, she was sick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  20. kári    xás    pa'âapun    tutúraayva    yee    asayaamach'íshara    ôok    páy    utháaniv   
    then    then    on.the.ground    he.looked.around    well    a.pretty.rock    here    this    sits   
    And when he looked around on the ground, he thought "Well, a pretty rock is lying here!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  21. kári    xás    pa'ás    uthárish    âapun   
    then    then    the.rock    he.puts.down    on.the.ground   
    And he put the rock down on the ground.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  22. âapun    ásak    upathakhíish   
    on.the.ground    on.a.rock    he.is.kneeling.down.(on.one.knee)   
    He kneeled down on a rock.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text
  23. kári    xás    âapun    tóo    yvêesh    paxuun   
    then    then    on.the.ground    she.did    pour.out    the.acorn.soup   
    Then she poured the acorn soup down on the ground.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  24. kári    xás    ukyívish    âapun   
    then    then    she.fell.down    on.the.ground   
    And (Grizzly) fell to the ground.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  25. xás    âapun    vúra    uum    pootâayhiti    pamukun'ásip    káru    vúra    fâat    vúra    pakuntâarahiti    pakunimnísheesh   
    then    on.the.ground    Intensive    3.SG    that.it.was.a.lot    their.baskets    also    Intensive    what    Intensive    that.they.had    when.they.would.cook   
    And on the floor were their cooking baskets and whatever else they had when they were going to cook.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text
  26. pa'asiktávaan    uumkun    vúra    âapun    pakun'áraarahitih   
    the.women    they    Intensive    on.the.ground    that.they.sit   
    The women sat on the ground.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text
  27. xás    âapun    patákasar    tóo    kyívish   
    then    on.the.ground    the.tossel    it.had    fall.down   
    The tossel fell on the ground.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  28. âapun    úkrii    pávaa    ukupitih   
    on.the.ground    she.sits    thus    she.does   
    She sat on the floor as she did that.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text
  29. káan    ára    áxak    yítha    uum    fâatva    âapun    ukyâatih   
    there    person    two    one    3.SG    something    on.the.ground    he.is.doing.something   
    Two people are there, one is doing something on the ground.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text