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âapun on the ground
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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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tá 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 texttá 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 textyíiv vúra nuthyuruveesh chími âapun tá nimyáhumar chími âapun tá nichnahirúvuukva chími âapun tá 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 textpúxay 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 textkári 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 textkári 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 textxas 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 textxás 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 textkári 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 textáapun 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 textapúnfaath ground.manzanita ground manzanita Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full textapunfáth'as ground.manzanita.pit ground manzanita pit Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full texthâari vaa káan vúra mupîimach tá 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 textxáyfaat 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playvaa 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textyánava 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 textkári 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 textkári 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 textâapun 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 textkári 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 textkári 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 textxás 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 textpa'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 textxás 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 textâapun 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 textkáan 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