Ararahih'urípih
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apmaan mouth; beak (of a bird)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #421 | revised Nov 07 2014

apmaan • N • mouth; beak (of a bird)

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Source: WB 112, p.318; Shivshaneen, 1996, (2.2); JPH ani 06:508

  • patupuyâarahaak píshiich, papúva íshunvaphaak, víri vaa apmáan kuniyvúruktiheesh pa'asúf'iish. When first he dies, when they haven't buried him yet, they should smear the salmon backbone meat on his mouth. [Reference: KM 32.24]

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  1. peehêeraha    apmáan    ukrixyúpxupti    ára    úux    xára    vúr    apmáan    u'ákkatih   
    the.tobacco    mouth    it.has.a.burning.taste    person    bitter    long.time    Intensive    mouth    it.tastes.like.(something)   
    Tobacco burns a person's mouth, it tastes bad.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text

  2. apmáanak    aknap   
    on.the.mouth    slap   
    I'm going to slap your mouth.
    Source: Vina Smith, Lucille Albers, Sentences with verb paradigms (LA-VS-01) | read full text
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  3. apmáan    thîishrih   
    mouth    put.aside   
    Put it in your mouth.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  4. 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

  5. kári    xás    apmáan    úyuunvar   
    then    then    mouth    he.put.her.inside   
    Then he put her in his mouth.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  6. apmáan    mûuk    upáratih   
    mouth    with.(by.means.of)    he.bit.it   
    He bit it with his mouth (i.e., held it between his teeth).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  7. apmáan    mûuk    kunchátnaktih   
    apmáan    mûuk    they.cracked.them   
    They cracked them with their mouths (i.e., with their teeth).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text

  8. xás    apmáan    tu'áakvar    xás    taay    vúra    xúnxun    tóo    kyav   
    then    mouth    she.put.into    then    much    Intensive    phlegm    she.had    make   
    Then she put her hands in her mouth, and she made a lot of phlegm.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text