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ápsiih leg
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lexicon ID #444 | revised Nov 07 2014
ápsiih • N • leg
Derivatives (8)
apap'apsîich "on one leg"
apsihihikiniyâachas "a plant, golden inside-out flower, Siskiyou inside-out flower"
apsihikxánah "gold fern"
apsihikxánahich "California lace fern"
apsihikxánamkunishichas "gold fern, goldback fern"
apsihikxánavanach "Goldenback Fern"
apsihíthyurar "leg-dragger; this is what the meadowlark calls."
apsihthákurar "bowlegged"
Source: WB 115, p.318
Note: Locative is apsiik.
- apsíik nitápichrishuk. I twisted him (a trapped animal) out by the leg. [Reference: WB files]
- paninípshiih áthiik tu'ívahaak, vaa kári ník puna'áhootihara. When my legs get cold, then I can't walk. [Reference: WB T93. Violet cooking 022]
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xás xára chavúra apsíik nitápuchrishuk then long finally by.the.leg I.twist.it.out. After poking around a good while, I caught one by the leg and twisted him out of the hole. I put him in the sack. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textápsiih leg leg Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full textsanpírish múpsiih maple.leaf its.leg maple leaf stem Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full textsanápsiih maple.leaf.leg maple leaf stem Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full textpamupírish vúra pu'ivrárasurutihara sákriivsha pamúpsii ípam kunish pamupirish'ápsii xákaan u'ifshúrootihirak sákriivsha its.leaves Intensive it.is.not.falling.off hard.ones its.stem sinew sort.of its.leaf-stem both where.the.leaves.grow.off hard.ones The leaves do not fall off, they are tough leaf-stemmed, thier leaves are like sinew, where the leaves grow off [from the stem] is tough. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full textpamu'ápsiih xâapki his.leg kick.it! Kick his leg! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpanani'ápsiih tóo kúha my.leg it.has be.sick My leg hurts. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playhûut tu'íin pami'ápsiih how it.is.wrong.with your.leg What's wrong with your leg? Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playkuyráak pamu'ápsiih three its.legs It (the cat) has three legs. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpapúsihich uum kuyráak pamu'ápsiih the.cat 3.SG three its.legs The cat has three legs. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpúfaat pamu'ápsiih nothing its.legs It has no legs. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpaninípshiih áthiik tu'ívahaak vaa kári vúra puna'áhootihara my.legs cold it.died so then Intensive I.don't.walk When my legs get cold, then I can’t walk. Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playpûuhara xáy ápsii néeshpat no let.not leg I.become.broken No, I might get a leg broken. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full textii yánava uhyárishukva pamútaat múpsiih oh! visible it.is.sticking.out his.mother her.leg Oh, he saw his mother's leg sticking out! Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxás kári upíip pananípshii ithyáruk nipiivkáreesh then then he.said my.leg across I.will.step.it.out.over.water And he said, "I'll just put my leg out across-river. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxás paapsíh'aachip tu'uum then the.middle.of.the.leg she.got.to And she got to the middle of the leg. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxás patóo píishrav xás pamúpxaan umchanáknak páapsiih then when.she.had drunk.from.it then her.hat she.knocked.it.against.it the.leg And when she had drunk from it, she knocked her hat on his leg (to shake the water out). Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxás upithyúrukiv pamúpsiih then he.pulled.it.back.in his.leg And he pulled in his leg. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textkári xás pootharámpuk ta'ítam múpsii úkpaatravaheen then then when.she.cooked.acorn.soup so her.leg she.broke.it.in.two So when she made acorn soup, then (Doe) broke open her leg. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textkári xás úkpaatrav pamúpsiih aax kúna u'ínihnamnihach then then she.broke.it.in.two her.leg blood in.addition it.dribbled.into.it And she broke her leg, but (only) blood dribbled in. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textkári xás úpthaaniv kachakâach aayâach ápsii tóo spat then then she.was.laid.up bluejay it.was.because leg it.was be.broken Then Blue Jay was laid up, it was because her leg was broken. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text