Ararahih'urípih
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ápsiih leg

Dictionary Entry
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]


Short recordings (6) | Sentence examples (22)

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  1. 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 text
  2. ápsiih   
    leg   
    leg
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  3. sanpírish    múpsiih   
    maple.leaf    its.leg   
    maple leaf stem
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  4. sanápsiih   
    maple.leaf.leg   
    maple leaf stem
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  5. pamupírish    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 text
  6. pamu'ápsiih    xâapki   
    his.leg    kick.it!   
    Kick his leg!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  7. panani'ápsiih    tóo    kúha   
    my.leg    it.has    be.sick   
    My leg hurts.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  8. hûut    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
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  9. kuyráak    pamu'ápsiih   
    three    its.legs   
    It (the cat) has three legs.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  10. papúsihich    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
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  11. púfaat    pamu'ápsiih   
    nothing    its.legs   
    It has no legs.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  12. paninípshiih    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
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  13. pûuhara    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 text
  14. ii    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 text
  15. xás    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 text
  16. xás    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 text
  17. xás    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 text
  18. xás    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 text
  19. kári    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 text
  20. kári    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 text
  21. kári    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