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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]
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (32)
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tá nimyáhumar,
chími âapun."
"I am tired, let me down!"Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text -
tá nimyáhumar,
chími âapun."
"I am tired, let me down!"Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text -
yíiv vúra nuthyuruveesh,
chími âapun,
tá nimyáhumar,
chími âapun,
tá nichnahirúvuukva,
chími âapun,
tá nithurirúvuukva,
chími âapun."
"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 -
púxay vúra xay hûut koo neethvávara, táma âapun.
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 -
kári xás kachakâach âapun upikrîish.
Then Bluejay sat down.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text -
kári xás kachakâach âapun u'piiri uum tupikrîish.
But Bluejay was still sitting there.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text -
xas âapun upthárish.
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 -
xás káan xás kunchúuphinaa,
váa káan âapun kunivyíhishrihanik pakunchúuphinaatihanik.
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 -
kári xás upiip: "
uum vúra vaa páy arara'îin kunxúseentih kíri âapun úyruuhriv.
Then she said: "Someone is causing her sickness.Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text -
áapun tóo vrárasur.
They are falling to the ground.Source: Phoebe Maddux, Phases of Flowering (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.j.a1') | read full text -
apúnfaath
ground manzanitaSource: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text -
apunfáth'as
ground manzanita pitSource: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text -
hâari vaa káan vúra mupîimach tá kunmah akthiptunveechiváxrah âapun ithivthaneensúruk.
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 -
xáyfaat âapun ishárishriheesh.
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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vaa vúra káan âapun yúuxak ukûuruthun.
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 -
xás âapun ukyívish,
xás ukrivrúhuthun.
And he fell to the ground, and he rolled about.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text -
xás vúra tusáyriihva,
xás uváxiprishuk,
xás âapun ukrivrúhuthun.
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 -
xás âapun ukyívish.
And he fell on the ground.Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text -
yánava yítha âapun utháaniv, ukuhítih.
He saw one (girl) lying down, she was sick.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text -
kári xás pa'âapun tutúraayva, yee asayaamach'íshara ôok páy utháaniv.
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 -
kári xás pa'ás uthárish, âapun.
And he put the rock down on the ground.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text -
âapun ásak upathakhíish.
He kneeled down on a rock.Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text -
kári xás âapun tóo yvêesh paxuun.
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 -
kári xás ukyívish âapun.
And (Grizzly) fell to the ground.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text -
xás âapun vúra uum pootâayhiti pamukun'ásip káru vúra fâat vúra pakuntâarahiti pakunimnísheesh.
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 -
pa'asiktávaan uumkun vúra âapun pakun'áraarahitih.
The women sat on the ground.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text -
xás âapun patákasar tóo kyívish.
The tossel fell on the ground.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text -
âapun úkrii pávaa ukupitih.
She sat on the floor as she did that.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text -
káan ára áxak, yítha uum fâatva âapun ukyâatih.
Two people are there, one is doing something on the ground.Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text