Ararahih'urípih
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ápap one side

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #411 | revised Jun 26 2014

ápap N • one side

Derivative (1)
apap'apsîich "on one leg"

Source: WB 105, p.318

  • yakún ápap vâaram pamúpsiih. You see his leg was a little longer on one side. [Reference: KS Crane 010]
  • tâak ápap pasára. Give me half the loaf of bread! [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 404]
  • ápapkam takinchífich. One side beat the other. [Reference: WB 13: Coyote's Gambling Song 007]


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  1. áraar pamu'áav ápap u'ávas-hunihva.
    One side of the man's face was a spring (flowing) down.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  2. xás ápap upírishhunihva.
    One side was plants (hanging) down.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  3. íkiich ápapkam vaa mi'asímnaam itxâariheen.
    Maybe you woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  4. apapíichyuup."
    (I'll just open) one little eye."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  5. kári xás kári uxus, " tîi kányuuphi, apapíichyuupich."
    And (Coyote) thought, "Let me open my eyes, just one little eye."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  6. kári xás ápapkam ukvíripunih.
    Then he ran down the other side.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  7. ápap pamútraax tá kuníshpaatsur.
    They pulled off his arm on one side.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  8. ápap kúna pamútraax kuníshpaatsur.
    They pulled off his arm on the other side.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  9. ápapkam tá kinchífich.
    One side beat them (on the other side).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  10. kunpiip, " xâatik ápap yúruk uvuunúpahitih, káru ápap káruk uvuunôovutih.
    (The gods) said, "Let (the river) flow downstream on one side, and flow upstream on the other side.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  11. vaa káan ávansa úkrii, páykuuk yíiv úkrii, patuyshipriha'ápapkam.
    A man lives there, he lives far off there, on the other side of the mountain.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  12. ápap kúna úsyuunkiv.
    She pulled off (the earring) on the other side.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  13. pamúpxaan ápapvari xás póothxunatih.
    And she was wearing her cap over on one side.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text
  14. kári xás upíip, " yánava púfaat mu'ífunih ápap pamuxváah."
    And he said, "I see you have no hair on one side of your head."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text
  15. xás ápapkam káru usúruruprinahitih.
    And on the other side, there was also a hole through.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text
  16. pa'avansáxiich áachip uhyárih, payeenipaxvúhich uum ápapkam.
    The boy is standing in the middle, the little girl is at the side.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  17. kúna vúra payêem ápapkam asiktávaan yítha.
    But now one woman is on one side.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text