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.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    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 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.
    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.
    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 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