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.
    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
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  3. sanpírish múpsiih
    maple leaf stem
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  4. sanápsiih
    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.
    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!
    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 hurts.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  8. hûut tu'íin pami'ápsiih?
    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
    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 has three legs.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  11. púfaat pamu'ápsiih.
    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.
    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, 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, 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.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    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
    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.
    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 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