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apxantínihich white man
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #500 | revised Sep 21 2014
apxantínihich • N • white man Variant: apxantîich.
Literally: 'flat-cap (because of the brims on white men's hats)'
| Derivation: | ápxaan tírih-ich |
| cap wide-DIM |
Derivatives (16; show derivatives)
Source: WB 126.2, p.319
- pa'apxantínihich vêetak kunivyíhuk vaa káru itráhyar ishpuk vúra takun'íshavsip. After the whites came, they started to pay him a $10 fee. [Reference: TK 231.21]
See tírih 'flat'
Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (14)