Ararahih'urípih
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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'

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  1. pakoovúra pananuppírish puyíththaxay vúra kúnish vaa kumeekyâahara peheeraha'íppa, vúra chishihpurith'íppa kích vaa kúnish kuméekyav, pa'apxantîich îin tá kinippêer
    Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text

  2. tá ni'áy pa'apxantínihich.
    I am afraid of the white man.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  3. vaa apxantínihichas panuchuphuníshkoonaatih.
    We are talking to those white people.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  4. yáxa páykuuk káru apxantínihich káru pay apxantínihich káru pay apxantínihich
    Look at the white person over there and that white person and that white person.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  5. kúnish apxantínihich imusahitih.
    You white people look like that.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  6. apxantinihich'ávansa uum kúnish vâaramas.
    White men are tall.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  7. kári pa'apxantínihich tá kunkôoha pakunváthiinaa kári xás pa'áraar afyíiv tá kínmah.
    When the white men finished fighting, then they were friendly to the Indians.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text

  8. kinípeenti " kêemish pa'apxantínihichas."
    They were told that the white men were devils.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text

  9. kunikvêeshri pa'apxantínihich.
    The white men were camped.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text

  10. yítha áraar apxantínihich ukyavíichvihitihanik.
    A certain Indian once worked for a white man.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

  11. xás paapxantínihich upíip " chími kâam vâarami peevapithváram.
    And the white man said, "Go upriver to the store!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

  12. xás paapxantínihich upíip " Oh, rope!"
    And the white man (the storekeeper) said, "Oh, rope!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text