apé

apé

1. leaf (of a tree or plant)

• chąʾápe

From Proto-Dakota *apé, from Proto-Mississippi-Valley *ápe, from Proto-Siouan *á·pe.^[1]

Cognate with Dakota apé, Winnebago náwe, Kansa žą́yabe, Osage 𐓘́𐓬𐓟, Quapaw apé, Biloxi hápi and Ofo á·pi.

apé

1. leaf, needle (of a tree)

   Hypernym: waȟpé

2. blade of grass
3. fin (of a fish); wing (of an insect)
4. bend (portions of hide from animal limbs)

• Jan Ullrich, editor, compiled by Ben Black Bear Jr. and Richard Two Dogs (2023), “apé”, in New Lakota Dictionary App‎^[2] (electronic app), Kyle, SD: Lakota Language Commission, via LLC Bookstore
• Jan Ullrich, editor (2011) [2008], New Lakota Dictionary, 2nd edition, Bloomington, IN: Lakota Language Commission, page 57

• ap, apré
• ê (Pointe-Coupée)

Inherited from French (être) après (“(to be) in the process of”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈpe/
• Rhymes: -pe, -e

apé

1. progressive marker

   Lòragan-la apé pasé. ― The hurricane is passing.

   Lanèj t'apé tombé. ― Snow was falling.

   • 1998, Albert Valdman, Thomas A. Klingler, Margaret M. Marshall, Kevin J. Rottet, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole, page 49:

     Pendant yé t'apé batt' ein gros zozo qui t'apé voler en haut, oua yé. [Pendan yé t'apé bat, in gro zozo ki t'apé volé enho wá yé.]

     While they were fighting, a big bird that was flying up above saw them.

2. inchoative marker
   • 1998, Valdman, et al., Dictionary of Louisiana Creole, page 49:

     M ape fatige ek tez-istwar. [M'apé fatigé ék tê zistwar.]

     I'm starting to get tired of your stories.

3. future marker
   • 1998, Valdman, et al., Dictionary of Louisiana Creole, page 49:

     N ape vini mwa ki vyen. [N'apé vini mwa ki vyin.]

     We're coming next month.

4. habitual marker
   • 1998, Valdman, et al., Dictionary of Louisiana Creole, page 49:

     M a pyèste men m pe e koud. [M'a pyèsté min m pé é koud.]

     I will patch but I won't sew.

• Followed by the long form of two-stem verbs.

• Rhymes: -ɛ

apé

1. combining form of pé