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araramvanyupsítanach horsefly
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #524 | revised Oct 14 2014
araramvanyupsítanach • N • horsefly Tabanas sp. (ITIS).
Literally: 'baby man-eater'
| Derivation: | áraar amvaan yupsítanach | (= áraar av-va-aan yúup síit-ar-ach) |
| human eater baby | (= human eat-PL.ACT-Agentive eye mouse-having-DIM) |
Source: WB 132.2, p.320
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xás araramvanyupsítanach u-xus xáyfaat vaa ni-piip t-óo piip ípah-ak kích pa-ni-máah-ti pá-'aax then horsefly 3s(>3)-think don't! so 1s(>3)-say PERF-3s(>3) say tree-Locative only NOMZ-1s(>3)-see-DUR the-blood and Horsefly thought, "Let me not say it"; he said, "I find the blood only in trees." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text