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tavátavkunish light-colored
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lexicon ID #5760 | revised Dec 28 2015
tavátavkunish • ADJ • light-colored
| Derivation: | tavátav-kúnish |
| tavátav- sort.of |
Note: Or perhaps from ta- 'perfective', vátav...?
- ...pachími umtúpeeshahaak, vaa kári tavátavkunish. ...when it's going to get ripe, it's light-colored. [Reference: TK 49.32]
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pa-yáan vúr u-'íif-ti-haak puxxích thúkkinkunish p-eheeraha-'íppa pa-chím u-imtúpp-eesh-ahaak vaa kári taváttavkunish NOMZ-recently Intensive 3s(>3)-grow-DUR-when very.much blue-green the-tobacco-tree NOMZ-soon 3s(>3)-be.ripe-FUT-when so then light-colored When it is just growing, the tobacco plant is real green, when it is already going to get ripe, it is then light-colored. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text