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áxvaay "crane", i.e. the great blue heron
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lexicon ID #980 | revised Nov 07 2014
áxvaay • N • "crane", i.e. the great blue heron Ardea herodias (ITIS).
Derivatives (4)
axvay'ápkaas "a type of iris, Habenaria sp."
axváyhiich "red-stem alfilerillo"
axvêev "Dillon Mountain "
yumaaráaxvaay "a bird, perhaps the godwit"
Source: WB 247, p.328; JPH ani 06:625
- xás kári úhyiv, áxvaay píivkari. Then she hollered, "Crane, stretch your leg across." [Reference: KS44. Grizzly and hazelnuts 044]
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koovúra kum-áastaa káru áxvaay all 3sPOSS-duck also crane There were all kinds of ducks and cranes. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full textxás chími áxvaay nú-piikivmath-i then soon crane 1pl(>3)-put.necklaces.on-IMPER And (they said), "Let's put necklaces on Crane." Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full textkári xás áxvaay chémi xás tá koo tá kun-piikívshiip koovúra then then crane all.right then PERF all PERF 3pl(>3s)-put.necklaces.up.on all And Crane (said), "All right," and that was all, he had on all the necklaces. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full textkári xás áxvaay u-hyárihship then then crane 3s(>3)-stand.up Then Crane stood up. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Crane" (WB_KL-42) | read full text