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hûu huhûu imitation of owl's cry
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lexicon ID #1416 | revised Nov 07 2014
hûu huhûu • IDEO • imitation of owl's cry
Source: WB 386, p.334
- kári xás upiiip, hûu huhûu, kúnish nanishípaam tuyuunhíti. And he said, "Hûu huhûu, my grinding slab is sort of crooked." [Reference: T24.38]
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kári xás upíip hûu huhûu kúnish nanisípaam tuyuunhítih then then he.said owl's.cry sort.of my.grinding.slab it.is.out.of.position And he said, "hûu huhûu, my grinding slab is sort of crooked." Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text