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chanapsûuyich Sierra junco, "snowbird"
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lexicon ID #1068 | revised Jul 02 2014
chanapsûuyich • N • Sierra junco, "snowbird" Junco oreganus.
| Derivation: | chanapsûuy-ich |
| chanapsûuy-DIM |
Source: WB 272, p.329; JPH ani 06:832
Note: Perhaps related to apmansúuyha 'to have traces of food around one's mouth'. A story tells that the snowbirds were once children who stole salmon, and were recognized because of the grease around their mouths.