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chimchîikar / chimchikara- a plant, the horsetail or common scouring rush
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1139 | revised Oct 31 2014
chimchîikar / chimchikara- • N • a plant, the horsetail or common scouring rush Equisetum hyemale var. robustum (Schenck and Gifford, no. 11).
| Derivation: | chimchîik-ar |
| chimchîik-INST |
Derivatives (2)
chimchikaratunvêech "a plant, the horsetail"
chimchikara'asiktávaan "leafy species of horsetail"
Source: WB 293, p.330; JPH pla 06:396, ethno ?:220
See -ar 'Instrumental'