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chufnîimkach a fly (insect)
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lexicon ID #1197 | revised Aug 12 2015
chufnîimkach • N • a fly (insect) Variant: chuvnîivkach.
| Derivation: | thúfriiv-k-ach |
| blow.fly--k-DIM |
Derivatives (2)
chufniivkách'aaf "fly egg, "fly blow""
chuvnivkach'áxaan "type of house spider"
Source: WB 314, p.331
- chufnivkach'îin káru vúra patákun'av. Flies ate him too. [Reference: WB T1.123]
See thúfriiv 'blow fly'
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yiivánihich chuvnîivkach.
Go away, fly.Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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chufniivkach'îin káru vúra patá kun'av.
Flies ate him too.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text