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achvivthúkinha woodpecker tattoo, i.e. one which is red like the woodpecker scalp
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #124 | revised Sep 16 2014
achvivthúkinha • N • woodpecker tattoo, i.e. one which is red like the woodpecker scalp
Literally: 'bird-tattoo '
| Derivation: | achviiv thúkinha | (= achviiv thúkin-ha-a) |
| bird tattoo | (= bird bile-DENOM-DEVERB) |
Source: JPH mat 07:751
See achviiv 'bird' See thúkinha 'tattoo'