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funax'ishúnvaanich a bird, the pine siskin, "thrush"
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1338 | revised May 06 2014
funax'ishúnvaanich • N • a bird, the pine siskin, "thrush" Carduelis pinus.
Literally: 'little woodpecker-scalp hider'
| Derivation: | fúrax íshunva-aan-ich | (= fúrax ishun-va-aan-ich) |
| woodpecker.head hide-Agentive-DIM | (= woodpecker.head ishun-PL.ACT-Agentive-DIM) |
Source: WB 370.2, p.334; JPH ani 06:830
Note: Perhaps applied also to the western golden-crowned kinglet, Regulus regular, and the ruby-crowned kinglet, Corthylio calendula; or the Cassin kingbird, Tyrannus vociferans (JPH)