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afivtínihich a plant, blue-eyed grass
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lexicon ID #151 | revised Feb 25 2014
afivtínihich • N • a plant, blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium bellum (NPDC).
Literally: 'flat/wide bottom'
| Derivation: | áfiv tínihich | (= áfiv-a tírih-ich) |
| bottom flat | (= make.bottom-DEVERB wide-DIM) |
Source: JPH pla 06:518
See tírih 'wide' See tínihich 'flat' See -ich 'Diminuitive'