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iheeraháamvaan Nuttall's whippoorwill
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lexicon ID #1536 | revised Oct 14 2014
iheeraháamvaan • N • Nuttall's whippoorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii (ITIS).
Literally: 'tobacco-eater'
| Derivation: | ihêeraha amvaan | (= ihêer-aha-a av-va-aan) |
| tobacco eater | (= smoke-ESS-DEVERB eat-PL.ACT-Agentive) |
Derivative (1)
iheerahamvanvasih'ikxúrik "whippoorwill back design, used in tobacco baskets"
Source: WB 416.1.1, p.336; JPH 06:623
- xás káan iheeraháamvaan kunikmárihivrikanik. And there they met Whippoorwill. [Reference: TK 264.15]