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íithka feather
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1707 | revised Dec 21 2015
íithka • N • feather
Derivatives (8)
asvút'iithkar "winged ant"
íithkaha "to grow feathers"
ithkafúrax "feather ornament"
ithká'ir "doctor's cape, made of feathers"
ithkamáhyaanaram "white everlasting flower"
ithkásuuf "quill of a feather"
ithkaxára "single-featherhead ornament for dancers"
íthkiipux "unfeathered"
Source: WB 767, p.354; Shivshaneen, 1996, (5.1)
- ánav pamú'iithka, fâat vúra vaa kumayíkiha patuvúrayvahaak. Its feathers are medicine, whenever any kind of illness is going around. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 149]