Ararahih'urípih
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ishvíitach small woodpecker scalp, in which the red comes only halfway to the bill

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3141 | revised Feb 03 2015

ishvíitach N • small woodpecker scalp, in which the red comes only halfway to the bill

Literally: 'little half'

Derivation ishvit-ach  (= ishvit-a-ach)
piece-DIM  (= detach-DEVERB-DIM)

Source: WB 739.1.1, p.352; TK 134.36; JPH mat 07:498, ani 06:844