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apsihihikiniyâachas a plant, golden inside-out flower, Siskiyou inside-out flower
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #437 | revised Sep 19 2014
apsihihikiniyâachas • N • a plant, golden inside-out flower, Siskiyou inside-out flower Vancouveria parviflora (NPDC).
Literally: 'legs quite straight'
| Derivation: | ápsiih ikinayâach-as | (= ápsiih íkir yav-ach-as) |
| leg straight-PL | (= leg short.ridge good-DIM-PL) |
Source: JPH/JF
See ápsiih 'leg' See ikinayâach 'straight'