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apsihikxánamkunishichas gold fern, goldback fern
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #440 | revised Mar 17 2014
apsihikxánamkunishichas • N • gold fern, goldback fern Pentagramma triangularis (ITIS).
Literally: 'little blacklegs'
| Derivation: | ápsiih ikxáramkunish-ich-as | (= ápsiih ikxáram-kúnish-ich-as) |
| leg black-DIM-PL | (= leg night-like-DIM-PL) |
Source: WB 115.1, p.318
See ápsiih 'leg' See ikxáramkunish 'black, dark' See -ich 'Diminutive' See -as 'plural'