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síit mouse (native or European species); meadow mouse
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lexicon ID #5384 | revised Dec 03 2015
síit • N • mouse (native or European species); meadow mouse
Derivatives (9)
araramvanyupsítanach "horsefly"
síitva "to steal"
sitápvuuy "barley sp., wall barley"
sitúknaamich "placename, a lake (location unknown)"
sítus "place where a mouse stores its food"
sítvaan "thief"
sítviik "to steal from"
yupsítanach "baby"
yupsitanachpírish "plant sp., the four-o'clock"
Source: WB 1239, p.380; JPH mat 710
Note: Cf. síitva 'to steal'.
- tûupichas mít pásiit pi'êep Mice used to be small. [Reference: JPH ani 06:645]
- xás mutípa síit. And his brother was Mouse. [Reference: WB 27: Peregrine Falcon 3: 002]
Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (10)