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arara'ifchikinkôor / arara'ifchikinkoora- a flower, baby-blue-eyes
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #546 | revised Oct 31 2014
arara'ifchikinkôor / arara'ifchikinkoora- • N • a flower, baby-blue-eyes Nemophila menziesii.
Literally: 'that which sticks to a person'
| Derivation: | áraar ifchíkin-ka-ar-a |
| human be.stuck-to-INST-DEVERB |
Source: JPH pla 06:556
Note: Phoebe thought this was a 'mere descriptive name' for an introduced plant; = arara'iftakankôor. Perh. equiv. to atmahavníkaanich.
See áraar1 'person' See ifchíkinka 'to be stuck ont' See -ar 'Instrumental'