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arara'iftakankôor / arara'iftakankoora- a plant
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #547 | revised Oct 31 2014
arara'iftakankôor / arara'iftakankoora- • N • a plant Nemophila sp..
Literally: 'that which sticks to a person'
| Derivation: | áraar iftákar-ka-ar-a |
| human stick-to-INST-DEVERB |
Source: JPH pla 06:556
Note: Phoebe thought this was a 'mere descriptive name' for an introduced plant; = arara'ifchikinkôor. Perh. equiv. to atmahavníkaanich.