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ásak vaatxarakavrûukvutihan California wood fern
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lexicon ID #591 | revised Aug 05 2014
ásak vaatxarakavrûukvutihan • MWU • California wood fern Dryopteris arguta (ITIS).
Literally: 'that which shouts down over from a rock'
| Derivation: | as-ak vaatxárak-vruk-va-ti-an |
| rock-Locative shout-down.over-PL.ACT-DUR-Participial |
Source: WB 146.19, p.322
See as 'rock' See -k 'Locative' See vaatxárak 'to shout' See -vruk 'down over' See -va3 'Plural Action' See -ti 'Durative' See -han2 'Participle'