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thúuk "yellowhammer", the flicker
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lexicon ID #6028 | revised Nov 05 2015
thúuk • N • "yellowhammer", the flicker Colaptes auratus (ITIS).
Derivatives (2)
thúkfaanha "to get hungry"
thuk'êem "yellow shafted flicker; "yellowhammer,"type of flicker which has all tailfeathers yellow; these feathers are used on the jump dance basket "
Source: WB 1468, p.390
Note: Said to be named from its cry; cf. Shasta c'úuk.
Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (0)