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tishrampikúramnihvaan meadowlark
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lexicon ID #6100 | revised Nov 04 2015
tishrampikúramnihvaan • N • meadowlark Sturnella neglecta (ITIS).
Literally: 'he whose head is into the flat'
| Derivation: | tíshraam ip-ikúramnih-vaan | (= tíshraam ip-íku-rámnih-vaan) |
| valley ITER put.head.in-REFL | (= valley ITER point.(in.direction)-into-REFL) |
Source: JPH ani 06:830
Note: Syn. of turuxvíthin. But JPH ani 06:629, 863 gives tishrampikurámnihvan 'red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus'.