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asapûuxveenach cliff swallow, type of bird
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #611 | revised May 07 2014
asapûuxveenach • N • cliff swallow, type of bird Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (ITIS).
Literally: 'one which carries a rock (or earth?) in its mouth '
| Derivation: | as pûux-veen-ach |
| rock hold.in.mouth-AGT-DIM |
Source: WB 146.8, p.322
See pûux 'to hold or take in one's mouth'