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asarakávriik vaamtáparas a plant, fennel
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lexicon ID #614 | revised Aug 05 2014
asarakávriik vaamtáparas • MWU • a plant, fennel Foeniculum vulgare (introduced from Europe; Munz).
Literally: 'gray-looking ones of the rocky places'
| Derivation: | as-ar akav-riik va-ámtaap-ar-as | (= as-ar akav-rii-k va-ámtaap-ar-as) |
| rock-having akav-place 3sPOSS dust-having-PL | (= rock-having akav-place-LOC 3sPOSS dust-having-PL) |
Source: JPH pla 06:443
Note: Equiv. to asarakávriik táayhitihan.
See as 'rock' See -kaam 'big' See -riik 'place'