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xanpuchíniishveenach hummingbird; also a type of plant
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6801 | revised Feb 03 2016
xanpuchíniishveenach • N • hummingbird; also a type of plant (Schenck and Gifford, p. 390).
| Derivation: | xanpuchíniish-veen-ach |
| xanpuchíniish-AGT-DIM |
Derivatives (3)
xanpuchinishveenach'ímkaanva "a plant, a type of monkey-flower; also yellow violet"
yumaaraxanpuchíniishveenach "sphinx moth"
yumaaraxanpuchinishveenach'ímkaanva "plant sp."
Source: WB 1592, p.396; JPH ani 06:622
- xanpuchíniishveenach uum kiikpíkaan. Go and fetch Hummingbird! [Reference: DeA & F 3: Bluejay as Doctor 006]
- ta'ítam kunpíkaraheen xanpuchíniishveenach. Then they sent for Hummingbird. [Reference: KM 20.10]
Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (10)