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asmaax towhee, Pipilo maculatus (M)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #693 | revised Jun 02 2004
asmaax • N • towhee, Pipilo maculatus (M)
Source: WB 161, p.323
Sentence examples (2)
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paasmáax yúp'aaxkunish.
Towhee has red eyes.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text -
kári xás patá kunpíkyaar pakuntáxraati kári xás asmáax "
tîi kan'ífiki pataxratêep."
And when they finished attaching arrowheads, then Towhee thought, "Let me pick up the scraps".Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text