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astahvôonanach coot, "mudhen"
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #704 | revised May 07 2014
astahvôonanach • N • coot, "mudhen" Fulica sp. (M).
Literally: 'little slow-moving duck '
| Derivation: | astahvôorar-ach | (= astaah vôor-a-ar-a-ach) |
| bird.sp.-DIM | (= duck creep-DEVERB-having-DEVERB-DIM) |
Source: WB 165.1, p.323; JPH ani 06:526
Note: Dimin. of astahvôorar.