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astahvôorar / astahvoorara- coot, "mudhen"
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #705 | revised Oct 31 2014
astahvôorar / astahvoorara- • N • coot, "mudhen" Fulica americana (ITIS).
Literally: 'slow duck'
| Derivation: | astaah vôorar-a | (= astaah vôor-a-ar-a) |
| duck slow-moving-DEVERB | (= duck creep-DEVERB-having-DEVERB) |
Derivative (1)
astahvôonanach "coot, "mudhen""
Source: JPH ani 06:526