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yupsítanach baby
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lexicon ID #7197 | revised Feb 17 2016
yupsítanach • N • baby Variant: yupsítanich, yupsítaach.
Literally: 'little mousey-eye'
| Derivation: | yúup síit-ar-ach |
| eye mouse-having-DIM |
Derivatives (2)
araramvanyupsítanach "horsefly"
yupsitanachpírish "plant sp., the four-o'clock"
Source: WB 1698.10, p.403
Note: Equiv. to ararápiit, axichpíitiich, ánupanach, anamahápiitich.
- naa yaas'ára muyupsítanach niycháxchaaxtiheesh. I will be bothering Humankind's baby. [Reference: KM 26.21]
Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (5)