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a'ikneechhan'ímkaanva thistle
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7275 | revised Feb 21 2016
a'ikneechhan'ímkaanva • N • thistle Cirsium sp. (ITIS).
Literally: 'peregrine-falcon's greens'
| Derivation: | a'iknêechhan imkáanva | (= a' ikrii-ach-han im-kar-va-a) |
| falcon greens | (= above live-DIM.(verbs)-PTCL im--into.water-PL.ACT-DEVERB) |
Note: Equiv. to amtaparaxáras.
See imkáanva2 'greens'