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atipimáamvaan buzzard, turkey vulture
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #792 | revised Oct 07 2014
atipimáamvaan • N • buzzard, turkey vulture
Literally: 'carrion-eater'
| Derivation: | atípiim amvaan | (= atípiim av-va-aan) |
| carrion eater | (= carrion eat-PL.ACT-Agentive) |
Source: WB 185.1, p.324; JPH ani 06:629
- atipimáamvaan achvúun xákaan kunvátheenik. Buzzard and Hookbill fought together. [Reference: KT 125a.38]
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (8)