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achichtunvêech blue grass
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #94 | revised Feb 04 2014
achichtunvêech • N • blue grass Poa annua (Schenk & Gifford, no. 28). Variant: achichtunvêechas.
Literally: 'little lice'
| Derivation: | achiich-tunvêech | (= achiich túnviiv-ach) |
| louse-small.(pl.) | (= louse children-DIM) |
See achiich 'louse' See -tunvêech(as) 'little (Plural)'