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k'oo'ych-'ee

Dictionary entry

k'oo'ych-'een • jay, bluejay (Steller's jay, Cyanocitta stelleri)

Lexicon record # 1231 | Source reference(s): MM(ES60) WG(WEM263) AS1
Semantic domain: birds

Sentence example (1)

  1. [Ch'ue'ch'eesh hes wee' k'ee k'oo'ych-'ee?] Paa', to' weesh 'ee-gaa'y k'o'ych-'ee, ke-ge-mo-loch'... k'o'ych-'ee.
    [Is the bluejay a ch'u'ch'ish?] He's just around, bluejay is jealous.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)