n. killdeer; small beach birds
Sp.: tildio
Morph.: [<’al- (nz.dim) + aq-2 (frm) + ts- (3.poss) + kuta (get up; slope up) + -n (vz.ii) + pin (movement along the beach/shore.redup)>]
Cross References:
  • kuta to get up; to slope up
Notes: Coastal wader about the size of a chicken with a long neck and thing beak bent at the tip. Its back is brown and it’s rump and chest are white. It nests among reeds and feeds on insects, mollusks, and worms.
Ref: Harrington 1986: 3.69.81.1; 71.317.1; 89.241.2, 295.2

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