noun animate (verb ai participle 1)
(bird, Archilochus colubris) ruby-throated hummingbird
Plural:
alamossicik

Notes

(literally, little one that darts around; also, yalamossit; see yalamu)

Keywords

hummingbird

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Tehpu tahk ksi-pqiqe naka 'tutsitahsin, naka 'qospisun naka wsomahtuwin ('somahtuwin) tahalu-tehp alamossit, alamossit. But her face was just bright red and she had such tiny feet, and she wore a belt and was as agile as a hummingbird, a hummingbird. (MT)

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