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Note 15 — He-who-was-born-from-his-mother’s-side

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The word for blue jay here is rather unusual and is so nearly like that applied to the kinglet (łtᴀ′ndjîget) that my interpreter may have made a mistake. Generally the blue jay is called ʟꜝai′ʟꜝai. One of my native informants applied this name to Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri, Gmel.). ↑

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