Category: √ts’te

  • ts’utum’

    APA: c̓ətəm̓
    Parse: √ts’te=m=PROG

    Definition: sapsucker, woodpecker

    Scientific name: [unidentified species or sapsucker, or maybe hairy or downy woodpecker]
    Ethnobiology: This is the smallest of the woodpeckers. Some say this is a rare little bird with three stripes on the back and a long beak. Some say it has a red spot on its head. It’s said that if one hears three strikes of this bird on a tree, then the tree will fall down.

  • ts’tem

    APA: c̓tem
    Parse: √ts’te=m

    Definition: to crawl