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.


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