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La Ventosa Diidxazá Lexico-Botanical Dictionary: Example 308

Word senses:

xtaga be'ñe' One of two aquatic plants of cultural significance, the other being the <mudubina>. Both plants produce a white flower. The <xtaga be'ñe> flowers during the day and gives off a modest aroma, while the <mudubina> flowers at night and gives off a pleasant, much stronger aroma. Legend has it that these plants used to grow in the ground rather than in water. Then, one day, the <xtaga be'ñe> saw the <mudubina> and fell in love with her, but his love was unrequited. When the <mudubina> finally fell for the <xtaga be'ñe>, he was dying. Upon seeing that her love was dying, the <mudubina> began to cry, and she cried so much that a lake began to form around her. From that moment on, both became aquatic plants. The two plants continue to live near each other, but they can never see each other because one flowers during the day and the other flowers at night. The stem of the <xtaga be'ñe> can be removed and used to make necklaces.

xtaga beeñe' la? riuu ndani nisa, racá ndaani nisa riuu verde ca la? ndaani nisa sanja lateral ca la? riree xtaga beeñe xtaga beeñe' la? este naquichini, este xtooni ca la? riguiichicabe laa raca rúnicabeni biga' la? ne ricani íquecabe cue' íquecabe rinda'naxhini ne naquichini ne nápani naguchi ndaanini

the xtaga beeñe' is an aquatic plant, it grows in green water, in the water of the [body of water known as] sanja lateral there are a lot of xtaga beeñe' the xtaga beeñe' is white, its stems are cut and shaped into chains to put on the head, on the side of the head it smells nice and it is white and it has yellow on the inside

el nenúfar es acuática, en el agua verde, en el agua de la sanja lateral salen muchos nenufar el nenufar este es blanco, este su mecate lo tronchan, le dan forna de cadena y se lo ponen a un lado de la cabeza huele rico, es blanco y tiene amarillo por dentro [Spanish]

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