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Palula dictionary: Example 565

Word senses:

čoolaá language, speech; style
tíla to walk
xaaruṇái myna (bird of the starling family); considered a talking bird

kóoka xaaruṇáii čoolaá tílum thaní ba teeṇíi čoolaá bi aamúuṣṭu.

káak

crow

-a

-obl

xaaruṇái

myna.bird

-ii

-gen

čoolaá

style

til

walk

-um

-1sg

thaní

QT

ba

top

teeṇíi

refl

čoolaá

style

bi

SEP

aamúuṣṭ

forget.pfv

-u

-MSG

When the crow tried to imitate the myna bird's way of walking, he forgot his own way. [Proverb]

Source: A:NH12:1:104