aniáasi slender tail of an animal, e.g., a monkey, lizard, stingray, or [...]

Part of Speech	noun
Root	aniáasi
Variant Form(s)	irregular 3rd person possessed form: naniáasi

1. • slender tail of an animal, e.g., a monkey, lizard, stingray, or scorpion, distinguished from the flat tails of birds, fish, and aquatic mammals (<iíwaasi>)

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   • • Example 114:
       

       Nu=riwakarɨɨ́kiaana nu=aniáasi.

       It (a jaguar) curled up its tail.

2. • blunt tip or end of something slender, e.g., a stick that does not come to point

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   • • Example 115:
       

       Nu=pajámani tɨɨ iina pajataárikɨ iina tasikɨ, nu=juwáana aniáasi=jata.

       Her lover was the one who had made a hole in the fish trap, with the blunt end of his spear.

Related entries

• Main Entry:
  • tákusi aniáasi ‘yarinilla’, species of fern that grows to some 2.5m in height, with a trunk that reaches some 2m in height; the fern fronds emerging from the trunk have small spines on their undersides, resembling a scorpion’s tail, from which the plant derives its name. These young fronds are used to treat scorpion stings, either by grating them and applying the resulting pulp to the affected area, or by drinking the pulp with water
• Subentry:
  • naniáasi its tail / its blunt end