tákusi naniáasi aniitáana general term for scorpions

Part of Speech	noun
Irregular Plural	tákusi naniáasi aniitáapɨ
Literal Meaning	tail-carrying spider
Root	tákusi naniáasi aniitáana

• • general term for scorpions

  Sociolinguistics Note

  This term is mainly used in order to distinguish scorpions proper from spiders, since the term <tákusi> is commonly used for both types of creature

Related entries

• Subentry:
  • naniáasi its tail / its blunt end
  • ániitáani carry something on one’s back in any manner, e.g., with or without a <tuuku> (‘pretina’, tumpline)
  • tákusi general term for spiders and scorpions