leigaiq

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leigaiq [le³³ka²¹]noun
ENcrow, raven (tradition says these birds are harbingers of bad news, e.g. one of its calls indicates sb will die)
中文乌鸦

Linguistic detail

DialectBSH
Part of speechnoun

Usage examples

Leigaiq bbuq naq cheeq, wunaqwu me ddoq.
The pot calls the kettle black. (Lit: The crow makes fun of the pig being black, but doesn't see its own blackness.)
乌鸦看不见自己黑,还要笑猪黑。

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