[Fwd: poison ivy]

[Constantine Xmelnitski]

Here's what Buechel's Lakota-English dictionary search
on "ivy" yields:
wikhos^ka thaphez^uta, n. The small western poison
ivy. Rhus rydbergii.The sumac family. When touched it
causes irritations, hence the name. It is not a
medicine plant. Cf. wikhos^ka.
wikhos^ka, n. A venereal disease of women.

cha~iyuwi iyecheca, n. The Virginia creeper, the
woodbine, the false grape, the American
ivy or the five-leaved ivy. The vine family. The roots
are bad.

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