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kushtakas

kushtakas is the plural of kushtaka.

Meaning of kushtaka

Noun

kushtaka (plural kushtaka or kushtakas)

  1. A mythical part-otter, part-human shapeshifter, in Tlingit and Tsimshian folklore, sometimes represented as tricksters and at other times as helpful beings who save (and turn) drowning victims.
    • Written by a non-native scholar, this book contains nine Tlingit and Haida tales concerned with shamans and kushtakas. Land otters were fearful hybrid beings of the spirit world. Able to live on land and in water, they had the special mission of ...1994, Resources in Education, page 114

Questions about kushtakas

What is kushtakas the plural of?
Kushtakas is the plural of kushtaka.

Words near kushtakas in the dictionary

  1. Kushnir
  2. Kushnirs
  3. kushoon
  4. kushoons
  5. kushtaka
  6. kushtakas
  7. kushti
  8. Kushtia District
  9. kushtis
  10. Kusiak
  11. Kusiaks

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