meaning
any animal from the Procyonidae family, such as raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, ringtails and cacomistles | ALT any animal from the Musteloidea superfamily, including raccoons, weasels, otters, skunks, and red pandas
lipu ku translations
procyonid³, Musteloidea²
usage
widespread · 75% usage
found in ku suli
coined pre-pu · 2009
origin
Finnish · kierteishäntäkarhu ‘kinkajou’ ← kierteis- ‘spiral’ + häntä ‘tail’ + karhu ‘bear’
by jan Sonja
commentary
Coined as an April Fools joke in 2009.
sitelen pona
kijetesantakalua drawing of a raccoon with a tail
sitelen sitelen
sitelen Emosi
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ucsur
U+F1980