Pablo Flores

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Originally, I believed that xoí simply meant “jungle,” because that is its most common use. Then I realized that it in fact labels the entire space between bigís. That is, it can refer to “biosphere” or “jungle,” somewhat like our word earth, which can refer either to our planet or to just the soil on the planet’s surface.
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle (Vintage Departures)
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