askuc

Pawnee

Etymology

Cognate with Arikara axkUs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʌskʊt͡s]
  • Hyphenation: as‧kuc

Noun

áskuc (stem askuhc, combining form askuhc- or askuc-)

  1. prairie dog, black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)

References

  • Douglas R. Parks, Lula Nora Pratt (2008) A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 364
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