awiitakaaruʼ

Pawnee

Alternative forms

  • aawiitakaaruʼ (South Band)

Etymology

From awiitakaar- (“butterfly”) +‎ -uʼ (nominative/absolutive suffix); cognate with Arikara saawiitakaaʼ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʌˈwiːtʌkaːɾʊʔ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧wii‧ta‧kaa‧ruʼ

Noun

awiítakaaruʼ

  1. butterfly

References

  • Douglas R. Parks, Lula Nora Pratt (2008) A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 371
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