kuruks

Pawnee

Alternative forms

  • kuuruks (South Band)

Etymology

Cognate with Arikara kuuNUx.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʊɾʊks]
  • Hyphenation: ku‧ruks

Noun

kúruks

  1. (Skiri) bear (Ursus); brown bear

Derived terms

References

  • Douglas R. Parks, Lula Nora Pratt (2008) A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 450