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Skiri Pawnee Dictionary

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Skiri Pawnee pos English
aakapahaʾa (ir...) VT

1. scatter, drive off, as a group of animals or birds; stampede, as horses or cattle

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aakapáhaʾa (ir...) VT

1. scatter, drive off, run off, frighten off, as animals, birds, or humans

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awarii VI

1. fly around, as a bird

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awihaakawahc VI

1. eat in a pecking fashion, as a bird

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awihiwihc (ur...) VI

2. fly into sight, appear flying, as a bird or airplane

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awihiwihc (ur...) VP

3. appear flying, fly into sight, as a bird or plane

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awihurahac VI

2. fly out of sight, as a bird

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awihurahwiʾa (ir...) VI

1. come flying, swooping, or sweeping close to the ground, as a bird swooping down on prey

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awihurahwiʾat VI

1. fly, swoop, or sweep close to the ground, as a bird swooping down on prey

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awihuruusik VI

2. vanish in flight, as a bird

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awihuruusiksat VI

1. movement to vanish or disappear, as the flight of a bird

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awikaksaahusa (ir...) VI

1. call out as one comes flying, a ref. to a bird

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awikatawihak VI

1. fly around inside, as a bird inside a dwelling or cage

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awikatíriitik VI

1. soar, fly high above in the sky; glide in the sky, fly slowly through the air, as a hawk or eagle; a ref. to a large bird

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awikawatak VI

2. fly out, as a bird from a cage; run out, run into the open, as from inside a dwelling

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awikátasa VI

1. soar, fly high in the sky, fly against the vault of the Heavens, as an eagle or hawk; a ref. to a large bird

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awiʾiisat VI

1. fly out of sight, as a bird or airplane

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cakíraʾ [cəkίrəʾ] N

1. kingbird (Tyrannus carolinensis)

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ckustaáruʾ [tskustá:ruʾ] N

1. bird's tail, tail of a fowl

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ckuucáku [tsku:cə́ku] N

1. blunt arrow, as used by boys when playing and shooting birds

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