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Arikara Dictionary

Searching for English word(s): Arikara

Arikara pos English
axtárahi [Axtə́RAhi] N

1. former Arikara village

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naasšiwaárikux N

1. something that satisfies, pacifies, spec. corn, which Arikaras say satisfies someone who is emotionally or mentally upset

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naawihtaakahkaatít [naaWIhtaakAhkaatít] N

1. black blanket (type issued to the Arikaras by the Army)

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nanoóxuʾ N

1. mixture of Arikara tobacco and inner bark of red dogwood ( Cornus stlonifera )

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nuuneesawatuúnu [nuuneesawatuúNU] N

1. area along the Missouri River from Ft. Clark southward, where the Arikaras formerly had their villages

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nuuneesawatuúnu [nuuneesawatuúNU] N

2. over the hill (ref. to the Arikara villages southeast of Wakpala)

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nuxtaraawíš N

2. Gray Buttocks, a name for the Arikaras used by the Pawnees

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paakahíšuʾ [paakAhíšu’] N

2. flower of Arikara squash

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piireesáhniš N

1. Arikara child

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saakawíuʾ N

1. Tobacco, Arikara Tobacco. Nicotiana quadrivalvis Pursh.

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suxčíta [suxčítA] N

1. long-nosed, small mouse-like animal in Arikara origin myth

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sáhniš N

2. Arikara tribe, Arikara Indian

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ukookunaanáʾax [ukookunaaná’Ax] N

2. ones who wear leggings (term designating the Arikaras living in the Beaver Creek district)

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warihkáʾ N

1. one of the Arikara tribal sacred bundles - no trans. (word refers to something eaten)

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wisoowikuxíhat [WIsoowikxwíhAt, WIsoowikUxíhAt] N

1. Kicks the Stomach district--one of Ree districts after land allotments, the westernmost district within the Arikara section of the Ft. Berthold Reservation shortly after allotments were made

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wisoowikuxíht [WIsoowikUxíhAt] N

1. Kicks The Stomach, a sub-district of the Arikara district of the Ft. Berthold Reservation around the turn of the century

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činihnaahtákux [čiNIhna:htə́kUx] N

2. Ash on Hill, a former Arikara band

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