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Skiri Pawnee Dictionary

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Skiri Pawnee pos English
hawiitik VI

2. land on water, as a bird

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hiitpaakaraʾuk VT

1. pluck feathers from a bird; pluck a bird

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hiitpaawirik VI

1. molt, shed feathers, as a bird

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huukitawiitik VI

2. land on top of, as on a table or fence post; alight on, as a bird on a tree limb

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híriitik VI

1. get into water, lie down in water; go down in water, as a bird diving

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húkaataʾaahisuʾ [húka:təhà:hisuʾ] N

1. small bird that walks along a stream bank and in shallow water

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ickustaahkus VI

1. be a bird's tail

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kaásit [ká:sιt] N

1. blackbird, cowbird

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kaásitkiwahaaruʾ [ká:sιtkiwəha:ruʾ] N

1. red-wing blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

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kiciis VD

1. be bare, bald, barren, as ground with no vegetation, a bird with no feathers, a dog with no hair

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kiruus- N DEP

1. bunch, group, crowd, huddle, as of animals, birds, or people; clump, as growing plants

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kiíspaktaahus [kí:spEktaahus] N

1. whistle (generic), formerly made of the leg bone of a large bird, probably a crane

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kusuhuhca V

1. be a flock of birds, as in flight, in a field, or in a tree

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kusuhuhtakipiraah VT

1. have a flock of birds gathered around, as chickens around a person

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kúsuhuuruʾ N

1. flock, a ref. to birds

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kúsuhuuruʾ N

1. flock of birds

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raaraʾuk VI

1. sing; also said of birds

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raáhkisiituʾ N

1. bird nest

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raáritpiiruʾ [raárItpiiruʾ] N

1. wing, bird wing

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rikúckaatit N

1. black eagle; black bird

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