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Skiri Pawnee Dictionary

Searching for English word(s): river

Skiri Pawnee pos English
ápiic [ə́pi:ts] ADV

1. across the stream, across the body of water, as a pond or lake; on the other side of a body of water, either a stream, river, lake, or pond

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húkaatahaahiriʾ [húka:təhà:hιriʾ] ADV

1. along a stream bank, along the bank of a body of water, along the water's edge, as of a creek, river, or lake; on the bank of a stream or lake; along the edge of a stream or lake

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úhtatahaahiriʾ [úhtEtEhaàhiriʾ] ADV

1. along the bank of water, as along the side of a creek or river

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huúkiistatahaahiriʾ [hú:ki:stətəhà:hιriʾ] ADV

1. along the sandy bank or shore of a stream, as a creek or river; along a stream bank

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kicka N

1. Arkansas River

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húkaatawiʾuʾ [húka:təwiʾuʾ] N

1. bank of a body of water, as a creek, river, lake, or pool; shore, edge of water

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hukaátahaaruʾ [huká:təha:ruʾ] N

1. bank of a body of water, as a creek, river, lake, or pool; stream bank, creek bank, river bank, lake bank

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kictiihak VI

1. be the bank, shore, or edge of water, as a creek, river, or pond

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huúcahaaruʾ N

1. beach, shore, flat or level plain along a stream course, as a creek or river; flat inclined bank of a stream, level shore of a stream

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hukiwahaar VD

1. be a beach, shore; be a stream bed, as of a creek or river; be a lake bed; be a dry, sandy stream bed

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kicpiírahaatus N

1. Beaver Creek, a branch of the Loup River (Nebraska)

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kicuúhuraaruʾ [kicuúhuraàruʾ] N

1. bed of a body of water, as a pond, lake, creek, or river; riverbed, floor of a creek or river

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húkahaaruʾ [húkəha:ruʾ] N

2. bottom land, bottoms of a stream valley, as the low, level area on each side of a stream course, either a creek or a river

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huukaáwihuuruʾ [hu:ká:wihu:ruʾ] N

1. bottoms, bottom land, floor of a stream valley, along a creek or river; a ref. to the route along a stream or river that was used when traveling upstream and downstream

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kickita VL

1. be a branch or fork in a stream, as a creek or river

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caakasa (ut...) VI

1. be a bridge, as over a river, creek, ditch, brook

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káʾit iriírakiicuhat N

1. Cimarron River

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huucaʾa (ir...) VI

1. come along a stream, as a river or creek; come along a shore of a stream; come along a stream valley

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huuhawiraaʾa (ir...) VI

1. come downstream, along the bank or in a boat; come downriver, along the bank or in a boat

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hukaataʾa (ir...) VI

1. come or come walking on the bank of a body of water, as a creek, river, lake, or pool; come walking on the edge of water; come walking on a beach

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ickawiiraʾa (ir...) VI

2. come upstream, come upriver

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kiirihur VD

1. be deep water; be a deep stream, as a flooding creek or river or a deep one

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huúkaahaaruʾ N

1. dry stream bed, as of a creek or river; dry pond or lake bed

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kiiriraarat (ut...) VI

1. follow a stream, go along the course of a stream, as a creek or river

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kataʾat VI

2. go on a hunt, go hunting, as a communal hunt, a ref. to an extended hunt when going up onto the western prairies from the Pawnee earth lodge villages located in the riverine valleys

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huucawiʾat VI

1. go or walk along a stream, as a river or creek; go or walk along a shore of a stream; go or walk along a stream valley

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hukaatawiʾat VI

1. go or walk along the bank of a body of water, as a creek, river, lake, or pool; walk along the edge of water; walk along a beach

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hukaataʾat VI

1. go or walk on the bank of a body of water, as a creek, river, lake, or pool; walk on the edge of water; walk on a beach

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ickawiiraʾat VI

2. go upstream, go upriver

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háwaahakus VI

1. be an island, as in a river

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kíckaatiit N

1. Mississippi River

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kicpaárukstiʾ N

1. Missouri River

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kiicickahak VI

1. be the mouth of a stream, as a river or creek

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huúcahaahiriʾ ADV

1. on a flat or level plain along a stream course, as along a creek or river; on a level inclined bank of a stream; on a level shore

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hukaataʾaah VI

1. be or walk on the bank of a body of water, as a creek, river, lake, or pool; be or walk on the edge of water; come walking on a beach

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kíckatus N

1. Platte River

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iriíraatuhukaataku [irí:ra:tuhukà:təku] N

1. Ralston, Okla., lit. where the village is beside the river

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kícpahat N

1. Red River

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kicka N

2. river

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haturaaruukataʾa (ir...) VI

1. road, trail, or path to come across water; road, trail, or path to cross water (coming this way), as across a creek or river

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haturaaruukataʾat VI

1. road, trail, or path to cross water; road, trail, or path to go across water, as across a creek or river

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hukíwahaaruʾ [hukíwəha:ruʾ] N

2. sandy beach, shore, or plain, as of a dry or low stream, river, or lake

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caákawiraarikitaahaku [cá:kəwira:rikìta:həku] N

1. screwdriver

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hukaatawiitik VI

1. sit down on a bank of a body of water, as a creek, river, lake, or pool; sit down along the edge of a body of water, sit down next to a stream

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hukaatakus VI

1. sit on the bank of a body of water, as a creek, river, lake, or pool; sit along the edge of a body of water, sit on the water's edge, as a fisherman

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hawaaraarasa VI

1. be small islands, as in a shallow river

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kicurar (ut...) VD

1. be the source of a stream, as a river

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hukaataarik VI

1. stand on the bank of a body of water, as a creek, river, lake, or pool; stand at the edge of water, as a creek, river, lake, or pool

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hukaataʾuuriirik VI

1. stand on the bank of a body of water, as a creek, river, lake, or pool; stand on the edge of water; stand on a beach

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hukaataʾuuriirikiihk VT(1)

1. stand or place standing on the bank of a body of water, as a creek, river, lake, or pool; stand or place standing on the edge of water; stand or place standing on a beach

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hukaataʾuuriirik VI

2. stop on the bank of a body of water, as a creek, river, lake, or pool; stop on the edge of water; stop on a beach

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huukaáwiʾuʾ [hu:ká:wiʾuʾ] N

2. stream bed, as of a creek or river

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rahawihak VP

1. take one downstream, downriver, as by a current

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aahkáwiʾuʾ [a:hkə́wiuʾ] N

1. vertical bank, as of a stream or river; precipice, cliff; washout

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hukaataʾaah VI

1. walk on the bank of a body of water, as a creek, river, lake, or pool; walk on the edge of water; walk on a beach

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háwaastatkiicuʾ [hə́wa:stətki:cuʾ, həwá:stətki:cuʾ] N

2. Washita River, so named because its water is sticky and mats a person's hair when swimming in it

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kiicuʾat VI

1. be a watercourse, a stream of water, as a creek or river; be flowing water

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