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Skiri Pawnee Dictionary

Skiri Pawnee pos English
uʾat VI

fly in a line; fly over, fly by, fly off, as a bird or airplane

Derivation:
u+at go in a line
Grammatical Forms:
awarii distr.:
Examples:
kiíwaaks tiraáruʾat the geese are flying in a line (kiiwaaks ti-rar-u™at-0)
riítahkaac tiíwariʾ the eagle is flying (riitahkaac ti-awarii-0)
Paradigmatic Forms:
tiíʾat it's flying that way, flying in a line; it fly over, flew by; it's a streak (3rd sg perf indicative)
tiraáruʾat they're going in a line, as flying birds; they flew off, away, or over (3rd pl perf indicative)
iriwiriíʾat there it flies; there's a streak (3rd sg perf assertive)
túksuʾat it flew that way; it flew, flew by, flew over, flew off (3rd aorist perf indicative)
tiíwariʾ it's flying around (3rd sg distr imperf indicative)
tíraaràwariʾ they are flying around (3rd pl distr imperf indicative)
tuksáwariʾ it was flying around (3rd sg aorist distr imperf indicative)
tiraárawuʾ they are flying in a line; they're flying across, over, off (3rd pl imperf indicative)
iriiruúʾata the one that flew over (3rd sg perf gerundial)

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