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Skiri Pawnee Dictionary

Skiri Pawnee pos English
tawiitik VI

light, alight, perch; alight on, perch on, land on, as a bird on a tree or wire
Derivation:
ta-wi+itik
Grammatical Forms:
tawiiruutik distr.:
Examples:
ríkucki títawiitit the bird landed, alighted on it, as on a limb or line
títawiitit iriírawaatisicasa it landed on the wire, as an electric wire or telephone line
Paradigmatic Forms:
títawiìtit it lighted, lighted on it; it landed on it; it perched on it; it landed
títawiìruutit it's/they're bearing; it started to bear
títawiiruùtikuʾ it's coming on, starting to bear
witítawaawiiruutikuʾ the fruit is coming on, starting to bear

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