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Skiri Pawnee Dictionary

Skiri Pawnee pos English
caakasa (ut...) VI

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

Derivation:
ut+caaka+sa lies sticking out, a ref. to the use of a log to bridge a stream
Paradigmatic Forms:
wítucaàkasa, tucaákasa it's a bridge, there's a bridge (crossing the water) (3rd sg perf indicative)
tucukcaákasa there was a bridge
iriírucaàkasa where the bridge is

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