awiitakaaruʼ

Pawnee

Alternative forms

• aawiitakaaruʼ (South Band)

Etymology

From awiitakaar- (“butterfly”) +‎ -uʼ (nominative/absolutive suffix); cognate with Arikara saawiitakaaʼ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʌˈwiːtʌkaːɾʊʔ]
• Hyphenation: a‧wii‧ta‧kaa‧ruʼ

Noun

awiítakaaruʼ

1. butterfly

References

• Douglas R. Parks, Lula Nora Pratt (2008) A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 371