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Pawnee
Etymology
From pahuks (“squash”) + acaciks (“spider”), reference to a story in which Spider-Woman is trampled by buffalo, becomes a root, and her cobwebs become a vine.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: pa‧huk‧sa‧ca‧ciks
Noun
páhuksacaciks
- buffalo gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima), a wild vine that produces small, striped gourd-like pods that emit a strong odor
- underarm odor; body odor
References
- Douglas R. Parks, Lula Nora Pratt (2008) A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 456