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Pawnee
Etymology
From rikiis- (“corn”) + piiruus (“worm, crawling insect”); reference to its resemblance to maggots.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ri‧kiis‧pii‧ruus
Noun
ríkiispiiruus
- rice
See also
References
- Douglas R. Parks, Lula Nora Pratt (2008) A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 492