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Pawnee
Etymology
From tahur- (“flint”) + -uʼ (nominative/absolutive suffix).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ta‧huu‧ruʼ
Noun
táhuuruʼ (combining form tahuur- or tahuuh- or tahuh-)
- meteorite
- flint projectile point (as an arrowhead)
- flint (as for starting a fire)
References
- Douglas R. Parks, Lula Nora Pratt (2008) A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 504