úuwata

Crow

Etymology

From Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *ú•waca, from Proto-Siouan *awą́•se.

Noun

úuwata

1. metal
2. (obsolete) money

   Synonym: bálaa

References

• Lowie, Robert H. (1960) Crow Word Lists: Crow-English and English-Crow Vocabularies, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 172: “ú·wut(ə)”
• Reed, Jr., George (1974 September) Dictionary of the Crow Language‎^[1], Massachusetts Institute of Technology, page 81