askuc

Pawnee

Etymology

Cognate with Arikara axkUs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʌskʊt͡s]
• Hyphenation: as‧kuc

Noun

áskuc (stem askuhc, combining form askuhc- or askuc-)

1. prairie dog, black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)

References

• Douglas R. Parks, Lula Nora Pratt (2008) A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 364