pahuksacaciks

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʌhʊksʌt͡ʃʌt͡ʃɪks]
• Hyphenation: pa‧huk‧sa‧ca‧ciks

Noun

páhuksacaciks

1. buffalo gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima), a wild vine that produces small, striped gourd-like pods that emit a strong odor
2. underarm odor; body odor

References

• Douglas R. Parks, Lula Nora Pratt (2008) A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 456