raktaawiskaaruʼ

Pawnee

Etymology

From rak- (“wood”) +‎ raawiskaar- (“tobacco”) +‎ -uʼ (nominal/absolutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾʌkˈtaːwɪskaːɾʊʔ]
• Hyphenation: rak‧taa‧wis‧kaa‧ruʼ

Noun

raktaáwiskaaruʼ (combining form raktaawiskaar- or raktaawiskaah-)

1. pipe, calumet

References

• Douglas R. Parks, Lula Nora Pratt (2008) A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 483