caahiks

Pawnee

Alternative forms

• caahriks (South Band)

Etymology

Cognate with Arikara sahniš.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃaːhɪks]
• Hyphenation: caa‧hiks

Noun

caáhiks (stem icaahiks, combining form (i)caahiks-)

1. (Skiri) human being; person; people

Derived terms

• asuuricaahiks
• Caahiksicaahiks

 

References

• Douglas R. Parks, Lula Nora Pratt (2008) A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 374