huuruhaahkaatiit

Pawnee

Alternative forms

• huura’ahkaatiit (South Band)

Etymology

From huuruhaar +‎ kaatiit (“black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhuːɾʊhaːhkaːtiːt]
• Hyphenation: huu‧ru‧hah‧kaa‧tiit

Noun

huúruhaahkaatiit

1. (Skiri) dark blue flour corn (one of the Pawnees’ two favorite varieties of corn, the other being rikiistipiiku’, speckled corn)

References

• Douglas R. Parks, Lula Nora Pratt (2008) A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 399