paksaku

Pawnee

Etymology

From paks- (“head”) +‎ hakus (“be sitting in water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʌkˈsʌkʊ]
• Hyphenation: pak‧sa‧ku

Noun

paksáku

1. tadpole
2. catfish (family Ictaluridae)

References

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