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asku’ - one pitku’ - two tawit - three kskîti’ks - four sihuks - five kskiksâpic - six pitkusiksâpic - seven tawiksâpic - eight rihuksirîwâra’ - nine rihuksirî- ten Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscri...

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pakiritarâkatu’ - Yellow Horizon Moon / August Thanks for listening! To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

asku’ - one pitku’ - two tawit - three kskîti’iks - four sûhuks - five kskiksâpic - six pitkusiksâpic - seven tawiksâpic - eight ruksirîwâra - nine ruksiri’ - ten Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

I love the Tail Dance best. Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

rikatihârikarikat - mid-year/July [post-contact word for July] parakiwirûsu’ - burning moon / July [pre-contact word for mid-summer] Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

Homecoming PowWow this weekend! If you are in the neighborhood, please join us. If you are not in the neighborhood, please consider joining us in the future. Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

Pawnee is like English in that higher numbers follow the same pattern. For example: pîta’u’-asku = twenty-one pitkususâru’-pitku’ = forty-two etc. Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

parârirîsku’ - cultivating month [traditional] parî’at - summer month [after removal to Indian Territory] Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, I invite you to become a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

tawirâru’ - sixty (60) tawirâru-ruksiri’ - seventy (70) kskîtikstâru’ - eighty (80) kskîtikstâru’-ruksiri’ - ninety (90) suhukstâru’ - one hundred (100) Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, I invite you to become a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

ruksiri’ - ten (10) pîta’u’ - twenty (20) ruksiri’-wîta’u’ - thirty (30) pitkususâru’ - forty (40) pitkususâru’-ruksiri’ - fifty (50) Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

ksurawi’u’ - sixteen (16) tawit-kâkî’i’ - seventeen (17) ; tawit= three, kâkî= no/not/less than. Three less than, meaning three less than twenty. pitkus-kâkî’i’ - eighteen (18); pitku=two, kâkî= no/not/less than. asku-kâkî’i’ - nineteen (19); asku= one, kâkî - no/not/less than. pîta’u’ - twenty (20) Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program,...

askuhûkita - eleven (11); one on top of, meaning one on top of ten pitkusûsiri’ - twelve (12); two and ten [ruksiri changes to sûsiri] tawiruksiri’ - thirteen (13); three and ten rakûkita - fourteen (14); ? on top of [the original meaning has been lost] suhukstarûkita - fifteen (15); five on top of, meaning five on top of ten Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support t...

This is a saw pit (alchetron.com): Updates on my hearing: Day Nine Day Fourteen Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

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pahîhwâkaruks - pulling up the grass moon [pulling up the grass meaning to weed, as in weed their gardens in preparation for planting] Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

ruksiri’ - ten [Skidi dialect] rihuksiri’ - ten [Southband dialect] Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

ruksirîwâra - nine [literally: less than ten, implying one less than ten] [Skidi dialect] rihuksirîwâra - nine [Southband dialect] Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

tawiksâpic - eight [literally: three on the other hand] Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

pitkusiksâpic - seven [literally: two fingers on the other hand] Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

The signs our ancestors watched for to indicate the start of a new year. Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

kskiksâpic - six [literally: one finger on the other hand] Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

sihuks - five (Southband dialect) sûhuks - five (Skidi dialect) Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

pâhûtawi’u’ - Moon to be windy / windy moon pâ - moon hûtawi’u’ - to be windy Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe

kskîti’iks - four [literally: one finger remaining on hand] Pawnee Language Learning is a reader-supported publication. To support the Pawnee Language Program, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Pawnee Language Learning at pawneelanguagelearning.substack.com/subscribe