tâtakita - I am
kirikûruks - Wichita. Literally, it means ‘bear eyes’.
pasâsi’ - Osage
The Pawnee ‘k’ is a soft ‘k’, pronounced like the ‘k’ in ‘skate’, not a hard ‘k’ as in ‘Kate.’
We will review all the Pawnee consonants in episode 13.
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