úuwata

Crow

Etymology

From Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *ú•waca, from Proto-Siouan *awą́•se.

Noun

úuwata

  1. metal
  2. (obsolete) money
    Synonym: bálaa

References
  • Lowie, Robert H. (1960) Crow Word Lists: Crow-English and English-Crow Vocabularies, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 172: “ú·wut(ə)”
  • Reed, Jr., George (1974 September) Dictionary of the Crow Language‎, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, page 81
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