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pa-pfxprefix referring to water
paa / pai🔊water
paa kʉaʔetʉ / paa sʉaetʉdrip water
paa kʉmaaedge of the water
paa kwakʉme / pitsoʔkaʔkwabasnapping turtle (lives in rivers and streams)
paa maibuikatʉ / paa ma iʔbuiʔkatʉ̠ / paawʉ̠saʔnaitʉfill with water
paa mutsaawhere two creeks join
paa nʉetʉwind blowing rain
paa tsa kebayʉmʉkikatʉwater is very still
paa tsa takaʔaitʉwater freezing over.
Paa TseenaWater Wolf (name) (Gloria Wermy Cable's mother's grandfather)
Paa Tsukotubʉtʉ / Patsuku Tuhupi̠tʉBlack Otter (name)
Paa TsuʔkuOtter (name)
paa tʉpʉ̠naa sokobiisland
paabitsanitʉ̠ / pabitsaninʉ̠choke, strangle on water
paai / paivein
paaka / paaka̠ / paka / húupakʉ̠arrow
paakihʉʉchoking
paakipʉ̠ / pahkipʉ̠rawhide
PaakiʉhʉʉHiccups (an ancestor of the Saupitty's, a medicine man)
paakiʔʉ̠hʉrawhide cover
PaakʉmaaComanche man who was a deaf mute (name)
paanʉ̠loaf of bread
paapasʉ̠ / paapasi̠ / papasi̠potato
paapihead, hair


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