nitshikᵘ

Montagnais

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nekikwa. Cognate with Mi'kmaq giwnig, Cheyenne náa'e, Ojibwe nigig, Abenaki wnekikw, Atikamekw nikikw, Northern East Cree ᓂᒋᒄ (nicikw), Southern East Cree ᓂᒋᒄ (nicikw), Penobscot kíwənike.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ntʃukʷ/

Noun

nitshikᵘ anim

  1. otter
  • patatshikᵘ (“a two-year-old otter”)
  • nipinatshikᵘ (“an otter with its summer coat”)
  • pipunatshikᵘ (“an otter with its winter coat”)
  • nusheiatshikᵘ (“a mother otter”)
  • ishkueiatshikᵘ (“a female otter”)
  • uiashatshikᵘ (“otter meat”)
  • nitshikuian (“an otter pelt”)
  • nape-nitshikᵘ (“a male otter”)
  • takuakatshikᵘ (“an otter with fall coat”)

References

Mailhot, J., MacKenzie, M., & Junker, M.-O. (2013). In Online Innu Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.innu-aimun.ca/dictionary.

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