Ihkaléaxdaaka

Crow

FWOTD – 25 June 2019

Etymology

ihkaléaxa (“morning star”) +‎ dáaka (“child”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ihkanéːxnaːka/, [ɪ̀hkʲə̀ɾéːə̀xdàːkə̀]

Proper noun

Ihkaléaxdaaka

  1. George Armstrong Custer

Descendants

  • → English: Son of the Morning Star (calque)

References

  • Graczyk, Randolph (2007) A Grammar of Crow, Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 50
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