nikik

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nekikwa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɪkˈkɪk]

Noun

nikik anim (plural nikikwak, Syllabics ᓂᑭᐠ)

  1. otter

Declension

References

  • H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, page 438
  • Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 316