matsheshu

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Etymology

Cognate with Plains Cree ᒪᐦᑫᓯᐢ, Southern East Cree ᒪᐦᒉᔔ (mahceshoo), Northern East Cree ᒥᐦᒑᔑᐤ (mihcaashiw), Atikamekw mikeciw. Possibly cognate with Blackfoot máóhkataatoyi (“red fox”).

Pronunciation

(Sheshatshiu) IPA^(key): /maːtʃeːʃu/
(Mamit) IPA^(key): /maːtʃeːhu/
(Western Dialect) IPA^(key): /mətʃeːʃu/

Noun

matsheshu anim (diminutive matsheshiss)

fox, Vulpes vulpes

Related terms

uishauatsheshu (“a fox in the red color-phase”)
kashteuatsheshu (“a fox in the black color-phase”)
napeiatsheshu (“a male fox”)
nusheiatsheshu (“mother fox”)
ishkueiatsheshu (“a female fox”)
uishakuatsheshu (“a male fox in rut”)
matsheshiuian (“a fox pelt”)
uapatsheshu (“arctic fox”)

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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