mistatim

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Plains Cree

Mistatim.

Etymology

From misti- +‎ atim (“dog”).

Naming the horse after the dog is a common pattern among Native Americans (compare South Slavey tlįcho, Navajo łį́į́ʼ), referring to the reintroduction of the horse by the Europeans.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: mis‧ta‧tim

Noun

mistatim anim (plural mistatimwak, diminutive miscacimosis, Syllabics ᒥᐢᑕᑎᒼ)

  1. horse

Declension

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References

  • H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute, page 437
  • Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎, University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 314
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