nikik

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Plains Cree

Nikik.

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nekikwa.

Pronunciation

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, University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 316