maikan
Finnish edit
Noun edit
maikan
Anagrams edit
Montagnais edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Algonquian *mahiᐧnkana (“wolf”). Cognate with Southern East Cree ᒪᐦᐄᐦᑲᓐ (mahiihkan), Northern East Cree ᒥᐦᐄᐦᑭᓐ (mihiihkin), Atikamekw mahikan, Blackfoot makóyi.
Pronunciation edit
- (Pessamit) IPA(key): /maːjkən/
- (Unaman-Shipit) IPA(key): /meːjkan/
- (Uashat-Sheshatshiu) IPA(key): /meːjkən/
- (Ekuanitshit) IPA(key): /mẽːjkan/
Noun edit
maikan anim
See also edit
- nape-maikan (“a male wolf”)
- uitui-maikan (“musk gland of a wolf”)
- uatiku-maikan (“wolf den”)
- numaikanueu (“he chases after wolf”)
References edit
Mailhot, J., MacKenzie, M., & Junker, M.-O. (2013). In Online Innu Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.innu-aimun.ca/dictionary.