matsheshu
Montagnais edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Sheshatshiu) IPA(key): /maːtʃeːʃu/
- (Mamit) IPA(key): /maːtʃeːhu/
- (Western Dialect) IPA(key): /mətʃeːʃu/
Noun edit
matsheshu anim (diminutive matsheshiss)
Related terms edit
- 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 edit
Mailhot, J., MacKenzie, M., & Junker, M.-O. (2013). In Online Innu Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.innu-aimun.ca/dictionary.