skicin
Malecite-Passamaquoddy edit
Etymology edit
From skici (“on the surface”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
skicin anim
- Native American or indigenous person (especially, a Maliseet or Passamaquoddy person)
- (by extension) person; human being
Declension edit
Declension of skicin [animate, -uwok plural]
singular | plural | |
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unmarked / proximate | skicin | skicinuwok |
possessed | uskicinumol | uskicinum |
locative | skicinuk | skicinuwihkuk |
diminutive | skicinuhsis | skicinuhsisok |
vocative | skicin | skicintuk |
References edit
- Passamaquoddy-Maliseet language portal
- LeSourd, Philip S. (1993) Accent and Syllable Structure in Passamaquoddy, New York: Garland Publishing