šinkohsa

Miami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *šenkwehsa.^[1] Cognate to Ojibwe zhaangweshi, Northern East Cree ᐊᒋᑳᔥ (acikaash), Southern East Cree ᐊᒋᑳᔥ (acikaash), Malecite-Passamaquoddy ciyahkehs, Atikamekw cakweciw, Blackfoot siiyíí’kayi.

Noun

šinkohsa anim (plural šinkohsaki)

mink

References

https://mc.miamioh.edu/ilda-myaamia/dictionary/entries/3743

^ Siebert, Frank T. (1967) A. D. DeBlois, editor, The Original Home of the Proto-Algonquian People., Ottawa, pages 13-47

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