ᑯᓂᒋᐛᑉ

Naskapi

Etymology

Cognate with Montagnais kunitshuap.

Noun

ᑯᓂᒋᐛᑉ (kunichiwaap)

1. igloo, snow house

Related terms

• ᒥᒋᐛᑉ (michiwaap, “house, tent, shelter”)
• ᐱᐳᓂᒋᐛᑉ (pipunichiwaap, “winter house”)
• ᒥᔅᑎᑯᒋᐛᑉ (mistikuchiwaap, “log house”)
• ᒥᔅᑯᒥᐅᒋᐛᑉ (miskumiuchiwaap, “ice house”)
• ᒥᑐᓴᓂᒋᐛᑉ (mitusanichiwaap, “sweat lodge”)
• ᐃᔪᒋᐛᑉ (iyuchiwaap, “teepee”)
• ᓯᑕᐧᑯᓂᒋᐛᑉ (sitaykunichiwaap, “teepee covered with boughs”)
• ᑎᔅᑐᐛᐃᑭᓂᒋᐛᑉ (tistuwaaikinichiwaap, “teepee”)