Ihkaléaxdaaka

Crow

FWOTD – 25 June 2019

Etymology

ihkaléaxa (“morning star”) +‎ dáaka (“child”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ihkanéːxnaːka/, [ɪ̀hkʲə̀ɾéːə̀xdàːkə̀]

Proper noun

Ihkaléaxdaaka

1. George Armstrong Custer

Descendants

• → English: Son of the Morning Star (calque)

References

• Graczyk, Randolph (2007) A Grammar of Crow, Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 50