emikuan

Montagnais

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *e·mehkwa·na. Cognate with Ojibwe emikwaan, Naskapi ᐊᒥᒂᓐ (amikwaan), Penobscot èmkʷαn, Malecite-Passamaquoddy emqan.

Pronunciation

• (Pessamit) IPA^(key): /aːmukwaːn/
• (Uashat) IPA^(key): /eːmukwaːn/
• (Eastern Dialect) IPA^(key): /eːmiːkwaːn/

Noun

emikuan

1. spoon

References

• Mailhot, J., MacKenzie, M., & Junker, M.-O. (2013). In Online Innu Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.innu-aimun.ca/dictionary.