estecate

Creek

Etymology

From este (“person”) +‎ -cate (“to be red”).

Pronunciation

• (Oklahoma) IPA^(key): [ɪstɪd͡ʒɑ́ˑdɪ]
• Hyphenation: es‧te‧ca‧te

Noun

estecate

1. Indian, Native American

Inflection

Possessive inflection of estecate (alienable)

	Singular	Plural
First person	vmestecate	pomestecate
Second person	cemestecate
Third person	emestecate

References

• J. B. Martin, M. McKane Mauldrin (2004) A dictionary of Creek/Muscogee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 33
• J. B. Martin (2011) A grammar of Creek (Muscogee), University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 71