kohkompaninawak

Plains Cree

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˌʰkompaˈninaˌwak/

Etymology 1

kohkom (“grandmother”) +‎ paninawak (“deceased”)

Noun

kohkompaninawak anim (Syllabics ᑯᐦᑯᒼᐸᓂᓇᐊᐧ)

1. our late grandmother

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cucumber.

Noun

kohkompaninawak anim (Syllabics ᑯᐦᑯᒼᐸᓂᓇᐊᐧ)

1. cucumber

References

• kohkompaninawak in the Online Cree Dictionary