matsheshu
Montagnais
editEtymology
editCognate with Plains Cree ᒪᐦᑫᓯᐢ, Southern East Cree ᒪᐦᒉᔔ (mahceshoo), Northern East Cree ᒥᐦᒑᔑᐤ (mihcaashiw), Atikamekw mikeciw. Possibly cognate with Blackfoot máóhkataatoyi (“red fox”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Sheshatshiu) IPA(key): /maːtʃeːʃu/
- (Mamit) IPA(key): /maːtʃeːhu/
- (Western Dialect) IPA(key): /mətʃeːʃu/
Noun
editmatsheshu anim (diminutive matsheshiss)
Related terms
edit- uishauatsheshu (“a fox in the red color-phase”)
- kashteuatsheshu (“a fox in the black color-phase”)
- napeiatsheshu (“a male fox”)
- nusheiatsheshu (“mother fox”)
- ishkueiatsheshu (“a female fox”)
- uishakuatsheshu (“a male fox in rut”)
- matsheshiuian (“a fox pelt”)
- uapatsheshu (“arctic fox”)
References
editMailhot, J., MacKenzie, M., & Junker, M.-O. (2013). In Online Innu Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.innu-aimun.ca/dictionary.