sekskatu

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Etymology

Cognate with Mi'kmaq sasqatu.

Noun

sekskatu anim (plural sekskatuwok, locative sekskatuwihkuk)

1. northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)

References

• Francis, David A. with Leavitt, Robert R. and Apt, Margaret (2008) “sekskatu”, in The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary, The Passamaquoddy Language Preservation Project