ᐃᓯᓇᑯᓐ

Naskapi

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *ešinaᐧkwatwi (“to look (a certain way)”). Cognate with Ojibwe izhinaagwad, Unami linakòt.

Verb

ᐃᓯᓇᑯᓐ (isinakun)

1. (inanimate, intransitive) it looks like, appears so

Related terms

• ᐃᓯᓇᑯᓱᐤ (isinakusuw, “he/she (animate) looks like, appears so”)
• ᐃᓯᓇᑲᑕᐤ (isinakataw, “it looks like, appears a certain way”)
• ᐃᓯᓇᑯᑕᑭᓄᐤ (isinakutakinuw, “it is made to look a certain way”)
• ᐃᔅᒋᔄᒥᑭᓐ (ischiswaamikin, “it is said a certain way”)
• ᐃᓯᑭᒪᐤ (isikimaw, “it (a body of water) looks a certain way”)
• ᐃᓯᒪᑯᓐ (isimakun, “it smells a certain way”)