ᐊᒥᔅᒄ

Naskapi

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *ameθkwa (“beaver”). Cognate with Algonquin amik (“beaver”), Ottawa mik (“beaver”), Potawatomi mek (“beaver”), Southern East Cree ᐊᒥᔅᒄ (amiskw, “beaver”), Northern East Cree ᐊᒥᔅᒄ (amiskw, “beaver”), Montagnais amishkᵘ (“beaver”), Mohegan-Pequot tumôhq (“beaver”), Munsee amóxkw (“beaver”), Unami tëmakwe (“beaver”), Miami amehkwa (“beaver”), Ojibwe amik (“beaver”), Abenaki tmakwa (“beaver”), Cheyenne hóma'e (“beaver”).

Noun

ᐊᒥᔅᒄ (amiskw)

1. beaver

Related terms

• ᓇᐸᒥᔅᒄ (napamiskw, “male beaver”)
• ᓄᓴᒥᔅᒄ (nusamiskw, “female beaver”)
• ᐱᑎᒥᔅᒄ (pitimiskw, “young beaver”)
• ᐎᓯᓇᐅᒥᔅᒄ (wisinaumiskw, “beaver castor gland”)
• ᐎᔅᑦ (wist, “beaver lodge”)
• ᐊᒥᔅᑯᐱᔾ (amiskupiy, “beaver dam”)
• ᐊᒥᔅᑯᔅᒋᐧᑯᒪᓐ (amiskuschiykuman, “beaver trap”)
• ᐊᒥᔅᑯᔭᓐ (amiskuyan, “beaver pelt”)