ᓂᐱᔾ

Naskapi

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nepyi.

Noun

ᓂᐱᔾ (nipiy)

1. water
2. lake, body of water

   Synonym: ᓴᑲᐃᑭᓐ (sakaikin)

Derived terms

• ᒥᔅᒐᒂᐳᔾ (mischakwaapuy, “swamp water”)
• ᒋᓴᑭᒥᑕᐛᐳᔾ (chisakimitawaapuy, “hot water”)
• ᒋᔅᑕᒪᐛᐳᔾ (chistamawaapuy, “water which tobacco has been soaked in”)
• ᑯᓐ ᓂᐱᔾ (kun nipiy, “snowmelt water”)
• ᒪᔭᐳᔾ (mayapuy, “poop water”)
• ᒥᔅᑯᒥᐛᐳᔾ (miskumiwaapuy, “ice water”)
• ᒧᔅᒋᒍᓇᐳᔾ (muschichunapuy, “spring water”)
• ᐱᒂᐳᔾ (pikwaapuy, “gunpowder water”)
• ᓯᐛᐳᔾ (siwaapuy, “salt water”)
• ᑕᒋᑭᒪᐳᔾ (tachikimapuy, “cold water”)
• ᐛᐸᑲᐃᑭᓇᐳᔾ (waapakaikinapuy, “soapy water”)

Related terms

• ᒥᔅᑯᒥᔾ (miskumiy, “a frozen lake”)
• ᓯᐳᐤ (sipuw, “river”)
• ᒥᔅᒐᒄ (mischakw, “muskeg, swamp, bog”)
• ᐊᔅᑯᐎᔾ (askuwiy, “an area of open water”)