asinîwaciy
Appearance
Plains Cree
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From asiniy (“stone”) + waciy (“mountain”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]asinîwaciy (Syllabics ᐊᓯᓃᐘᒋᕀ)
- the Rocky Mountains
References
[edit]- H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute, page 437