mahtâmin

Plains Cree

Etymology

Cognate with Moose Cree mahtâmin, Potawatomi mdamen, Southern East Cree mahtaamin, Montagnais matamin, Fox atâmina, Ojibwe mandaamin, Ottawa mndaamin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmahtaːˌmin/
• Hyphenation: ma‧htâ‧min

Noun

mahtâmin anim (plural mahtâminak, Syllabics ᒪᐦᑖᒥᐣ)

1. grain of maize

References

• 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