massekᵘ
Montagnais
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Algonquian *maškyeᐧkwi (“swamp, muskeg”). Cognate with Cree ᒪᐢᑫᐠ (maskek, “muskeg, swamp”), Penobscot mə̀kəwahk (“swamp”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy pkuwahq, Unami tëlamàskèk (“swamp”), Menominee maskīk (“swamp”), Southern East Cree ᒪᔅᒉᒄ (mascekw, “muskeg, bog”), Northern East Cree ᒥᔅᒑᒄ (miscaakw, “muskeg, bog, swamp”).
Noun
[edit]massekᵘ inan (locative massekut)
Derived terms
[edit]- akamasset
- animassekau
- apitusset
- ashussekaimᵘ
- atakamasseshinu
- atamasset
- enakamesset
- ishkuamassekau
- ishkussekau
- itassekau
- kueshtakamesset
- mashkutassekatin
- masseku-shakaikan
- massekuatikᵘ
- massekupi
- massekutin
- matapessekaimᵘ
- minishtikussekau
- minussekau
- naneuessetaieu
- naneuessetuateu
- nashipessekaimᵘ
- natakamessepanu
- natakamesset
- nimitauesset
- nutshimasset
- pashassekau
- peikussekau
- petassekaimᵘ
- pikussipekᵘ
- pimassekau
- pimitassekau
- shakassekaimᵘ
- tatussekaua
- taussekaimᵘ
- taussetshishimu
- tetausset
- tshikassekaimᵘ
- tshikasset
- uemassekaimᵘ
- unashkussekau