nitshikᵘ

Montagnais

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nekikwa. Cognate with Mi'kmaq giwnig, Cheyenne náa'e, Ojibwe nigig, Abenaki wnekikw, Atikamekw nikikw, Northern East Cree ᓂᒋᒄ (nicikw), Southern East Cree ᓂᒋᒄ (nicikw), Penobscot kíwənike.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ntʃukʷ/

Noun

nitshikᵘ anim

1. otter

Related terms

• patatshikᵘ (“a two-year-old otter”)
• nipinatshikᵘ (“an otter with its summer coat”)
• pipunatshikᵘ (“an otter with its winter coat”)
• nusheiatshikᵘ (“a mother otter”)
• ishkueiatshikᵘ (“a female otter”)
• uiashatshikᵘ (“otter meat”)
• nitshikuian (“an otter pelt”)
• nape-nitshikᵘ (“a male otter”)
• takuakatshikᵘ (“an otter with fall coat”)

References

Mailhot, J., MacKenzie, M., & Junker, M.-O. (2013). In Online Innu Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.innu-aimun.ca/dictionary.