pikiw

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *pekiwa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɪkˈkiw]
• Hyphenation: pi‧kiw

Noun

pikiw anim (plural pikiwak, diminutive pikîs, Syllabics ᐱᑭᐤ)

1. resin, gum

References

• H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, page 438
• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 23