skitap
Malecite-Passamaquoddy
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognates are attested in Mohegan-Pequot (skitôp), Narragansett (skeetomp) and Wampanoag. The Wampanoag form eneskéetomp (“one man”)[1] is attested in one work, yet much more common are the derived terms wosketomp (“a young man”) and nunkomp (“young man”).[2][3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]skitap anim
Declension
[edit]Declension of skitap [animate, -iyik (e) plural]
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| unmarked / proximate | skitap | skitapiyik / skitapihik |
| possessed | uskitapemol | uskitapem |
| locative | skitapehk | — |
| diminutive | skitapehsis | skitapehsisok |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Natick Dictionary, James Hammond Trumbull, 1903 [1]
- ^ The Indian grammar begun: or, An essay to bring the Indian language into rules, for the help of such as desire to learn the same, for the furtherance of the Gospel among them., John Eliot, 1666 [2]
- ^ Vocabulary of the Massachusetts (or Natick) Indian language, Josaiah Cotton & John Pickering, 1829 [3]
- ^ LeSourd, Philip S. (1993) Accent and Syllable Structure in Passamaquoddy[4], New York: Garland Publishing
- ^ Francis, David A. with Leavitt, Robert R. and Apt, Margaret (2008) “skitap”, in The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary, The Passamaquoddy Language Preservation Project