teueikan

Montagnais

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *te·we·hikana. Cognate with Ojibwe dewe'igan, Ottawa dewe'gan, Plains Cree têwêhikan, Northern East Cree taawaahiikin, Southern East Cree tewehiikan, Potawatomi déwé'gen, Fox têwêhikana, Miami ciinkwaakani.

Pronunciation

• (Unaman-Shipit) IPA^(key): /teːweːjkan/
• (Ekuanitshit) IPA^(key): /teːwẽːjkan/
• (Sheshatshiu) IPA^(key): /teːweːjkən/

Noun

teueikan anim

1. drum

Derived terms

• kateueikanitshesht
• kateueitshesht
• teueikanapi
• teueikanashkᵘ
• teueitsheu
• utamaikanashkᵘ

References

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