wacask

Plains Cree

Wacask.

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *waʔšaškwa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wʌˈt͡sʌsk]
• Hyphenation: wa‧cask

Noun

wacask anim (plural wacaskwak, Syllabics ᐘᒐᐢᐠ)

1. muskrat

References

• H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute, page 437
• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 308