mahtâmin

Plains Cree

Etymology

Cognate with Moose Cree mahtâmin, Potawatomi mdamen, Southern East Cree mahtaamin, Montagnais matamin, Fox atâmina, Ojibwe mandaamin, Ottawa mndaamin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmahtaːˌmin/
Hyphenation: ma‧htâ‧min

Noun

mahtâmin anim (plural mahtâminak, Syllabics ᒪᐦᑖᒥᐣ)

grain of maize

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

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