maikan

Finnish

Noun

maikan

1. genitive singular of maikka

Anagrams

• kaiman, makina, nikama

Montagnais

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mahiᐧnkana (“wolf”). Cognate with Southern East Cree ᒪᐦᐄᐦᑲᓐ (mahiihkan), Northern East Cree ᒥᐦᐄᐦᑭᓐ (mihiihkin), Atikamekw mahikan, Blackfoot makóyi.

Pronunciation

• (Pessamit) IPA^(key): /maːjkən/
• (Unaman-Shipit) IPA^(key): /meːjkan/
• (Uashat-Sheshatshiu) IPA^(key): /meːjkən/
• (Ekuanitshit) IPA^(key): /mẽːjkan/

Noun

maikan anim

1. wolf, Canis lupus

See also

• nape-maikan (“a male wolf”)
• uitui-maikan (“musk gland of a wolf”)
• uatiku-maikan (“wolf den”)
• numaikanueu (“he chases after wolf”)

References

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