teueikan

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Montagnais[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

teueikan anim

  1. drum

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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