dáaka

See also: daáka, dáʼákaʼ, and ḍaaká

Crow

Etymology

From Proto-Siouan *rą́•-ka (“new”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nâːka/, [dâːkə̀]

Noun

dáaka

1. (inalienable) child, offspring

Derived terms

• ahpaláaka
• baashchíinnaaka
• dáakaachi
• Ihkaléaxdaaka
• úuxdaaka

 

References

• Lowie, Robert H. (1960) Crow Word Lists: Crow-English and English-Crow Vocabularies, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 77: “dá·kʻe”
• Reed, Jr., George (1974 September) Dictionary of the Crow Language‎^[1], Massachusetts Institute of Technology, page 49