ᐃᓯᓇᑯᓐ
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Naskapi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Algonquian *ešinaᐧkwatwi (“to look (a certain way)”). Cognate with Ojibwe izhinaagwad, Unami linakòt.
Verb
[edit]ᐃᓯᓇᑯᓐ (isinakun)
- (inanimate, intransitive) it looks like, appears so
Related terms
[edit]- ᐃᓯᓇᑯᓱᐤ (isinakusuw, “he/she (animate) looks like, appears so”)
- ᐃᓯᓇᑲᑕᐤ (isinakataw, “it looks like, appears a certain way”)
- ᐃᓯᓇᑯᑕᑭᓄᐤ (isinakutakinuw, “it is made to look a certain way”)
- ᐃᔅᒋᔄᒥᑭᓐ (ischiswaamikin, “it is said a certain way”)
- ᐃᓯᑭᒪᐤ (isikimaw, “it (a body of water) looks a certain way”)
- ᐃᓯᒪᑯᓐ (isimakun, “it smells a certain way”)