asâm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "asam"

Plains Cree

Asâmak.

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *a·kema.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʌˈsɑːm]
• Hyphenation: a‧sâm

Noun

asâm anim (plural asâmak, Syllabics ᐊᓵᒼ)

1. snowshoe

References

• H. C. Wolfart (1973) “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 22
• H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute, page 438
• Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎^[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 307