amiskowâciy-wâskahikanihk
Plains Cree
Alternative forms
The possible combinations are made: with or without "pointed vowels", with or without a connecting -o- between amisk and wâciy, with or without a space or dash between wâciy and wâskahikan, and with or without the final -ihk. Note also that long vowels in Standard Roman Orthography can be indicated with a macron (for example: wâskahikan) or with a bar (wāskahikan)
Etymology
From amiskwâciy (“Beaver Hills”) + wâskahikanihk (“at the house [fur trade post]”) or "at the Beaver Hills House", in turn from amisk (“beaver”) + wâciy (“hills”) and wâskahikan (“house”) + -ihk (“at”). The Cree term wâskahikanihk (“at the house”) was also used in other regions as the names for Grouard, Alberta and Cumberland House, Saskatchewan. Compare Ojibwe waakaa'igan (“house, building”).
Noun
amiskowâciy-wâskahikanihk
- Edmonton, the capital of Alberta, Canada