maikan

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Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

maikan

genitive singular of maikka

Anagrams[edit]

kaiman, makina, nikama

Montagnais[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Algonquian *mahiᐧnkana (“wolf”). Cognate with Southern East Cree ᒪᐦᐄᐦᑲᓐ (mahiihkan), Northern East Cree ᒥᐦᐄᐦᑭᓐ (mihiihkin), Atikamekw mahikan, Blackfoot makóyi.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Pessamit) IPA^(key): /maːjkən/
(Unaman-Shipit) IPA^(key): /meːjkan/
(Uashat-Sheshatshiu) IPA^(key): /meːjkən/
(Ekuanitshit) IPA^(key): /mẽːjkan/

Noun[edit]

maikan anim

wolf, Canis lupus

See also[edit]

nape-maikan (“a male wolf”)
uitui-maikan (“musk gland of a wolf”)
uatiku-maikan (“wolf den”)
numaikanueu (“he chases after wolf”)

References[edit]

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

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