ᒪᔅᑯ masko
(noun, animate)
a black bear
Examples
ᒨᓚ ᒫᑲ ᓈᔅᐱᒡ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐐᓕᓗᐤ ᐊᓇ ᒪᔅᑯ᙮
That bear, however, is not very fat.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
ᑮ ᐐᐦᑕᒪᐌᐗᒃ ᒫᑲ ᐅᐦᑖᐐᐙᐗ ᐁ ᑮ ᒥᔅᑲᐙᒋᒃ ᒪᔅᑾ᙮
They then told their father they had found a bear.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]
Etymology
Old Cree *maskwa, from Proto-Algonquian *maθkwa
References
synonymkišeyâkw
42 results found
Some words starting with 'masko'
bear grease
s/he sets a bear snare(s)
s/he sets a bear trap(s)
a bear trap
s/he sets a bear trap(s)
a bear den
an abandoned bear den
maybe
1
a stuffed bear
2
a statue, toy, or other man-made likeness of a bear
a circular frame used for stretching and drying pelts
a bear bone
it smells like bear
s/he smells like bear
s/he smells like bear
it smells like bear
the fruit of a mountain ash
a mountain ash (Sorbus spp.)
a haystack, a bale of hay
s/he stacks or bales hay
a bear cub
in, among the herbaceous vegetation
there is an abundance of grass or herbaceous vegetation, it is grassy
it (ground) is grassy
it (lake) is surrounded by grass or is full of underwater vegetation
1
it is grassy
2
there is grass
it (island) is grassy
it (ground) is grassy
a straw hat
a straw basket
it (hill, mountain) is grassy
a scythe
a pike (Esox spp.)
a straw basket
it (lake) is surrounded by grass or is full of underwater vegetation
a hay barn
s/he builds a hay barn
s/he is grassy
herbaceous vegetation (e.g., grass, herbs, hay, etc.)