ᐊᒥᔅᒄ amiskw
(noun, animate)
a beaver
Examples
ᐐᓴᐦᑫᒐᐦᒄ ᒫᑲ ᑮ ᐊᔮᐌᐤ ᒥᐦᒉᑦ ᐊᐌᔮᔒᔕ ᐁ ᐅᑑᑌᒥᒫᑦ ᑖᐱᔅᑰᒡ ᐊᓕᑯᒑᔕ, ᒪᔅᑾ ᓀᔥᑕ ᐙᐳᔡ᙮ ᒫᐗᒡ ᒫᑲ ᑳ ᑮ ᓵᑭᐦᐋᑦ ᐅᑑᑌᒪ ᐁᒀᓂᐦᐃ ᐊᒥᔅᑾ᙮
Wesakaychak had many wild animal friends such as the squirrel, bear and rabbit. His best friend of all was the beaver.
Lazarus - Wesakaychak and the Beaver [1993]
Etymology
from Old Cree *amiskwa, cognate of Anishinabe amik, Meskwaki amehkwa, and Miami amehkwa, from Proto-Algonquian *ameθkwa (Hewson, 1993)
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Some words starting with 'amiskw'
beaver net twine