ᐊᔅᑭᔾ askiy

(noun, inanimate)

land (as opposed to a body of water)

a particular expanse of land (e.g., a territory, region, country, etc.)

Examples

ᐋᔕᔾ ᐁ ᐊᑎ ᑭᑎᒫᑲᐦᒃ ᑭᑦ ᐊᔅᑮᓇᐤ᙮
Our land is now becoming poor.
George Quachegan [2012]

ᑭᑮ ᑕᐐᔥᑕᒪᐙᐤ, ᓀᔥᑕ ᑭᑮ ᐃᔑᐦᐋᐤ ᑭᒋ ᐅᒉᐱᐦᑭᐎᑦ, ᐁᑯ ᓯᔮᑲᔥᑭᓀᒃ ᐊᔅᑭᔾ᙮
You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
Psalm 80:9 [1875]

the earth, the world

Examples

ᒫᑎᑲ, ᐁᑯ ᐁᐗᒀᓂᑭ ᐁᑳ ᑳ ᒪᓂᑑᐙᑎᓰᒋᒃ, ᑳ ᒥᓨᐸᒣᐎᓰᒋᒃ ᐊᔅᑮᐦᒃ; ᓚᐦᑭ ᒦᔕᑭᓰᐗᒃ᙮
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
Psalm 73:12 [1875]

ᓂ ᐐᑭᒫᑲᓐ ᑮ ᑯᔥᑕᒻ ᑭᒋ ᐙᓂᐦᑖᑦ ᐆᒣᓕᐤ ᐊᔅᑮᓕᐤ, ᓂᑦ ᐊᐙᔑᒥᔕᒃ ᒫᑲ ᑮ ᐅᑕᒣᓕᐦᑕᒶᒃ ᐊᓂᐦᐃ ᑫᒀᓇ ᑳ ᐱᓯᓈᒋᐦᐃᑯᒋᒃ ᐊᐙᔑᔕᒃ, ᐁᑯ ᓇᑲᔑᒋᒃ ᒥᑐᓂ ᑭᒋ ᐯᔭᑯᐗᒃ᙮
Why, my wife was afraid of losing this world, and my children were given to the foolish delights of youth: so what by one thing, and what by another, they left me to wander in this manner alone.
Vincent - Pilgrim's Progress [1886]

the surface of the earth, the ground

Examples

ᐊᐗ ᒫᑲ ᓈᐯᐤ ᐁ ᐃᑖᐱᑦ ᒐᐸᔒᔥ, ᒨᓚ ᑌᐱᓈᑾᓐ ᐊᔅᑭᔾ᙮
The man then looks below, the ground is not within sight.
Harvey Smallboy - Cree Notes & Texts collected by Truman Michelson [1935]

any number of low-growing organisms that constitute the earth's superficial vegetation, especially mosses, lichens, and dwarf evergreen shrubs

soil, earth

any decomposed organic material of earthy consistency, humus

Etymology

cognate of Anishinabe aki and Meskwaki ahki, from Proto-Algonquian *askyi (cf. *axkyi in Hewson, 1993)

Cree letters:

Cree syllabics:

ᐊᔅᑭᔾ askiy

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