amik

Cognate with Ojibwe amik, Cree amisk, Montagnais amishkᵘ, Potawatomi mek.

• IPA^(key): [ʌˈmɪk]

amik

1. beaver

ami +‎ -k

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒmik]
• Hyphenation: amik

amik

1. nominative plural of ami

From Proto-Algonquian *ameθkwa (“beaver”). Cognate with Algonquin amik (“beaver”), Ottawa mik (“beaver”), Potawatomi mek (“beaver”), Cree ᐊᒥᐢᐠ (amisk, “beaver”), Naskapi ᐊᒥᔅᒄ (amiskw, “beaver”), Southern East Cree ᐊᒥᔅᒄ (amiskw, “beaver”), Northern East Cree ᐊᒥᔅᒄ (amiskw, “beaver”), Montagnais amishkᵘ (“beaver”), Mohegan-Pequot tumôhq (“beaver”), Munsee amóxkw (“beaver”), Unami tëmakwe (“beaver”), Miami amehkwa (“beaver”), Fox amehkwa (“beaver”), Abenaki tmakwa (“beaver”), Cheyenne hóma'e (“beaver”).

IPA^(key): /ʌˈmɪkʰ/

amik anim (plural amikwag)

1. beaver

• amikwag (plural)
• amikoons (diminutive)
• amikosh (pejorative)
• amikwan (obviative)