ᒪᓴᑲᕀ masakay [NA]

skin Human skin, wasakay (na) (Northern Cree); a piece of skin, wasakay (na); her/his skin is burned and shrivelled, ocipwasakayehkasiw (vta); s/he skins them, i.e.: usually used to refer to large animals such as a moose or a cow, pahkonew (vta); s/he skins her/his head or s/he takes her/his fur off with her/his hands, paskwatihpenew (vta); s/he skins it and fleshes the inside of the pelt, i.e.: usually used to refer to small fur bearing animals such as a muskrat or beaver, pihtonew (vta); the act of skinning and fleshing a pelt, pihtonikewin (ni); her/his skin peels off, pihtosakepayiw (vai); something skinned and fleshed, pihtosikan (ni); the skin around the stomach of an animal, waskatayekin (ni) (Northern Cree); the skin around the stomach of an animal, waskatay (ni) (Plains Cree)

Source: Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary English-Cree

Language: Plains Cree