• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    29 days ago

    lol … I’m Indigenous Canadian and I speak my language Ojibway/Cree

    This made me realize that the modern things we named with our old language sounds like what you describe

    Aircraft -> kah-mee-nah-mee-kook … ‘the thing that flies’

    Helicopter -> kah-kee-noo-kah-wah-nas-kee-pee-nik … ‘the thing that turns fast’