skitap

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Etymology

Cognates are attested in Mohegan-Pequot (skitôp), Narragansett (skeetomp) and Wampanoag. The Wampanoag form eneskéetomp (“one man”)[1] is attested in one work, yet much more common are the derived terms wosketomp (“a young man”) and nunkomp (“young man”).[2][3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌski.tàp/, [ˌskiˑ.dab˨][4]
- (Before a pause) IPA^(key): [-ab˨˦]

Noun

skitap anim

man[5]

Declension

Declension of skitap [animate, -iyik (e) plural]

	singular	plural
unmarked / proximate	skitap	skitapiyik / skitapihik
possessed	uskitapemol	uskitapem
locative	skitapehk	—
diminutive	skitapehsis	skitapehsisok

Derived terms

kci-skitap
skitapewehlosu
skitapewessu
skitapewey
skitapewikuwam
skitapewikuwamsis
skitapewiw
skitapewomtu

References

Natick Dictionary, James Hammond Trumbull, 1903
The Indian grammar begun: or, An essay to bring the Indian language into rules, for the help of such as desire to learn the same, for the furtherance of the Gospel among them., John Eliot, 1666
Vocabulary of the Massachusetts (or Natick) Indian language, Josaiah Cotton & John Pickering, 1829
LeSourd, Philip S. (1993) Accent and Syllable Structure in Passamaquoddy‎, New York: Garland Publishing
Francis, David A.; Leavitt, Robert R.; Apt, Margaret (2008), “skitap”, in The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary, The Passamaquoddy Language Preservation Project

[1] Natick Dictionary, James Hammond Trumbull, 1903

[2] The Indian grammar begun: or, An essay to bring the Indian language into rules, for the help of such as desire to learn the same, for the furtherance of the Gospel among them., John Eliot, 1666

[3] Vocabulary of the Massachusetts (or Natick) Indian language, Josaiah Cotton & John Pickering, 1829

[4] LeSourd, Philip S. (1993) Accent and Syllable Structure in Passamaquoddy‎, New York: Garland Publishing

[5] Francis, David A.; Leavitt, Robert R.; Apt, Margaret (2008), “skitap”, in The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary, The Passamaquoddy Language Preservation Project