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Blackfoot

Blackfoot

9.0
The language spoken by the Blackfoot people
  • noun
  • /ˈblækfʊt/
translation icon : idioma Blackfoot
  • Children in the tribe are learning traditional stories in Blackfoot during language classes.

Examples

  • What is the blackfoot word for "dream"?

    Jimmy P. (2013)

  • The linguist studied the Blackfoot language to better understand the culture of its speakers.

  • She could not remember how to say 'hello' in Blackfoot, so she looked it up.

Synonyms

Blackfoot language
vsBlackfoot
9.9

A language spoken by the Blackfoot people of the northwest Great Plains in North America

allows either a single tongue or several related local varieties
Algonquian language
vsBlackfoot
9.5

A group of Native languages of North America spoken from eastern Canada to the Great Plains

names the specific member used by one Plains people rather than the whole family

Compounds

blackfoot daisy
  • US
9.4

A low bushy plant with white daisy-like flowers that grows well in dry, rocky soil

Blackfoot language
9.9

A language spoken by the Blackfoot people of the northwest Great Plains in North America

Surface Forms

Blackfoot singular
Blackfoots plural

Morphology

Blackfoot = black + foot (opaque) = black + foot

Although composed of 'black' + 'foot', this sense names a language and the meaning cannot be reliably derived from the literal parts by a typical learner.

Etymology

Blackfoot The word Blackfoot comes from the English parts black and foot, and one simple story is that it began because of dark shoes or burned land marks. Because of this name for the people, Blackfoot is also the name of their language today.