Piikáni

== Blackfoot == === Etymology === From pik- (“scab”) +‎ -aan (“robe, shawl”) +‎ -yi (“to have, own”), literally “to have scabby robes”. The vowel length exchange within the first two elements is unusual and unexpected. There is also disagreement with what the first affix means. Kipitaakii Aapoowaawhkaa, under the Kainai Community Page, disregards this etymology and suggests two origins of the clan's name: one from ipiiw- (“far away”), but that would result in *piiwááni; and from ipi'kaani- (“to bave belongings”) but that would result in *pi'kááni. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /piːkáni/ (Aamsskaapipikani, Siksika) IPA(key): [pìːkʌ́ni̥]: (Aapatohsipikani) IPA(key): [pìːkáni̥]: (Kainai) IPA(key): [pìːkɐ́ni̥] === Proper noun === Piikáni anim (bound form -ipiikáni, proximate Piikániwa, obviative Piikániyi) the Aapatohsipikani clan, under the Blackfoot Confederacy (historical, somewhat rare) both Aapatohsipikani and Aamsskaapipikani (Blackfeet) clans ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: → Piikani, ⇒ Peigan === References === Donald G. Frantz; Norma J. Russell (1989), Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots, and Affixes, 3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 2017 Frantz, Donald G.; Genee, Inge (2016–2023), Blackfoot Online Dictionary‎[2], University of Toronto Press; Weber, Natalie; Derrick, Donald (2025): A phonetic description of Kainai Blackfoot; Sheposh, Richard (2024): Piikani Nation; Weber, Natalie; Allen, Blake (2012): Blackfoot Pitch Accent: Insights from Morpho-Phonology, University of British Columbia; Aapoowaawhkaa, Kipitaakii (26 July 2019), “Old Story of How Three Blackfoot Tribes (Siksikáwa, Aakáínaiwa, Piikáni) Got Their Names”, in Facebook‎[3]