ipakihkíni-

== Blackfoot == === Etymology === From ipak- (“to hit, strike on the body”) +‎ -ihkin (“head, hair”) +‎ -i (transitive animate verbaliser). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ipakixkíni/ (Aamsskaapipikani) IPA(key): [ìpʌ̀kɪ̀s̠kɪ́ni̥] (Aapatohsipikani) IPA(key): [ìpʌ̀ki̥çkíni̥] (Kainai) IPA(key): [ìpɐ̀ki̥çkɪ́ni̥] (Siksika) IPA(key): [ìpʌ̀ki̥çkɪ́ni̥] === Verb stem === ipakihkíni- anim to hit or strike on the head === References === Frantz, Donald G.; Genee, Inge (2016–2023), Blackfoot Online Dictionary‎[1], University of Toronto Press; Donald G. Frantz; Norma J. Russell (1989), Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots, and Affixes, 3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 2017; Weber, Natalie; Derrick, Donald (2025), “A Phonetic Description of Káínai Blackfoot”, in Language Documentation & Conservation‎[2], volume 19, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, pages 248–304.