Ánùtsé

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Méníshè

Etymology

From ánù +‎ -tsé.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /a˥nu˩tse˥/

Noun

ánùtsé (earth class, plural ánùtséyá)

  1. fork

Creation and Usage Notes

It's silly, but I was quite excited about this word because it delighted me to think of forks as little hands with little tine fingers. That's right: forks have tiny tine-y fingers. (In case you're wondering, "tine" and "tiny" come from different etymological sources in English. I checked.)

-Jessie Sams 05:27, 17 March 2020 (PDT)