waahkiáápiksistsiko-

Compound of waahkiááp- (“to go home”) +‎ iksistsiko- (“to be day”), literally “to be [the] day of going home”.

(isolated, after consonants)

• IPA^(key): /aːxkiáːpiksistsiko/
  • (Aamsskaapipikani) IPA^(key): [ʌ̀xkjáːpɪ̀ks̠ɪ̀çs̠ts̠ɪ̀ko̥ʊ̀], [-kiáː-]
  • (Aapatohsipikani) IPA^(key): [ʌ̀xkjáːpɪ̀ksɪ̀stsɪ̀kʊ̥], [-kiáː-]
  • (Kainai) IPA^(key): [ɐ̀xkjáːpɪ̀ksɪ̀stsɪ̀ko̥], [-kiáː-]
  • (Siksika) IPA^(key): [ʌ̀xkjáːpɪ̀ksɪ̀stsɪ̀ko̥], [-kiáː-]

(after vowels)

• IPA^(key): /waːxkiáːpiksistsiko/
  • (Aamsskaapipikani) IPA^(key): [wʌ̀xkjáːpɪ̀ks̠ɪ̀çs̠ts̠ɪ̀ko̥ʊ̀], [-kiáː-]
  • (Aapatohsipikani) IPA^(key): [wʌ̀xkjáːpɪ̀ksɪ̀stsɪ̀kʊ̥], [-kiáː-]
  • (Kainai) IPA^(key): [wɐ̀xkjáːpɪ̀ksɪ̀stsɪ̀ko̥], [-kiáː-]
  • (Siksika) IPA^(key): [wʌ̀xkjáːpɪ̀ksɪ̀stsɪ̀ko̥], [-kiáː-]

waahkiáápiksistsiko- inan (singular imperative aahkiáápiksistsikot, plural imperative aahkiáápiksistsikok)

1. (intransitive) to be the Going Home Day

• 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