Meanings
- Synonym of Naskapi (language)
"I fell in love with that land because there's everything there," the elder said in Iyuw Iyimuun, a dialect of the Innu language spoken by the Naskapi people, as his grandson translated.
2022 July 7, Delphine Jung, “Naskapi Nation vows to protect its paradise in northern Quebec”, in CBC News2 more examples
Along with French and English, this book has been translated into nine languages of the ten First Nations of Quebec : Aln8ba8dwaw8gan (Abenaki), Anicinape (Algonquin), Atikamekw, ᐄᔨᔨᐅᔨᒧᐎᓐ (Cree), Innu-Aimun, Kanien’kéha (Mohawk), Wolastoqey Latuwewakon (Maliseet), Mi’gmaw and Iyuw Iyimuun (Naskapi).
2020, Teach me Water: a Tale of Seven Generations, First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Sustainable Development Institute, page 7Innu-aimun (the Innu language) is part of the Algonquian language family. It is spoken by people traditionally known as Montagnais, while Iyuw Iyimuun is a dialect spoken by the Naskapi.
2025 September 9, Adrian Tanner , Zach Parrott, “Innu (Montagnais-Naskapi)”, in The Canadian EncyclopediaSynonyms: Naskapi
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Naskapi (language)
Origin
- nskᐃᔪᐤ“a Native person”
- EnglishIyuw Iyimuun
Borrowed from Naskapi ᐃᔪᐤ (iyuw, “a Native person”) + ᐃᔨᒧᐅᓐ (iyimuun, “word, language”), literally meaning "native language".
More words from nsk
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Iyuw Iyimuun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Iyuw%20Iyimuun
“Iyuw Iyimuun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Iyuw%20Iyimuun. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Iyuw Iyimuun,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Iyuw%20Iyimuun.
Source: Iyuw Iyimuun on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.