kookum

K5O1O1K5U1M3

noun

grandmother (among the Cree people)

OriginCree [Term?] →
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Meanings

nounkookum (plural kookums)

plural kookums

  1. grandmother (among the Cree people)

    My Kookum was a storyteller and all the stories she told were told in Cree.

    2014, Neal McLeod, Indigenous Poetics in Canada, page 18

Origin

  1. Cree[Term?]
  2. Englishkookum

From Cree [Term?].

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APA

kookum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kookum

MLA

“kookum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kookum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kookum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kookum.

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