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  1. N   Naming word
    1. A point of land jutting onto the water. MD
    1. nêyâw

      linguistic breakdown
      VII-2v 💧➡️   like: mihkwâw   📖
      1. it is a promontory, it is a tip of land, it is a point of land, it is a cape, it is a peninsula CW
      2. there is a point or a cape. (Plains). alt. miniwatimiwiw (Northern) AECD
      1. pakonêyâw

        linguistic breakdown
        VII-2v 💧➡️   like: mihkwâw   📖
        1. it has a hole in it, it has a hole in the middle of it, it is hollow CW
        2. It is hollow. MD
        3. it has a hole, i.e.: in a shirt or tent AECD
        1. V  
          1. There is a break in it. MD
          1. ispâhkwanêyâw

            linguistic breakdown
            VII-2v 💧➡️   like: mihkwâw   📖
            1. it is high-heeled (e.g. shoe) CW