iiksisowóó
The Blackfoot word for beautiful is iiksisowóó.
This adjective is used to describe something or someone that is attractive.
Meaning: attractive (adj)
Did you know?
- In many Indigenous North American worldviews, including those related to Blackfoot, describing something as 'beautiful' can be a way of acknowledging its spiritual power or 'goodness'.
- The Blackfoot language uses a complex system of 'animacy', where words like iiksisowóó must change form depending on whether the subject is considered living or non-living.
- Blackfoot is an Algonquian language, making it a distant relative of the Cree and Ojibwe languages spoken across North America.
Examples in context
- Iiksisowóó.She is beautiful.
