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matana

matana

See also: mätänä

Cheyenne

Noun

matana (animate)

  1. (anatomy) breast

Etymology 2

From Proto-Algonquian *meθenepi (milk, literally breast-water), a compound of the aforementioned Algonquian root for "breast" and *nepyi (water). Cognate to Arapaho beθéneč.

Noun

matana (inanimate)

  1. milk