itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

/nahkaw-/

Morph-R
1. Saulteaux WMDD
/kîhkâw-/

Morph-R
1. clearly, distinctively [cf. /kîhkâ-/-3] WMDD
kîhkâw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. old person, oldster CW
1. Word components: /kîhkâ-/-1 ( /kîhk-/-1, /-â/-2 ) , /-w/-1
kîhkâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is an old person CW
1. Word components: /kîhkâ-/-1 ( /kîhk-/-1, /-â/-2 )
môhkâw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw
1. There is a bulge or lump showing MD
pîhkâw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is bent over CW
1. Word components: /pîhk-/ , /-â/-1
sôhkâw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is strong CW
2. It is strong and firm MD
1. Word components: /sôhk-/ , /-â/-1
tahkâw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is cool, it is cold (to the touch) CW
2. It is cold to the touch MD
1. Word components: /tahk-/-1 , /-â/-1
tihkâw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it thaws, it melts CW
2. it is partly thawed CW MD
1. Word components: /tihk-/-1 , /-â/-1
/âpahkaw-/

Morph-R
1. conscious WMDD
sîpihkâw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is resilient, it is tough, it is durable CW
1. Word components: /sîpihk-/ , /-â/-1
âtayôhkaw

V
1. Tell legends to him MD
cahcahkâw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is speckled, it is spotted CW
1. Word components: /cahcahk-/ ( {Cah-}, /cahk-/-2 ) , /-â/-1
otônihkâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he uses (it/them) as his/her mouthpiece, s/he makes (him/her) his/her advocate CW
1. Word components: {o-}-5 , -tôn- , /-ihkâ/ ( /-ihk-/, /-â/-2 )
yipwâhkâw

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is clever CW
2. s/he is inventive CW
3. s/he is wise CW
1. Word components: ńipwâhkâ- ( /ńipwâhk-/, /-â/-2 )
kawikîhkâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is very old, s/he is elderly CW
2. s/he is bent with age CW
3. s/he lies down with age, s/he is prostrated by age CW
4. s/he is so old as to keel over with age, s/he is feeble with great age CW
1. Word components: /kaw-/ , kîhkâ- ( /kîhk-/-1, /-â/-2 )
maskawahkâw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is in a hard lump (as clay) CW
1. Word components: /maskaw-/ , /-ahk-/-1 , /-â/-1
miyo-kîhkâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he ages well, s/he has aged well, s/he is well-preserved CW
1. Word components: /miýw-/ , /-i/-1 , kîhkâ- ( /kîhk-/-1, /-â/-2 )
nêyâwahkâw

VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is a headland, it is a point of sand or gravel CW
1. Word components: /nê-/-1 , [y] , /-âwahk-/ , /-â/-1
nîci-kîhkâw
NDA-2 👤🧑🏽 like: mitihtikosiy, maskasiy 📖
1. my aged spouse CW
2. my fellow old person CW
3. my fellow oldster CW
4. companion of my old age CW
1. Word components: {n-} , /-ît-/ , /-i/ , kîhkâ- ( /kîhk-/-1, /-â/-2 ) , /-w/-1
sîpi-kîhkâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he resists the ravages of age, s/he is strong in old age CW
1. Word components: /sîp-/-2 , /-i/-1 , kîhkâ- ( /kîhk-/-1, /-â/-2 )
wâki-kîhkâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is bent with age CW
1. Word components: /wâk-/ , /-i/-1 , kîhkâ- ( /kîhk-/-1, /-â/-2 )
wâkikîhkâw

VAI 🧑🏽➡️
1. s/he is bent with age AECD
wâpâwahkâw

VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is white sand CW
1. Word components: /wâp-/ , /-âwahk-/ , /-â/-1
môhco-kîhkâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is senile, s/he loses his/her memory due to old age CW
2. He looses his memory because of old age MD
1. Word components: /môhcw-/ , /-i/-1 , kîhkâ- ( /kîhk-/-1, /-â/-2 )
nanêhtahkâw
VII-1v 💧➡️ like: kîsikâw 📖
1. it is twilight CW
1. Word components: /nanêht-/ , /-ahk-/** , /-â/-1
ihkatawahkâw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is a marshy depression CW
1. Word components: /ihkataw-/ ( /ihk-/-3, /-ataw-/** ) , /-ahk-/-1 , /-â/-1
okawikîhkâw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. extremely old person CW
1. Word components: /o-/-2 , /kaw-/ , kîhkâ- ( /kîhk-/-1, /-â/-2 ) , /-w/-2
okosisihkâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he has (s.o. as) a godson, s/he has a male godchild CW
2. s/he adopts (him as) a son CW
3. she has (him as) a stepson CW
1. Word components: /o-/-1 , -kosis- , /-ihkâ/ ( /-ihk-/, /-â/-2 )
okosisîhkâw

VTA 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽
1. s/he adopts him as a son. (Plains). alt. okosisimew (Northern) AECD
2. s/he sponsors her/him as godson AECD
onâpêmihkâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he lives common-law CW
1. Word components: /o-/-1 , nâpêw- , /-im/-1 , /-ihkâ/ ( /-ihk-/, /-â/-2 )
otânisihkâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he has (her as) a stepdaughter CW
2. s/he takes (her as) a daughter, s/he has (s.o. as) an adopted daughter CW
3. s/he has her as a god daughter. (Northern) AECD
1. Word components: /o-/-1 , -tânis- , /-ihkâ/ ( /-ihk-/, /-â/-2 )
nipahikîhkâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he dies of old age CW
1. Word components: /nip-/ , /-ah/-3 , kîhkâ- ( /kîhk-/-1, /-â/-2 )
kîskatâwahkâw
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. steep bank, cutbank CW
1. Word components: /kîsk-/ , /-atâwahk-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1
kîskatâwahkâw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is a steep riverbank, it is a cutbank CW
2. it is an abrupt drop, it is a long way down CW
1. Word components: /kîsk-/ , /-atâwahk-/ , /-â/-1
oskîsikohkâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he wears glasses, s/he has an apparatus for his/her eyes CW
1. Word components: /o-/-1 , -skîsikw- , /-ihkâ/ ( /-ihk-/, /-â/-2 )
ispîhtâwahkâw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is so high (e.g. bank, landform) CW
1. Word components: /ispîht-/ , /-âwahk-/ , /-â/-1
ayapacâwahkâw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is a hilly place CW
1. Word components: /aýap-/ , /-acâwahk-/ , /-â/-1
ayâhkwacâwahkâw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is a ravine CW
1. Word components: /aýâhkw-/** , /-acâwahk-/ , /-â/-1
mostatâwahkâw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is a bare cutbank, it is a cutbank without grass CW
1. Word components: /most-/ , /-atâwahk-/ , /-â/-1
paskwatâwahkâw
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. bare ground, treeless place CW
1. Word components: /paskw-/ , /-atâwahk-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1
paskwatâwahkâw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is bare ground, it is a treeless place CW
1. Word components: /paskw-/ , /-atâwahk-/ , /-â/-1
kakâyawi-kîhkâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is a vigorous old person, s/he is an active old person, s/he is a hardworking old person CW
1. Word components: /kakâýaw-/ , /-i/-1 , kîhkâ- ( /kîhk-/-1, /-â/-2 )
yêkawatâwahkâw

VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is a sandbar, it is a sandy bank CW
1. Word components: ýêkaw- , /-atâwahk-/ , /-â/-1
ministikwâwahkâw

VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is a sandbar CW
1. Word components: ministikw- ( /min-/-1, /-stikw/ ) , /-âwahk-/ , /-â/-1
/kîhkâ-/-3

Morph-R
1. clearly, distinctively [cf. /kîhkâw-/] WMDD
okosisimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he has s.o. as son CW
2. s/he adopts s.o. as a son CW
3. s/he adopt him as a son. (Northern). alt. okosisihkâw (Plains) AECD
1. Word components: /o-/-1 , -kosis- , /-i/-2 , /-m/-2
otânisimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he has s.o. as a daughter CW
2. s/he has her as a daughter. (Northern). alt. otânisihkâw (Plains) AECD
1. Word components: /o-/-1 , -tânis- , /-im/-2 ( /-i/-2, /-m/-2 )

	Stem
No ownership	kîhkâw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-kîhkâm-

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