itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

-ihk-

Morph-final
1. make, create; verbs MC
/-ihkân/

Morph-V > NA/I-final
1. manufactured thing [cf. /-ihk-/ + /-ê > -â/ + /-n/] WMDD
/-ihkw-/

Morph-medial
1. blood [cf. mihkw-] WMDD
/-âpihk-/

Morph-medial
1. thread, rope, line WMDD
-ihkân

Morph-final
1. -ihk-ê-n; substitute or surrogate; nouns MC
-ihkê-

Morph-final
1. -ihk-ê-; make, create; AI verbs MC
/apihk-/

Morph-R
1. braid WMDD
/-âpîhk-/

Morph-medial
1. thread, rope, line WMDD
/ihk-/-1

Morph-Vr
1. exist, occur WMDD
/ihk-/-2

Morph-Vr
1. impatience WMDD
/ihk-/-3

Morph-Vr
1. drain; bail [cf. /(y)ihk-/] WMDD
/(y)ihk-/

Morph-R
1. bail, drain [cf. /ihk-/-3] WMDD
/-cêpihk-/

Morph-medial
1. root [cf. /-cêpihkw/] WMDD
/-ihkâkan/

Morph-V > NI-final
1. manufactured thing [cf. /-ihk-/ + /-ê > -â/ + /-kan/] WMDD
/-ihkâwin/

Morph-V > NA-final
1. step relation [cf. /ihk-/ + /-â/-2 + /-win/] WMDD
/-ihkomân/

Morph-NI-1-final
1. knife [cf. /-ihkomân-/, môhkomân-] WMDD
askihk
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. pail, bucket CW
2. kettle CW
3. pot CW
1. Word components: askihkw-
askihk
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. engine CW
2. tractor CW
1. Word components: askihkw-
askihk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. a pailful, a pail's worth CW
1. Word components: askihkw-
askihk
N Naming word
1. A pail MD
askihk
NA 🧑🏽
1. a pail AECD
2. a bucket AECD
askîhk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. on the land CW
2. in the earth, on the earth CW
3. reserve CW
4. On, in or of the earth or land MD
1. Word components: askiy--1 , /-ihk/-1
/-ihkomân-/

Morph-medial
1. knife [cf. /-ihkomân/, môhkomân-] WMDD
akâmihk

INM like: otôskwanihk
1. Montana First Nation, AB CW
2. Montana Reserve, AB [southern Plains Cree reserve; lit: "across the water"] CW
1. Word components: /akâm-/ , /-ihk/-1
akâmihk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. across, on the far side CW
2. across the water, across the lake, across the river, across the slough CW
3. across land CW
4. Across a small body of water MD
1. Word components: /akâm-/ , /-ihk/-1
akâmihk
N Naming word
1. Montana Reserve MD
2. across the water or across the lake AECD
akâmâyihk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc 📖
1. at the other side of a place, across the way CW
1. Word components: /akâm-/ , /-i/-1 , ay- , /-ihk/-1
akâmâyihk
NI 💧
1. across the way AECD
asic-âyihk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc 📖
1. beside CW
2. up against CW
3. at CW
1. Word components: /asit-/ , /-i/-1 , ay- , /-ihk/-1
asicâyihk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc 📖
1. beside CW
2. up against CW
3. against the wall CW
1. Word components: /asit-/ , /-i/-1 , ay- , /-ihk/-1
akâmaskîhk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc 📖
1. overseas, across the ocean CW
2. across the water, in the land across the water CW
3. across the country CW
1. Word components: /akâm-/ , askiy--1 , /-ihk/-1
akâmaskîhk
N Naming word
1. The land across an ocean MD
2. across the land, i.e.: overseas AECD
akâmâyisihk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc 📖
1. across the water, across the slough CW
2. on the other side of a place, across the way CW
1. Word components: /akâm-/ , /-i/-1 , ay- , /-is/ , /-ihk/-1
akâmahcâsihk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. across the land, across the terrain CW
2. across the little hill CW
1. Word components: /akâm-/ , /-ahc-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/ , /-is/ , /-ihk/-1
akâmi-sîpîhk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. across the river CW
1. Word components: /akâm-/ , /-i/-1 , sîpiy- , /-ihk/-1
akâmi-sîpîhk
N Naming word
1. Across the river MD
akaskocêpihk
NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
1. arrowroot (used for medicine) CW
2. an arrowroot that is used for medicine AECD
1. Word components: akaskw- , ocêpihkw-
asinîwacîsihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Rocky Boy, MT [Plains Cree reservation; lit: "at little rock hills, at little rocky mountain"] CW
1. Word components: asiniy- , waciy- , /-is/ , {-ihk}-2
akâmi-kihcikamîhk

IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. across the ocean CW
2. in the British Isles CW
1. Word components: /akâm-/ , /-i/-1 , /kiht-/ , /-kamiy/ , /-ihk/-1
akâmi-sîpîsisihk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. across the creek CW
1. Word components: /akâm-/ , /-i/-1 , sîpiy- , /-isis/ , /-ihk/-1
asinîwacîwatihk
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. mountain ram CW MD
1. Word components: asiniy- , waciy- , [iw] , atihkw-
akâmi-sâkahikanihk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. across the lake CW
1. Word components: /akâm-/ , /-i/-1 , sâkahikan- , /-ihk/-1
akâmi-tipahaskânihk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. across the border CW
2. across the forty-ninth parallel CW
3. in the United States CW
4. the United States CW
1. Word components: /akâm-/ , /-i/-1 , /tip-/ , /-ah/-1 , /-ask-/-1 , /-ê/-2 , /-n/-3 , /-ihk/-1
amisk sâkahikanihk

INM like: otôskwanihk
1. Beaver Lake Cree Nation, AB [northern Plains Cree reserve; lit: "at beaver lake"] CW
1. Word components: amiskw- , sâkahikan- , {-ihk}-2
akâmi-mêskanâhkânihk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. across the street CW
2. across the made street CW
1. Word components: /akâm-/ , /-i/-1 , mêskanaw- , /-ihkân/ ( /-ihk-/, /-ê/-2, /-n/-3 ) , /-ihk/-1
nipiy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. watery liquid CW
2. sap of maple or birch CW
1. Word components: nipiy-
kîsikâw
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. day, daylight CW
2. day sky CW
3. Day MD
1. Word components: /kîsik-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1
nipiy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. water CW
2. body of water CW
1. Word components: nipiy-
âstê-kîsikâw
1. it is a bright day, it is good weather CW
2. it ceases being stormy weather, it lets up as severe weather, it becomes better weather CW
3. The day is calm after a storm MD
1. Preverb : aste
2. Word components: /kîsik-/ , /-â/-1
form of kîsikâw
kîsikâw
VII-1v 💧➡️ like: kîsikâw 📖
1. it is day, it is daylight CW
2. it is daybreak CW
3. It is day MD
pahkwêsikan
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. bannock, bread CW
2. flour CW
3. Bannock MD
4. Bannock. Var. napakinikan AECD
1. Word components: /pahkwê-/ , /-s/-1 , /-ikan/
nipiy
NI 💧
1. Water AECD
2. aqua AECD
nipiy
N Naming word
1. Water MD
kîsikâw
VII-1v 💧➡️ like: kîsikâw 📖
1. it is day, it is daylight CW
2. it is daybreak CW
3. It is day MD
1. Word components: /kîsik-/ , /-â/-1
asikan
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. sock, stocking CW
2. Sock AECD MD
3. stocking AECD
1. Word components: asikan- ( /asik-/, /-an/ )
mîcisow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he eats, s/he has a meal CW
2. it feeds (e.g. bird) CW
3. it chews its cud (e.g. ruminant), it grazes CW
4. s/he has a food supply, s/he subsists CW
5. s/he has a ritual meal, s/he partakes of a feast CW
6. You eat MD
7. He eats AECD MD
8. I had eaten MD
1. Word components: mîciso-
nipâtân
1. let you and us sleep now, let you and us be asleep now 🤖CW
2. let you and us sleep now 🤖MD
3. let you and us be sleeping now 🤖AECD
1. Word components: nipâ- ( /nip-/, /-â/-2 )
form of nipâw
nipâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he sleeps, s/he is asleep CW
2. He sleeps MD
3. s/he is sleeping AECD
âcimow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he tells, s/he tells a story CW
2. s/he tells news, s/he gives an account, s/he makes a report, s/he informs, s/he narrates CW
3. s/he tells his/her own story CW
4. He told a story MD
1. Word components: âcimo- ( /ât-/-1, /-m/-1, /-o/ )
anohc
N Naming word
1. Today MD
2. Presently MD
3. Now MD
nipâk
1. (you all) sleep now, (you all) be asleep now 🤖CW
2. (you all) sleep now 🤖MD
3. (you all) be sleeping now 🤖AECD
4. All of you sleep MD
1. Word components: nipâ- ( /nip-/, /-â/-2 )
form of nipâw
nipâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he sleeps, s/he is asleep CW
2. He sleeps MD
3. s/he is sleeping AECD
amisk
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. beaver [Lat. Castor canadensis] CW AECD MD
1. Word components: amiskw-
maskwa
NA 🧑🏽
1. a bear AECD
2. bruin AECD
ayiwinisa
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. clothes CW MD
2. clothing, apparel, garb CW
3. rags CW
4. [sg:] article of clothing CW
5. piece of material, piece of cloth CW
6. a suit of clothing AECD
7. garb AECD
1. Word components: ay- , /-iwi/-2 , /-n/-3 , /-is/
mêkwâ-pipon
1. it is in the midst of winter, it is midwinter CW
1. Word components: pipon-
form of pipon
pipon
VII-1n 💧➡️ like: kimiwan 📖
1. it is winter CW MD
2. it is one year CW
nôhkom
NDA-1 👤🧑🏽 like: mitâs (-tâs-), mohpan (-ohpan-) 📖
1. my grandmother, my grandma CW
2. my respected female elder CW
3. My grandmother AECD MD
4. my grandma AECD
5. my granny or my grannie AECD
6. my great-aunt AECD
1. Word components: {n-} , -ohkom-
nîpin
NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
1. summer CW
2. Summertime AECD MD
1. Word components: nîpin- ( /nîp-/, /-in/-1 ) , /-w/
pipon
VII-1n 💧➡️ like: kimiwan 📖
1. it is winter CW MD
2. it is one year CW
1. Word components: pipon-
mêkwâ-nîpin
1. it is in the midst of summer, it is midsummer CW
1. Word components: nîpin- ( /nîp-/, /-in/-1 )
form of nîpin
nîpin
VII-1n 💧➡️ like: kimiwan 📖
1. it is summer CW
nîso-kîsikâw
VII-1v 💧➡️ like: kîsikâw 📖
1. it is Tuesday [lit: "(it is) the second day"] CW
1. Word components: /nîsw-/ , /-i/ , /kîsik-/ , /-â/-1
wâpiw
VAI 🧑🏽➡️
1. s/he sees AECD
ayâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is, s/he is there, s/he is located there CW
2. s/he lives there, s/he stays there CW
3. s/he exists CW
4. He is here/there MD
5. He stays MD
1. Word components: ayâ- ( /ay-/-1, /-â/-2 )
âcimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he tells about s.o., s/he talks about s.o., s/he narrates about s.o. CW
2. s/he tells s.o., s/he tells things to s.o. CW
3. He is telling a story about him MD
1. Word components: âcim- ( /ât-/-1, /-m/-1 )
o-

Morph-pro
1. 3rd person; nominals MC
2. 3rd person; h- and ht- preterite verbs MC
3. 3rd person; AI,TI agentive nominalizations, with -w MC
pimitâcimow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he crawls about, s/he crawls around, s/he creeps CW
2. He crawls MD
1. Word components: /pim-/ , /-tâcimo/
amiskwaciy-wâskahikan
NA 🧑🏽
1. the Cree word for the city of Edmonton, literally "beaver mountain house" AECD
misâskwatôminihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Saskatoon, SK [lit: "at the Saskatoon berry"] CW
1. Word components: /mis-/ , /-âskw-/ , /-atw-/ , /-min/
otôskwanihk
INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Calgary, AB [lit: "at the elbow; at his/her elbow" in reference to an elbow of the Bow River] CW
2. the Cree name for the city of Calgary means "at the elbow" AECD
1. Word components: {o-}-5 , -tôskwan- , {-ihk}-2
sa-

IPV ⚡️ like: pê-
1. ongoing, continuing [grammatical preverb: durative, continuative] CW
1. Word components: {Ca-}
nipâwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. sleeping, sleep CW
2. Sleep MD
3. the act of sleeping AECD
1. Word components: nipâ- ( /nip-/, /-â/-2 ) , /-win/
/asaw-/

Morph-R
1. wait, lie in wait, waylay, guard against [also: /asw-/] WMDD
âyiman
VII-2n 💧➡️ like: miywâsin 📖
1. it is difficult, it is a hardship, it is grievous CW
2. It is difficult, hard MD
3. it is difficult AECD
1. Word components: /âýim-/ , /-an/-1
kotiskâwêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he races, s/he is in a race CW
2. it gallops CW
3. He is in full gallop MD
1. Word components: kotiskâwê-
ayiwinis
1. a little article of clothing 🤖CW
2. a little clothing, a little apparel 🤖CW
3. A piece of clothing MD
4. a piece of cloth AECD
5. a piece of material AECD
6. apparel AECD
1. Word components: ay- , /-win/
form of ayiwin
ayiwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. article of clothing CW
2. [pl:] clothing, apparel CW
acâhkosa kâ-otakohpit

INM like: otôskwanihk
1. Star Blanket [Cree chief, signatory to Treaty 4; lit: "One who has Stars as a Blanket"] CW
1. Word components: atâhkw- , /-is/ , /o(t)-/-1 , akohp- ( /akw-/-2, /-hp/ ) , /-i/-2
nîsiwak
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. they are two in number, they are two together CW
2. they are both CW
3. there are two of them AECD
4. the two of them went together AECD
1. Word components: /nîs-/ , /-i/
-(i)nâhk

Morph-aff
1. -inâ-w-ihk; distributive locative; nominals MC
-(t)ihkom-

Morph-NDA-1
1. tick, louse [< [t] + ihkw- + /-im/] WMDD
-cêpihkw

Morph-NA-3-final
1. root [cf. ocêpihkw- NA-3; /-cêpihk-/] WMDD
/-hkokan(â)-/

Morph-medial
1. shoulder [cf. -tihtiman-; ?? -îhkôkan-] WMDD

	Stem
No ownership	askihkw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-askihkom-

	Stem
No ownership	askihkw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-askihkom-

	Stem
No ownership	asinîwacîwatihkw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-asinîwacîwatihkom-

	Stem
No ownership	nipiy-
whose / whom something belongs to	-nipîm-

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