itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

onîkânîw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. headman, leader, chieftain CW
2. A leader AECD MD
3. The one who is ahead MD
4. a chieftain AECD
5. a headman AECD
6. one who leads AECD
1. Word components: /o-/-2 , /nîkân-/ , /-î/-1 , /-w/-2
okimâwiwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. chieftaincy CW
2. lordship CW
3. social status CW
4. government CW
5. kingdom CW
6. the act of being boss AECD
7. government worker AECD
1. Word components: okimâw- , /-iwi/ , /-win/
sâkahikan-

Morph-NI-1
1. lake [?? < /sâk-/ + /-ah/ + /-ikan/ ??] WMDD
wiyasiwêhkân
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. band councillor, councillor CW
2. headman CW
3. A councillor MD
1. Word components: /wiý-/ , /-asiw-/ , /-ê/-2 , /-ihkân/ ( /-ihk-/, /-ê/-2, /-n/-3 )
oyasiwêhkân
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. band councillor CW
2. headman, councillor CW
1. Word components: /oý-/ , /-asiw-/ , /-ê/-2 , /-ihkân/ ( /-ihk-/, /-ê/-2, /-n/-3 )
kihciyiniw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. headman, leader CW
1. Word components: /kiht-/ , iýiniw- ( /iýin-/, /-iw/ )
yaw
IPJ like: hay hay
1. well now! CW
2. oops! CW
3. ho! CW
1. Word components: iyaw
wah
IPJ like: hay hay
1. well! CW
2. oh! CW
3. ho! CW
1. Word components: wah
yâw
IPJ like: hay hay 📖
1. well now! CW
2. oops! CW
3. ho! CW
1. Word components: yâw
iyaw
IPJ like: hay hay
1. well now! CW
2. oops! CW
3. ho! CW
1. Word components: iyaw
okimâhkâniwiwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. chieftaincy, being a chief CW
2. the act of being a chief AECD
3. a chieftainship AECD
1. Word components: okimâw- , /-ihkân/ ( /-ihk-/, /-ê/-2, /-n/-3 ) , /-iwi/ , /-win/
hâ
IPJ like: hay hay 📖
1. well!, ho! CW
1. Word components: hâ
opêyakôskânêsiw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. tribesman CW AECD
1. Word components: /o-/-2 , /pêyakw-/ , /oskânê-/ ( /oskân-/, /-ê/-2 ) , /-isi/ , /-w/-2
nêhiyawi-maskihkîwiskwêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. Cree midwife CW
2. traditional Indigenous midwife, Indian midwife CW
1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , maskihkiy- , iskwêw-
miyay
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. mariah fish, burbot [Lat. Lota lota] CW
1. Word components: miýay-
iyinisip
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. mallard duck [Lat. Anas platyrhynchos] CW
2. A mallard MD
1. Word components: /iýin-/ , /-sip/
aya
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc 📖
1. uh, uhm, well, hmm [hesitatory] CW
2. A redirectional response which requires a hesitation, and infers a person MD
1. Word components: ay- , /-a/-6
ayahk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc 📖
1. uh, uhm, well, hmm [hesitatory] CW
2. A redirectional gesture usually meant to mean. "This is what I was going to say ..." MD
1. Word components: ay- , /-a/-6 , /-hk/-2
aya-

IPV ⚡️ like: pê-
1. uh, uhm, well, hmm [hesitatory] CW
1. Word components: ay- , /-a/-6
ayi-

IPV ⚡️ like: pê-
1. uh, uhm, well, hmm [hesitatory] CW
1. Word components: ay- , /-i/-1
ayi
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc 📖
1. uh, uhm, well, hmm [hesitatory] CW
2. A redirectional gesture which requires a hesitation and concerns a thing MD
1. Word components: ay- , /-i/-1
-n-

Morph-final
1. do by hand, TA/TI MC
2. action, instrument, product; AI nominalizations MC
ayihk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. uh, uhm [hesitatory; often locative] CW
2. A time related redirectional response concerning events MD
1. Word components: ay- , /-ihk/-1
maskotêwiyiniw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. Plains Indian CW
2. member of a Nation Indigenous to the Great Plains CW
3. prairie man CW AECD
1. Word components: maskotêw- , iýiniw- ( /iýin-/, /-iw/ )
/min-/

Morph-R
1. drink, ?? refresh [cf. minah-; minihkwê-] WMDD
paskohkopâwiyiniwak
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. Parklands People, division of the Upstream People of the Plains Cree CW
1. Word components: /paskw-/ , /-hkop-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1 , iýiniw- ( /iýin-/, /-iw/ )
okimâwêyihtâkosiwin

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. honour CW
2. aristocracy, chieftainship CW
1. Word components: okimâw- , /-êýihtâkosi/ ( /-êýi-/, /-ht/-3, /-aw/-1, /-ikw-/, /-isi/ ) , /-win/
anikwacâs(kw-)

Morph-NA-1
1. squirrel [derivation??] WMDD
oskâpêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. a young man CW AECD
2. elder's helper CW
1. Word components: /osk-/ , /-âpêw/
nîpisîhkopâwiyiniw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. member of Samson Cree Nation, AB CW
1. Word components: nîpisiy- , /-hkop-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1 , iýiniw- ( /iýin-/, /-iw/ )
/sam-/-1

Morph-R
1. down [cf. /samak-/, /samask-/, /samat/-1/] WMDD
wayaman

NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. vermilion, coloured paint CW
2. ochre CW
1. Word components: waýaman-
nêhiyawiskwêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. a Cree woman, a Plains Cree woman, woman of the Plains Cree Nation, Cree Indian woman CW
2. Indigenous woman CW
1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , iskwêw-
îhaw
IPJ like: hay hay
1. well now!, ho! CW
1. Word components: îhaw
/-o/

Morph-VAI-1-final
1. medio-passive, “be” WMDD
-h-

Morph-final
1. do by undefined means; TA/TI verbs MC
2. Abstract derivational final; AI>TA verbs MC
/samask-/

Morph-R
1. flat, weighed down [cf. /sam-/-1, /samak-/, /samat-/-1] WMDD
sâkitawâwiyiniw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. person Indigenous to Île-à-la-Crosse, SK CW
2. Île-à-la-Crosse Indian CW
1. Word components: /sâkitaw-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1 , iýiniw- ( /iýin-/, /-iw/ )
otahkoham
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. helmsman, steersman, pilot CW
2. one who holds the helm or rudder on a boat CW
3. the person who holds the helm or rudder in a boat, i.e.: a pilot AECD
1. Word components: /o-/-2 , /tahkw-/-1 , /-h/
atâwêwikamikowiyiniw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. storekeeper CW
1. Word components: /atâw-/ , /-ê/-2 , [wi] , /-kamikw/ , [iw] , iýiniw- ( /iýin-/, /-iw/ )
otatâwêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. storekeeper, store manager CW
2. buyer CW AECD
3. trader CW
4. A storekeeper MD
5. one who trades AECD
1. Word components: /o(t)-/-2 , /atâw-/ , /-ê/-2 , /-w/-2
oyaman
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. vermilion, coloured paint CW
2. ochre CW
1. Word components: oýaman-
ayami-

Morph-VAI-1
1. speak, talk [< /ayam-/ + /-i/-2] WMDD
kiya-

IPV ⚡️ like: pê-
1. would [grammatical preverb: irrealis; Initial Change: ka-; cf. kê-] CW
1. Word components: {ka-}
{kê-}

Morph-preverb
1. future [changed Conjunct; cf. {ka-}] WMDD
2. Initial change version of ka- MC
/ayâcimê-/**

Morph-R
1. splayed [?? < {IC} + /atim-/ + /-ê/ + -sit- + /-ê/] WMDD

	Stem
No ownership	onîkânîw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-onîkânîm-

	Stem
No ownership	kihciýiniw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-kihciýinîm-

	Stem
No ownership	nêhiýawi-maskihkîwiskwêw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-nêhiýawi-maskihkîwiskwêm-

	Stem
No ownership	miýay-
whose / whom something belongs to	-miýâm-

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