itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

askiy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. land CW
2. region, area CW
3. earth, world CW
4. settlement, colony, country CW
5. Métis colony CW
6. [pl:] fields under cultivation, pieces of farmland, the lands CW
1. Word components: askiy--1
sâkitawâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Buffalo Narrows, SK [Cree, Dene and Métis community] CW
1. Word components: /sâkitaw-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1 , {-ihk}-2
âpihtawikosisân
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. Métis, Métis person CW
2. Half-breed MD
3. Metis MD
4. a Metis person AECD
1. Word components: âpihtaw- ( /âpiht-/, /-aw/-3 ) , [i] , /-kosisân/ ( -kosis-, /-ê/-2, /-n/-3 )
âpihtawikosisân-ôcênâs

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. Métis settlement CW
1. Word components: âpihtaw- ( /âpiht-/, /-aw/-3 ) , [i] , /-kosisân/ ( -kosis-, /-ê/-2, /-n/-3 ) , ôtênaw- , /-is/
nêhiyaw-askiy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. Cree reserve, Cree land CW
2. aboriginal land or territory AECD
3. reservation AECD
1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , askiy--1
kino-wâpiskaskowaskiy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. Aotearoa, New Zealand, Land of the Long White Cloud [lit: "long white cloud land"] CW
1. Word components: /kinw-/ , /-i/-1 , /wâpisk-/ , /-askow/ , askiy--1
nahkawiyinînâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Saulteaux country, Saulteaux reserve CW
2. Ojibwe country, Anishinaabe country, Anishinaabe land CW
3. in Saulteaux country CW
1. Word components: /nahkaw-/ , iýiniw- ( /iýin-/, /-iw/ ) , {-inâhk}-2
nêhiyaw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. Nehiyaw CW
2. Cree, Cree man, Cree person, member of the Cree Nation CW
3. First Nations person, Indigenous person CW
4. A Cree Indian man MD
5. A native of the Cree nation MD
6. an aboriginal person AECD
7. a Cree AECD
1. Word components: nêhiýaw-
âpihtawikosisânaskiy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. Métis settlement CW
1. Word components: âpihtaw- ( /âpiht-/, /-aw/-3 ) , [i] , /-kosisân/ ( -kosis-, /-ê/-2, /-n/-3 ) , askiy--1
iyiniw-

Morph-NA-2
1. person, Indigenous person [< /iýin-/ + /-iw/] WMDD
napakistikwâninâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. amongst the Flathead Salish people, at the Flathead Nation, in Flathead Salish country CW
1. Word components: /napak-/ , -stikwân- , {-inâhk}-2
nêhiyawi-kiskinwahamâtowi-kakêskihkêmowikamik
NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
1. Saskatchewan Indigenous Cultural Centre, Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College, SICC [lit: "counselling building for (Cree/) Indigenous teaching"] CW
1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , /kiskinw-/ , /-ah/-1 , /-amaw/ , /-ito/ , /-win/ , /kakêsk-/ , /-m/-1 , /-kê/ , /-mo/ ( /-m/-1, /-o/ ) , [wi] , /-kamikw/
mostos wapâsihk

INM like: otôskwanihk
1. Buffalo Narrows, SK [Cree, Dene and Métis community] CW
1. Word components: mostosw- , wapâ- ( /wap-/, /-â/-1 ) , /-w/-1 , /-is/ , {-ihk}-2
pakicahwânisihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Fishing Lake, AB CW
2. Fishing Lake Métis Settlement, AB [lit: "at the little fishing place"] CW
1. Word components: /pakit-/ , /-ahwâ/ ( /-ahw-/**, /-â/-2 ) , /-n/-3 , /-is/ , {-ihk}-2
nêhiyawaskîwin
VII-2n 💧➡️ like: miywâsin 📖
1. it is Cree land, it is Cree territory, it is Indigenous land, it is Indigenous territory, it is Indian land CW
1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , askiy--1 , [w] , /-in/-1
nêhiyawi-

IPN like: amisko-
1. Cree CW
2. First Nations, Indigenous, Indian CW
1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/
kinêpiko-sâkahikanihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Pinehouse, SK [Cree and Métis community; lit: "at snake lake"] CW
1. Word components: kinêpikw- , /-i/-1 , sâkahikan- , {-ihk}-2
nêhiyaw-

IPN like: amisko- 📖
1. Nehiyaw CW
2. Cree, Cree man, Cree person, First Nations person, Indigenous person CW
1. Word components: nêhiýaw-
napakistikwân
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. Flathead person, Flathead Salish Indian, member of the Flathead Nation CW
1. Word components: /napak-/ , -stikwân-
maskotêw sâkahikan

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. Lubicon Lake (AB) CW
1. Word components: maskotêw- , sâkahikan-
nahkawiyiniw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. Saulteaux, Ojibwe, Anishinaabe CW
2. Saulteaux person, Ojibwe person, Anishinaabe person CW
3. A Saulteaux Indian MD
1. Word components: /nahkaw-/ , iýiniw- ( /iýin-/, /-iw/ )
môniyânâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. White society, Canadian society, non-Indigenous society CW
2. the White world, the non-Indigenous world CW
3. amongst non-Indigenous people CW
1. Word components: môniyâw-
môniyâsinâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. White society, Canadian society, non-Indigenous society CW
2. the White world, the non-Indigenous world CW
3. amongst non-Indigenous people CW
1. Word components: môniyâw- , /-is/
nêhiyawêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he speaks Cree CW MD
2. s/he speaks Plains Cree CW
3. s/he speaks an aboriginal language, i.e.: Cree AECD
1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-wê/
âpihtawikosisânis

NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. small Métis person, young Métis person CW
1. Word components: âpihtaw- ( /âpiht-/, /-aw/-3 ) , [i] , /-kosisân/ ( -kosis-, /-ê/-2, /-n/-3 ) , /-is/
nêhiyawi-tôtam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he deals with s.t. as an Indigenous person, s/he does s.t. in a Cree way CW
2. s/he acts like an aboriginal person AECD
1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , tôt- ( /iT-/, /-ôt/-1 )
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 )
sîpîsisihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Beauval, SK [northern Plains Cree and Métis community; lit: "at the creek"] CW
1. Word components: sîpiy- , /-isis/ , {-ihk}-2
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/
ocipwêwi-sâkahikan
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. Lake Huron [lit: "Ojibwe Lake, Anishinaabe Lake"] CW
1. Word components: /ocipw-/ , /-ê/-2 , /-w/-1 , /-i/-1 , sâkahikan-
misisâhkw-

Morph-NA-3
1. horsefly WMDD
misicâhkw-

Morph-NA-3
1. horsefly WMDD
ayaskîmowiskwêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. Inuk woman, Inuit woman CW
1. Word components: {ay-} , /askîm-/** , /-o/** , /-w/-1 , iskwêw-
ocipwêwiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is an Anishinaabe, s/he is a member of the Anishinaabe Nation, s/he is Ojibwe CW
1. Word components: /ocipw-/ , /-ê/-2 , /-w/-1 , /-iwi/
wêmistikôsîw-âpihtawikosisân
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. Métis, French Métis CW
1. Word components: {IC} , /o-/-1 , mistikw- , ôs- , /-i/ , /-w/-1 , /-iwi/ , âpihtaw- ( /âpiht-/, /-aw/-3 ) , /-kosisân/ ( -kosis-, /-ê/-2, /-n/-3 )
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-
ocipwêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. Anishinaabe person, member of the Anishinaabe Nation, Ojibwe Indian CW
1. Word components: /ocipw-/ , /-ê/-2 , /-w/-1
maskêkowiyiniw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. Swampy Cree person CW
2. [pl:] Swampy Crees, Swampy Cree Indians CW
3. Muskeg People CW
1. Word components: maskêkw- , /-i/-1 , [w] , iýiniw- ( /iýin-/, /-iw/ )
kâ-ministikociwahk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Sandy Bay, SK [Woods Cree community; reserve of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation; lit: "where there are islands in the stream"] CW
1. Word components: {kâ-} , ministikw- ( /min-/-1, /-stikw/ ) , /-ciwan/ ( /-ciw-/, /-an/ ) , {-k}-1
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/ )
âpihtawikosisâniskwêw-âya
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. pertaining to a Métis woman, in the way of a Métis woman CW
1. Word components: âpihtaw- ( /âpiht-/, /-aw/-3 ) , [i] , /-kosisân/ ( -kosis-, /-ê/-2, /-n/-3 ) , iskwêw- , ay- , {-a}-3
atimospikay
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. Tlicho man, member of the Tlicho Nation, Dogrib (Athapaskan) Indian CW
1. Word components: atimw- , -spikay-
âpihtawikosisâniskwêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. Métis woman CW
1. Word components: âpihtaw- ( /âpiht-/, /-aw/-3 ) , [i] , /-kosisân/ ( -kosis-, /-ê/-2, /-n/-3 ) , iskwêw-
ministiko-sâkahikanihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Turnor Lake, SK [Dene community; lit: "at island lake"] CW
1. Word components: ministikw- ( /min-/-1, /-stikw/ ) , sâkahikan- , {-ihk}-2
ministikwan

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Island Lake Cree Nation, SK, Ministikwan Lake Cree Nation, SK [northern Plains Cree reserve; lit: "there is an island, there are islands"] CW
1. Word components: ministikw- ( /min-/-1, /-stikw/ ) , /-an/-1
nêhiyawi-tôtawêw
VTA-2 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nitonawêw 📖
1. s/he treats s.o. like a Cree person, s/he deals with s.o. as an Indigenous person CW
2. s/he treats her/him like an aboriginal person AECD
1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , tôtaw- ( tôt-, /-aw/-1 )
ayahciyiniw

N Naming word
1. A member of another Indian tribe. Used by the Plains Cree for a member of the Blackfoot Confederacy; or any outcast or ostracized member of an Indian band MD

	Stem
No ownership	nêhiýaw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-nêhiýam-

	Stem
No ownership	nahkawiýiniw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-nahkawiýinîm-

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

	Stem
No ownership	maskêkowiýiniw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-maskêkowiýinîm-

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