itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

/naw-/

Morph-R
1. chase, pursue [cf. /nawasw-/] WMDD
-naw-

Morph-final
1. -n-aw-; do by sight; TA verbs MC
/-skanaw/

Morph-NI-2-final
1. trail, path, road [cf. mêskanaw-, /-skanaw-/] WMDD
-inâw

Morph-final
1. location; nominal MC
/-skanaw-/

Morph-medial
1. trail, path, road [cf. mêskanaw-, /-skanaw/] WMDD
-(i)naw

Morph-pro
1. Inclusive plural; AI, TI, TA verbs - Independent order MC
2. Inclusive plural possessor; nominals MC
-atinaw

Morph-NI-2-final
1. hill [cf. ispatinaw- NI-2] WMDD
-htânaw

Morph-aff
1. -ht-ânaw; 2pl; AI Independent Preterite MC
-skanaw

Morph-NI-2-final
1. road, trail, path [cf. mêskanaw- NI-2] WMDD
ataminâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is appreciative, s/he is grateful, s/he is thankful CW
1. Word components: /atam-/ , /-inâ/**
-mêskanaw-

Morph-NI-2-medial
1. road, trail, path [cf. /-skanaw-/ NI-2] WMDD
akâmôtênaw
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. across the camp circle CW
2. across the settlement, across town CW
3. town across the way CW
1. Word components: /akâm-/ , ôtênaw-
akâmiskanaw
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. across the road, across the path CW
2. Across the road MD
1. Word components: /akâm-/ , /-skanaw/
amisko-wîsinâw
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. beaver gland, castor CW
1. Word components: amiskw- , /-i/-1 , wîsinâw-
êkwa
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. and, also CW MD
2. then CW
3. now CW
4. let's go! CW
1. Word components: êkwa
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
kiskinwahamâkosiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he learns CW
2. s/he is a student, s/he attends school CW
3. s/he is taught CW
4. He is being taught MD
5. He is learning MD
6. He is going to school MD
1. Word components: /kiskinw-/ , /-ah/-1 , /-amaw/ , /-ikosi/ ( /-ikw-/, /-isi/ )
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/ )
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-
nipâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he sleeps, s/he is asleep CW
2. He sleeps MD
3. s/he is sleeping AECD
1. Word components: nipâ- ( /nip-/, /-â/-2 )
âcimok
1. (you all) tell now, (you all) tell a story now 🤖CW
2. (you all) tell news now, (you all) give an account now, (you all) make a report now, (you all) inform now, (you all) narrate now 🤖CW
3. (you all) tell your own story now 🤖CW
4. (you all) told a story now 🤖MD
5. All of you tell a story MD
1. Word components: âcimo- ( /ât-/-1, /-m/-1, /-o/ )
form of âcimow
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
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
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
nipâ
1. (you) sleep now, (you) be asleep now 🤖CW
2. (you) sleep now 🤖MD
3. (you) be sleeping now 🤖AECD
4. Sleep MD
5. Kill him 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
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-
atamiskawêw
VTA-2 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nitonawêw 📖
1. s/he greets s.o., s/he sends greetings to s.o. CW
2. s/he says hello to s.o. CW
3. s/he shakes hands with s.o. CW
4. s/he hugs s.o. in greeting, s/he kisses s.o. in greeting CW
5. s/he bids s.o. farewell CW
6. He shook hands with him or them MD
1. Word components: /atam-/ , /-skaw/-1
tânisi
IPJ like: hay hay
1. hello, how are you? CW
1. Word components: /tân-/ , isi ( /iT-/, /-i/-1 )
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 )
ê-atamiskâhcik
1. as people greet them, as people send greetings to them 🤖CW
2. as people say hello to them 🤖CW
3. as people shake hands with them 🤖CW
4. as people hug them in greeting, as people kiss them in greeting 🤖CW
5. as people bid them farewell 🤖CW
6. as people shook hands with them or them 🤖MD
1. Word components: /atam-/ , /-skaw/-1
form of atamiskawêw
atamiskawêw
VTA-2 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nitonawêw 📖
1. s/he greets s.o., s/he sends greetings to s.o. CW
2. s/he says hello to s.o. CW
3. s/he shakes hands with s.o. CW
4. s/he hugs s.o. in greeting, s/he kisses s.o. in greeting CW
5. s/he bids s.o. farewell CW
6. He shook hands with him or them MD
nôhtêpayiw
VAI 🧑🏽➡️
1. s/he runs short of something, i.e.: money or sugar AECD
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 )
âcim
1. (you) tell about him/her now, (you) talk about him/her now, (you) narrate about him/her now 🤖CW
2. (you) tell him/her now, (you) tell things to him/her now 🤖CW
3. (you) be telling a story about him/her now 🤖MD
4. Tell about him MD
1. Word components: âcim- ( /ât-/-1, /-m/-1 )
form of âcimêw
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
âcimâw
1. people tell about him/her, people talk about him/her, people narrate about him/her 🤖CW
2. people tell him/her, people tell things to him/her 🤖CW
3. people are telling a story about him/her 🤖MD
4. A story is told about him MD
1. Word components: âcim- ( /ât-/-1, /-m/-1 )
form of âcimêw
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
nîminâniwan
1. people dance 🤖CW
2. there is a dance, it is a time of dancing CW
1. Word components: nîmi-
form of nîmiw
nîmiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he dances CW
atamiskawâw
1. people greet him/her, people send greetings to him/her 🤖CW
2. people say hello to him/her 🤖CW
3. people shake hands with him/her 🤖CW
4. people hug him/her in greeting, people kiss him/her in greeting 🤖CW
5. people bid him/her farewell 🤖CW
6. people shook hands with him/her or him/her 🤖MD
1. Word components: /atam-/ , /-skaw/-1
form of atamiskawêw
atamiskawêw
VTA-2 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nitonawêw 📖
1. s/he greets s.o., s/he sends greetings to s.o. CW
2. s/he says hello to s.o. CW
3. s/he shakes hands with s.o. CW
4. s/he hugs s.o. in greeting, s/he kisses s.o. in greeting CW
5. s/he bids s.o. farewell CW
6. He shook hands with him or them MD
niya

PrA like: awa 📖
1. I, me, mine CW
2. I AECD MD
3. Me AECD MD
4. Mine AECD MD
1. Word components: niýa ( {n-}, /-iý-/-1, {-a}-1 )
êkwatik
IPJ like: hay hay
1. okay now!, let's go! CW
1. Word components: êkwa , {-itik}
kâh-

IPV ⚡️ like: pê-
1. intermittent, repeatedly CW
2. again and again CW
3. here and there [grammatical preverb: frequentative, augmentative, distributive] CW
1. Word components: {Câh-}
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
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
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/
kwâskwêpayihôs
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. mule deer [lit: "jumper; leaper"; Lat. Odocoileus hemionus hemionus] CW
1. Word components: /kwâskwê-/ , /-paýiho/ ( /-paýi/, /-h/, /-o/ ) , /-w/-1 , /-is/
misâskwatôminihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Saskatoon, SK [lit: "at the Saskatoon berry"] CW
1. Word components: /mis-/ , /-âskw-/ , /-atw-/ , /-min/
amiskwaciy-wâskahikan
NA 🧑🏽
1. the Cree word for the city of Edmonton, literally "beaver mountain house" AECD
katawatêyimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he thinks s.o. beautiful CW
1. Word components: /katawaT-/ , /-êýim/ ( /-êýi-/, /-m/-3 )
/-atin-/

Morph-medial
1. hill, rising landform [cf. /-atinaw/, /-âmatin/] WMDD
/-âmatin-/

Morph-medial
1. hill, high ground [cf. /âm-/, /âmat-/, âmaciwê-; /-atin-/, /-atinaw/] WMDD
/-kwanâs/

Morph-NI-2-final
1. ?? weed; garbage [ ?? /-kwanaw-/, /-kwanay-/ ?? ] WMDD

tânisi!