itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

-simo

Morph-final
1. -s-im-o-; do while laying, place oneself, dance MC
itohtahêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he takes s.o. thus or there, s/he leads s.o. thither CW
2. s/he goes there with s.o. CW
3. Take him there MD
4. He takes him there MD
5. Someone brings him there MD
6. His conscience takes him there MD
1. Word components: /iT-/ , /-ohtah/ ( /-oht-/, /-ah/-3 )
itâcimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he tells thus about s.o., s/he narrates thus about s.o. CW
2. What he tells about him in a story MD
1. Word components: /iT-/ , âcim- ( /ât-/-1, /-m/-1 )
kêhkêhk
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. hawk CW MD
2. falcon [Lat. Falco sp.] CW
1. Word components: kêhkêhkw-
papâmitisahwêw
VTA-3 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: kîskiswêw 📖
1. s/he runs after s.o. CW
2. s/he follows s.o. around, s/he chases s.o. about CW
1. Word components: /papâm-/ , /-tisahw/ ( /-tis-/, /-ahw/-1 )
nawaswâtêw
VTA-4 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nakatêw 📖
1. s/he chases after s.o., s/he pursues s.o. CW
2. He chases him MD
3. s/he chases after her/him or them AECD
1. Word components: /nawasw-/ , /-âT/
kakwâtakihêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he distresses s.o., s/he torments s.o., s/he tortures s.o., s/he makes s.o. suffer CW
2. s/he mistreats s.o., s/he is abusive to s.o., s/he is mean to s.o., s/he persecutes s.o. CW
3. s/he affects s.o. terribly (e.g. as a disease), s/he ravages s.o. (e.g. as a disease) CW
4. He is constantly being mistreated MD
5. He is constantly mistreating him MD
1. Word components: /kakwâtak-/ , /-h/
papâmâtis

NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. wanderer, nomad CW
1. Word components: /papâm-/ , /-âtisi/ ( /-ât-/-2, /-isi/ )
ôyo-

Morph-VAI-1
1. howl [cf. oyôyo- < {oy-} + ôyo-] WMDD
kiyohtêw

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he wanders about aimlessly, s/he paces about CW
1. Word components: /kiy-/ , /-ohtê/ ( /-oht-/, /-ê/-2 )
akahkway-

Morph-NA-2
1. leech, bloodsucker WMDD
sâsâkinistikwânênisow

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he bares his/her own head head, s/he uncovers his/her own head CW
1. Word components: /sâsâkin-/ , -stikwân- , /-ê/-2 , /-n/-1 , /-iso/
kâmwâtêyihtam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he finds s.t. sad, s/he finds s.t. melancholic CW
2. s/he thinks in loneliness CW
3. s/he finds things melancholic or sad AECD
1. Word components: /kâmwât-/ , /-êýiht/ ( /-êýi-/, /-ht/-3 )
mâcipayiw

V
1. It starts. Animate. As a car MD
mamâhtâwihêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he empowers s.o. to do extraordinary things CW AECD
2. s/he imbues s.o. with supernatural power CW
1. Word components: /mamâhtâw-/ , /-h/
pîkiskâtam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he is lonesome, s/he is lonely, s/he feels sad CW
2. s/he longs for s.t., s/he grieves for s.t., s/he finds (s.t.) lonely CW
1. Word components: /pîkiskât-/ ( /pîkisk-/-2, /-ât/ )
oyôsê-

Morph-VAI-1
1. be fertile [< {oy-} + /-ôsê/] WMDD
nôcîhkawêw
VTA-2 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nitonawêw 📖
1. s/he flirts with s.o., s/he seduces s.o. CW
2. s/he feels s.o. up (as in foreplay) CW
3. s/he is flirting with her/him, i.e.: someone else's spouse AECD
1. Word components: /nôt-/ , /-îhkaw/ ( /-îhk-/-2, /-aw/-1 )
pîkiskâtêyihtam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he is troubled and lonely (about s.t.), s/he finds s.t. melancholic CW
2. s/he is dispirited, s/he is disconsolate CW
3. He is troubled and lonely MD
1. Word components: /pîkiskât-/ ( /pîkisk-/-2, /-ât/ ) , /-êýiht/ ( /-êýi-/, /-ht/-3 )
-n-

Morph-final
1. do by hand, TA/TI MC
2. action, instrument, product; AI nominalizations MC
mosêpitisow

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he uncovers him/herself CW
1. Word components: /mosê-/ , /-piT/ , /-iso/
mamâhtâwihtâw
VTI-2 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: kisihtâw 📖
1. s/he empowers s.t., s/he imbues s.t. with supernatural power CW
2. s/he performs an act of magic, s/he performs a miracle, s/he makes a miracle of s.t. CW
3. s/he empowers it AECD
1. Word components: /mamâhtâw-/ , /-ht/-2 , /-â/-3
mihkwasâkay
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. red coat CW
2. red serge of the RCMP CW
1. Word components: /mihkw-/ , /-asâkay/
kâtâtotam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he hides s.t. in telling about (it), s/he hides s.t. in narration CW
1. Word components: /kât-/ , /ât-/-1 , /-ot/
nîpawiwinihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. the site of the former Fort à la Corne Mission, SK CW
1. Word components: nîpawi- ( /nîpaw-/, /-i/-3 ) , /-win/ , {-ihk}-2
môskwêyihtam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he cries about s.t., s/he bemoans s.t., s/he weeps despondently over s.t. CW
2. s/he cries over something sad AECD
1. Word components: /môskw-/-1 , /-êýiht/ ( /-êýi-/, /-ht/-3 )
atâmêyimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he blames s.o. in his/her thoughts, s/he blames s.o. for his/her own misfortune, s/he accuses s.o. in one's thoughts, s/he suspects s.o. CW
2. He puts the blame on him or them MD
3. s/he suspects her/him AECD
4. s/he blames another person for her/his misfortune AECD
1. Word components: /atâm-/-2 , /-êýim/ ( /-êýi-/, /-m/-3 )
papâsitisahwêw
VTA-3 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: kîskiswêw 📖
1. s/he drives s.o. onwards hastily, s/he hurries s.o. CW
2. He drives him hastily MD
1. Word components: /papâs-/ , /-tisahw/ ( /-tis-/, /-ahw/-1 )
môskiwêpiskam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he uncovers s.t. by a kick CW
1. Word components: /môsk-/ , /wêp-/ , /-sk/-1
âsitêyimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he suspects s.o. jealously CW
1. Word components: /âsit-/** , /-êýim/ ( /-êýi-/, /-m/-3 )
môskinam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he uncovers s.t., s/he removes s.t. from concealment, s/he exposes s.t. CW
2. You have brought it out into the open MD
3. He reveals it MD
4. He uncovers it MD
5. s/he uncovers and reveals it AECD
1. Word components: /môsk-/ , /-n/-1
môskinêw
VTA 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽
1. s/he uncovers and reveals her/him AECD
matwêwêhtâw
VTI-2 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: kisihtâw 📖
1. s/he detonates s.t. CW
2. s/he fires s.t. (e.g. gun), s/he shoots off his/her own gun CW
1. Word components: /matwê-/ , /-wê/ , /-ht/-2 , /-â/-3
papâmitisaham
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he follows s.t. around, s/he follows s.t. about, s/he chases s.t. around, s/he chases s.t. about CW
1. Word components: /papâm-/ , /-tisah/ ( /-tis-/, /-ah/-1 )
pîkiskâtêyimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he is troubled and lonely because of s.o. CW
2. s/he finds s.o. sad and lonely CW
1. Word components: /pîkiskât-/ ( /pîkisk-/-2, /-âT/ ) , /-êýim/ ( /-êýi-/, /-m/-3 )
pîhtokêtisahwêw
VTA-3 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: kîskiswêw 📖
1. s/he sends s.o. in CW
2. s/he drives in, s/he chases s.o. in CW
1. Word components: /pîht-/ , /-okê/ ( /-ok-/, /-ê/-2 ) , /-tisahw/ ( /-tis-/, /-ahw/-1 )
wanâhêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he distracts s.o. CW
2. s/he leads s.o. astray CW
3. s/he disrupts s.o.'s life CW
4. s/he puzzles s.o. CW
5. s/he eludes s.o. CW
6. He confuses him MD
7. It confuses him MD
8. s/he disrupts her/him AECD
1. Word components: /wanâ-/ , /-h/
pâskinam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he uncovers s.t., s/he takes the cover off s.t. CW
2. s/he unwraps s.t. CW
3. s/he opens s.t. up, s/he tears s.t. open CW
4. s/he turns s.t. over CW
5. s/he turns the page, s/he folds s.t. open (e.g. book) CW
6. He uncovers it MD
7. s/he opens or uncovers it AECD
1. Word components: /pâsk-/-2 , /-n/-1
nawaswâtam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he chases after s.t., s/he pursues s.t. CW
2. he chases it MD
3. s/he chases after it AECD
1. Word components: /nawasw-/ , /-ât/
pîkiskâtêw
VTA-4 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nakatêw 📖
1. s/he is lonesome for s.o., s/he longs for s.o., s/he grieves for s.o. CW
1. Word components: /pîkiskât-/ ( /pîkisk-/-2, /-âT/ )
papâmâmow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he flees about, s/he flees here and there CW
2. He flees about while getting chased MD
3. s/he flees or runs here and there AECD
1. Word components: /papâm-/ , /-âmo/
pîkiskâcihêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he makes s.o. lonely and sad, s/he depresses s.o. CW
2. He makes him lonely and sad MD
1. Word components: /pîkiskât-/ , /-h/
sâsâkinistikwânênêw

VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he bares s.o.'s head, s/he uncovers s.o.'s head CW
1. Word components: /sâsâkin-/ , -stikwân- , /-ê/-2 , /-n/-1
paskêhêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he leads s.o. aside, s/he makes s.o. go to the side CW
1. Word components: /paskê-/ , /-h/
kwâsihtawêw
VTA-2 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nitonawêw 📖
1. s/he steals (it/them) from s.o. CW
2. s/he seduces s.o.'s wife CW
1. Word components: /kwâs-/ , /-ht/-2 , /-aw/-1
nôcîhkamawêw
VTA-2 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nitonawêw 📖
1. s/he seduces s.o.'s wife CW
1. Word components: /nôt-/ , /-îhk-/-2 , /-amaw/
wîci-atoskêmâkan
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. co-worker, fellow worker, fellow labourer, colleague CW
2. A fellow worker MD
3. a co-worker AECD
1. Word components: /wît-/ , /-i/ , /atosk-/ , /-ê/-2 , /-m/-2 , /-âkan/-1
mosêskatênam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he bares s.t., s/he undresses s.t. CW
2. s/he makes it naked AECD
1. Word components: /mosê-/ , /-skat-/ , /-ê/-2 , /-n/-1
pawâtaskiw
VTI-3 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: mîciw 📖
1. s/he is a dreamer, s/he dreams often CW
2. He is a dreamer MD
1. Word components: /pawâ-/ , /-it/ , /-aski/ ( {-a}-4, /-ski/ )
papâtinikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he hurries hither and thither, s/he chases about CW
2. s/he sticks his/her head out (e.g. from cover, hiding) CW
1. Word components: /papâT-/ , /-inikê/
miki-

Morph-VAI
1. bark [< /mik-/ + /-i/; cf. mikisimo-] WMDD

	Stem
No ownership	kêhkêhkw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-kêhkêhkom-

	Stem
No ownership	wîci-atoskêmâkan-
whose / whom something belongs to	-wîci-atoskêmâkanim-

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