itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

apwân
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. roast, meat roasted (on a stick) CW
1. Word components: apwê- ( /apw-/, /-ê/-2 ) , /-n/-3
apwê-

Morph-VAI-1
1. roast WMDD
apwêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he makes a roast, s/he roasts over a fire (on a spit) CW
1. Word components: apwê- ( /apw-/, /-ê/-2 )
apwêsiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he sweats, s/he perspires CW
2. s/he works up a sweat CW
1. Word components: apwê- ( /apw-/, /-ê/-2 ) , /-si/
apwêyâw
VII-1v 💧➡️ like: kîsikâw 📖
1. it is warm enough to perspire, it is sweating weather CW
1. Word components: apwê- ( /apw-/, /-ê/-2 ) , [y] , /-â/-1
apwânâsk
NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
1. roasting spit, spit (for cooking) CW
1. Word components: apwê- ( /apw-/, /-ê/-2 ) , /-n/-3 , /-âskw/
apwânâsk
NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
1. fish cooked with split willow sticks CW
1. Word components: apwê- ( /apw-/, /-ê/-2 ) , /-n/-3 , /-âskw/
apwêsiwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. sweat, perspiration CW
2. sweating, being sweaty CW
1. Word components: apwê- ( /apw-/, /-ê/-2 ) , /-si/ , /-win/
apwêsiwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. labouring CW
1. Word components: apwê- ( /apw-/, /-ê/-2 ) , /-si/ , /-win/
apwêsiwin
NI 💧
1. being sweaty AECD
2. perspiration AECD
apwêcihcêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he has sweaty hands CW
1. Word components: apwê- ( /apw-/, /-ê/-2 ) , /-cihc-/ , /-ê/-2
apwêpahtâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he sweats while running CW
1. Word components: apwê- ( /apw-/, /-ê/-2 ) , /-pahtâ/
apwêsiskawêw

VTA-2 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nitonawêw 📖
1. s/he makes s.o. sweat, s/he causes s.o. to work up a sweat CW
1. Word components: apwê- ( /apw-/, /-ê/-2 ) , /-si/ , /-skaw/-1
wâpamêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he sees s.o., s/he beholds s.o. CW
2. s/he recognizes s.o. CW
3. s/he witnesses s.o., s/he observes s.o., s/he bears witness to s.o.'s existence CW
4. s/he meets s.o., s/he encounters s.o. CW
5. He sees him AECD MD
1. Word components: /wâp-/ , /-am/-1
nipiy
NI 💧
1. Water AECD
2. aqua AECD
nipiy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. watery liquid CW
2. sap of maple or birch CW
1. Word components: nipiy-
asikan
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. sock, stocking CW
2. Sock AECD MD
3. stocking AECD
1. Word components: asikan- ( /asik-/, /-an/ )
maskwa

NA-4w 🧑🏽 like: wâhkwa, ihkwa 📖
1. Ursus Major constellation CW
1. Word components: maskw- , {-a}-1
anohc
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. now, today, at this time CW
2. today AECD
1. Word components: anohc
anohc
N Naming word
1. Today MD
2. Presently MD
3. Now MD
pêyak
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. one, 1 CW
2. alone, single, a single one CW
3. the only one CW
4. a certain one CW
5. one AECD
1. Word components: /pêyakw-/
nisto
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. three, 3 CW
2. three AECD
1. Word components: nisto ( /nistw-/, /-i/-1 )
ispîhk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. then, at such a time CW
2. when CW
3. until CW
1. Word components: ispîhk
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/ )
oskana kâ-asastêki

INM like: otôskwanihk
1. Regina, SK, "Pile-o'-Bones" [lit: "where the bones are piled"] CW
1. Word components: {o-}-5 , -skan- , {kâ-} , /as-/ , astê- ( /ast-/, /-ê/-1 ) , {-ki} ( {-k)-1, {-i} )
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
ôma
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. it is (this), it is the case CW
2. the fact that CW
3. then CW
4. when CW
5. as it is, actually, indeed [focus marker] CW
1. Word components: /aw-/ , {-ima}
tânisi
IPJ like: hay hay
1. hello, how are you? CW
1. Word components: /tân-/ , isi ( /iT-/, /-i/-1 )
nôhtêpayiw
VAI 🧑🏽➡️
1. s/he runs short of something, i.e.: money or sugar AECD
ayâw
VTA 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽
1. s/he has it on AECD
2. s/he is at a certain place AECD
tânisi
Phrase
1. How are you? MD
nîso-kîsikâw
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. two days, for two days CW
1. Word components: /nîsw-/ , /-i/ , /kîsik-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1
/-âp-/

Morph-medial
1. eye(s), sight [cf. VAI-1 /-acâpi/; cf. /-acâp-/] WMDD
2. eye, vision MC
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
/asaw-/

Morph-R
1. wait, lie in wait, waylay, guard against [also: /asw-/] WMDD
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
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
amiskwaciy-wâskahikan
NA 🧑🏽
1. the Cree word for the city of Edmonton, literally "beaver mountain house" AECD
wiya
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. this, that CW
2. as for, by contrast CW
1. Word components: wiýa
kâh-

IPV ⚡️ like: pê-
1. has been, had done CW
2. every time s/he has been, every time s/he has done [grammatical preverb: "past, completive, perfective"; changed Conj / iterative of kî(h)- "past"] CW
1. Word components: {kâh-}
asawâpam
1. (you) look out for him/her now, (you) watch for him/her now, (you) wait and watches for him/her now, (you) lie in wait for him/her now, (you) await him/her now, (you) expect him/her now 🤖CW
2. (you) be on the look-out for him/her now 🤖MD
1. Word components: /asaw-/ , /-âpam/ ( /-âp-/, /-am/-1 )
form of asawâpamêw
asawâpamêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he looks out for s.o., s/he watches for s.o., s/he waits and watches for s.o., s/he lies in wait for s.o., s/he awaits s.o., s/he expects s.o. CW
2. He is on the look-out for him MD
asawâpamêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he looks out for s.o., s/he watches for s.o., s/he waits and watches for s.o., s/he lies in wait for s.o., s/he awaits s.o., s/he expects s.o. CW
2. He is on the look-out for him MD
1. Word components: /asaw-/ , /-âpam/ ( /-âp-/, /-am/-1 )
kîmôci-

IPV ⚡️ like: pê-
1. secretly, in secret, stealthily, by stealth CW
2. privately, in private CW
1. Word components: /kîmôt-/ , /-i/-1
-an

Morph-final
1. Abstract final; II verbs MC

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

	Stem
No ownership	maskw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-maskom-

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