itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

asikan
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. sock, stocking CW
2. Sock AECD MD
3. stocking AECD
1. Word components: asikan- ( /asik-/, /-an/ )
asikan-

Morph-NA-1
1. sock [< /as-/ + /-(i)kan/] WMDD
asikanis
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. little sock, little stocking CW
1. Word components: asikan- ( /asik-/, /-an/ ) , /-is/
asikanêkin

NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
1. material for making socks, duffle, wool, cotton CW
1. Word components: asikan- ( /asik-/, /-an/ ) , /-êkinw/
asikanihkân
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. knee-high stockings CW
1. Word components: asikan- ( /asik-/, /-an/ ) , /-ihkân/ ( /-ihk-/, /-ê/, /-n/-3 )
asikanihkêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he makes socks, s/he knits socks CW
2. s/he makes some socks AECD
1. Word components: asikan- ( /asik-/, /-an/ ) , /-ihkê/ ( /-ihk-/, /-ê/-2 )
asikanîhkân
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan
1. Knee-highs MD
asikanêyâpiy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. yarn CW
1. Word components: asikan- ( /asik-/, /-an/ ) , /-êyâpiy/
asikâpawiwak
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. they stand around in a loose group, they stand in a crowd CW
1. Word components: /as-/ , /-kâpawi/
asikanihkawêw
VTA-2 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nitonawêw 📖
1. s/he makes socks for s.o., s/he knits socks for s.o. CW
2. s/he makes her/him socks AECD
1. Word components: asikan- ( /asik-/, /-an/ ) , /-ihkaw/ ( /-ihk-/, /-aw/-1 )
asikanihkâkan
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. knitting needle CW AECD
1. Word components: asikan- ( /asik-/, /-an/ ) , /-ihkâkan/ ( /-ihk-/, /-âkan/-2 )
asikanihkâkêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he makes socks for people CW
1. Word components: asikan- ( /asik-/, /-an/ ) , /-ihkaw/ ( /-ihk-/, /-aw/-1 ) , /-ikê/-2
asikanihkâkêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he makes socks from something CW
1. Word components: asikan- ( /asik-/, /-an/ ) , /-ihkâkê/ ( /-ihk-/, /-âkê/ )
asikanihkâkêw
VTA 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽
1. s/he makes socks for everybody AECD
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
âstê-kîsikâw
1. it is a bright day, it is good weather CW
2. it ceases being stormy weather, it lets up as severe weather, it becomes better weather CW
3. The day is calm after a storm MD
1. Preverb : aste
2. Word components: /kîsik-/ , /-â/-1
form of kîsikâw
kîsikâw
VII-1v 💧➡️ like: kîsikâw 📖
1. it is day, it is daylight CW
2. it is daybreak CW
3. It is day MD
pahkwêsikan
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. bannock, bread CW
2. flour CW
3. Bannock MD
4. Bannock. Var. napakinikan AECD
1. Word components: /pahkwê-/ , /-s/-1 , /-ikan/
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
âcimowin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. story, true story, narrative, account, report CW
2. news CW
3. what is being told CW
4. testimony CW
5. A story MD
6. A news forecast MD
1. Word components: âcimo- ( /ât-/-1, /-m/-1, /-o/ ) , /-win/
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 )
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/ )
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-
mowêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he eats s.o. (e.g. bread) CW AECD MD
1. Word components: mow-
maskwa
NA 🧑🏽
1. a bear AECD
2. bruin AECD
ohkoma
1. his/her other grandmother(s), his/her other grandma(s) 🤖CW
2. his/her other respected female elder(s) 🤖CW
3. his/her other grandmother(s) 🤖AECD 🤖MD
4. his/her other grandma(s) 🤖AECD
5. his/her other granny or my grannie(s) 🤖AECD
6. his/her other great-aunt(s) 🤖AECD
7. her or his grandmother AECD
1. Word components: {n-} , -ohkom-
form of nôhkom
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
ohkomiwâwa
1. their other grandmother(s), their other grandma(s) 🤖CW
2. their other respected female elder(s) 🤖CW
3. their other grandmother(s) 🤖AECD 🤖MD
4. their other grandma(s) 🤖AECD
5. their other granny or my grannie(s) 🤖AECD
6. their other great-aunt(s) 🤖AECD
7. their grandmother AECD
1. Word components: {n-} , -ohkom-
form of nôhkom
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
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-
nôhkominân
1. our grandmother, our grandma 🤖CW
2. our respected female elder 🤖CW
3. our grandmother 🤖AECD 🤖MD
4. our grandma 🤖AECD
5. our granny or my grannie 🤖AECD
6. our great-aunt 🤖AECD
7. our grandmother AECD
1. Word components: {n-} , -ohkom-
form of nôhkom
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
kôhkominaw
1. Our Grandmother, The Moon CW
1. Word components: {n-} , -ohkom-
form of nôhkom
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
mîpit
NDI-1 👤💧 like: mitêh (-têh-), mîpit (-îpit-) 📖
1. tooth CW AECD
2. The tooth MD
1. Word components: {m-} , -îpit-
nîpit
1. my tooth 🤖AECD 🤖CW
2. my tooth 🤖MD
3. my tooth CW MD
1. Word components: {m-} , -îpit-
form of mîpit
mîpit
NDI-1 👤💧 like: mitêh (-têh-), mîpit (-îpit-) 📖
1. tooth CW AECD
2. The tooth MD
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
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 )
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
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
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
awâsisîwiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is a child CW
1. Word components: awâsis- , /-iwi/
minôsis
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. kitten, little cat CW
2. A kitten AECD MD
1. Word components: "minou" , /-isis/
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/
-an

Morph-final
1. Abstract final; II verbs MC
/asaw-/

Morph-R
1. wait, lie in wait, waylay, guard against [also: /asw-/] WMDD
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
wiya

PrA like: awa 📖
1. he, she, it CW
2. him, her, it CW
3. his, hers, its CW
4. He or she MD
5. Him or her MD
6. she/he, her/him AECD
1. Word components: wiýa ( {w-}-2, /-iý-/-1, {-a}-1 )
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 )
nipâwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. sleeping, sleep CW
2. Sleep MD
3. the act of sleeping AECD
1. Word components: nipâ- ( /nip-/, /-â/-2 ) , /-win/
kotiskâwêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he races, s/he is in a race CW
2. it gallops CW
3. He is in full gallop MD
1. Word components: kotiskâwê-
mâci-nipâw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he starts sleeping CW
1. Word components: /mât-/-1 , /-i/-1 , nipâ- ( /nip-/, /-â/-2 )
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-}
/-âp-/

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

	Stem
No ownership	pahkwêsikan-
whose / whom something belongs to	-pahkwêsikanim-

	Stem
No ownership	minôsis-
whose / whom something belongs to	-minôsisim-

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