itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

/akwâw-/**

Morph-R
1. ?? dry meat ?? WMDD
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
ohci
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. from, from there, thence, out of CW
2. with, by means of, for the purpose of CW
3. because of, for that reason CW
4. for CW MD
5. from then, from that point in time CW
6. about CW
7. From MD
8. Out of MD
1. Word components: /oht-/ , /-i/
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/
maskwa

NA-4w 🧑🏽 like: wâhkwa, ihkwa 📖
1. Ursus Major constellation CW
1. Word components: maskw- , {-a}-1
pôni-

IPV ⚡️ like: pê-
1. stop, terminate, quit, cease CW
2. after CW
1. Word components: /pôn-/ , /-i/
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-/
maskwa
NA 🧑🏽
1. a bear AECD
2. bruin AECD
ati-

IPV ⚡️ like: pê-
1. start to, begin to, beginning CW
2. progressively, gradually, proceed to, going on, progressing CW
3. on the way CW
1. Word components: ati-
nisto
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. three, 3 CW
2. three AECD
1. Word components: nisto ( /nistw-/, /-i/-1 )
maskwa
N Naming word
1. A bear MD
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} )
nôhtêpayiw
VAI 🧑🏽➡️
1. s/he runs short of something, i.e.: money or sugar AECD
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
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}
awa
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. it is (this) [focus marker] CW
1. Word components: /aw-/ , {-a}-1
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 )
/-âp-/

Morph-medial
1. eye(s), sight [cf. VAI-1 /-acâpi/; cf. /-acâp-/] WMDD
2. eye, vision 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/
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 )
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
amiskwaciy-wâskahikan
NA 🧑🏽
1. the Cree word for the city of Edmonton, literally "beaver mountain house" AECD
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-}
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/
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-}
êkwatik
IPJ like: hay hay
1. okay now!, let's go! CW
1. Word components: êkwa , {-itik}
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
niyanân
PrA like: awa
1. we (exclusive), us (exclusive), ours (exclusive) CW
2. We, us AECD
1. Word components: niýa ( {n-}, /-iý-/-1, {-a}-1 ) , {-nân}-2
/o- -i/

Morph-R
1. have WMDD
kîmôci-

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

Morph-NA-3
1. beaver WMDD
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 )

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

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

tânisi!