itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

/kanak-/

Morph-R
1. ?? for a while, for a time ?? WMDD
kanak
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. for a moment, for a short while CW
1. Word components: /kanak-/
kanak
N Naming word
1. For a short while MD
kanakê
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. at least CW
2. even if only, as long as CW
1. Word components: /kanak-/ , /-ê/-3
kanakê
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. for a short while CW
1. Word components: /kanak-/ , /-ê/-3
kanakê
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. perhaps, could you please CW
1. Word components: /kanak-/ , /-ê/-3
kanakê
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. Least MD
2. At least MD
kanakês
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. for a brief moment CW MD
1. Word components: /kanak-/ , /-ês/
kanakêkâ
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. more especially, moreover, on top of it all CW
1. Word components: /kanak-/ ,
oskânak
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. bitch, female dog CW
1. Word components: /osk-/** , /-ânakw/
kiskânak
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. bitch, female dog CW
1. Word components: /kisk-/-2 , /-ânakw/
ayôskanak

N Naming word
1. Raspberries MD
sâsikanak
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. rendered fat, incompletely rendered pieces of fat CW
1. Word components: /sâs-/ , /-s/-2 , /-ikan/
yîwahikanak

N Naming word
1. Pounded dried meat MD
sîkosâkanak
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. cracklings CW
2. rendered fat CW
1. Word components: /sîkw-/-2 , /-s/-2 , /-âkan/-2
pîhtawêskikanak
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. long underwear, long johns CW
1. Word components: /pîhtawê-/ , /-sk/-1 , /-ikan/
askiy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. land CW
2. region, area CW
3. earth, world CW
4. settlement, colony, country CW
5. Métis colony CW
6. [pl:] fields under cultivation, pieces of farmland, the lands CW
1. Word components: askiy--1
sâkitawâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Buffalo Narrows, SK [Cree, Dene and Métis community] CW
1. Word components: /sâkitaw-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1 , {-ihk}-2
kôhkominânihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Grandmother's Bay, SK [Woods Cree community, reserve of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band] CW
1. Word components: {k-} , -ohkom- , /-nân/ , {-ihk}-2
kî-

Morph-preverb
1. past MC
2. able to, w/ negation or ka- MC
sâkitawâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Île-à-la-Crosse, SK [Woods Cree and Métis community; lit: "where waters meet"] CW
1. Word components: /sâkitaw-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1 , {-ihk}-2
/kicist-/

Morph-R
1. clean [also: [kist-] in Plains Cree; /ki(ci)st-/] WMDD
nêhiyawi-maskihkîwiskwêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. Cree midwife CW
2. traditional Indigenous midwife, Indian midwife CW
1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , maskihkiy- , iskwêw-
nêhiyawi-kiskinwahamâtowi-kakêskihkêmowikamik
NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
1. Saskatchewan Indigenous Cultural Centre, Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College, SICC [lit: "counselling building for (Cree/) Indigenous teaching"] CW
1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , /kiskinw-/ , /-ah/-1 , /-amaw/ , /-ito/ , /-win/ , /kakêsk-/ , /-m/-1 , /-kê/ , /-mo/ ( /-m/-1, /-o/ ) , [wi] , /-kamikw/
kâ-nîmihitocik

NA 🧑🏽
1. the aurora Borealis. (Plains). alt. cîpayah ka nimihitotwâw (Northern) AECD
wâpani-sâkahikanihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Morin Lake, SK [Woods Cree community, reserve of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band; lit: "at dawn lake"] CW
1. Word components: /wâp-/ , /-an/-1 , /-i/ , sâkahikan- , {-ihk}-2
kinêpiko-sâkahikanihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Pinehouse, SK [Cree and Métis community; lit: "at snake lake"] CW
1. Word components: kinêpikw- , /-i/-1 , sâkahikan- , {-ihk}-2
nîci-nêhiyawiskwêw

NDA-2 👤🧑🏽 like: mitihtikosiy, maskasiy 📖
1. my fellow Nehiyaw woman, my fellow Cree woman, my fellow Indigenous woman, my fellow female Indian person CW
2. my blood sister CW
1. Word components: {n-} , /-ît-/ , /-i/ , nêhiýaw- , iskwêw-
nêhiyawîhcikêwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. Cree culture CW
2. Indigenous culture, Indian culture CW
1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-îht/-2 , /-ikê/-1 , /-win/
mostos wapâsihk

INM like: otôskwanihk
1. Buffalo Narrows, SK [Cree, Dene and Métis community] CW
1. Word components: mostosw- , wapâ- ( /wap-/, /-â/-1 ) , /-w/-1 , /-is/ , {-ihk}-2
nahkawiyinînâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Saulteaux country, Saulteaux reserve CW
2. Ojibwe country, Anishinaabe country, Anishinaabe land CW
3. in Saulteaux country CW
1. Word components: /nahkaw-/ , iýiniw- ( /iýin-/, /-iw/ ) , {-inâhk}-2
ministiko-sâkahikanihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Turnor Lake, SK [Dene community; lit: "at island lake"] CW
1. Word components: ministikw- ( /min-/-1, /-stikw/ ) , sâkahikan- , {-ihk}-2
ocipwêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. Anishinaabe person, member of the Anishinaabe Nation, Ojibwe Indian CW
1. Word components: /ocipw-/ , /-ê/-2 , /-w/-1
kihci-sâkiy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. Kitsakie, SK [Woods Cree reserve, part of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band] CW
1. Word components: /kiht-/ , /-i/-1 , sâkiy-
mistahi-sâkahikanihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Lac La Ronge Indian Band, SK [Wood Cree community at Lac La Ronge, SK; lit: "at big lake"] CW
1. Word components: /mistah-/ , /-i/-1 , sâkahikan- , {-ihk}-2
âpihtawikosisân-ôcênâs

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. Métis settlement CW
1. Word components: âpihtaw- ( /âpiht-/, /-aw/-3 ) , [i] , /-kosisân/ ( -kosis-, /-ê/-2, /-n/-3 ) , ôtênaw- , /-is/
maskêkowiyiniw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. Swampy Cree person CW
2. [pl:] Swampy Crees, Swampy Cree Indians CW
3. Muskeg People CW
1. Word components: maskêkw- , /-i/-1 , [w] , iýiniw- ( /iýin-/, /-iw/ )
nêhiyaw-iskwêw

N Naming word
1. A Cree Indian woman MD
môsomininâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Moosomin First Nation, SK [southern Plains Cree reserve, named for Cree chief môsomin] CW
1. Word components: môsw- , /-min/
môsominaskîhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Moosomin First Nation, SK [southern Plains Cree reserve, named for Cree chief môsomin] CW
1. Word components: môsw- , /-min/ , askiy--1
môsominihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Moosomin First Nation, SK [southern Plains Cree reserve, named for Cree chief môsomin] CW
1. Word components: môsw- , /-min/
môsominêwi-askîhkân
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. Moosomin First Nation, SK [southern Plains Cree reserve, named for Cree chief môsomin] CW
1. Word components: môsw- , /-min/ , /-ê/-2 , [w] , /-i/-1 , askiy--1 , /-ihkân/ ( /-ihk-/, /-ê/-2, /-n/-3 )
iyiniwihkâsowin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. traditional name, Indigenous name, Indian name CW
1. Word components: iýiniw- ( /iýin-/, /-iw/ ) , /-(iý)ihk-/ , /-âT/ , /-o/ , /-win/
sîpîsisihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Beauval, SK [northern Plains Cree and Métis community; lit: "at the creek"] CW
1. Word components: sîpiy- , /-isis/ , {-ihk}-2
nahkawiyinîwiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is Anishinaabe, s/he is Saulteaux, s/he is a Saulteaux Indian CW
1. Word components: /nahkaw-/ , iýiniw- ( /iýin-/, /-iw/ ) , /-iwi/
nêhiyawi-

IPN like: amisko-
1. Cree CW
2. First Nations, Indigenous, Indian CW
1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/
wêmistikôsîw-âpihtawikosisân
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. Métis, French Métis CW
1. Word components: {IC} , /o-/-1 , mistikw- , ôs- , /-i/ , /-w/-1 , /-iwi/ , âpihtaw- ( /âpiht-/, /-aw/-3 ) , /-kosisân/ ( -kosis-, /-ê/-2, /-n/-3 )
nistawâyâw

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Gregoire Lake Indian Reserve, AB [also loc: nistawâyâhk] CW
1. Word components: /nistw-/ , [iw] , /-i/ , ay- , /-â/-1
môniyâwi-

IPN like: amisko-
1. pertaining to the Whites, Caucasian, non-Indian, non-Indigenous CW
2. Canadian CW
1. Word components: môniyâw- , /-i/-1
nêhiyawiskwêwiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. she is a Cree woman, s/he is a Plains Cree woman, s/he is a Cree Indian woman, s/he is an Indigenous woman CW
1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , iskwêw- , /-iwi/
kâ-miyêscawêsit

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Beardy [Cree chief, signatory to Treaty 6; from Beardy's and Okemasis Cree Nation, SK] CW
1. Word components: {kâ-} , /miýêst-/ , /-awê/ ( /-aw-/-1, /-ê/-2 ) , /-si/ , {-t}
mihkwaskîwakâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Red Earth, SK [Cree reserve, dialect is a mix of Plains and Swampy Cree] CW
1. Word components: /mihkw-/ , /-askîwak-/ ( askiy--1, [w], /-ak-/-1 ) , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1 , {-ihk}-2
nêhiyawi-wîhowin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. Cree name CW
2. Indigenous name, Indian name CW
1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , wîh- , /-o/ , /-win/
wîposkâwi-sâkahikanihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Brabant Lake, SK [Wood Cree community; lit: "at burnt area lake"] CW
1. Word components: /wîposk-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1 , /-i/ , sâkahikan- , {-ihk}-2
pâhkwâw sâkahikanihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Pakwaw Lake, SK [Swampy Cree community] CW
1. Word components: /pâhkw-/-1 , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1 , sâkahikan- , {-ihk}-2
nêhiyawaskîwin
VII-2n 💧➡️ like: miywâsin 📖
1. it is Cree land, it is Cree territory, it is Indigenous land, it is Indigenous territory, it is Indian land CW
1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , askiy--1 , [w] , /-in/-1
kâ-mihkwaskîwakâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Red Earth, SK [Cree reserve name, dialect is a mix of Plains and Swampy Cree] CW
1. Word components: {kâ-} , /mihkw-/ , /-askîwak-/ ( askiy--1, [w], /-ak-/-1 ) , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1 , {-ihk}-2
mistahi-sâkahikanihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Lac La Ronge, SK, La Ronge, SK CW
1. Word components: /mistah-/ , /-i/-1 , sâkahikan- , {-ihk}-2
nahkawiyiniw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. Saulteaux, Ojibwe, Anishinaabe CW
2. Saulteaux person, Ojibwe person, Anishinaabe person CW
3. A Saulteaux Indian MD
1. Word components: /nahkaw-/ , iýiniw- ( /iýin-/, /-iw/ )
asinîwipwat

N Naming word
1. A Stoney native MD
2. The Stoney Indian nation MD
3. A group of Stoney Indians MD
kinosêw sâkahikan

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. Jackfish Lake (SK) [near Cochin, SK; lit: "fish lake"] CW
1. Word components: kinosêw- , sâkahikan-
nêhiyawi-maskihkiy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. Cree medicine CW
2. Indigenous medicine, Indian medicine CW
1. Word components: nêhiýaw- , /-i/ , maskihkiy-
-nâtokê

Morph-aff
1. -nâ-tokê; Local person; TA/AI Independent dubitative MC
wêcîpwayân
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. Dene, Dene man, Dene Suline man, member of the Dene Nation CW
2. Dene Indian, Chipewyan CW
1. Word components: {IC} , /o-/-1 , /cîpw-/ , /-wayân/
cîpwêyân
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. Dene, Dene man, Dene Suline man, member of the Dene Nation CW
2. Dene Indian, Chipewyan CW
1. Word components: /cîpw-/ , /-wayân/
wêcîpwayâniw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. Dene, Dene man, Dene Suline man, member of the Dene Nation CW
2. Dene Indian, Chipewyan CW
1. Word components: {IC} , /o-/-1 , /cîpw-/ , /-wayân/ , /-i/ , /-w/-1

	Stem
No ownership	kiskânakw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-kiskânakom-

	Stem
No ownership	nêhiýawi-maskihkîwiskwêw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-nêhiýawi-maskihkîwiskwêm-

	Stem
No ownership	maskêkowiýiniw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-maskêkowiýinîm-

	Stem
No ownership	nahkawiýiniw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-nahkawiýinîm-

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