itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

/napw-/

Morph-R
1. fold, bend, hold together; double; crooked WMDD
napwên
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. frying pan, skillet CW
2. A frying pan MD
3. a frying pan. (Plains). alt. lapewel (Northern) AECD
4. seseskihkwân (archaic Cree) AECD
1. Word components: napwên-
napwên-

Morph-NA-1
1. frying pan [French borrowing: “la poele”] WMDD
napwahêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he puts s.o. together CW AECD
1. Word components: /napw-/ , ah-
napwênis
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. little frying pan CW
1. Word components: napwên- , /-is/
napwastâw
VTI-2 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: kisihtâw 📖
1. s/he puts s.t. together CW
2. s/he puts two things together AECD
1. Word components: /napw-/ , astâ- ( /ast-/, /-â/-3 )
napwêkinam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he folds s.t. in half, s/he folds s.t. double CW
2. s/he folds it AECD
1. Word components: /napw-/ , /-êk-/ , /-n/-1
napwêkinêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he folds s.o. in half, s/he folds s.o. double CW
2. s/he folds it or them AECD
1. Word components: /napw-/ , /-êk-/ , /-n/-1
napwahpison
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. hobble CW
1. Word components: /napw-/ , /-ahpiso/ ( /-ahpiT/, /-o/ ) , /-n/-3
napwahpisow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is hobbled CW
1. Word components: /napw-/ , /-ahpiso/ ( /-ahpiT/, /-o/ )
napwahpitam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he ties s.t. together CW
2. s/he ties two things together AECD
1. Word components: /napw-/ , /-ahpit/
napwahpitêw
VTA-4 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nakatêw 📖
1. s/he hobbles s.o. (e.g. a horse) CW
2. s/he ties s.o. together CW
3. s/he ties it or them together AECD
1. Word components: /napw-/ , /-ahpiT/
napwêkiskam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he tramples s.t. up CW
2. s/he flattens s.t. CW
1. Word components: /napw-/ , /-êk-/ , /-sk/-1
napwêkinikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he folds things double, s/he folds things in half CW
2. s/he folds things AECD
1. Word components: /napw-/ , /-êk-/ , /-n/-1 , /-ikê/-1
napwêkipayiw

VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it folds over (automatically), it doubles, it comes together CW
1. Word components: /napw-/ , /-êk-/ , /-paýi/
napwêkipitam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he folds s.t. flat CW
1. Word components: /napw-/ , /-êk-/ , /-pit/
napwêkipitêw
VTA-4 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nakatêw 📖
1. s/he folds s.o. flat CW
1. Word components: /napw-/ , /-êk-/ , /-piT/
napwahpicikan
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. lash, thing for tying together CW
2. something used to tie things together AECD
3. a lash AECD
1. Word components: /napw-/ , /-ahpit/ , /-ikan/
napwahpicikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he ties things together CW AECD
1. Word components: /napw-/ , /-ahpit/ , /-ikê/-1
napwahpisiwêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he hobbles horses, s/he ties people together CW
2. s/he ties two people together AECD
1. Word components: /napw-/ , /-ahpiT/ , /-iwê/
napwahpisowin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. hobble, hobbling CW
1. Word components: /napw-/ , /-ahpiso/ ( /-ahpiT/, /-o/ ) , /-win/
napwêkiskawêw
VTA-2 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nitonawêw 📖
1. s/he tramples s.o. up CW
2. s/he flattens s.o. CW
1. Word components: /napw-/ , /-êk-/ , /-skaw/-1
napwêkinikâsow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. it is folded together, it is folded double, it is stacked in half CW
1. Word components: /napw-/ , /-êk-/ , /-n/-1 , /-ikâso/
wîcihêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he helps s.o., s/he assists s.o. CW
2. s/he provides welfare to s.o. CW
3. s/he assists s.o. in childbirth, s/he serves as a midwife to s.o. CW
4. He helps him MD
5. He aids him MD
6. They help him MD
7. s/he assists her/him or them AECD
8. s/he participates AECD
1. Word components: /wît-/ , /-h/
ayâwêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he has s.o., s/he owns s.o. CW
2. she is pregnant with s.o., she gives birth to s.o. CW
3. s/he keeps s.o., s/he looks after s.o. CW
4. He has or owns something animate MD
5. s/he has them AECD
6. s/he owns them AECD
1. Word components: ayâw-
/napotw-/

Morph-R
1. ?? knock-kneed [cf. /napw-/] WMDD
nôh
1. (you) suckle him/her now, (you) nurse him/her now, (you) breastfeed him/her now 🤖CW
2. (you) allow him/her to suck now 🤖CW
3. (you) breastfeed him/her now 🤖AECD 🤖MD
4. (you) nurse him/her now 🤖AECD
5. Breastfeed him MD
1. Word components: nôh-
form of nôhêw
nôhêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. she suckles s.o., she nurses s.o., she breastfeeds s.o. CW
2. she allows s.o. to suck CW
3. She breastfeeds him AECD MD
4. she nurses her/him AECD
niciwâmiskwêm
NDA-1 👤🧑🏽 like: mitâs (-tâs-), mohpan (-ohpan-) 📖
1. my female parallel cousin CW
2. wife of my male cross-cousin CW
3. my father's brother's daughter, my mother's sister's daughter [used by a female speaker only] CW
1. Word components: {ni-} , -ciwâm- , iskwêw- , /-im/-1
nôhcâwîs
NDA-1 👤🧑🏽 like: mitâs (-tâs-), mohpan (-ohpan-) 📖
1. my uncle, my parallel uncle CW
2. my father's brother, my paternal uncle CW
3. my mother's sister's husband CW
4. my stepfather CW
5. my godfather CW
6. my "dear father" CW
7. My uncle MD
8. my father's brother or my paternal uncle. Var. nôhkomis, nipâpâsis AECD
1. Word components: {n-} , -ohtâwiy- , /-is/
kakêskimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he lectures s.o., s/he counsels s.o., s/he gives s.o. advice CW
2. s/he preaches to s.o. CW
3. He keeps giving him or them advice MD
4. He gives advice to him or them MD
5. s/he gives her/him advice AECD
1. Word components: /kakêsk-/ , /-m/-1
nôniw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is nursing, s/he is breastfeeding, s/he sucks at the breast, s/he suckles CW
2. He breastfeeds from the mother MD
3. s/he suckles AECD
1. Word components: /nôn-/ , /-i/
nikâwiy
NDA-2 👤🧑🏽 like: mitihtikosiy, maskasiy 📖
1. my mother CW MD
2. my mother's sister CW
3. my mother. Var. nimâmâ AECD
1. Word components: {ni-} , -kâwiy-
wîsta
PrA like: awa
1. he, too CW
2. she, too CW
3. he, by contrast CW
4. she, by contrast CW
5. he himself CW
6. she herself CW
7. him, too CW MD
8. her, too CW
9. He also MD
1. Word components: {w-}-2 , -îst- , {-a}-1
nîtim
NDA-3 👤🧑🏽 like: ninîkihik(w), nîtim(w) 📖
1. [male speaker:] daughter of my father's sister or daughter of my mother's brother CW
2. my sister-in-law (i.e. wife of male sibling or parallel cousin) CW
1. Word components: {n-} , -îtimw-
mâmawapiwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. meeting, business meeting CW
2. gathering, assembly CW
3. an organized gathering, meeting or assembly, i.e.: a business meeting AECD
1. Word components: /mâmaw-/ , api- ( /ap-/, /-i/-3 ) , /-win/
nôhêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. she suckles s.o., she nurses s.o., she breastfeeds s.o. CW
2. she allows s.o. to suck CW
3. She breastfeeds him AECD MD
4. she nurses her/him AECD
1. Word components: nôh-
mâtinamâkan

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. chapter CW
1. Word components: /mâtin-/ ( /mât-/-2, /-n/-1 ) , /-amaw/ , /-ikan/
piskihtasinahikan

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. verse CW
2. chapter CW
1. Word components: /piskiht-/ , /-asinah/ ( /-asin-/, /-ah/-1 ) , /-ikan/
okihcitâwiskwêwikamik

NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
1. women warriors' lodge, lodge of clan mothers CW
1. Word components: okihcitâw- , iskwêw- , /-kamikw/
-nâtokê

Morph-aff
1. -nâ-tokê; Local person; TA/AI Independent dubitative MC
mwayês
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc 📖
1. just before, sooner than CW
2. previously CW
3. Before or ere. (Plains). alt. namic (Northern) AECD
1. Word components: (pâ)mwayês
paminêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he tends to s.o., s/he handles s.o. CW
2. s/he fosters s.o., s/he keeps s.o. (e.g. child), s/he supports s.o., s/he looks after s.o. CW
3. s/he guides s.o. CW
4. s/he is in service to s.o. CW
5. s/he attends s.o. in childbirth, s/he serves as midwife to s.o. CW
6. He takes care of him MD
7. He supports him MD
8. s/he looks after her/him AECD
1. Word components: /pam-/ , /-n/-1
-îtisân

N Naming word
1. My family member MD
2. A blood relation MD
3. Brother or sister MD
4. A brother MD
5. A sister MD
6. His blood relatives MD
niciwâmiskwêw
NDA-2 👤🧑🏽 like: mitihtikosiy, maskasiy 📖
1. my female parallel cousin CW
2. my father's brother's daughter, my mother's sister's daughter [used by a female speaker only] CW
1. Word components: {ni-} , -ciwâm- , iskwêw-
nôhkomis
NDA-1 👤🧑🏽 like: mitâs (-tâs-), mohpan (-ohpan-) 📖
1. my uncle, my parallel uncle CW
2. my father's brother, my paternal uncle CW
3. my mother's sister's husband CW
4. my father's brother or my paternal uncle, Var. nipâpâsis, nôhcâwîs AECD
5. my stepfather (Northern) AECD
1. Word components: {n-} , -ohkomis-
nihtâwikihâwasowin

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. childbearing, giving birth CW
1. Word components: /nihtâw-/ , /-iki/ , /-h/ , /-âwaso/ , /-win/
mosci-iskwêw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. simply a woman, an ordinary woman (e.g. in assisting a woman in childbirth, not formally accredited as midwife or obstetrician) CW
1. Word components: /most-/ , /-i/-1 , iskwêw-
nihtâwikihêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. she gives birth to s.o., s/he aids s.o.'s birth CW
2. she gives birth AECD
1. Word components: /nihtâw-/ , /-iki/ , /-h/
pôni-otawâsimisiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. she ceases giving birth, she reaches the end of childbearing, s/he experiences menopause CW
1. Word components: /pôn-/ , /-i/ , /o(t)-/-1 , awâsis- , /-im/-1 , /-i/-2
/kakêsk-/

Morph-R
1. lecture, counsel [cf. /kisk-/; ?? initial mutation: /kisk-/ > kakêsk-/] WMDD
pamihisow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he looks after him/herself, s/he tends to him/herself, s/he waits on him/herself, s/he supports him/herself, s/he is self-reliant CW
2. she attends herself in childbirth, she serves as her own midwife CW
1. Word components: /pam-/ , /-h/ , /-iso/
mâmawi-natomêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he calls s.o. together for an assembly, s/he calls s.o. together for a gathering, s/he calls s.o. together for a meeting CW
2. s/he calls them together for the assembly, gathering, meeting AECD
1. Word components: /mâmaw-/ , /-i/-1 , /natw-/ , /-m/-1
nôniskiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is constantly sucking CW
2. He is constantly breastfeeding MD
1. Word components: /nôn-/ , /-i/ , /-ski/-1 ( /-sk/-3, /-i/-3 )
pamihêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he takes care of s.o., s/he looks after s.o., s/he helps s.o., s/he gives aid to s.o., s/he tends to s.o., s/he serves s.o. CW
2. s/he attends s.o. (in childbirth), s/he serves s.o. as a midwife, s/he ministers to s.o. CW
3. s/he guides s.o. (e.g. sleigh) CW
4. s/he drives s.o. (e.g. horse, car) CW
5. He serves him AECD MD
6. He attends to him AECD MD
7. s/he ministers to her/him or them AECD
1. Word components: /pam-/ , /-h/
nôkohâwasowin

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. childbirth, giving birth, parturition CW
1. Word components: /nôkw-/ , /-h/ , /-âwaso/ , /-win/
nicâhkosê!

NDA-1 👤🧑🏽 like: mitâs (-tâs-), mohpan (-ohpan-) 📖
1. female cross-cousin! CW
2. sister-in-law! [used by female speaker only] CW
1. Word components: {ni-} , -câhkos- , {-ê}-7
osikosâhkômêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he has s.o. as father's sister, s/he calls s.o. as father's sister CW
2. s/he has s.o. as his/her mother's brother's wife CW
1. Word components: /o-/-1 , -sikos- , /-âhkôm/
wîcêwâkanimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he has s.o. as partner, s/he is in partnership with s.o. CW
2. s/he is partners or friends with her/him AECD
1. Word components: wîcêw- , /-âkan/-1 , /-i/ , /-m/-2
mawapi-

Morph-VAI
1. visit [?? < /maw-/ + api-] WMDD
nimâmâsis

NDA-1 👤🧑🏽 like: mitâs (-tâs-), mohpan (-ohpan-) 📖
1. my aunt, my maternal aunt, my mother's sister CW
2. my paternal uncle's wife CW
3. my mother's sister or my maternal aunt AECD
1. Word components: {ni-} , -mâmâ- , /-isis/
/nôn-/

Morph-R
1. suckle, breastfeed WMDD
omahkahkohkêsis

NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. apprentice cooper CW
1. Word components: /o-/-2 , mahkahkw- ( /mahk-/**, /-ahkw/ ) , /-ihkê/ ( /-ihk-/, /-ê/-2 ) , /-w/-2 , /-isis/
ohcâwîsimâw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. uncle CW
2. father's brother, mother's sister's husband CW
1. Word components: -ohtâwiy- , /-is/ , /-imâw/ ( /-i/-2, /-m/-2, {-â}-6, {-w}-3 )
nisisê!

NDA-1 👤🧑🏽 like: mitâs (-tâs-), mohpan (-ohpan-) 📖
1. uncle!, cross-uncle! CW
2. mother's brother!, father's sister's husband! CW
3. father-in-law! CW
1. Word components: {ni-} , -sis- , {-ê}-7
pôni-nôhêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. she stops nursing s.o. CW MD
2. s/he stops breastfeeding s.o., she weans s.o. CW
3. She weans him MD
1. Word components: /pôn-/ , /-i/ , nôh-
nîtisâniskwêw
NDA-2 👤🧑🏽 like: mitihtikosiy, maskasiy 📖
1. my sister [to a female speaker] CW
2. Sisters say "my sister" AECD
1. Word components: {n-} , -îtisân- , iskwêw-
mamâhcikwahpisowin

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. hobble CW
2. band, binder CW
1. Word components: {Ca-} , /mâhcikw-/ , /-ahpiT/ , /-o/ , /-win/
mâmawêyas
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. where all are assembled CW
2. the most, above all, beyond the rest CW
3. Altogether MD
4. As a group MD
1. Word components: /mâmaw-/ ( /-êyas(k)/ )
yahâ
IPJ like: hay hay
1. oh my!, aha!, serves you right! CW
1. Word components: yahâ
nanâtohkwâhkômêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he has s.o. as a diverse kin group, s/he has (them as) all kinds of relatives CW
2. her/his relatives are very diverse AECD
1. Word components: /nanâtohkw-/ , /-âhkôm/
nâcinêhikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he gets spiritual help, assistance or counselling (from s.o.) by offering appropriate gifts or payment, s/he makes a request for medicine CW
2. s/he makes a request for medicine AECD
1. Word components: /nât-/ , /-inêh/-1 ( /-inê-/-2, /-ah/-1 ) , /-ikê/-1
sâsêskihkwân
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. frying pan CW
2. a frying pan. (archaic Cree). alt. lapewel (Northern), napwen (Plains) AECD
1. Word components: /sâs-/ , /-êskihkw-/ , /-ê/-2 , /-n/-3

	Stem
No ownership	mosci-iskwêw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-mosci-iskwêm-

	Stem
No ownership	ohcâwîsimâw-
whose / whom something belongs to	NONE

tânisi!