itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

/niy-/

Morph-R
1. point of land [cf. /nê(y)-/] WMDD
niyâ
IPJ like: hay hay
1. go ahead!, go on!, be off! onwards! [admonitory; imperative usage only; pl: niyâk] CW
1. Word components: niyâ
niyâ

V
1. Go MD
niyâk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. for the future, in the future CW
2. ahead of time CW
3. beforehand CW
4. Beforehand. Ahead of time MD
1. Word components: niyâk
niyâk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. ahead of time AECD
niyâk
IPJ like: hay hay
1. go ahead!, go on!, be off! onwards! [admonitory; imperative usage only; cf. sg: niyâ] CW
1. Word components: niyâ , {-k}-4
niyâk

V
1. All of you go MD
niyâw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is a point of land CW
1. Word components: /niy-/ , /-â/-1
/niyam-/

Morph-R
1. slight, frail, weak WMDD
pôniy-

Morph-NA-2
1. bull [English borrowing: “bully”] WMDD
wîniy-

Morph-NI-2
1. musk-gland WMDD
asiniy-

Morph-NA-2
1. rock, stone WMDD
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 )
okiniy-

Morph-NA-2
1. rose-hip WMDD
wîniy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. musk gland CW
1. Word components: wîniy-
-asiniy-

Morph-NA-2-medial
1. stone, rock WMDD
-asiniy-

Morph-NI-2-medial
1. bullet WMDD
/-kwaniy/

Morph-NI-2-final
1. flower WMDD
asiniy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. bullet CW
2. A rock or stone MD
1. Word components: asiniy-
asiniy
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. rock, stone CW
1. Word components: asiniy-
asiniy
NA 🧑🏽
1. a rock AECD
niyânan
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. five, 5 CW
2. Five AECD
1. Word components: niyânan-
niyânan
N Naming word
1. Five MD
okiniy
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. rosehip, rosebush berry CW
2. thorn berry CW
3. tomato CW AECD MD
4. A rose bush berry MD
5. a rosehip AECD
1. Word components: okiniy-
wataniy-

Morph-NA-2
1. tailfeather WMDD
/-âhkwaniy-/

Morph-medial
1. ?? branch [cf. sakâhkwanîwiw ‘it has tangled branches’] WMDD
-têyaniy-

Morph-NDI-2
1. tongue WMDD
misôniy

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Missoula, MT CW
1. Word components: "Missoula"
niyaman
VII-2n 💧➡️ like: miywâsin 📖
1. it is slight, it is meager, it is small CW
2. it is slight AECD
1. Word components: /niýam-/ , /-an/-1
niyamâw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is slight, it is frail CW
2. it is tiny and frail, i.e.: a canoe AECD
1. Word components: /niýam-/ , /-â/-1
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
wataniy
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. tail feather CW
2. birdtail, pheasant tail CW
1. Word components: wataniy-
niya wiya

IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. Just me AECD
/niyânan(w)-/

Morph-R
1. five WMDD
niyânano-

IPN like: amisko-
1. five CW
2. fifth CW
1. Word components: /niyânanw-/ , /-i/
niyânano-

IPV ⚡️ like: pê-
1. five CW
2. fifth CW
1. Word components: /niyânanw-/ , /-i/
niyaskoc

PrA like: awa 📖
1. my turn CW
1. Word components: niýa ( {n-}, /-iý-/-1 ) , /askot-/
cîpokiniy
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. pointed rosehip, pointed rosebush berry CW
1. Word components: /cîpw-/ , okiniy-
misasiniy
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. big stone CW
1. Word components: /mis-/ , asiniy-
mitêyiniy

N Naming word
1. A tongue MD
mitêyaniy
NDI-2 👤💧 like: miskotâkay, mêstakay 📖
1. tongue CW AECD
1. Word components: {mi-} , -têýaniy-
niyânaniwa
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. they are five in number CW
2. There are five of them MD
1. Word components: niyânan- , /-i/
niyânanwâw
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. five times CW MD
2. fifth time CW
3. Five times, fifth time AECD
1. Word components: /niyânanw-/ , /-(w)âw/
niya piko

IPH like: êkosi pitamâ
1. just me CW
1. Word components: niýa ( {n-}, /-iý-/-1, {-a}-1 ) , piko ( /pikw-/-1, /-i/-1 )
niya wiya

PrA like: awa
1. for my part, as for me CW
2. I myself CW
1. Word components: niýa ( {n-}, /-iý-/-1, {-a}-1 ) , wiýa ( {w-}-2, /-iý-/-1, {-a}-1 )
niyamâsin
VII-2n 💧➡️ like: miywâsin 📖
1. it is very slight, it is small and frail CW
2. it is built meagerly. Used when referring to small items, i.e.: a table AECD
1. Word components: /niýam-/ , /-â/-1 , /-sin/-2
niyamisiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is slight, s/he is weak, s/he is feeble CW
2. it is poorly built AECD
1. Word components: /niýam-/ , /-isi/
wâpakwaniy-

Morph-NI-2
1. flower WMDD
wâpasiniy
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. white rock, white stone CW
1. Word components: /wâp-/ , asiniy-
wâpikwaniy-

Morph-NI-2
1. flower WMDD
niyatowahk

PrA like: awa
1. like me, my kind CW
1. Word components: niýa ( {n-}, /-iý-/-1, {-a}-1 ) , /-towahk/ ( /-tow-/-1, /-ahk/ )
yâhkasiniy
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. a light stone CW
1. Word components: /ýâhk-/ , asiniy-
-âpakwaniy

Morph-NI-2-final
1. flower [cf. /-âpikwaniy/] WMDD
-âpikwaniy

Morph-NI-2-final
1. flower [cf. /-âpakwaniy/] WMDD
mistasiniy
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. big stone, big rock CW
2. boulder CW
1. Word components: /mist-/ , asiniy-
mistasiniy
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. Mistusinne [name for the large boulder and sacred site which was destroyed in the making of the Diefenbaker Lake and Gardiner Dam] CW
1. Word components: /mist-/ , asiniy-
mistasiniy
NA 🧑🏽
1. a boulder AECD
môswasiniy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. shell, bullet (for moose) CW
2. 303 shell or 30-30 shell CW
3. Bullets MD
1. Word components: môsw- , asiniy-
niskasiniy

NI 💧
1. a buckshot AECD
niyânaniwak
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. they are five in number CW
2. There are five of them MD
1. Word components: niyânan- , /-i/
niyânano-aya
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. five sets, five pairs (e.g. moccasins) CW
1. Word components: /niyânanw-/ , /-i/ , ay- , {-a}-3
niyânanosâp
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc 📖
1. fifteen, 15 CW
2. Fifteen AECD
1. Word components: niyânan- , /-osâp/
niyânanosâp
N Naming word
1. Fifteen MD
niyaskotam

PrA like: awa
1. my turn CW
1. Word components: niýa ( {n-}, /-iý-/-1 ) , /askot-/ , /-am/**
wâpakwaniy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. flower CW
1. Word components: wâpakwaniy-
wâpikwaniy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. flower CW MD
2. wild rose flower CW
3. white flower CW
4. a flower. (Plains). Var. nepihkân (Plains) AECD
5. alt. wâpikwanew (Northern) AECD
1. Word components: wâpikwaniy- , /wâp-/ , /-kwaniy/
ahkâmasiniy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. round handheld stone for crushing chokecherries CW
1. Word components: /ahkâm-/** ( /ahkê-/*, /-m/** ) , asiniy-
kihiwataniy
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. eagle tail feather CW
1. Word components: kihiw- , wataniy-
mihkokwaniy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. rose, red flower CW
1. Word components: /mihkw-/ , /-kwaniy/
misi-okiniy
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. large rosehip CW
1. Word components: /mis-/ , /-i/-1 , okiniy-
niyânan-askiy
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. five years, for five years CW
1. Word components: niyânan- , askiy--1
niyânanwayak
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. in five places, in five ways CW
1. Word components: /niyânanw-/ , /-ayak/
niyamisiwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. weakness, frailty, feebleness CW
1. Word components: /niýam-/ , /-isi/ , /-win/
osâwikwaniy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. yellow flower CW
1. Word components: /osâw-/ , /-kwaniy/
atihkwasiniy
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. hockey stone CW
2. caribou testicle CW
1. Word components: atihkw- , asiniy-
kihci-okiniy
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. tomato CW
1. Word components: /kiht-/ , /-i/-1 , okiniy-
niyânanokamik
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. five lodges, five family camps, five households CW
1. Word components: /niyânanw-/ , /-kamikw/
niyânanwâpisk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. five dollars, $5 CW
1. Word components: /niyânanw-/ , /-âpiskw/
niyânanwâpisk
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. five dollars as Treaty payment CW
1. Word components: /niyânanw-/ , /-âpiskw/
pîsâpikwaniy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. small flower CW
1. Word components: /pîs-/ , /-âpikwaniy/
wâpiskasiniy
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. white rock, white stone CW
2. chalk CW
3. a white rock AECD
1. Word components: /wâpisk-/ , asiniy-
asiskîwasiniy

NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. brick, clay brick CW
1. Word components: asiskiy- , [w] , asiniy-
niyânan-kîsikâw
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. five days, for five days CW
1. Word components: niyânan- , /kîsik-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1
niyânanosâpwâw
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. fifteen times CW MD
2. fifteenth time CW
3. Fifteen times, fifteenth time AECD
1. Word components: niyânan- , /-osâp/ , /-(w)âw/
ospwâkanasiniy
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. stone shaped into a pipe CW AECD
1. Word components: ospwâkan- , asiniy-
niyânano-kîsikâw
N Naming word
1. Friday MD
niyânano-kîsikâw
VII-1v 💧➡️ like: kîsikâw 📖
1. it is Friday [lit: "(it is) the fifth day"] CW AECD
1. Word components: /niyânanw-/ , /-i/ , /kîsik-/ , /-â/-1
niyânanomitanaw
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. fifty, 50 CW
2. Fifty AECD
1. Word components: /niyânanw-/ , /-mitanaw/
niyânanomitanaw
N Naming word
1. Fifty MD
niyânanosâpinwa

VII-2n 💧➡️ like: miywâsin 📖
1. there are fifteen of them, they number fifteen CW
1. Word components: niyânan- , /-osâp/ , /-in/
niyânanosâpiwak

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. there are fifteen of them, they number fifteen CW
1. Word components: niyânan- , /-osâp/ , /-i/-3
niyaskotaminân

PrA like: awa
1. our (exclusive) turn, it is our (exclusive) turn (i.e. ours but not yours) CW
1. Word components: niýa ( {n-}, /-iý-/-1 ) , /askot-/ , /-am/** , {-inân}
papâmihâw-asiniy
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. Manitou Stone [meteorite which fell and was found in northern Alberta; lit: "flying rock"] CW
1. Word components: /papâm-/ , /-hâ/ , /-w/-1 , asiniy-
niyânanosâp-askiy
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. fifteen years, for fifteeen years CW
1. Word components: niyânan- , /-osâp/ , askiy--1
pîsimwâpakwaniy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. daisy [lit: "sunflower"] CW
1. Word components: pîsimw- , /-âpakwaniy/
wâpâpiskwasiniy

NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. crystal, quartz CW
1. Word components: /wâp-/ , /-âpiskw/ , asiniy-
niyânan-tipahaskân
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. five miles, for five miles CW
1. Word components: niyânan- , /tip-/ , /-ah/-1 , /-ask-/-1 , /-ê/-2 , /-n/-3
niyânan tipahikan

IPH like: êkosi pitamâ
1. five o'clock, 5:00 CW
1. Word components: niyanân- , /tip-/ , /-ah/-1 , /-ikan/
cahkisêhikanasiniy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. flintstone, stone used to spark fire CW
2. lighter CW
3. a type of lighter used to spark a fire, i.e.: a flintstone AECD
1. Word components: /cahk-/-3 , /-sêh/ , /-ikan/ , asiniy-
kisê-nâpêw-asiniy
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. Kind Man Rock [spirit being] CW
1. Word components: /kisê-/ , nâpêw- , asiniy-
kînipocikanasiniy
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. stone for sharpening CW
2. grindstone CW
1. Word components: /kîn-/ , /-pot/ , /-ikan/ , asiniy-
niyânanokamikisiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he lives in a group of five lodges, [pl:] they live in the form of five camps CW
1. Word components: /niyânanw-/ , /-kamikw/ , /-isi/
niyânanomitanawâw
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. fifty times, fiftieth time CW AECD
1. Word components: /niyânanw-/ , /-mitanaw/ , /-(w)âw/
niyânanwêwipêhikan
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. five dollars CW
1. Word components: /niyânanw-/ , /-ê/-2 , [wi] , /-pêh/ ( /-pê/, /-ah/-1 ) , /-ikan/
niyânano-pîwâpiskos
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. five cents, five cents' worth CW
1. Word components: /niyânanw-/ , /-i/ , /pîw-/-2 , /-âpiskw/ , /-is/
niyânano-pîwâpiskos
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. nickel, five cent coin CW
1. Word components: /niyânanw-/ , /-i/ , /pîw-/-2 , /-âpiskw/ , /-is/
askihtakwâpakwaniy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. blue flower CW
1. Word components: /askihtakw-/ ( /ask-/-1, /-ihtakw/ ) , wâpakwaniy-
cîpêhtakwâpikwaniy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. blue or grey flower CW
1. Word components: /cîpê-/ , /-ihtakw-/ , wâpikwaniy-
niyânanosâp tahtwâpisk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. fifteen dollars, $15 CW
1. Word components: niyânan- , /-osâp/ , /tahtw-/ , /-âpiskw/
niyânanomitanaw tahtwâpisk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. fifty dollars, $50 CW
1. Word components: /niyânanw-/ , /-mitanaw/ , /tahtw-/ , /-âpiskw/
niyânanomitanaw niyânanosâp
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. Fifty five MD
niyânanwâw mitâtahtomitanaw

IPH like: êkosi pitamâ
1. five hundred CW
2. 500 CW
1. Word components: /niyânanw-/ , /-(w)âw/ , /mitâtahtw-/ , /-mitanaw/
niyânanwâw mitâtahtomitanaw

N Naming word
1. Five hundred MD
nîyânanwâw mitâtahtomitanâw

IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. Five hundred AECD
/-asin-/

Morph-medial
1. stone, rock, slate [cf. asiniy NA-2] WMDD
/ahkâm-/

Morph-Nr
1. ?? [cf. ahkâmasiniy] WMDD
/asin-/

Morph-Nr
1. stone [cf. asiniy-, /-asin-/] WMDD
/masin-/

Morph-R
1. marked, written, inscribed [cf. /-asin-/; NA-2 asiniy-] WMDD
nîpîhkân
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. flower CW
2. a flower. (Plains). Var. wâpikwaniy (Plains) AECD
3. alt. wapikwanew (Northern) AECD
1. Word components: nîpiy- , /-ihkân/ ( /-ihk-/, /-ê/-2, /-n/-3 )

tânisi!