itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

nipiy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. water CW
2. body of water CW
1. Word components: nipiy-
nipiy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. watery liquid CW
2. sap of maple or birch CW
1. Word components: nipiy-
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
nipiy
NI 💧
1. Water AECD
2. aqua AECD
nipiy
N Naming word
1. Water MD
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-
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
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/ )
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 )
âcimow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he tells, s/he tells a story CW
2. s/he tells news, s/he gives an account, s/he makes a report, s/he informs, s/he narrates CW
3. s/he tells his/her own story CW
4. He told a story MD
1. Word components: âcimo- ( /ât-/-1, /-m/-1, /-o/ )
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/
amisk
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. beaver [Lat. Castor canadensis] CW AECD MD
1. Word components: amiskw-
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-
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
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
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/
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
ayiwinisa
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. clothes CW MD
2. clothing, apparel, garb CW
3. rags CW
4. [sg:] article of clothing CW
5. piece of material, piece of cloth CW
6. a suit of clothing AECD
7. garb AECD
1. Word components: ay- , /-iwi/-2 , /-n/-3 , /-is/
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}
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
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
nîmiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he dances CW
1. Word components: nîmi-
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
amiskwaciy-wâskahikan
NA 🧑🏽
1. the Cree word for the city of Edmonton, literally "beaver mountain house" AECD
-an

Morph-final
1. Abstract final; II verbs MC
âyiman
VII-2n 💧➡️ like: miywâsin 📖
1. it is difficult, it is a hardship, it is grievous CW
2. It is difficult, hard MD
3. it is difficult AECD
1. Word components: /âýim-/ , /-an/-1
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/
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/
asikan-

Morph-NA-1
1. sock [< /as-/ + /-(i)kan/] 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 )
ayiwinis
1. a little article of clothing 🤖CW
2. a little clothing, a little apparel 🤖CW
3. A piece of clothing MD
4. a piece of cloth AECD
5. a piece of material AECD
6. apparel AECD
1. Word components: ay- , /-win/
form of ayiwin
ayiwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. article of clothing CW
2. [pl:] clothing, apparel CW

	Stem
No ownership	nipiy-
whose / whom something belongs to	-nipîm-

	Stem
No ownership	nipiy-
whose / whom something belongs to	-nipîm-

	Stem
No ownership	amiskw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-amiskom-

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

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