itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

asam-

Morph-VTA-1
1. feed s.o. [cf. /as-/ + /-am/] WMDD
asâm-

Morph-NA-1
1. snowshoe WMDD
asâm
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. snowshoe CW AECD
1. Word components: asâm-
asâm

V
1. He gives him food to eat MD
asamêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he feeds s.o., s/he feeds (it) to s.o., s/he provides food for s.o., s/he gives s.o. food, s/he serves s.o. food CW
2. s/he hands out rations to s.o. CW
3. s/he pays welfare to s.o. CW
4. Feed him a little MD
5. He feeds him AECD MD
6. s/he serves her/him food AECD
1. Word components: asam- ( /as-/-2, /-am/-2 )
asamâkan
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. one being provided with food CW
2. person on social assistance, welfare recipient CW
1. Word components: asam- ( /as-/-2, /-am/-2 ) , /-âkan/-1
asamêwak

V
1. They feed them MD
asamisow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he feeds him/herself, s/he prepares his/her own meals CW
2. s/he procures food for him/herself CW
1. Word components: asam- ( /as-/-2, /-am/-2 ) , /-iso/
asamonam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he clusters s.t. CW
2. s/he holds s.t. together CW
1. Word components: /as-/ , /-amo/-1 , /-n/-1
asamonêw

VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he clusters s.o. CW
2. s/he holds s.o. together CW
1. Word components: /as-/ , /-amo/-1 , /-n/-1
asamonwa
VII-2n 💧➡️ like: miywâsin 📖
1. they are in a cluster, they are clustered together CW
2. they are in a bunch, they are bunched together CW
1. Word components: /as-/ , /-amon/-1
asamowak
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. they are in a cluster CW
1. Word components: /as-/ , /-amo/-1
asâmâhtik
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. stick for making a snowshoe CW
2. frame of the snowshoe CW
1. Word components: asâm- , /-âhtikw/
asâmihkêw

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he makes snowshoes CW
1. Word components: asâm- , /-ihkê/ ( /-ihk-/, /-ê/-2 )
akohkasam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he burns s.t. to the pot CW
2. s/he welds s.t. CW
3. s/he burns it onto the pot AECD
4. s/he welds it AECD
1. Word components: /akw-/ , /-hkas/
asamâwasow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he feeds his/her children, s/he sustains his/her children, s/he provides food for his/her children CW
1. Word components: asam- ( /as-/-2, /-am/-2 ) , /-âwaso/
asamopitam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he closes s.t. (e.g. pouch) with a gathering string CW
1. Word components: /as-/ , /-amo/-1 , /-pit/
asamopitêw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is closed with a gathering string CW
1. Word components: /as-/ , /-amo/-1 , /-pit/ , /-ê/-1
asâmêyâpiy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. strap of snowshoe, thong of snowshoe CW
2. Strings of a snowshoes, i.e.: the thong AECD
1. Word components: asâm- , /-êyâpiy/
asâmihkawêw

VTA-2 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nitonawêw 📖
1. s/he makes snowshoes for s.o. CW
1. Word components: asâm- , /-ihkaw/ ( /-ihk-/, /-aw/-1 )
asâmihkâkêw

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he makes snowshoes from something CW
1. Word components: asâm- , /-ihkâkê/ ( /-ihk-/, /-âkê/ )
asâmihkâsow

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he makes snowshoes for him/herself CW
1. Word components: asâm- , /-ihkaw/ ( /-ihk-/, /-aw/-1 ) , /-iso/
akoskiwasam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he seals s.t. with wax CW
2. s/he makes an imprint with a hot object CW
1. Word components: /akw-/ , /-skiwa-/ , /-s/-2
asamastimwân
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. oats CW
2. greenfeed CW
1. Word components: asam- ( /as-/-2, /-am/-2 ) , /-astimw-/ , /-ê/-2 , /-n/-3
asamastimwân
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. manger, oat box CW
1. Word components: asam- ( /as-/-2, /-am/-2 ) , /-astimw-/ , /-ê/-2 , /-n/-3
asamastimwêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he feeds his/her horses, s/he feeds his/her dogs CW
1. Word components: asam- ( /as-/-2, /-am/-2 ) , /-astimw-/ , /-ê/-2
asamikowisiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he is fed by the powers, s/he has food provided by the powers CW
1. Word components: asam- ( /as-/-2, /-am/-2 ) , /-ikowisi/
êkwa
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. and, also CW MD
2. then CW
3. now CW
4. let's go! CW
1. Word components: êkwa
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/
êkwa

V
1. You come along, too MD
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/
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
mîciw
VTI-3 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: mîciw 📖
1. s/he eats s.t., s/he has s.t. as food CW
2. He eats it MD
3. s/he eats it or consumes it AECD
4. s/he munches it AECD
1. Word components: mîci-
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-
anohc
N Naming word
1. Today MD
2. Presently MD
3. Now MD
nitawi-

IPV ⚡️ like: pê- 📖
1. go and, go to CW
2. engaged in CW
1. Word components: /nitaw-/ , /-i/
maskwa

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

PrA like: awa
1. who, whose CW
2. Who? MD
1. Word components: /awîn-/ , {-a}-1
awîna
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. Who AECD
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}
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-
nôhtêpayiw
VAI 🧑🏽➡️
1. s/he runs short of something, i.e.: money or sugar AECD
asikan-

Morph-NA-1
1. sock [< /as-/ + /-(i)kan/] WMDD
-soy-

Morph-NDI-2
1. tail [also: -sôs- < -soy- + /-is/] 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 )
/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/
/-âp-/

Morph-medial
1. eye(s), sight [cf. VAI-1 /-acâpi/; cf. /-acâp-/] WMDD
2. eye, vision MC
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-}
wiya
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. for, because CW
2. of course, to be sure, in fact CW
1. Word components: wiýa
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
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 )
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
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-}
amiskw-

Morph-NA-3
1. beaver WMDD
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
/o- -i/

Morph-R
1. have WMDD
nipawâkan

NDA-1 👤🧑🏽 like: mitâs (-tâs-), mohpan (-ohpan-) 📖
1. my dream spirit CW
1. Word components: {ni-} , /pawâ-/ , /-kan/-2

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

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

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