itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

mâkw-

Morph-NA-4w
1. loon [see: mwâkw-] CM
mâkw-

Morph-root
1. oppress MIPC
mâkw-

Morph-R
1. press, knead; pressure; oppressively CM
mâkwa
NA-4w 🧑🏽 like: wâhkwa, ihkwa 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, {-a}(1)
1. loon, common loon, great northern diver [Lat. Gavia immer] CW
2. A loon AECD MD
3. A diving bird MD
makw-**

Morph-R
1. ?? knoll CM
mâkwaham
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -ah(1)
1. s/he presses s.t. down (by tool) CW
2. He puts pressure on it MD
kamâmakw-

Morph-NA-3
1. butterfly; moth CM
mâkwaciw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -aci ( -at-(1) , -i(3) )
1. s/he is oppressed by the cold CW
mâkwamêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -am(2)
1. s/he bites s.o., s/he chews on s.o., s/he seizes s.o. hard with one's teeth or by mouth CW
mâkwahtam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -aht(2)
1. s/he bites s.t., s/he gnaws on s.t., s/he chews on s.t. CW
mâkwahwêw
VTA-3 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: kîskiswêw 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -ahw(1)
1. s/he presses s.o. close by tool or with horns CW
makwahcâw
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
Word components: makw- , -ahc- , -â(1) , -w(1)
1. knoll CW
mâkwahikan
N Naming word
1. Cheese MD
mâkwahikan
NI 💧
1. Cheese AECD
2. something cooked hard AECD
3. something pressed together. (Plains). alt. maskawihkasikan (Northern) AECD
-âpêmakw

Morph-NI-3-final
1. willow, willow bark CM
mâkwahikan
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -ah(1) , -ikan
1. press, vise CW
mâkwahikan
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -ah(1) , -ikan
1. cheese CW
mâkwahikêw

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -ah(1) , -ikê
1. s/he presses things down (by tool), s/he holds things firmly (e.g. in a vise) CW
mâkwêyimow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -êýim ( -êýi- , -m(3) ) , -o
1. s/he is worried, s/he is troubled, s/he is afraid CW
2. s/he feels pressed upon, s/he feels oppressed CW
3. He is very scared of something MD
mâkwahcikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -aht(2) , -ikê(1)
1. s/he chews CW
2. Bite down on your food MD
3. He bites down on his food MD
4. Chew on your food MD
5. He chews on his food MD
mâkwahpinêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -ahpinê ( -ahp- , -inê(1) )
1. s/he is severely ill CW
mâkwahpitam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -ahpit
1. s/he ties s.t. up, s/he ties s.t. solidly CW
2. Press it down into a bundle and tie it up MD
3. He presses and packs it into a bundle and ties it up MD
mâkwahpitêw
VTA-4 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nakatêw 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -ahpiT
1. s/he ties s.o. up CW
2. s/he immobilizes s.o. by tying CW
3. He is pressed into a bundle and tied firmly MD
4. He packs and ties him firmly into a bundle MD
mâkwêyihtam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -êýiht ( -êýi- , -ht(3) )
1. s/he is frightened of s.t. CW
mâkwahikanis
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -ah(1) , -ikan , -is
1. small press (e.g. to extract juice), juice press CW
2. A small press, to extract juice MD
mâkwêyimowin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -êýim ( -êýi- , -m(3) ) , -o
, -win
1. fright CW
2. fear CW
3. phobia CW
4. A phobia of some kind MD
mâkwahcikanis
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -aht(2) , -ikan , -is
1. pliers CW MD
mâkwahpicikan

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -ahpit , -ikan(1)
1. binding cord, bond CW
mâkwahpicikêw

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -ahpit , -ikê(1)
1. s/he is tying things tightly, s/he is making things fast CW
mâkwâskwahwêw
VTA-3 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: kîskiswêw 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -âskw-
, -ahw(1)
1. s/he presses s.o. close with a stick CW
2. it oppresses s.o. (e.g. "tree" as actor) CW
mâkwastênikan
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -astê- , -n(1) , -ikan
1. trigger CW
mâkwa sâkahikan

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, {-a}(1) , sâkahikan-
1. Loon Lake (SK) CW
2. Makwa Lake (SK) CW
mâkwa sâkahikan

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, {-a}(1) , sâkahikan-
1. Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation, SK [northern Plains Cree reserve] CW
mâkwahcikênikan
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -aht(2) , -ikê(1) , -n(1) , -ikan
1. vise, vise-grip CW
2. pliers CW
3. tongs CW
4. A vice MD
5. Thongs MD
6. Tools that hold boards together MD
mâkwahcikanâpisk
NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -aht(2) , -ikan , -âpiskw
1. pliers, metal pincers CW
2. one set of pliers or metal pinchers AECD
mâkwahcikêpicikan
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -aht(2) , -ikê(1) , -pit , -ikan
1. clamp CW MD
mâkwahpicikêpayiw

VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
Word components: mâkw-
, -ahpit , -ikê(1) , -paýi
1. it ties itself in knots (e.g. cord, line), it gets knotted CW
mâkwa sâkahikanihk

INM like: otôskwanihk
Word components: mâkw-
, {-a}(1) , sâkahikan-
, {-ihk}(2)
1. Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation, SK [northern Plains Cree reserve; lit: "at loon lake"] CW
mwâkw-

Morph-NA-4w
1. loon [also: mâkw-] CM

	Stem
No ownership	mâkw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-mâkom-

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