itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

manitow-

Morph-NA-2
1. spirit, spirit-being [cf. manicôs- NA-1] CM
manitow
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
Word components: manitow-
1. spirit, spirit being CW
2. sacred power, spirit power CW
3. Creator, God CW
4. The Creator MD
5. God MD
6. Sacred power or God AECD
7. the basic mysterious quality in the universe. (Plains). alt. manito (Northern) AECD
manitowi-

IPN like: amisko-
Word components: manitow-
, -i(1)
1. spiritual, of or pertaining to spirits CW
2. of or pertaining to the Creator, God CW
manitowan
VII-2n 💧➡️ like: miywâsin 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -an(1)
1. it is spiritual CW MD
2. it is of spirit nature, it is the expression of spirit power CW
3. it is the expression of spirit power AECD
manitôwiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -iwi
1. s/he is a spirit CW
2. s/he has spirit power, s/he has medicine power CW
3. s/he has medicine power or sacred power AECD
manitowihêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -h
1. s/he grants s.o. supernatural powers CW
manitowayân
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -ayân
1. sacred cloth CW
2. spirit power wrap CW
3. altar cloth CW
4. a spirit power wrap or sacred cloth AECD
5. an alter cloth AECD
manitowâpoy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -âpoy
1. divine water, spirit water CW
manitowâtan
VII-2n 💧➡️ like: miywâsin 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -âtan ( -ât-(2) , -an(1) )
1. it has spirit power CW
2. it is religious CW
3. it has spirit power or it is religious AECD
manitowêkin
NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -êkinw
1. broadcloth, shroud CW
2. cloth used in sacred ceremonies CW
3. priest's vestments CW
4. fine quality fabric CW
5. velvet CW
6. a special cloth used in sacred ceremonies, i.e.: in a priest's vestments AECD
7. a fine quality fabric, i.e.: velvet AECD
manitôwihêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -iwi , -h
1. s/he grants s.o. supernatural power CW
manitôwiwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -iwi , -win
1. having spirit power, expressing sacred power CW
2. divinity CW AECD
3. the act of expressing sacred power AECD
manitow-wapâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
Word components: manitow-
, wapâw-
, {-ihk}(2)
1. Manitoba [lit: "at spirit narrows"] CW
manitow sîpiy

NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
Word components: manitow-
, sîpiy-
1. God's River (MB) [lit: "spirit river"] CW
manitowiskwêw

NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
Word components: manitow-
, iskwêw-
1. goddess CW
2. Goddess CW
kisê-manitow
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
Word components: kisê-
, manitow-
1. the Creator CW MD
2. Great Spirit, God, the compassionate God CW
3. [Christian:] Merciful God CW
4. God MD
5. The Great Spirit MD
maci-manitow
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
Word components: mat-
, -i(1) , manitow-
1. evil spirit CW
2. [Christian:] Devil, Satan CW
3. The Devil MD
4. Satan MD
5. A demon MD
6. the great negative mystery or quality in the universe (translated by Christians as Satan or the devil) AECD
manitowakimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
Word components: manitow-
, akim-
( ak-
, -m(3) )
1. s/he endows s.o. (e.g. tobacco) with supernatural power CW
2. s/he attributes spirit power to s.o. CW
manitowatâmow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -atâmo(2) ( -atâ- , -m(1) , -o
)
1. s/he speaks inspired by spirit power CW AECD
manitowâtisiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -âtisi ( -ât-(2) , -isi )
1. s/he is spiritually powerful CW AECD
2. s/he is religious, s/he is devout CW
3. s/he is religious or devout AECD
manitowêkinos

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -êkinw
, -is
1. small piece of cloth, scrap CW
manitowêyimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -êýim ( -êýi- , -m(3) )
1. s/he thinks s.o. supernatural CW
2. s/he thinks s.o. embodies spiritual power CW
3. s/he believes her/him to express sacred power AECD
4. s/he believes her/him to be divine AECD
kihci-manitow
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
Word components: kiht- , -i(1) , manitow-
1. the Creator CW
2. Great Spirit, God CW
manitowêyihtam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -êýiht ( -êýi- , -ht(3) )
1. s/he thinks s.t. supernatural, s/he thinks s.t. embodies spiritual power CW
2. s/he believes it to embody the sacred power AECD
manitowakêyimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -ak-(1) , -êýim ( -êýi- , -m(3) )
1. s/he thinks of s.o. as embodying sacred power CW AECD
2. s/he believes s.o. to be a spirit CW AECD
3. s/he believes s.o. to be God CW
manitowakêyimow
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -ak-(1) , -êýim ( -êýi- , -m(3) ) , -o
1. s/he thinks him/herself blessed with spirit power CW
2. s/he thinks that the divine resides in her/him AECD
manitowatâmowin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -atâmo(2) ( -atâ- , -m(1) , -o
) , -win
1. speech inspired by spirit power CW
2. inspiration of the spirit power AECD
manitowâtisiwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -ât
, -isi , -win
1. being spiritually powerful CW
2. piety, being religious, being devout CW
3. the act of being spiritually powerful or devout AECD
manitowêyimiwêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -êýim ( -êýi- , -m(3) ) , -iwê
1. s/he thinks people supernatural CW
2. s/he believes people to embody spiritual power (e.g. ancestral divinity) CW
3. s/he holds or believes others to embody the sacred power, i.e.: ancestoral divinity AECD
manitowi-kîsikâw
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -i(1) , kîsik-
, -â(1) , -w(1)
1. Christmas Day CW MD
manitowi-kîsikâw
VII-1v 💧➡️ like: kîsikâw 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -i(1) , kîsik-
, -â(1)
1. it is Christmas Day, it is Christmas CW
manitowi-mêkiwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -i(1) , mêk-
, -i(3) , -win
1. God-given, God's gift, gift from the Creator CW
2. something given by God AECD
3. God-given AECD
manitowikosisân
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -kosisân
( -kosis-
, -ê(2) , -n(3) )
1. Son of God CW
2. the Son of God AECD
manitowakêyihtam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -ak-(1) , -êýiht ( -êýi- , -ht(3) )
1. s/he thinks of s.t. as embodying sacred power CW
2. s/he believes in God CW AECD
manitowêyihcikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -êýiht ( -êýi- , -ht(3) ) , -ikê(1)
1. s/he thinks things supernatural, s/he thinks things to be embodied with spiritual power, s/he believes things are spiritually charged CW
2. s/he believes things to be spiritually charged AECD
manitowi-pîwâpisk
NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -i(1) , pîw-(2) , -âpiskw
1. tempered steel CW
2. magnet [lit: "spirit-metal"] CW
3. a powerful steel, i.e.: a magnet AECD
manitow sâkahikan

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: manitow-
, sâkahikan-
1. Lac Ste. Anne (AB) [lit: "spirit lake"] CW
manitow sâkahikan

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: manitow-
, sâkahikan-
1. God's Lake, MB, God's Lake First Nation, MB [Swampy Cree reserve; lit: "spirit lake"] CW
manitowi-sâkahikan

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -i(1) , sâkahikan-
1. Manitou Lake (SK) [lit: "spirit lake"] CW
manitowakêyimiwêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -ak-(1) , -êýim ( -êýi- , -m(3) ) , -iwê
1. s/he thinks of people as embodying sacred power CW
2. s/he believes in someone as God AECD
manitowakêyimowin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -ak-(1) , -êýim ( -êýi- , -m(3) ) , -o
, -win
1. holding oneself to be divine, believing oneself blessed with spirit power CW
2. the act of holding oneself to be divine AECD
manitowêyimiwêwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -êýim ( -êýi- , -m(3) ) , -iwê , -win
1. worshipping others as divine CW
2. deification CW AECD
3. the act of worshipping someone AECD
manitowakêyihcikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -ak-(1) , -êýiht ( -êýi- , -ht(3) ) , -ikê(1)
1. s/he thinks of things as embodying sacred power CW
2. s/he believes in things as God CW AECD
manitowêyihcikêwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -êýiht ( -êýi- , -ht(3) ) , -ikê(1) , -win
1. being a devoted admirer, being idolatrous CW
2. being a devoted admirer AECD
3. idolatrous AECD
manitowêyihtamowin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -êýiht ( -êýi- , -ht(3) ) , {-amw} , -win
1. thinking about sacred notions CW AECD
manitowi-masinahikan
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -i(1) , masin-
, -ah(1) , -ikan
1. God's book, the Bible CW
2. the Holy Bible or God's writing AECD
manitowi-pahkwêsikan
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -i(1) , pahkwê-
, -s(1) , -ikan
1. host CW
2. Eucharist CW AECD
3. God's bread AECD
manitowi-sâkahikanihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -i(1) , sâkahikan-
, {-ihk}(2)
1. Manitou Lake, SK [lit: "at spirit lake"] CW
manitowikosisâniwiw

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -kosisân
( -kosis-
, -ê(2) , -n(3) ) , -iwi
1. He is the Son of God CW
manitow kâ-matwêhikêt

INM like: otôskwanihk
Word components: manitow-
, {kâ-}
, matwê-
, -ah(1) , -ikê(1) , {-t}
1. Drumming Hill (SK) [lit: "where the Spirit drums"] CW
manitowi-kîsikani-pîsim
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
Word components: manitow-
, -i(1) , kîsik-
, -an(1) , -i(1) , pîsimw-
1. Christmas Moon, December [lit: "God-day moon; Christmas moon"] CW
2. December AECD
3. God's moon. alt. pawacakinasîs (Northern) AECD
4. pawahcakinasîs (Plains) AECD

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

tânisi!