itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

nak-

Morph-R
1. stop [cf. /nakâ-/] WMDD
nakâ-

Morph-R
1. stop [cf. /nak-/] WMDD
simâkanis
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
Word components: simâkan-
( sim-**
, -âkan(2) ) , -is
1. policeman, police officer CW
2. soldier CW
3. border guard CW
4. [pl:] policemen, soldiers CW
5. the RCMP CW
wâwâskêsiw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
Word components: wâwâskê-** , -isiw
1. Waskesiu, SK [lit: "elk"] CW
mîtos
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
Word components: mîtos-
1. tree CW MD
2. white poplar [Lat. Populus sp.] CW
3. aspen, trembling aspen, quaking aspen [Lat. Populus tremuloides] CW
4. a poplar tree AECD
mâmawapiwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: mâmaw-
, api-
( ap-
, -i(3) ) , -win
1. meeting, business meeting CW
2. gathering, assembly CW
3. an organized gathering, meeting or assembly, i.e.: a business meeting AECD
otêhimin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: {o-}(5) , -têh-
, -min
1. strawberry, wild strawberry [lit: "heart-berry"; Lat. Fragaria glauca, Fragaria sp.] CW
2. a strawberry AECD
-(i)nâhk

Morph-aff
1. -inâ-w-ihk; distributive locative; nominals MC
-ihkâkan

Morph-V > NI-final
1. manufactured thing [cf. /-ihk-/ + /-ê > -â/ + /-kan/] WMDD
wiyihk-

Morph-R
1. drain [cf. /wiý-/ OR {oy-} + /(ý)ihk-/] WMDD
ayiwâkêyimowin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: aýiwâk-
, -êýim ( -êýi- , -m(3) ) , -o
, -win
1. arrogance, being arrogant CW
2. being odious CW AECD
3. militancy, being militant CW
4. being arrogant AECD
5. the act of being militant AECD
6. militancy AECD
ministikwâhtakâw

VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
Word components: ministikw-
( min-(1) , -stikw ) , -âhtak-
, -â(1)
1. it is a clump of fir trees CW
okimâhkâniwiwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: okimâw- , -ihkân
( -ihk-
, -ê(2) , -n(3) ) , -iwi , -win
1. chieftaincy, being a chief CW
2. the act of being a chief AECD
3. a chieftainship AECD
napakâ-sihta

NA-4 🧑🏽 like: niska, êsa 📖
Word components: napak-
, -â(1) , siht-
, {-a}(1)
1. balsam fir [Lat. Abies balsamea] CW
okimâwiwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: okimâw- , -iwi , -win
1. chieftaincy CW
2. lordship CW
3. social status CW
4. government CW
5. kingdom CW
6. the act of being boss AECD
7. government worker AECD
-okas

Morph-NA-1-final
1. claw [only occurs in name; cf. /-kas-/, -askasiy-] WMDD
-ihkê-

Morph-final
1. -ihk-ê-; make, create; AI verbs MC
-ihkâwin

Morph-V > NA-final
1. step relation [cf. /ihk-/ + /-â/-2 + /-win/] WMDD
mêkwânohk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
Word components: mêkwâ-
, -anohk
1. amongst, amidst CW
2. Amongst MD
3. Amidst MD
4. Out in the open MD
5. in the middle of or among people AECD
6. amid AECD
masân
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
Word components: masân-
1. nettle [Lat. Urtica sp.] CW AECD MD
2. thistle CW MD
-ihkân

Morph-V > NA/I-final
1. manufactured thing [cf. /-ihk-/ + /-ê > -â/ + /-n/] WMDD
napakâsiht
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
Word components: napak-
, -âsiht-
1. balsam pine, balsam fir [Lat. Abies balsamea] CW
ayôskanâhtik
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
Word components: aýôskan-
, -âhtikw
1. raspberry bush [Lat. Rubus sp.] CW
2. A raspberry stem MD
3. a rasberry bush. alt. miskaminatik (Plains) AECD
wayêsi-

IPV ⚡️ like: pê-
Word components: wayês-(1)
, -i
1. deceitfully, underhandedly CW
2. Underhandedly MD
3. Slyly MD
kakayêyisiwi-

IPV ⚡️ like: pê- 📖
Word components: {Ca-}
, kayêy-
, -isi , [w] , -i
1. deceitfully CW
manâwân
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: man-
, -âw-(1)
, -ê(2) , -n(3)
1. Manawan Lake, AB [lit: "egg gathering (place)"] CW
asinîwacîwatihk
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
Word components: asiniy-
, waciy-
, [iw] , atihkw-
1. mountain ram CW MD
nîso-isîhcikêwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: nîsw-
, -i
, iT-
, -sîht , -ikê(1) , -win
1. making a deal or project between two parties CW
-tokênik

Morph-aff
1. -tokê-ni-k; 3rd Plural; AI/TI Independent dubitative MC
sîsîpokât
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: sîsîp-
, -kât
1. gun hammer CW
2. an old Northwest gun CW
minahik
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
Word components: minahikw-
1. white spruce [Lat. Picea glauca] CW
2. spruce, spruce tree, spruce bough CW
3. pine [Lat. Pinus sp.] CW
4. tamarack CW
5. A spruce tree MD
mitêhimina
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: {mi-} , -têh-
, -min
1. strawberries, wild strawberries [Lat. Fragaria glauca, Fragaria sp.] CW
miyo-wîcêhtowin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: miýw-
, -i(1) , wîcêw- , -to , -win
1. living in harmony together CW
2. alliance CW
3. cooperative CW
4. an alliance, amity, co-operative AECD
ihkataw-

Morph-Nr
1. wet slough [?? /ihk-/-3 + /-ataw-/] WMDD
mâtahpinêwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: mât-(1)
, -ahpinê ( -ahp- , -inê(1) ) , -win
1. first pains, onset of labour pains CW
2. start of sickness CW
3. the start of a sickness AECD
4. the onset of illness AECD
sihtâpihkwân
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
Word components: siht-
,
1. button on fir tree branch CW
2. pinecone CW
-miht- ~ -niht-

Morph-medial
1. firewood [cf. miht- NI-4] WMDD
-niht- ~ -miht-

Morph-medial
1. firewood [cf. miht- NI-4] WMDD
-âkosi-

Morph-final
1. -aw-ikw-isi-; medio-passive MC
nêhiyawi-kiskinwahamâtowi-kakêskihkêmowikamik
NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
Word components: nêhiýaw-
, -i
, kiskinw-
, -ah(1) , -amaw , -ito , -win
, kakêsk-
, -m(1) , -kê , -mo ( -m(1) , -o
) , [wi] , -kamikw
1. Saskatchewan Indigenous Cultural Centre, Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College, SICC [lit: "counselling building for (Cree/) Indigenous teaching"] CW
kîhkâhtoskiwak

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw
1. They are always quarreling MD
wîhkasko-kisêyin
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
Word components: wîhk-
, -askw(2)
, -i
, kisê-
, iýin-
1. Sweetgrass, Old Man Sweetgrass [chief, signatory to Treaty 6; from Sweetgrass First Nation, SK; Crow man who became one of the leading Plains Cree chiefs in the Battleford region] CW
wâpi-mîtos
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
Word components: wâp-
, -i
, mîtos-
1. aspen [Lat. Populus tremuloides] CW
2. white poplar [Lat. Populus sp.] CW
onîkânîw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
Word components: o-(2) , nîkân-
, -î(1) , -w(2)
1. headman, leader, chieftain CW
2. A leader AECD MD
3. The one who is ahead MD
4. a chieftain AECD
5. a headman AECD
6. one who leads AECD
asinîskâwi-sâkahikan
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
Word components: asiniy-
, -iskâ ( -isk- , -â(1) ) , -w(1) , -i(1) , sâkahikan-
1. Smoothstone Lake (SK) [lit: "many stones lake"] CW
kâ-mihcêto-takopayihk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
Word components: {kâ-}
, mihcêtw-
, -i(1) , takw-(1)
, -paýi , {-hk}(3)
1. Wilkie, SK [lit: "where many arrived", named for a historic peace gathering for peace talks between Cree and Blackfoot Chiefs] CW
waskwayi-mîtos
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
Word components: waskway-
, -i
, mîtos-
1. birch tree [Lat. Betula sp.] CW

	Stem
No ownership	simâkanis-
whose / whom something belongs to	-simâkanisim-

	Stem
No ownership	wâwâskêsiw-
whose / whom something belongs to	-wâwâskêsîm-

	Stem
No ownership	mîtos-
whose / whom something belongs to	-mîtosim-

	Stem
No ownership	napakâ-siht-
whose / whom something belongs to	-napakâ-sihtim-

tânisi!