itwêwina Plains Cree dictionary

nipi-

Morph-VAI-1
1. die, be dead [< /nip-/ + /-i/] WMDD
nipiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he dies CW MD
2. s/he is dead CW
3. s/he died or s/he is dead. (Plains). alt. naspicinipiw (Northern), pônipimâtisiw (Plains) AECD
1. Word components: nipi- ( /nip-/, /-i/-3 )
nipiy-

Morph-NI-2
1. water WMDD
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-
nipiy
N Naming word
1. Water MD
nipiy
NI 💧
1. Water AECD
2. aqua AECD
nipîs
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. small amount of water, a little water CW
1. Word components: nipiy- , /-is/
nîpin-

Morph-VII-1n
1. be summer [< /nîp-/ + /-in/; */nîpy-/ + /-n/] WMDD
nîpin
NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
1. summer CW
2. Summertime AECD MD
1. Word components: nîpin- ( /nîp-/, /-in/-1 ) , /-w/
nîpin
VII-1n 💧➡️ like: kimiwan 📖
1. it is summer CW
1. Word components: nîpin- ( /nîp-/, /-in/-1 )
nîpiy-

Morph-NI-2
1. leaf WMDD
nîpiy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. leaf CW
2. blade of grass CW
3. leafy branch CW
1. Word components: nîpiy-
nîpiy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. [pl:] leaves CW
2. lettuce, salad CW
1. Word components: nîpiy-
nîpiy
N Naming word
1. A leaf MD
nîpiy
NI 💧
1. a leaf AECD
nipiwi-

IPN like: amisko-
1. deadly, mortal CW
1. Word components: nipi- ( /nip-/, /-i/-3 ) , [w] , /-i/-1
nîpîs
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. little leaf CW
1. Word components: nîpiy- , /-is/
nîpitê
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. all in a row CW MD
1. Word components: /nîpitê-/
nipiskê-

Morph-VAI-1
1. doctor using traditional rites [< /nipisk-/ + /-ê/] WMDD
nipiwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. death CW MD
2. dying CW
3. vital spot CW
4. the act of dying AECD
1. Word components: nipi- ( /nip-/, /-i/-3 ) , /-win/
nipîwiw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. there is water, it has water, it is watery, it contains water (e.g. watermelon) CW
2. He is watery MD
3. it is watery AECD
1. Word components: nipiy- , /-iwi/-2
nîpihki
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. next summer CW
2. in the summer, in the coming summer, when it's summer CW
3. Next summer. (Northern). alt. nîpihki (Plains) AECD
1. Word components: nîpin- ( /nîp-/, /-in/-1 ) , {-k}-1 , {-i}-6
nipîwan
VII-2n 💧➡️ like: miywâsin 📖
1. it is wet, it is dripping wet CW
2. it is wetland CW AECD
1. Word components: nipiy- , /-iwan/
nîpisin
VII-1n 💧➡️ like: kimiwan 📖
1. it is kind of summer, it is a bit summerlike CW
1. Word components: nîpin- ( /nîp-/, /-in/-1 ) , <-si->
nîpisiy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. willow, willow bush CW
2. willow branch CW
3. A willow AECD MD
1. Word components: nîpisiy-
nîpisiy-

Morph-NI-2
1. willow, willow bush WMDD
nîpisîs
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. willow branch, willow switch CW
2. little willow CW
3. A willow branch used for discipline MD
1. Word components: nîpisiy- , /-is/
nîpîwiw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it has leaves CW
1. Word components: nîpiy- , /-iwi/-2
/nipisk-/

Morph-R
1. traditional doctoring rites WMDD
nipiskêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he doctors using traditional rites, s/he doctors using insufflation or aspiration CW
1. Word components: /nipisk-/ , /-ê/-2
nipîhkêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he melts snow to make water CW
1. Word components: nipiy- , /-ihkê/ ( /-ihk-/, /-ê/-2 )
nîpinohk
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. last summer, the previous summer CW
2. last summer AECD
1. Word components: nîpin- ( /nîp-/, /-in/-1 ) , /-ohk/-2
nîpinohk
N Naming word
1. Last summer MD
nipîskâw
VII-1v 💧➡️ like: kîsikâw 📖
1. there is a lot of water around, there are puddles everywhere CW
2. there are water puddles everywhere AECD
1. Word components: nipiy- , /-iskâ/ ( /-isk-/, /-â/-1 )
nîpin-aya

N Naming word
1. A summer animals MD
nîpin-âya

NA-4 🧑🏽 like: niska, êsa 📖
1. summer bird, summer animal CW
1. Word components: nîpin- ( /nîp-/, /-in/-1 ) , /-i/-1 , ay- , {-a}-1
/nîpitê-/

Morph-R
1. abreast, in a row (not a line) WMDD
nîpîhkân
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. flower CW
2. a flower. (Plains). Var. wâpikwaniy (Plains) AECD
3. alt. wapikwanew (Northern) AECD
1. Word components: nîpiy- , /-ihkân/ ( /-ihk-/, /-ê/-2, /-n/-3 )
nipîwimin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. watermelon CW
1. Word components: nipiy- , [w] , /-i/-1 , /-min/
nipîwisiw

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. it is watery CW
1. Word components: nipiy- , [iw] , /-isi/
nîpinapiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he sits throughout the summer, s/he stays in one place through the summer CW
2. s/he sits throughout the summer AECD
1. Word components: nîpin- ( /nîp-/, /-in/-1 ) , api- ( /ap-/, /-i/-3 )
nîpitêhêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he puts s.o. in a row, s/he places s.o. in a row, s/he places s.o. abreast, s/he places s.o. in a line CW
2. He puts them in a row MD
3. s/he places them up all in a row AECD
1. Word components: /nîpitê-/ , ah-
nîpîskâw
IPC ⚡️ like: anohc
1. the tree is fully leafed out AECD
nîpîskâw
VII-1v 💧➡️ like: kîsikâw 📖
1. there are many leaves CW
1. Word components: nîpiy- , /-iskâ/ ( /-isk-/, /-â/-1 )
nipîmakan
VII-2n 💧➡️ like: miywâsin 📖
1. it dies, it dies out CW
2. it is dead CW
3. It dies MD
4. It withers MD
1. Word components: nipi- ( /nip-/, /-i/-3 ) , /-makan/ ( /-mak-/, /-an/-1 )
nipîwâpoy
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. watery liquid CW
1. Word components: nipiy- , [w] , /-âpoy/
nîpicikan
NDI-1 👤💧 like: mitêh (-têh-), mîpit (-îpit-) 📖
1. my gums CW
1. Word components: {n-} , -îpit- , /-kan/-1
nîpiminân

NI 💧
1. a cranberry AECD
nîpin-âyis

NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. small summer bird, small summer animal CW
1. Word components: nîpin- ( /nîp-/, /-in/-1 ) , /-i/-1 , ay- , /-is/
nîpinawêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he has his/her summer pelage CW
2. it has changed to its summer colouring CW
1. Word components: nîpin- ( /nîp-/, /-in/-1 ) , /-awê/ ( /-aw-/-1, /-ê/-2 )
nîpinêsîs
NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. small summer bird CW
1. Word components: nîpin- ( /nîp-/, /-in/-1 ) , /-ê/-2 , /-isîs/ ( /-isiw/, /-is/ )
nîpinisiw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he camps for the summer, s/he spends the summer CW
2. He spends his summer there MD
3. s/he stayed all summer AECD
1. Word components: nîpin- ( /nîp-/, /-in/-1 ) , /-isi/-2
nipiskâtêw
VTA-4 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nakatêw 📖
1. s/he doctors s.o. using traditional rites, s/he doctors s.o. using insufflation or aspiration CW
1. Word components: /nipisk-/ , /-âT/
nipîhkawêw
VTA-2 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nitonawêw 📖
1. s/he melts snow to make water for s.o. CW
1. Word components: nipiy- , /-ihkaw/ ( /-ihk-/, /-aw/-1 )
nipîhkâtam
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he melts s.t. to make water CW
2. s/he dilutes s.t., s/he makes s.t. by adding water CW
3. s/he dilutes it AECD
1. Word components: nipiy- , /-ihkât/-1 ( /-ihk-/, /-ât/ )
nipîhkâtêw
VTA-4 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nakatêw 📖
1. s/he melts s.o. (e.g. ice, snow) to make water CW
1. Word components: nipiy- , /-ihkâT/-1 ( /-ihk-/, /-âT/ )
nipîwahcâw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. the ground is wet, it is a wet region CW
2. the ground is wet. Var. nîpiwahcâw AECD
1. Word components: nipiy- , [iw] , /-ahc-/ , /-â/-1
nîpisîhtak
NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
1. willow stick, willow piece, willow trunk CW
1. Word components: nîpisiy- , /-ihtakw/
nîpitêhtêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he walks abreast CW
2. [pl:] they walk in a row CW
1. Word components: /nîpitê-/ , /-ohtê/ ( /-oht-/, /-ê/-2 )
nîpitêhtin
VII-2n 💧➡️ like: miywâsin 📖
1. it fits in a line, it fits in a groove CW
2. it fits in the groove AECD
1. Word components: /nîpitê-/ , /-htin/-1
nîpiminâna
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. highbush cranberries [Lat. Viburnum trilobum] CW
2. High bush cranberries MD
3. Summer berries MD
1. Word components: /nîp-/ , /-minân/ ( /-min-/, /-ê/-2, /-n/-3 )
nîpini-ayâw
VII-1v 💧➡️ like: kîsikâw 📖
1. it feels like summer CW AECD
1. Word components: nîpin- ( /nîp-/, /-in/-1 ) , /-i/ , ayâ- ( /ay-/-1, /-â/-1 )
nîpisîskâw
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. willow grove, area of willows CW
2. a willowy area AECD
1. Word components: nîpisiy- , /-iskâ/ ( /-isk-/, /-â/-1 ) , /-w/-1
nîpisîskâw
VII-1v 💧➡️ like: kîsikâw 📖
1. there is a willow grove, there are many willows CW
1. Word components: nîpisiy- , /-iskâ/ ( /-isk-/, /-â/-1 )
nîpitêskam

VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he goes past a line of s.t., s/he passes a row of s.t. CW
1. Word components: /nîpitê-/ , /-sk/-2
nîpitêstâw
VTI-2 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: kisihtâw 📖
1. s/he puts s.t. in a row CW
2. He put it in a row MD
3. s/he places something all in a row AECD
1. Word components: /nîpitê-/ , astâ- ( /ast-/, /-â/-3 )
nipiwipayin
VII-2n 💧➡️ like: miywâsin 📖
1. it ceases to work, it suddenly dies CW
2. It ceases to work MD
1. Word components: nipi- ( /nip-/, /-i/-3 ) , [wi] , /-paýin/
nîpitêhiwêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he puts people in a row, s/he places people in a row, s/he places people abreast, s/he places people in a line CW
2. s/he places people in a row AECD
1. Word components: /nîpitê-/ , ah- , /-iwê/
nîpitêpiwak
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. they sit in a row, they sit abreast CW
2. They sit in a row MD
1. Word components: /nîpitê-/ , api- ( /ap-/, /-i/-3 )
nîpitihkâna
NDI-1 👤💧 like: mitêh (-têh-), mîpit (-îpit-) 📖
1. my false teeth, my dentures CW
2. Your dentures MD
1. Word components: {n-} , -îpit- , /-ihkân/ ( /-ihk-/, /-ê/-2, /-n/-3 )
nîpinacimos

NA-1 🧑🏽 like: pahkwêsikan, asikan 📖
1. starvation [metaphoric; lit: "summer pup"] CW
1. Word components: nîpin- ( /nîp-/, /-in/-1 ) , atimw- , /-is/
nîpinisiwin
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. summer camp CW
2. summer resort CW
3. how one spends the summer CW
4. The summer one is having MD
1. Word components: nîpin- ( /nîp-/, /-in/-1 ) , /-isi/-2 , /-win/
nîpitêkotâw
VTI-2 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: kisihtâw 📖
1. s/he hangs s.t. up in a row, s/he hangs s.t. up in a line CW
1. Word components: /nîpitê-/ , /akot-/-1 , /-â/-3
nîpitêsimêw
VTA-1 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: wîcihêw 📖
1. s/he lays s.o. in a line, s/he lays s.o. in a row CW
2. s/he lays them all in a row AECD
1. Word components: /nîpitê-/ , /-sim/-1
nîpitêstêwa
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. they are in a row CW
2. It is in a row MD
1. Word components: /nîpitê-/ , astê- ( /ast-/, /-ê/-1 )
nipiwâspinêw

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he has a deadly disease, s/he has a fatal disease CW
1. Word components: /nip-/ , /-i/-3 , [w] , /-âspinê/ ( /-âsp-/, /-inê/-1 )
nîpisîhkopâw
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. stand of willows, willow patch, willow grove CW
2. a clump of willows AECD
1. Word components: nîpisiy- , /-hkop-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1
nîpisîhkopâw

VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. it is a willow grove CW
1. Word components: nîpisiy- , /-hkop-/ , /-â/-1
nîpisîwâhtik
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. willow stick, willow branch CW
2. a willow stick AECD
1. Word components: nîpisiy- , [w] , /-âhtikw/
nîpisîhkopâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Samson Cree Nation, AB [southern Plains Cree reserve; lit: "at willow grove"] CW
1. Word components: nîpisiy- , /-hkop-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1 , {-ihk}-2
nîpitêkotêwa

VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. they hang in a row, they hang in a line CW
1. Word components: /nîpitê-/ , /akot-/-1 , /-ê/-1
nîpitêscikêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he puts things in a row CW
2. s/he places things all in a row AECD
1. Word components: /nîpitê-/ , /ast-/ , /-ikê/-1
nîpitêsinwak
VAI-2 🧑🏽➡️ like: pimisin 📖
1. they lie in a line CW
1. Word components: /nîpitê-/ , /-sin/-1
nîpitêskawêw

VTA-2 🧑🏽➡️🧑🏽 like: nitonawêw 📖
1. s/he goes past a line of s.o., s/he passes a row of s.o. CW
1. Word components: /nîpitê-/ , /-skaw/-2
nipîwêpicikan
NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. water mill, water wheel CW
1. Word components: nipiy- , [w] , /wêp-/ , /-pit/ , /-ikan/
nîpitêsinaham
VTI-1 🧑🏽➡️💧 like: nâtam 📖
1. s/he writes s.t. down in a row CW
1. Word components: /nîpitê-/ , /-asinah/ ( /-asin-/, /-ah/-1 )
nîpitêsimiwêw
VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. s/he lays people in a line, s/he lays people in a row CW
2. s/he lays people all in a row AECD
1. Word components: /nîpitê-/ , /-sim/-1 , /-iwê/
nipiwâspinêwin

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. deadly disease, fatal disease CW
1. Word components: /nip-/ , /-i/-3 , [w] , /-âspinê/ ( /-âsp-/, /-inê/-1 ) , /-win/
nîpiminânâhtik
NI-3 💧 like: pahkêkin(w), askêkin(w) 📖
1. cranberry bush [Lat. Viburnum trilobum] CW
1. Word components: /nîp-/ , /-minân/ ( /-min-/, /-ê/-2, /-n/-3 ) , /-âhtikw/
nîpinaskamikâw
VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. the ground is just as in summer, it is bare ground after the snow melts CW
2. the ground is just like it is in summer AECD
1. Word components: nîpin- ( /nîp-/, /-in/-1 ) , /-askamik-/ , /-â/-1
nîpinitâpânâsk
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. stone boat, wagon [lit: "summer sled"] CW
1. Word components: nîpin- ( /nîp-/, /-in/-1 ) , /-tâpân/ ( /-tâp-/, /-ê/-2, /-n/-3 ) , /-âskw-/
nîpitêkocinwak

VAI-2 🧑🏽➡️ like: pimisin 📖
1. they hang in a row, they hang in a line CW
1. Word components: /nîpitê-/ , /akot-/-1 ( /-in/-2 )
nîpitêkâpawiwak

VAI-1 🧑🏽➡️ like: nipâw 📖
1. they stand in a row (side-by-side), they stand in a line (single-file) CW
1. Word components: /nîpitê-/ , /-kâpawi/
nipiy kâ-pahkihtik

INM like: otôskwanihk
1. Banff, AB [lit: "where the water falls"] CW
1. Word components: nipiy- , {kâ-} , /pahk-/-1 , /-htin/-1 , {-k}-1
nipiy kâ-pitihkwêk

INM like: otôskwanihk
1. Sounding Lake (SK) [site of 1879 Treaty 6 adhesion; lit: "where the water thunders"] CW
1. Word components: nipiy- , {kâ-} , /pitihkw-/ , /-ê/-1 , {-k}-1
nîpinowi-pîsimwak
NA-3 🧑🏽 like: masinahikanāhtik(w), askihk(w) 📖
1. summer months (i.e. June, July, and August) CW
1. Word components: nîpin- , /-w/-1 , [iw] , /-i/-1 , pîsimw-
nipîwi-pinipocikan

NI-1 💧 like: cîmân, astotin 📖
1. water mill CW
1. Word components: nipiy- , [iw] , /-i/-1 , /pin-/ , /-pot/ , /-ikan/
nîpisîhkopâwiyiniw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. Willow Cree person CW
2. member of Beardy's and Okemasis Cree Nation, SK CW
1. Word components: nîpisiy- , /-hkop-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1 , iýiniw- ( /iýin-/, /-iw/ )
nîpisîhkopâwiyiniw
NA-2 🧑🏽 like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy 📖
1. member of Samson Cree Nation, AB CW
1. Word components: nîpisiy- , /-hkop-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1 , iýiniw- ( /iýin-/, /-iw/ )
nîpisîwasaskwêtow
NI-2 💧 like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay 📖
1. willow cone CW
2. fungus on willow CW
1. Word components: nîpisiy- , wasaskwêtow- ( /wasaskwê-/**, /-atow/ )
nîpitêsinahikâtêwa

VII-2v 💧➡️ like: mihkwâw 📖
1. they are written in a row, they are written in a line CW
1. Word components: /nîpitê-/ , /-asinah/ ( /-asin-/, /-ah/-1 ) , /-ikâtê/
nipiy kâ-kwâskwêkotêk

INM like: otôskwanihk
1. Saskatchewan Landing, SK [lit: "where the water leaps up", named for a geyser] CW
1. Word components: nipiy- , {kâ-} , /kwâskwê-/ , /-akotê/-2 ( /akot-/-2, /-ê/-1 ) , {-k}-1
nîpisîhkopâwiyinînâhk

INM like: otôskwanihk 📖
1. Beardy's and Okemasis Cree Nation, SK [southern Plains Cree reserve; lit: "among the Willow Cree"] CW
1. Word components: nîpisiy- , /-hkop-/ , /-â/-1 , /-w/-1 , iýiniw- ( /iýin-/, /-iw/ ) , {-inâhk}-2
/nipô-/

Morph-R
1. dead [cf. VAI-1 nipi-] WMDD
/-piy/

Morph-NI-2-final
1. water, liquid [cf. NI-2 nipiy-; /-pêk-/, /-pêkw/, /-pê/] WMDD
/nîp-/

Morph-R
1. summer [cf. VII-1n nîpin-] WMDD

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

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

	Stem
No ownership	nîpisiy-
whose / whom something belongs to	-nîpisîm-

	Stem
No ownership	nîpisîs-
whose / whom something belongs to	-nîpisîsim-

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