itwêwina

1. water CM
   Cree Morphemes, by Arok Wolvengrey (2026)

1. leaf CM
   Cree Morphemes, by Arok Wolvengrey (2026)

nipiy

1. Naming word — like: cîmân, wâwi
2. only one

 

Related words

nipiy is in the RapidWords category:

• Bodies of water (1.3.1)

nipiy is in the WordNet category:

• (n) water#1

NI-2 💧   like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay

Vowel-glide inanimate noun stem (NI-2) - tâpiskôc: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay

  📖

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

Word components: nipiy-

Morpheme nipiy-:

water

1. water CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.
2. body of water CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.

nipiy

1. Naming word — like: cîmân, wâwi
2. only one

 

Related words

nipiy is in the RapidWords category:

• Bodies of water (1.3.1)

nipiy is in the WordNet category:

• (n) water#1

NI-2 💧   like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay

Vowel-glide inanimate noun stem (NI-2) - tâpiskôc: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay

  📖

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

Word components: nipiy-

Morpheme nipiy-:

water

1. watery liquid CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.
2. sap of maple or birch CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.

nipiy

1. Naming word — like: cîmân, wâwi
2. only one

 

Related words

nipiy is in the RapidWords category:

• Water (1.3)

N   Naming word

Noun (N) - wîhowin-itwêwin

1. Water MD
   Maskwacîs Dictionary. Maskwacîs, Maskwachees Cultural College, 1998.

nipiy

1. Naming word — like: cîmân, wâwi
2. only one

NI 💧  

1. Water AECD
   Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary/alberta ohci kehtehayak nehiyaw otwestamâkewasinahikan, compiled by Nancy LeClaire and George Cardinal, edited by Earle H. Waugh. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2002.
2. aqua AECD
   Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary/alberta ohci kehtehayak nehiyaw otwestamâkewasinahikan, compiled by Nancy LeClaire and George Cardinal, edited by Earle H. Waugh. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2002.

nîpiy

1. Naming word — like: cîmân, wâwi
2. only one

 

Related words

nîpiy is in the RapidWords category:

• Parts of a plant (1.5.5)

nîpiy is in the WordNet categories:

• (n) blade#1
• (n) leaf#1

NI-2 💧   like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay

Vowel-glide inanimate noun stem (NI-2) - tâpiskôc: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay

  📖

nîpiy-

Word components: nîpiy-

Morpheme nîpiy-:

leaf

1. leaf CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.
2. blade of grass CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.
3. leafy branch CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.

nîpiy

1. Naming word — like: cîmân, wâwi
2. only one

 

Related words

nîpiy is in the RapidWords category:

• Parts of a plant (1.5.5)

nîpiy is in the WordNet categories:

• (n) blade#1
• (n) leaf#1

NI-2 💧   like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay

Vowel-glide inanimate noun stem (NI-2) - tâpiskôc: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay

  📖

nîpiy-

Word components: nîpiy-

Morpheme nîpiy-:

leaf

1. [pl:] leaves CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.
2. lettuce, salad CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.

nîpiy

1. Naming word — like: cîmân, wâwi
2. only one

 

Related words

nîpiy is in the RapidWords category:

• Parts of a plant (1.5.5)

N   Naming word

Noun (N) - wîhowin-itwêwin

1. A leaf MD
   Maskwacîs Dictionary. Maskwacîs, Maskwachees Cultural College, 1998.

nîpiy

1. Naming word — like: cîmân, wâwi
2. only one

NI 💧  

1. a leaf AECD
   Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary/alberta ohci kehtehayak nehiyaw otwestamâkewasinahikan, compiled by Nancy LeClaire and George Cardinal, edited by Earle H. Waugh. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2002.

pikwâwanipiy

1. Naming word — like: cîmân, wâwi
2. only one

 

Related words

pikwâwanipiy is in the RapidWords category:

• Spring, well (1.3.1.4)

pikwâwanipiy is in the WordNet category:

• (n) spring#2

NI-2 💧   like: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay

Vowel-glide inanimate noun stem (NI-2) - tâpiskôc: mîkisasâkay, oskasâkay

  📖

pikwâwanipiy-

Word components: pikwâ-

Morpheme pikwâ-:

pierce, prick [cf. /pikw-/-2]

, [w] , -an(1) , nipiy-

Morpheme nipiy-:

water

1. spring of water, ground saturated by water CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.

nipiy kâ-pahkihtik

INM   like: otôskwanihk

Name (INM) - tâpiskôc: otôskwanihk

Word components: nipiy-

Morpheme nipiy-:

water

, {kâ-}

Morpheme {kâ-}:

[defines a changed Conjunct; relativizer]

, pahk-(1)

Morpheme pahk-(1):

fall

, -htin(1) , {-k}(1)

1. Banff, AB [lit: "where the water falls"] CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.

nipiy kâ-pitihkwêk

INM   like: otôskwanihk

Name (INM) - tâpiskôc: otôskwanihk

Word components: nipiy-

Morpheme nipiy-:

water

, {kâ-}

Morpheme {kâ-}:

[defines a changed Conjunct; relativizer]

, pitihkw-

Morpheme pitihkw-:

sound, noise, thud

, -ê(1) , {-k}(1)

1. Sounding Lake (SK) [site of 1879 Treaty 6 adhesion; lit: "where the water thunders"] CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.

nipiy kâ-kwâskwêkotêk

INM   like: otôskwanihk

Name (INM) - tâpiskôc: otôskwanihk

Word components: nipiy-

Morpheme nipiy-:

water

, {kâ-}

Morpheme {kâ-}:

[defines a changed Conjunct; relativizer]

, kwâskwê-

Morpheme kwâskwê-:

jump, leap, twitch; [cf. /kwâskw-/]

, -akotê(2) ( akot-(2)

Morpheme akot-(2):

move quickly, speed through the air, travel quickly [cf. -akocin-, -akotê]

, -ê(1) ) , {-k}(1)

1. Saskatchewan Landing, SK [lit: "where the water leaps up", named for a geyser] CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.

1. water, liquid [cf. NI-2 nipiy-; /-pêk-/, /-pêkw/, /-pê/] CM
   Cree Morphemes, by Arok Wolvengrey (2026)

ocônapîs

1. Naming word — like: asikan, iyiniw, maskwa
2. smaller / younger / lesser
3. Naming word — like: asikan, iyiniw, maskwa
4. only one

 

Related words

otônapiy is in the RapidWords category:

• Fish (1.6.1.5)

otônapiy is in the WordNet category:

• (n) cisco#2

1. a little tullibee , a little lake herring 🤖CW
   Experimental automatically inflected form of CW definition
2. a little lake herring 🤖AECD
   Experimental automatically inflected form of AECD definition
3. a little Tulipee.. a little alt. a little ocônipes. 🤖AECD
   Experimental automatically inflected form of AECD definition
4. tullibee (fish), lake herring [Lat. Coregonus artedi] CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.
5. a lake herring. (Plains). alt. otônipiy. (Northern) AECD
   Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary/alberta ohci kehtehayak nehiyaw otwestamâkewasinahikan, compiled by Nancy LeClaire and George Cardinal, edited by Earle H. Waugh. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2002.

form of otônapiy

otônapiy

 

Related words

otônapiy is in the RapidWords category:

• Fish (1.6.1.5)

otônapiy is in the WordNet category:

• (n) cisco#2

NA-2 🧑🏽   like: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy

Vowel-glide animate noun stem (NA-2) - tâpiskôc: kihc-ôkiniy, ayapiy

  📖

	Stem
No ownership	otônapiy-
whose / whom something belongs to	-otônapîm-

Alternatives

otônipiy

wC: otôthapiy

Word components: otônapiy-

Morpheme otônapiy-:

tullibee fish [< otôn “his mouth” + (n)ipiy “water”]

1. tullibee (fish), lake herring [Lat. Coregonus artedi] CW
   Cree: Words, by Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001.
2. a lake herring AECD
   Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary/alberta ohci kehtehayak nehiyaw otwestamâkewasinahikan, compiled by Nancy LeClaire and George Cardinal, edited by Earle H. Waugh. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2002.
3. Tulipee. (Northern). alt. ocônipes. (Plains) AECD
   Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary/alberta ohci kehtehayak nehiyaw otwestamâkewasinahikan, compiled by Nancy LeClaire and George Cardinal, edited by Earle H. Waugh. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2002.

1. spring ?? [?? < /pikwâ-/ + /[w] + /-an/; cf. pikwâwanipiy “spring of water”] CM
   Cree Morphemes, by Arok Wolvengrey (2026)