sîsîp
Plains Cree
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *ši∙ʔši∙pa. Cognates include Montagnais shiship, Ojibwe zhiishiib.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [siːˈsiːp]
- Hyphenation: sî‧sîp
Noun
sîsîp anim (plural sîsîpak, diminutive sîsîpisis, Syllabics ᓰᓰᑊ)
Declension
Possessive inflection of sîsîp (stem: -sîsîp-)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | sîsîp | sîsîpak | |
| Singular | First person | nisîsîp | nisîsîpak |
| Second person | kisîsîp | kisîsîpak | |
| Third person | osîsîpa | osîsîpa | |
| Obviative | osîsîpiyiwa | osîsîpiyiwa | |
| Plural | First person (excl.) | nisîsîpinân | nisîsîpinânak |
| First person (incl.) | kisîsîpinaw | kisîsîpinawak | |
| Second person | kisîsîpiwâw | kisîsîpiwâwak | |
| Third person | osîsîpiwâwa | osîsîpiwâwa | |
| Obviative | osîsîpiyiwa | osîsîpiyiwa | |
References
- H. C. Wolfart (1973) “Plains Cree: A grammatical study”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 63, number 5, Philadelphia, page 28
- H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, page 430
- Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 321