sâkahikan

Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *sa·kahikani.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɑːˈkʌ.hɪkˌkʌn]
  • Hyphenation: sâ‧ka‧hi‧kan

Noun

sâkahikan inan (plural sâkahikana, locative sâkahikanihk, Syllabics ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ)

  1. lake

Declension

Possessive inflection of sâkahikan (stem: -sâkahikan-)
singular plural
Indefinite sâkahikan sâkahikana
Singular First person nisâkahikan nisâkahikana
Second person kisâkahikan kisâkahikana
Third person osâkahikan osâkahikana
Obviative osâkahikaniyiw osâkahikaniyiwa
Plural First person (excl.) nisâkahikaninân nisâkahikaninâna
First person (incl.) kisâkahikaninaw kisâkahikaninawa
Second person kisâkahikaniwâw kisâkahikaniwâwa
Third person osâkahikaniwâw osâkahikaniwâwa
Obviative osâkahikaniyiw osâkahikaniyiwa

References

  • H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, page 437
  • Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 320
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