masinahikan
Plains Cree
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *mesenahikani.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˌmʌ.sɪˈnʌ.hɪkˌkʌn]
- Hyphenation: ma‧si‧na‧hi‧kan
Noun
masinahikan inan (plural masinahikana, Syllabics ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᐣ)
Declension
Possessive inflection of masinahikan (stem: -masinahikan-)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | masinahikan | masinahikana | |
| Singular | First person | nimasinahikan | nimasinahikana |
| Second person | kimasinahikan | kimasinahikana | |
| Third person | omasinahikan | omasinahikana | |
| Obviative | omasinahikaniyiw | omasinahikaniyiwa | |
| Plural | First person (excl.) | nimasinahikaninân | nimasinahikaninâna |
| First person (incl.) | kimasinahikaninaw | kimasinahikaninawa | |
| Second person | kimasinahikaniwâw | kimasinahikaniwâwa | |
| Third person | omasinahikaniwâw | omasinahikaniwâwa | |
| Obviative | omasinahikaniyiw | omasinahikaniyiwa | |
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 438
- Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 313