pahkwêsikan
Plains Cree
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *pahkwe·šikan-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pʌhˈkʷeː.sɪkˌkʌn]
- Hyphenation: pahk‧wê‧si‧kan
Noun
pahkwêsikan anim (plural pahkwêsikanak, diminutive pahkwêsikanis, Syllabics ᐸᐦᑵᓯᑲᐣ)
- bannock (fried bread)
Inflection
Possessive inflection of pahkwêsikan (stem: -pahkwêsikan-)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | pahkwêsikan | pahkwêsikanak | |
| Singular | First person | nipahkwêsikanim | nipahkwêsikanimak |
| Second person | kipahkwêsikanim | kipahkwêsikanimak | |
| Third person | opahkwêsikanima | opahkwêsikanima | |
| Obviative | opahkwêsikanimiyiwa | opahkwêsikanimiyiwa | |
| Plural | First person (excl.) | nipahkwêsikaniminân | nipahkwêsikaniminânak |
| First person (incl.) | kipahkwêsikaniminaw | kipahkwêsikaniminawak | |
| Second person | kipahkwêsikanimiwâw | kipahkwêsikanimiwâwak | |
| Third person | opahkwêsikanimiwâwa | opahkwêsikanimiwâwa | |
| Obviative | opahkwêsikanimiyiwa | opahkwêsikanimiyiwa | |
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 435
- Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains[1], University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 318