askiy

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Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *askyi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: as‧kiy

Noun

askiy inan (plural askiya, Syllabics ᐊᐢᑭᕀ)

  1. earth
  2. land, country

Declension

Possessive inflection of askiy (stem: -askiy-)
singular plural
Indefinite askiy askiya
Singular First person nitaskiy nitaskiya
Second person kitaskiy kitaskiya
Third person otaskiy otaskiya
Obviative otaskiyiyiw otaskiyiyiwa
Plural First person (excl.) nitaskiyinân nitaskiyinâna
First person (incl.) kitaskiyinaw kitaskiyinawa
Second person kitaskiyiwâw kitaskiyiwâwa
Third person otaskiyiwâw otaskiyiwâwa
Obviative otaskiyiyiw otaskiyiyiwa

Derived terms

References

  • H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute, page 436
  • Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎, University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 307
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