kihiw

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Plains Cree

Kihiw.

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *kenriwa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ki‧hiw

Noun

kihiw anim (plural kihiwak, Syllabics ᑭᐦᐃᐤ)

  1. eagle

Declension

Possessive inflection of kihiw (stem: -kihiw-)
singular plural
Indefinite kihiw kihiwak
Singular First person nikihiw nikihiwak
Second person kikihiw kikihiwak
Third person okihiwa okihiwa
Obviative okihiwiyiwa okihiwiyiwa
Plural First person (excl.) nikihiwinân nikihiwinânak
First person (incl.) kikihiwinaw kikihiwinawak
Second person kikihiwiwâw kikihiwiwâwak
Third person okihiwiwâwa okihiwiwâwa
Obviative okihiwiyiwa okihiwiyiwa

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 430
  • Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎, University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 311
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