môswa

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Plains Cree

Môswa.

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: môs‧wa

Noun

môswa anim (plural môswak, augmentative misimôswa or mistimôswa, Syllabics ᒨᔁ)

  1. moose

Declension

Possessive inflection of môswa (stem: -môsw-)
singular plural
Indefinite môswa môswak
Singular First person nimôsw nimôswak
Second person kimôsw kimôswak
Third person omôswa omôswa
Obviative omôswiyiwa omôswiyiwa
Plural First person (excl.) nimôswinân nimôswinânak
First person (incl.) kimôswinaw kimôswinawak
Second person kimôswiwâw kimôswiwâwak
Third person omôswiwâwa omôswiwâwa
Obviative omôswiyiwa omôswiyiwa

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 437
  • Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎, University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 315
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