masinahikan

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Plains Cree

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mesenahikani.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ma‧si‧na‧hi‧kan

Noun

masinahikan inan (plural masinahikana, Syllabics ᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᐣ)

  1. paper
  2. letter, book

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 Institute, page 438
  • Jean L. Okimâsis (2018) Cree: Language of the plains‎, University of Regina Press, →ISBN, page 313
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